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Iwo Jima Medical Facilities

Date: 03 1945
Description: Medical facilities, Iwo Jima plus nine. This image is one of many taken by Milwaukee photographer Dickey Chapelle in the aftermath of the landing at Iwo J...
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Blood Transport

Date: 03 1945
Description: Loading crates of blood at Falalop Island. This image is one of many taken by Milwaukee photographer Dickey Chapelle that document the care of the wounded...
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WAVES Leaving with Bags

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Description: Five women dressed in WAVES (Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service) uniforms saluting and carrying suitcases, probably at the University of Wiscon...
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WAVES Bugler

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Description: WAVES (Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service) bugler, dressed in WAVES uniform, playing bugle on a staircase.
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WAVES Marching in Snow

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Description: WAVES (Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service) in uniform marching in snow.
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WAVES in a Classroom

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Description: WAVES (Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service) in a classroom sitting at typewriters listening to headphones studying code.
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WAVES Soldier Saluting

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Description: WAVES (Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service) soldier saluting superimposed in front of an image of the American Flag and a gun crew on a ship.
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Naval Training Class

Date: 04 1943
Description: Navy personnel sitting at typewriters wearing headphone learning code, probably during World War II. The sailors are in an auditorium or gymnasium, possib...
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Soldiers at Camp McCoy

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Description: Soldiers at Camp McCoy, probably on an outdoor artillery range.
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Soldiers Marching Before a Banner

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Description: 32nd Division Soldiers in the South Pacific marching in review before a large banner, probably during World War II. The banner relates to the 32nd Divisio...
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Soldier Wearing Gas Mask and Decontamination Suit

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Description: Charles L. Senn wearing a gas decontamination suit and gas mask and holding a gas detector, probably during World War II.
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Robert L. McCahill, United States Marine Parachute Officer

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Description: Captain Robert L. McCahill, Marine parachute officer and Marquette University football star, in his parachute gear. McCahill was killed in action during W...
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Ski Trooper, Camp McCoy

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Description: St. Egdaht, a member of the Ski Troops, Camp McCoy, skiing.
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Cushing Memorial State Park

Date: 1940
Description: Cushing Memorial.
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Kohler During World War II

Date: 06 1943
Description: Snapshot of Walter J. Kohler, Jr., then a Navy lieutenant, taken somewhere in the South Pacific during World War II.
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Richard Crowe

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Description: Richard Crowe of Company F, thirty-second Wisconsin Volunteers.
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Hans Christian Heg Statue

Date: 1950
Description: The statue of Colonel Hans Christian Heg (1829-1863), commander of the 15th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry Regiment in the Civil War, as it stands in front o...
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Correspondents' Hut

Date: 1942
Description: Correspondents' hut at Port Moresby, New Guinea, maintained by the Public Relations Section of the Australian Army. Photograph taken between October and D...
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Correspondents' Hut near Road

Date: 1942
Description: Correspondents' hut from across the main road, Port Moresby, New Guinea. Photograph taken between October and December, 1942.
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Correspondents' Hut

Date: 1942
Description: Rear view of the correspondents' hut, with the tent used by the staff of the Australian soldiers in Port Moresby, New Guinea. This photograph was taken bet...

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