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Welles as Dreedle

Date: 1970
Description: Orson Welles as General Dreedle in "Catch 22," the film version of Joseph Heller's classic anti-war story about Yossarian, a World War II bombardier desper...
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First Women ATC Trainees

Date: 09 1977
Description: The first class of female Air Force jet pilots posing with a supersonic T-38 Talon training aircraft at Randolph Air Force Base. Their training was part of...
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Helicopter Hero Scott Alwin

Date: 1968
Description: Helicopter pilot Scott Alwin, a native of Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin, with his UH-1 ("Huey"). Alwin spent five tours of duty in Vietnam from 1967 to 1972, se...
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Brigadier General Joseph Bailey

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Description: Brigadier General Joseph Bailey was known for the rescue of the Red River Fleet by building a dam to float the stranded ships out. He also founded the smal...
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Frederick Mero

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Description: Illustration of Frederick Mero of Company E, 25th Wisconsin Infantry.
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Women Soldiers prior to leaving Saudi Arabia

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Description: Sue Drabek, [Unidentified], Stacy Jalowitz, and [Unidentified] pose together just prior to leaving Saudi Arabia after serving in the Persian Gulf War.
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Welcome Home from the Persian Gulf War

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Description: Scene at airport welcoming soldiers home from the Persian Gulf War.
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Pharmacy Isolation Unit

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Description: Interior view of a pharmacy ISO (Isolation Unit).
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Pharmacy Personnel and Blackhawk Helicopter

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Description: Members of the pharmacy section in front of a Blackhawk helicopter during the Persian Gulf War.
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Sleeping Area in Saudi Arabia

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Description: Three soldiers in tent in Saudi Arabia during the Persian Gulf War.
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Lovell and Laird

Date: 04 04 1969
Description: Secretary of Defense Melvin Laird of Wisconsin (on the far right) with astronaut James Lovell, a former student at the University of Wisconsin, and his wif...
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Sturgis Family

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Description: Informal portrait of the Sturgis Family. General Samuel Davis Sturgis, and Jerusha Wilcox Sturgis, are seated with soldiers outside of building.
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General George B. McClellan

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Description: Studio portrait of General McClellan.
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General Sherman's Staff

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Description: General William Tecumseh Sherman and his staff. The man fourth from the right marked with an "x" is believed to be General John H. Hammond. All are in unif...
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Vietnam Meeting

Date: 12 23 1967
Description: President Lyndon Johnson with General William Westmoreland and Ambassador Ellsworth Bunker in Vietnam.
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The President and the Troops

Date: 12 19 1967
Description: President Lyndon Johnson shakes hands with soldiers stationed at Travis Air Force Base. Johnson was beginning a trip around the world that would include a ...
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Saluting the War Dead

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Description: David Cline, a Vietnam War veterans and a national leader in Veterans for Peace and Vietnam Veterans Against the War, during a Memorial Day ceremony in Jer...
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M-41 and M-54 Cargo Vehicles

Date: 1952
Description: Color photograph of M-41 and M-54 cargo vehicles servicing and transporting 155-mm howitzers with 10-gun crews. The trucks belonged to the 73rd Armored Art...
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Military Construction Equipment Transport

Date: 1952
Description: Color photograph of men loading a piece of construction equipment onto a trailer attached to a Model M-52 truck-tractor. Other vehicles parked on a gravel ...
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M-62 Wrecker

Date: 1952
Description: View towards men using an M-62 wrecker to lift a piece of construction equipment. The specifications of the M-62 are as follows: 179" WB Truck, Medium Wrec...

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