George Simpson, my father's brother, with sister Marie and parents Addie and Walter; at 915 West 5th Street in Clovis, New Mexico, circa 1943; George was a machinist's mate in the U.S. Navy.

Clovis, New Mexico (USA), Circa 1943

George Simpson, my father's brother, with his niece, Jaynet Simpson; at George's parents' house, 915 West 5th Street, in Clovis, New Mexico (USA), circa 1943; The propellor insigna on his sleeve identifies him as a Machinist's Mate in the U.S. Navy.

George Simpson And Jaynet; Circa 1943

In June 1936, at a League of Nations meeting the deposed emperor Haile Selassie of Abyssinia protested the Italian invasion of his nation. Italian jornalists whistled and catcalled during the emperor's speech, in the confusion a spanish jornalists was wrongly arrested as one of the agitators; when he loudly continued to declare his innocence, policemen clapped their hands over his mouth and took him to the police station. Capa was there to capture  the moment.