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Cuban Rebel Shooting at Airplane

Date: 1958
Description: Major Antonio Lusson, battilion commander for Castro during the fight for the town of LaMaya, fires on a strafing B-26 from Batista's air force. Cuba.
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Rosengren Welcomes Martin and Luce to Korea

Date: 11 22 1952
Description: Lieutenant Colonel Rosengren and Captain George Pierce greet Dwight Martin and Henry Luce upon their arrival in Seoul, Korea.
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International Harvester Scout at Fort Stewart

Date: 1964
Description: A man drives an International Harvester Scout past military vehicles on display near the entrance to Fort Stewart.
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Soldiers with Truck and Airplane

Date: 1943
Description: Uniformed soldiers use a ladder to unload objects from a U.S. Army C-47 airplane labeled "Green Goon." An International truck appears in the foreground wi...
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Best Wishes to You in the Service

Date: 1942
Description: Holiday card with a military theme. The card has a red, white, blue and embossed border. In the center is a "V" made of a red, white and blue ribbon on the...
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Night Construction with IH Equipment in Vietnam

Date: 1967
Description: Men from the Air Force's Red Horse heavy repair squadrons use International equipment to clear land in Vietnam, possibly for construction of barracks or a ...
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Paratroopers

Date: 09 05 1943
Description: Paratroopers at a Drome (airfield) near Port Moresby, preparing to take off for a landing at Nadzab near Lae. Lae is a Japanese-held airfield in New Guinea...
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Trucks and Plane at the Airfield

Date: 09 05 1943
Description: Trucks at a Drome (airfield) near Port Moresby, wait while paratroopers prepare to take off for a landing at Nadzab near Lae. Lae is a Japanese-held airfie...
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Military Aircraft

Date: 09 05 1943
Description: Military aircraft at a Drome (airfield) near Port Moresby, preparing to take off for a landing at Nadzab near Lae. The aircraft in the foreground is named ...
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Tail of Passenger Transport Aircraft

Date: 10 21 1943
Description: Tail of a Lodestar aircraft at Townsville Airfield, Queensland, Australia. The Lockheed Model 18 Lodestar was a passenger transport aircraft of the World W...
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Navigator in a B-24 Warplane

Date: 11 13 1943
Description: Lieutenant Paul Seramur of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, at the navigator table in a Consolidated B-24 Liberator warplane during the Alexishafen strike. He is hold...
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War Correspondent in B-24 Warplane

Date: 11 13 1943
Description: Robert Doyle in a Consolidated B-24 Liberator warplane during the Alexishafen strike. Alexishafen was a Japanese occupied airbase located on the northeast ...
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"Naughty Blue Eyes"

Date: 11 13 1943
Description: The crew of the "Naughty Blue Eyes" poses in front of their warplane, a Consolidated B-24 Liberator, after the Alexishafen mission. The nose art of a littl...
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B-24 Warplane Navigator

Date: 11 13 1943
Description: Navigator Lieutenant Paul Seramur of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, poses in front of a Consolidated B-24 Liberator warplane after the Alexishafen strike. The name ...
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Four War Correspondents in a Warplane

Date: 11 13 1943
Description: Four war correspondents, (left to right), Robert Doyle of the Milwaukee Journal, an unknown man, Ralph Boyce of YANK Army Weekly magazine and...
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"Windy City Kitty"

Date: 11 17 1943
Description: Mechanic Sergeant Raymond Smith of Ontario, Wisconsin, stands next to the nose art, "Windy City Kitty," depicting a naked woman in the "pin-up style" on th...
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"Connell's Special"

Date: 11 17 1943
Description: Crew Chief Master Sergeant Harold Kuba of Appleton, Wisconsin, leans out of the cockpit window of his warplane. The nose art, "Connell's Special" appears o...
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Pluto and Soldier

Date: 10 18 1943
Description: Mechanic Staff Sergeant Raymond Wagner of Boscobel, Wisconsin, poses shirtless while holding a cigarette and standing next to the nose art on his Consolida...
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Missing Pilot Returns

Date: 10 21 1943
Description: Major Arthur L. Post of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, was shot down on June 20th, 1943 and rescued on September 28th, 1943 after 101 days in the jungle. Here he is...
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Missing Pilot Returns

Date: 11 21 1943
Description: Major Arthur L. Post of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, was shot down on June 20th, 1943 and rescued on September 28th, 1943 after 101 days in the jungle. Here he is...

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