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| Date: | 07 16 1943 |
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| Description: | Dobby's Cosmo Club, owned by John C. Dobson, Route 1, Mendota, Wisconsin, interior view of the bar showing liquor bottles and three World War II servicemen... |
| Date: | 12 27 1944 |
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| Description: | War hero Capt. Richard I. Bong, of Poplar, Wisconsin, credited with knocking out 21 Japanese planes in the South Pacific, shaking hands with Governor Walte... |
| Date: | 07 02 1945 |
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| Description: | First Lieut. Robert V. Merklein is showing his father, O.F. Merklein, the location of Yokohama, where he downed his first Japanese plane. |
| Date: | 07 27 1945 |
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| Description: | Funeral wreath with photograph in center of Lieut. William T. Gleason, at Lieut. Gleason's funeral service held on July 27, 1945, at St. Bernard's Church. ... |
| Date: | 11 15 1945 |
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| Description: | Roundy Coughlin shaking hands with Lieut. Col. Royal Thompson as they renew their acquaintance from attending a baseball game in Chicago when Royal Thompso... |
| Date: | 11 08 1948 |
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| Description: | Capt. Homer P. Anderson, U.S. Air Force, (center) posing at a meeting of the Kiwanis club at the Park Hotel. With him are his co-pilot from Langley Field i... |
| Date: | 01 03 1949 |
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| Description: | Glady McConochie, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Chris McConochie of Pardeville, in center, taking her oath from Elmer H. Gibson, at left, commanding officer of ... |
| Date: | 07 15 1949 |
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| Description: | Family portrait of Lieutenant and Mrs. Leon B. (Florence) Stephens Jr. and their eleven-month old son, Timothy, who are visiting in the home of the officer... |
| Date: | 04 29 1952 |
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| Description: | As a promotion stunt, several of the committee members, and 11 girls who were semi-finalists in the court of honor contest for the University of Wisconsin-... |
| Date: | 04 29 1952 |
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| Description: | As a promotion stunt, several of the committee members, and 11 girls who were semi-finalists in the court of honor contest for the University of Wisconsin-... |
| Date: | 04 29 1952 |
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| Description: | As a promotion stunt, several of the committee members, and 11 girls who were semi-finalists in the court of honor contest for the University of Wisconsin-... |
| Date: | 06 17 1952 |
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| Description: | Mrs. Mary Ellen Fletcher used an inheritance to fly her mother and father in-laws from Birmingham, England to Madison to witness their sons graduation from... |
| Date: | 10 25 1957 |
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| Description: | Lt. Col. Lassiter Thompson sits behind his desk at Truax Field. He is the newly appointed commander of the 61st Fighter Interceptor Squadron. |
| Date: | 11 01 1960 |
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| Description: | Maj. Alexander de Seversky (right), speaker at the Air Power banquet at the Wisconsin Memorial Union, speaks with Donald Alexander and Marian Alexander. |
| Date: | 11 01 1960 |
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| Description: | Three men stand and chat at the Air Power banquet held at the Wisconsin Memorial Union. Some of the military officers and civilian officials in attendance ... |
| Date: | 11 01 1960 |
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| Description: | Shown in center is Major Alexander P. de Seversky, pioneer in aeronautical design and engineering, and speaker at the Air Power banquet at the Wisconsin Me... |
| Date: | 11 01 1960 |
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| Description: | Attendees at the Air Power banquet include, from left to right: Patricia Jensen; Brig. Gen. Kenneth H. Gibson, commander of the Chicago Air Defense Sector;... |
| Date: | 11 01 1960 |
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| Description: | Among those attending the Air Power Banquet at the Wisconsin Memorial Union (left to right) are: Dr. Conrad Elvehjem, president of the University of Wiscon... |
| Date: | 12 22 1953 |
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| Description: | Edward C. Waffle, in charge of the tower for the Air Force, is talking with a pilot from the Truax Field control tower by speaking into a handheld radio tr... |
| Date: | 12 31 1954 |
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| Description: | Truax Base commander, Col. Frederick J. Nelander, after presenting the Purple Heart and the Air Medal to Lt. Edward G. Izbicky. The airman won the decorati... |
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