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Crowd at Civilian Defense Rally

Date: 08 15 1942
Description: Slightly elevated view of crowd gathered at a Civilian Defense Rally. Booths are in the background, including a game booth where you can "Deflate The Axis,...
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Medical Evacuation

Date: 11 1951
Description: A wounded Korean War soldier being carried on an airplane for evacuation to a military hospital in Japan. This snapshot was taken by journalist and news co...
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Air Show Crowd at Truax

Date: 05 16 1959
Description: A crowd watching a formation flight by military aircraft at a Truax Field air show.
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Air Show at Truax

Date: 05 16 1959
Description: A crowd waiting to get a glimpse inside a military jet on display at an air show at Truax Field. The air show was part of the Armed Forces Day celebration ...
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Wisconsin Air National Guard

Date: 1954
Description: A Wisconsin Air National Guard F-89 Scorpion at Truax Field. Armaments for this fighter included two air-to-air rockets capable of being armed with nuclear...
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Wisconsin Air National Guard F-102

Date: 11 08 1956
Description: The first F-102 jet arrives at Truax Field.
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Battle of Jarama

Date: 03 1937
Description: Men in a trench holding rifles.
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Postwar Berlin

Date: 1951
Description: A street scene in Berlin that shows the damage caused by wartime bombing. A banner or billboard on the damaged building on the right is advertising a film ...
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Hong Kong Police

Date: 1951
Description: Hong Kong police with jeep who followed journalist Cecil Brown as he traveled along the border with Communist China.
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Soldier and Civilian

Date: 09 1951
Description: A British soldier or police officer and a civilian on the bridge between the British area of Hong Kong and Communist China.
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Recording History

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Description: Journalist Cecil Brown, then with the Mutual Broadcasting Network, carrying the portable recorder that he used for interviewing while he was reporting on o...
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Dickey Chapelle at Operation Inland Seas

Date: 07 1959
Description: Dickey Chapelle taking photographs on the beach in Milwaukee during Operation Inland Seas. A Navy ship is on Lake Michigan in the background on the left. A...
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John Scott in Uniform

Date: 1952
Description: Outdoor portrait of a uniformed man, probably John Scott. Behind him is a boat on a body of water, and on the opposite shorelineis a town and hillside. Ta...
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South Side Men's Club Meeting

Date: 09 22 1953
Description: Elton Hodge is pointing to his certificate and his badge of office as Dane County Defense Director while I.G. Trowbridge (left) and John F. Whitmore, club ...
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South Side Men's Club Meeting

Date: 09 22 1953
Description: The South Side Men's Club held a special meeting to honor members of the organization who have won their wings in Madison's Ground Observer Corps, a civil ...

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