Earthquake survivors in Libya, 1963

By Joe Gromelski
Published: June 27, 2011

Red Grandy ©Stars and Stripes
Barce, Libya, February 21, 1963: Fear and fatigue show on the faces of survivors young and old after an earthquake in Barce, Libya. Hundreds of people were killed in the quake, which leveled most of the town.

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