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Helicopter Power

Date: 02 1966
Description: Arriving at a forward area, a U.S. Air Force CH-30 helicopter carrying a 105mm howitzer is directed in for a landing. The artillery piece, which was in a r...
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Helicopter Hero Scott Alwin

Date: 1968
Description: Helicopter pilot Scott Alwin, a native of Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin, with his UH-1 ("Huey"). Alwin spent five tours of duty in Vietnam from 1967 to 1972, se...
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Dickey Chapelle with Special Forces Group

Date: 06 1963
Description: Dickey Chapelle receives a last minute pre-jump inspection from the 5th Special Forces Group.
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Lovell and Laird

Date: 04 04 1969
Description: Secretary of Defense Melvin Laird of Wisconsin (on the far right) with astronaut James Lovell, a former student at the University of Wisconsin, and his wif...
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Air Power Banquet

Date: 11 01 1960
Description: Maj. Alexander de Seversky (right), speaker at the Air Power banquet at the Wisconsin Memorial Union, speaks with Donald Alexander and Marian Alexander.
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We Saw You at Air Power Banquet

Date: 11 01 1960
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 ...
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We Saw You at Air Power Banquet

Date: 11 01 1960
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...
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We Saw You at Air Power Banquet

Date: 11 01 1960
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;...
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We Saw You at Air Power Banquet

Date: 11 01 1960
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...
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Truax Field Pilots Practice Water Survival in Lake Mendota

Date: 08 04 1964
Description: Truax Field pilots practicing water survival techniques in Lake Mendota near Warner Beach. The pilots, members of the 325 Fighter Interceptor Squadron, wer...
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Truax Field Pilots Practice Water Survival in Lake Mendota

Date: 08 05 1964
Description: Truax Field pilots practicing water survival techniques in Lake Mendota near Warner Beach. The pilots, members of the 325 Fighter Interceptor Squadron, wer...
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Truax Field Pilots Practicing Water Survival in Lake Mendota

Date: 08 05 1964
Description: Truax Field pilots practicing water survival techniques in Lake Mendota near Warner Beach. The pilots, members of the 325 Fighter Interceptor Squadron, wer...
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Charles & Victoria Slayton

Date: 01 02 1962
Description: Portrait of Charles & Victoria Slayton, parents of astronaut Donald "Deke" Slayton, sitting in their home in Leon, Wisconsin with framed photographs of the...

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