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Title: Col. John D. Waghelstein Head Of U.S. Military Trainers
Date: 1983-03-01
Creator: Nickelsberg, Robert
Description: United States Army Colonel John D. Waghelstein listens to an artillery instruction class given by one of the 55 U.S. military trainers to Salvadoran army soldiers stationed in San Juan Opico, El Salvador, March 1, 1983. Waghelstein served as commander of the U.S. trainers and was one of the army's leading experts on counterinsurgency warfare. Referred to as "trainers" to discourage comparisons with U.S. advisors during the Vietnam War, the trainers in El Salvador worked to strengthen the military capacity of the Salvadoran Armed Forces as well as enforce the preferred military strategy of the war's largest funder, the United States government.
Subject: Central America; El Salvador; Civil war; Military; Military training; Military aid; United States foreign policy; Cold War; John D. Waghelstein
Country: El Salvador
Subject -- Personal Name: John D. Waghelstein
Local Identifier: elsalvador_nb_0051_web.tif
Collection: The Photographic Archive of Robert Nickelsberg
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:96179
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Title: Colonel Waghelstein At Press Conference
Date: 1983-06-28
Creator: Nickelsberg, Robert
Description: A close-up of United States military advisor Colonel John D. Waghelstein as he smokes a cigar during a press conference at the U.S. Embassy in San Salvador, El Salvador, June 28, 1983. As Chief of the U.S. Military Group in El Salvador, Waghelstein held command over the U.S. advisors stationed in the country and was one of the army's leading experts on counterinsurgency warfare.
Subject: Central America; El Salvador; Civil war; Military; Military aid; United States foreign policy; Cold War; John D. Waghelstein
Country: El Salvador
Subject -- Personal Name: John D. Waghelstein
Local Identifier: elsalvador_ct_0122_web.tif
Collection: The Photographic Archive of Robert Nickelsberg
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:96589
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Title: Deane Hinton and Colonel John D. Waghelstein At Ilopango Airport
Date: 1983-05-26
Creator: Nickelsberg, Robert
Description: United States Ambassador to El Salvador Deane Hinton, center, and U.S. military advisor Colonel John D. Waghelstein, right, stand with others at the Ilopango Airport in San Salvador, El Salvador, May 26, 1983. The group was waiting for the body of the assassinated U.S. Navy Lieutenant Commander Albert Schaufelberger III to be loaded onto a military cargo for a flight to the United States. Schaufelberger was the senior U.S. Naval representative and security chief for the 55 U.S. Military Advisors in El Salvador from August 1982 until he was killed in San Salvador on May 25, 1983. He was the first U.S. serviceman killed in the twelve-year armed conflict.
Subject: Central America; El Salvador; Civil war; United States foreign policy; Military; Counterinsurgency; Military aid; Cold War; Deane Hinton; Albert Schaufelberger
Country: El Salvador
Subject -- Personal Name: Deane Hinton; John D. Waghelstein
Local Identifier: elsalvador_ct_0116_web.tif
Collection: The Photographic Archive of Robert Nickelsberg
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:96583
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Title: Escort Of The Body Of U.S. Navy Lt. Commander Albert Schaufelberger III
Date: 1983-05-26
Creator: Nickelsberg, Robert
Description: United States military officers including Colonel John D. Waghelstein, fourth in middle row, and U.S. Ambassador to El Salvador Deane Hinton, third in right row, walk a casket with the body of U.S. Navy Lieutenant Commander Albert Schaufelberger III to be loaded onto a military plane to the United States, Ilopango Airport, San Salvador, El Salvador, May 26, 1983. Schaufelberger was the senior U.S. Naval representative and security chief for the 55 U.S. Military Advisors in the country from August 1982 until he was killed in San Salvador on May 25, 1983. He was the first U.S. serviceman killed in the twelve-year armed conflict.
Subject: Central America; El Salvador; Civil war; United States foreign policy; Military; Counterinsurgency; Military aid; Cold War; Deane Hinton
Country: El Salvador
Subject -- Personal Name: Deane Hinton; John D. Waghelstein
Local Identifier: elsalvador_ct_0117_web.tif
Collection: The Photographic Archive of Robert Nickelsberg
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:96584
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Title: General Vides Casanova Toasts Outgoing U.S. Col. Waghelstein In San Salvador
Date: 1983-06-01
Creator: Nickelsberg, Robert
Description: Salvadoran Minister of Defense General Carlos Eugenio Vides Casanova, left, toasts U.S. Army Colonel John D. Waghelstein, right, as deputy chief of mission at the U.S. Embassy in El Salvador Kenneth W. Bleakley, center, oversees a ceremony honoring Col. Waghelstein prior to his departure from the country, San Salvador, El Salvador, June 1, 1983. As Chief of the U.S. Military Group in El Salvador, Waghelstein held command over the U.S. advisors stationed in the country and was one of the army's leading experts on counterinsurgency warfare.
Subject: Central America; El Salvador; Civil war; Military; Military aid; Counterinsurgency; United States foreign policy; Cold War; Carlos Eugenio Vides Casanova
Country: El Salvador
Subject -- Personal Name: John D. Waghelstein; Carlos Eugenio Vides Casanova; Kenneth W. Bleakley
Local Identifier: elsalvador_ct_0121_web.tif
Collection: The Photographic Archive of Robert Nickelsberg
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:96588
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Title: U.S. Military Advisor Col. John D. Waghelstein In San Salvador
Date: 1983-06-28
Creator: Nickelsberg, Robert
Description: A close-up of United States military advisor Colonel John D. Waghelstein as he smokes a cigar during a press conference at the U.S. Embassy in San Salvador, El Salvador, June 28, 1983. Waghelstein served as commander of the U.S. trainers stationed in the country and was one of the army's leading experts on counterinsurgency warfare. Over the course of the civil war from 1980-1992, the United States sent more than $6 billion to the Salvadoran government in economic and military aid.
Subject: Central America; El Salvador; Civil war; Military; Military aid; United States foreign policy; Cold War; John D. Waghelstein
Country: El Salvador
Subject -- Personal Name: John D. Waghelstein
Local Identifier: elsalvador_nb_0228_web.tif
Collection: The Photographic Archive of Robert Nickelsberg
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:96356
mods_typeOfResource_mt: still image

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