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Americans of the Seventh Division's 17th Regimental Combat team march along the North Korean bank of the Yalu River, right, on Nov. 25, 1950, after reaching the border town of Hyesanjin to climax their daring drive north. Snow-covered hills of Manchuria loom over river at right. Gene Herrick, a retired Associated Press photographer who covered the Korean War and is known for his iconic images of Martin Luther King Jr., Rosa Parks and the civil rights movement, died Friday, April 12, 2024 at a nursing home in Rich Creek, Virginia. He was 97. (AP Photo/Gene Herrick, File)
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