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| Date: | 1942 |
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| Description: | A soldier walks along the edge of a cliff in Panama, behind stacks of cannonballs and a large sign. The man is wearing a uniform and is holding a sub-machi... |
| Date: | 1942 |
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| Description: | Two soldiers sitting and talking in Panama as one of them is cleaning his weapons. One man is sitting on a bed holding a machete and cleaning it with a tow... |
| Date: | 1942 |
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| Description: | Image of outdoor group portrait from a scrapbook kept by Neighborhood House, with members of a Red Cross home nursing class held January-May 1942 at the se... |
| Date: | 1942 |
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| Description: | War correspondents pose for a group portrait in the Aussie Press Hut in Port Moresby, New Guinea (present day Papua New Guinea). Names, (front, left to rig... |
| Date: | 1942 |
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| Description: | Indigenous men help 32nd Division soldiers from units, originally from Wisconsin, who paddle in collapsible canvas boats to small coastal vessels. The man ... |
| Date: | 1942 |
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| Description: | View over water towards the New Guinea coast from a boat. A larger boat is on the right and several smaller craft in the center. A pier is on the shoreline... |
| Date: | 1942 |
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| Description: | Two sailors and two women are seated at a table smoking cigarettes and drinking beer, while another woman stands playing an accordion for them. Around the ... |
| Date: | 1942 |
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| Description: | Four shirtless soldiers strain to push a large gun over sandy terrain in Panama. Each man also wears a helmet and carries a backpack, a rifle, and a cantee... |
| Date: | 1942 |
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| Description: | Image of Captain Cassin Young after having received the Medal of Honor. Captain Young received the medal for his actions during the attack on Pearl Harbor,... |
| Date: | 1942 |
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| Description: | Original title reads: "Women Join the 'Field Artillery'" as International Harvester Dealers Teach Power Farming to an Army of 'Tractorettes.'" Description... |
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