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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
mods_typeOfResource_mt: still image

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
mods_typeOfResource_mt: still image

Title: U.S. And Salvadoran Military Officers At A Ceremony
Date: 1983-06-01
Creator: Nickelsberg, Robert
Description: Colonel Nicolás Carranza, left, head of the Policía de Hacienda, Treasury Police, speaks with Lieutenant Colonel Philip Ray, right, the U.S. Naval Attaché, at a farewell ceremony for Colonel John D. Waghelstein in San Salvador, El Salvador, June 1, 1983. Waghelstein served as commander of the U.S. advisors stationed in El Salvador since 1981 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 strategy of the war's largest funder, the United States government.
Subject: Central America; El Salvador; Civil war; Military; Military ceremonies; Counterinsurgency; Military aid; United States foreign policy; Cold War; Human rights violations; Nicolás Carranza; John D. Waghelstein
Country: El Salvador
Subject -- Personal Name: Nicolás Carranza; Philip Ray
Local Identifier: elsalvador_nb_0064_web.tif
Collection: The Photographic Archive of Robert Nickelsberg
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:96192
mods_typeOfResource_mt: still image

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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