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| Date: | 09 26 1957 |
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| Description: | Daisy Bates looks out from her front window as members of the 101st Airborne Division prepare to escort members of the "Little Rock Nine" to Central High S... |
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| Description: | Cartoon of Jim Crow in the U.S. zone of postwar Germany, with a soldier goose stepping in the foreground, and Hitler and Stalin in the background. |
| Date: | 05 04 1949 |
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| Description: | Governor Oscar Rennebohm, seated at his desk in the foreground, signs a bill into law ending segregation in the Wisconsin National Guard because of race, c... |
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| Description: | Lewis R. Arms is shown in military uniform, wearing roller skates on what appears to be a roof. There is a signature on the back of the photograph that rea... |
| Date: | 12 25 1942 |
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| Description: | hand-colored portrait of 15-year-old Lewis Arms wearing a neck scarf and military uniform hat. |
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| Description: | Chester Elvord, cousin of Louis (Lew) Arms, poses outdoors on Lake Street wearing his military uniform. |
| Date: | 06 06 1952 |
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| Description: | Lewis Arms (left) and his friend Norbert Pfife ("a kid from . . . around Milwaukee") enjoy a pitcher of beer at Bradley's Bar in downtown San Diego. Beside... |
| Date: | 1960 |
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| Description: | Lewis Arms sits on a short concrete wall wearing his military uniform. There is an empty soda bottle at his feet. |
| Date: | 1960 |
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| Description: | Lewis Arms poses in front of the Madison airport before flying to Fort Knox, Kentucky. He is wearing his army uniform. |
| Date: | 1960 |
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| Description: | Lewis Arms, wearing army gear, eats chow outdoors. |
| Date: | 05 06 1948 |
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| Description: | Memorial Day, "Poppy Day," Committee. Three men in uniform stand for a group portrait in front of a stucco wall. |
| Date: | 01 22 1944 |
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| Description: | The Gun Section of Battalion A at Saidor, New Guinea (present day Papua New Guinea) looks at gun sight held by their Sergeant. The soldier's names are (cro... |
| Date: | 07 1962 |
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| Description: | Lewis Arms is standing next to an army tank in Fort Knox, Kentucky. He is wearing a military uniform and helmet. Three men are standing and sitting on top ... |
| Date: | 08 1962 |
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| Description: | Lewis Arms and other men preparing chow outdoors at an Army post at Fort Knox. |
| Date: | 02 23 1963 |
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| Description: | The front side of Lewis Arms' Armed Forces identification card, which includes a photograph of Arms. |
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