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Navigator

Date: 12 02 1943
Description: Navigator Lieutenant Fred Radtke of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, poses while perched on the side of a jeep. The base is near Port Moresby, New Guinea (present day...
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P-47 Thunderbolt Pilot

Date: 12 02 1943
Description: Lieutenant Clarence "Herk" Blend of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, smiles as he poses next to a bulletin board, "Latest Flashes - News" that is hanging on the side ...
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War Correspondent and Two Soldiers

Date: 12 05 1943
Description: Robert Doyle poses in his undershorts between Private Gerald Minkin of Ironwood, Michigan (left) and Private First Class Samuel "Slim" Lanham of Louisville...
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Rubber Glove Rack

Date: 12 05 1943
Description: Three Wisconsin women and a man pose in front of a building. In the foreground is a rack holding rubber gloves. Names, left to right, are Lieutenant Kathle...
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Coconuts

Date: 11 05 1943
Description: Lieutenant Jeanette Loree of East Lansing, Michigan (left) and Lieutenant Dorothy Watts of Jackson, Michigan (right), pose with a coconut and its husk. A b...
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Off Limits to All Troops

Date: 12 05 1943
Description: Seven Lieutenant nurses from Wisconsin pose with a Lieutenant Colonel from Illinois behind a sign that declares "Off Limits To All Troops." Names (left to ...
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Three Nurses

Date: 12 05 1943
Description: Three Lieutenant nurses from Michigan pose behind a sign that declares "Off Limits To All Troops." Names, left to right, are Lieutenant Avice Cleveringa of...
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Infantry Combat Team Training

Date: 11 08 1943
Description: 32nd Division Infantry Combat Team landing from LCI (Landing Craft Infantry) in a practice exercise. Soldiers are running down a ramp, then up a rocky beac...
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Three Generals

Date: 12 08 1943
Description: Three Generals of the 32nd Division, (left to right) Brigadier General Robert McBride, Brigadier General Clarence A. Martin and Major General William H. Gi...
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Group Portrait of Young Women

Date: 12 08 1943
Description: A group of six young indigenous women posed seated on the ground. They are wearing grass skirts and flowers in their hair. The woman in front is holding a ...
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General MacArthur Greets a Soldier

Date: 12 14 1943
Description: Four Star General Douglas MacArthur greets a soldier during a tour on Goodenough Island, in the Solomon Sea, New Guinea (present day Papua New Guinea). Oth...
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General MacArthur Greets a Soldier

Date: 12 14 1943
Description: Four Star General Douglas MacArthur greets a soldier during a tour on Goodenough Island, in the Solomon Sea, New Guinea (present day Papua New Guinea). Oth...
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General MacArthur Greets a Soldier

Date: 12 14 1943
Description: Four Star General Douglas MacArthur greets Lieutenant Lyle Hershey of Lansing, Michigan, during a tour on Goodenough Island, in the Solomon Sea, New Guinea...
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General MacArthur Chats With a Lieutenant

Date: 12 14 1943
Description: Four Star General Douglas MacArthur chats with Lieutenant Mildred McCausland of Wakefield, Rhode Island, during a tour on Goodenough Island, in the Solomon...
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General MacArthur Greets a Soldier

Date: 12 14 1943
Description: Four Star General Douglas MacArthur greets a soldier during a tour on Goodenough Island, in the Solomon Sea, New Guinea (present day Papua New Guinea). Sol...
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"On Wisconsin" Jeep

Date: 12 14 1943
Description: Ordnance Lieutenant Elroy Derksen of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, glances up from writing on papers laying on the hood of his jeep at a military base in New Guine...
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Officer and War Correspondent

Date: 12 17 1943
Description: Lieutenant Richard Prentis of Detroit, Michigan, chats with Dixon Brown about his lava-lava, an indigenous kilt-like garment. Brown is smoking a pipe. Brow...
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Lieutenant Colonel Philip F. La Follette

Date: 12 18 1943
Description: Robert Doyle's caption that accompanied this image reads, "Lieutenant Colonel Philip F. La Follette, three times Governor of Wisconsin, poses in combat uni...
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Lieutenant Colonel Philip F. La Follette and War Correspondent

Date: 12 18 1943
Description: War Correspondent Robert Doyle and Lieutenant Colonel Philip F. La Follette, wearing combat uniform, chat while standing on a shoreline. Lieutenant Colonel...
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Two Technical Sergeants Relaxing

Date: 12 21 1943
Description: Technical Sergeant Leonard Stoltz (left) and Technical Sergeant Warren Fuhrman (right), both of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, relax in front of a tent at a base in...

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