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| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | "Battle of Chickamauga," an oil painting depicting a dramatic moment in the Battle of Chickamauga, painted by Alfred Thorsen after the lithograph. "Charge ... |
| Date: | 1945 |
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| Description: | Soldiers firing rockets from two International M-2-4 launch vehicles during combat operations in Iwo Jima. |
| Date: | 02 1945 |
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| Description: | Airfield #1, Iwo Jima, with Mt Surabachi in the distance. This image is one of many taken by Milwaukee photographer Dickey Chapelle during the assault on ... |
| Date: | 1963 |
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| Description: | A photograph by freelance photographer Dickey Chapelle of several Sikorsky CH-34A helicopters taken somewhere in South Vietnam. Because these heavy lifting... |
| Date: | 09 29 1906 |
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| Description: | A group of people looks over the Wisconsin Heights battlefield as a man gestures. A horse-drawn buggy is on the right and another team of horses is visible... |
| Date: | 1945 |
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| Description: | Three dogs near a sandbagged foxhole during the battle of Iwo Jima. A marine is near another dog behind the foxhole. Wooden boxes in the foreground have wr... |
| Date: | 1945 |
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| Description: | Private First Class Anthony R. Buzzelli opens an ammunition box with an axe for Marines battling on Iwo Jima. Another man on the right appears to be openin... |
| Date: | 1945 |
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| Description: | Marines dig foxholes into the sand on the beaches of Iwo Jima. The men are surrounded by military equipment, including a crane. An International Diesel cra... |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | The famous "Shirley House" or "White House," stands near the Jackson Road, which was between the Union and Confederate entrenchments during the siege of Vi... |
| Date: | 02 1945 |
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| Description: | Lt. Commander Leonard (Leo) Thelen, Commanding Officer of the hospital, taking the pulse of a Marine line officer whose legs have been injured by shrapnel. |
| Date: | 1942 |
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| Description: | Advertising proof illustrating International Harvester's contribution to the war effort through the forming of maintenance battalions to service Internatio... |
| Date: | 1942 |
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| Description: | A machine gun crew running with their .30 machine gun. Two men in the foreground are wearing pants and helmets but no shirts, and are carrying a machine gu... |
| Date: | 1985 |
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| Description: | Painting depicting the Battle of New Orleans, fought on 8 January 1815. In the upper corner of the painting Major General Andrew Jackson is shown at the to... |
| Date: | 03 25 1954 |
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| Description: | Note on the back: "Defenders dig in. Dien Bien Phu, Indochina: An airport once covered this area where soldiers have dug deep trenches as protection from b... |
| Date: | 09 29 1943 |
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| Description: | Robert Doyle seated on a Japanese cannon in Buna, New Guinea (present day Papua New Guinea). The Battle of Buna-Gona took place between November 16th, 1942... |
| Date: | 01 02 1944 |
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| Description: | Robert Doyle's caption reads, "Wisconsin artillerymen hold Japanese caps they found a few minutes after landing at Saidor, New Guinea. Left to right are Wa... |
| Date: | 01 18 1944 |
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| Description: | Six soldiers from Michigan pose with a captured Japanese gun. It may be a Japanese 12.7-mm (Fixed Mount) Aircraft Machine Gun. The soldiers were stationed ... |
| Date: | 01 17 1944 |
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| Description: | Eight soldiers from Wisconsin pose with a captured Japanese gun. It may be a Japanese 12.7-mm (Fixed Mount) Aircraft Machine Gun. The soldiers were station... |
| Date: | 09 10 1944 |
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| Description: | Soldiers with a 105mm Howitzer near Brest, France. Camouflage netting is over their heads. Names, (left to right) are Private First Class Thomas Greatorex ... |
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