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Joseph McCarthy as "Tail Gunner Joe"

Date: 1943
Description: Marine Captain Joseph R. McCarthy, later a Wisconsin senator, posing as a tail gunner during World War II in Douglas SBD Bomber. McCarthy was an intelligen...
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Civil Air Patrol Volunteer

Date: 1943
Description: Jesse C. Brabazon, a pioneer aviator from Delavan, Wisconsin, in his uniform as a member of the Milwaukee Wing of the Civil Air Patrol during World War II.
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Bong on Leave

Date: 1943
Description: Elvated view of war hero Richard Ira Bong (center, in flight jacket) on leave in Poplar, with friends, relatives, and admirers. The group is walking down a...
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International M-5 Half-Track Personnel Carrier

Date: 1943
Description: International M-5 half-track personnel carrier parked outdoors. Manufactured at International Harvester's Springfield Works for the U.S. military.
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Joseph McCarthy

Date: 1943
Description: Portrait of Joseph R. McCarthy in his Marine uniform, which appeared in his unsuccessful 1944 U.S. Senate campaign literature. Making the most of military ...
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International M-5 High Speed Prime Mover

Date: 1943
Description: Army personnel pulling a 155mm howitzer with a International M-5 High Speed Prime Mover during a test or demonstration. Original caption reads: "This high ...
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M-7 Tanks

Date: 1943
Description: M-7 tanks built by International Harvester for the U.S. military. The tanks were produced at the Quad-Cities tank arsenal at International Harvester's Bett...
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Beaver Dam International Harvester Dealership

Date: 1943
Description: Exterior of Albert Kaepernick Jr.'s McCormick-Deering farm equipment dealership. A poster in the front window reads: "Throw your scrap into the fight!".
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Solomon Islands Men Standing on U.S. Marine Corps Truck

Date: 1943
Description: Men, natives of the Solomon Islands, standing on a U.S. Marine Corps truck made by International Harvester. Some of the men are holding rifles.
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Workers Assembling Gun Carriages

Date: 1943
Description: Workers on an assembly line at an International Harvester factory. The original caption reads: "assembling 57mm gun carriages."
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Captain Joseph McCarthy with Marines

Date: 1943
Description: Captain Joseph R. McCarthy, a Marine intelligence officer, interviewing pilots who have just returned from raids on Japanese installations in the Solomon I...
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McCarthy in Pilot Uniform

Date: 1943
Description: Joseph R. McCarthy posing in his Marine uniform. This full-length portrait was probably taken at the same time as the photograph which McCarthy used in his...
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St. Norbert College Main Hall

Date: 1943
Description: The Main Hall for St. Norbert College. A cannon is surrounded by shrubs and a lawn in the foreground.
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27 - Angora Rabbits in their Hutches

Date: 1943
Description: Adult and young angora rabbits sitting in their hutches.
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37 - Angora Rabbits Eating

Date: 1943
Description: Angora rabbits eating in their hutches.
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Joe McCarthy During World War II

Date: 1943
Description: Intelligence officer Joseph R. McCarthy (wearing the cap) with a group of Marines somewhere in the Pacific.
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Joe McCarthy in the South Pacific

Date: 1943
Description: Captain Joseph R. McCarthy (center), with two unidentified Marines, somewhere in the Pacific.
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Communist Party Rally

Date: 1943
Description: A Milwaukee billboard advertising a lecture by Earl Browder, general secretary of the Communist Party-USA. The sign reads "Win the War Rally! Earl Browder,...
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High-Speed Prime Mover

Date: 1943
Description: A M-5 high-speed prime mover carries men through a field. The original caption reads: "The M-5 high-speed prime mover, designed and engineered by Internati...
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Physical and Chemical Laboratory

Date: 1943
Description: Men stand at the counter of a physical and chemical laboratory. The original caption reads: "A complete modern physical and chemical laboratory, a portion ...

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