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Astronaut Exhibit at Austin Straubel Airport

Date: 1965
Description: A traveling display about the NASA manned space program on exhibit at Austin Straubel Airport. Included in the exhibit is a model of a space capsule and a ...
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G.A.R. Memorial Hall

Date: 1965
Description: The G.A.R. (Grand Army of the Republic) Memorial Hall, on the top floor of the Wisconsin State Capitol. The installation was redesigned by the staff of the...
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Bong Memorial

Date: 1965
Description: View of the Bong Memorial, dedicated to the memory of World War II air ace Major Richard I. Bong. This P-38 is the type of plane he piloted when he shot do...
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Plough Inn

Date: 1965
Description: Plough Inn, 3402 Monroe Street. Built in 1853 and added onto in 1858. The home was originally built for German immigrants Frederick and Amelia Puanack, and...
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Marines Wade Across a River

Date: 1965
Description: View from shoreline of U.S. Marines wading across a river while on a "Search and Clear" operation near Da Nang in Vietnam.
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Phantom II Jet

Date: 1965
Description: Rear view of a Phantom II Naval plane on a tarmac at Miramar Naval Air Station. Two uniformed men stand beside the airplane, and other equipment is in the ...
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Phantom II Jet from Above

Date: 1965
Description: View of a Phantom II jet from above, possibly taken with infrared film. The text on the wing reads, "USAF."
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Phantom II Jet against Lunar Backdrop

Date: 1965
Description: Photograph of the Phantom II jet silhouetted against what appears to be the surface of the moon.
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View over Santo Domingo

Date: 1965
Description: View over the shoulder of a soldier of the 82nd Airborne firing a .50 machine gun out a high window of Observation Post #1 in Santo Domingo, Dominican Repu...
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Sweat Shed

Date: 1965
Description: Large group of soldiers with packs and gear in a hangar. More packs and gear are near numbered areas in the foreground.
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Blockade at Santo Domingo

Date: 1965
Description: View from rooftop of a blockaded street in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, seen from a U.S. Marine position. A large group of civilians, mainly women, s...
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Military Transport, Vietnam

Date: 1965
Description: View from roadside of a number of soldiers riding in the back of a military transport truck along a road on a high hillside with a view of the valley below...
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Soldiers on a Hillside, Vietnam

Date: 1965
Description: Three soldiers navigate down a rocky hillside covered with low-lying vegetation.
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Soldiers Using Radio in Vietnam

Date: 1965
Description: Six soldiers along a roadside in Vietnam. One soldier operates a radio while another writes. Other men sit on the other side of the road, and in the far ba...
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Helicopters Loading

Date: 1965
Description: A soldier with a radio on his back waits in the foreground while a group of men stand waiting while other men board helicopters on a beach in Vietnam.
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Search and Clear Mission

Date: 1965
Description: Rear view of group of soldiers walking in an open field on a "search and clear" mission near Da Nang. Hills are in the background.
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Wreckage of a Downed Helicopter

Date: 1965
Description: Wreckage of a downed helicopter at an airbase in Vietnam. Several soldiers, other helicopters and tents are in the background.
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Dead Viet Cong Soldiers on a Beach

Date: 1965
Description: Bodies of several dead Viet Cong soldiers lying on a beach. Several U.S. soldiers observe as bodies are placed in the sand from a truck.
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Soldiers Reading a Map

Date: 1965
Description: View of five soldiers in Vietnam, some of whom are reading a map, and others smoking cigarettes.
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Dead Viet Cong Soldier

Date: 1965
Description: U.S. soldiers drag the body of a dead Viet Cong soldier on a beach.

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