Image:JesseOwens 1936Olympics.jpg

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Naoto Tajima (left) with Jesse Owens (middle) and Luz Long (right)

Historic Photo of Jesse Owens being awarded the Gold Medal for the Long Jump at the 1936 Olympics. Owens is in the middle, with Luz Long (Germany) on the right with Silver, and Naoto Tajima (Japan) with Bronze. World War II would erupt between the USA and the allied Germany and Japan four years after the photo.

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