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| Date: | 04 15 1953 |
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| Description: | Infantry troops of the 8th Army preparing to board a Bell UH-1D helicopter of the 6th Transportation Helicopter Company for transport to the front. |
| Date: | 1954 |
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| Description: | Publicity still from "The Bridges at Toko-Ri," a 1954 Paramount Pictures release about the Korean War that starred William Holden (right) as a bomber pilot... |
| Date: | 11 08 1956 |
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| Description: | The first F-102 jet arrives at Truax Field. |
| Date: | 07 24 1952 |
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| Description: | Governor Walter J. Kohler, Jr., turns around in his seat at the state fair to shake hands with three Civil Air Patrol cadets. |
| 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: | 06 30 1958 |
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| Description: | The Air Guard Police fire a final salute to heroic departed comrade, Lt. Duane Pierstorff. |
| 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... |
| Date: | 05 22 1957 |
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| Description: | Air Guard Lt. Dan Torphy preparing for a training flight from Truax Field by putting on a long white scarf (an old tradition for pilots) in the locker room... |
| Date: | 05 22 1957 |
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| Description: | Air Guard Lt. Dan Torphy preparing for a training flight from Truax Field by attending a briefing for pilots by Capt. William Korbe of the 176th squadron o... |
| Date: | 05 22 1957 |
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| Description: | Air Guard Lt. Dan Torphy preparing for a training flight from Truax Field by putting on a Mae West life preserver over his flight suit. He is being helped ... |
| Date: | 05 22 1957 |
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| Description: | Air Guard Lt. Dan Torphy, returned from a training flight at Truax Field, carrying his gear while walking near his plane with Lt. John Roseboom. |
| Date: | 05 16 1958 |
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| Description: | Portrait of Madison wrestling promoter Jimmy Demetral donating to a fund established for the welfare and education of the 3-month-old son of an Air Force p... |
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