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| Date: | 08 15 1943 |
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| Description: | A soldier and four indigenous men shade their eyes as they watch planes take off and land at the Kiriwina Airfield on Kiriwina Island in the Solomon Sea, N... |
| Date: | 08 29 1943 |
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| Description: | Two Wisconsin cousins, (left) Corporal Englund Johnson, bomber waist gunner, of Park Falls and (right) Sergeant Donald Englund, airplane engine mechanic, o... |
| Date: | 09 05 1943 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 11 13 1943 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 11 13 1943 |
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| Description: | Navigator Lieutenant Paul Seramur of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, poses in front of a Consolidated B-24 Liberator warplane after the Alexishafen strike. The name ... |
| Date: | 11 13 1943 |
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| Description: | Three war correspondents, (left to right), Bob Eunson of Associated Press, Ralph Boyce of YANK Army Weekly magazine and Robert Doyle of the Milwa... |
| Date: | 11 13 1943 |
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| Description: | Four war correspondents, (left to right), Robert Doyle of the Milwaukee Journal, an unknown man, Ralph Boyce of YANK Army Weekly magazine and... |
| Date: | 11 17 1943 |
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| Description: | Corporal Gareale Brezeale of Warren, Arkansas, stands next to barrels, and Private First Class William Imhoff of Detroit, Michigan, holds the nozzle to the... |
| Date: | 11 17 1943 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 11 17 1943 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 10 18 1943 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 11 21 1943 |
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| Description: | Robert Doyle admires the golden oak leaf of Major Post's collar insignia. They are standing in front of the tail assembly of a plane similar to Post's. Maj... |
| Date: | 11 30 1943 |
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| Description: | Three Wisconsin soldiers pose in front of the nose art on their warplane, "Bedroom Commando," depicting a sleepwalker in a nightshirt and slippers, carryin... |
| Date: | 11 30 1943 |
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| Description: | Michigan soldiers loading bombs onto a trailer at a military base near Port Moresby, New Guinea (present day Papua New Guinea). Their names, left to right,... |
| Date: | 11 30 1943 |
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| Description: | Michigan soldiers pose in front of a trailer loaded with bombs at a military base near Port Moresby, New Guinea (present day Papua New Guinea). Their names... |
| Date: | 11 30 1943 |
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| Description: | Armament Chief Sergeant Lloyd Cleary sits on the nose of a warplane with his feet on the propeller at an airfield near Port Moresby, New Guinea (present da... |
| Date: | 12 14 1943 |
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| Description: | Ordnance Lieutenant Elroy Derksen of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, glances up from writing on papers laying on the hood of his jeep at a military base in New Guine... |
| Date: | 02 04 1944 |
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| Description: | A pilot peers out of the window of a warplane at an airbase near Port Moresby, New Guinea (present day Papua New Guinea). The plane has nose art depicting ... |
| Date: | 05 20 1944 |
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| Description: | Captain Donald Nicholson of Minneapolis, Minnesota and Major Daniel M. Lewis of Ladysmith, Wisconsin, pose at Royal Air Force station Steeple Morden, locat... |
| Date: | 10 06 1944 |
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| Description: | General Dwight D. Eisenhower speaks with General George C. Marshall at an airfield in Paris, France. The man behind Marshall's elbow is Senior Advisor to P... |
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