Photos of the Month
May is Military Appreciation Month, and this month's photos feature physicists and allied scientists in uniform. The role that physicists have played as civilian advisors to the military is familiar to many people, but their participation in the armed forces is less well known. These photos highlight some of the images of scientists in the military in our collection.
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