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photo of A Nationalist sentinel on the Island of Quemoy watching the Communists' positions on the shore of Mao Tse-tun's China. Kinmen, November 1954

Islands within sight of mainland China comprised the initial flash point of the ongoing standoff in the Taiwan Strait. (Mondadori Portfolio (Getty Images))

Mondadori Portfolio (Getty Images)