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President Dwight D. Eisenhower at Fort Benning

Date: 1960
Description: President Dwight D. Eisenhower (Ike), as commander-in-chief, inspects a soldier at an exhibition at Fort Benning.
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Truax Field Soldiers on Telephones

Date: 12 17 1942
Description: Men, some of whom are dressed in overalls, make phone calls in a bank of telephone booths at Truax Army Air Field in the recreation hall and switchboard ar...
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General Sumner and Staff

Date: 
Description: General Edwin Vose Sumner and his staff officers: (from left to right) Capt. A.H. Cushing; Capt. L. Kipp; Major Clark; Lt. Col. Joseph Taylor; Major Genera...
Painting

Camp Randall, from the N. E.

Date: 1862
Description: Photograph of a watercolor of a view of Camp Randall, from the northeast. Scene set on rolling hills, shows tents, buildings, horses and military members i...
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Camp Custer, 85th Division Field Meeting

Date: 10 1917
Description: Panoramic view of the 8th Division Field Meeting at Camp Custer. Hundreds of soldiers in overcoats and hats with a wooden wall used for training visible in...
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Advanced Trench Digging

Date: 07 17 1917
Description: ROTC engineers, probably at Fort Sheridan, in training for trench construction. Victor Morris of Milwaukee, in whose wartime album this photograph appears,...
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World War I Training Camp

Date: 1918
Description: Colonel Joseph W. Jackson, formerly of Madison, Wisconsin, and Williston, North Dakota, salutes a woman in civilian dress at Camp Lewis. Jackson was an of...
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Remount Service Pack Train

Date: 1918
Description: Elevated view of Camp Lewis, showing a pack train fitted out for a march.
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Fred Platner's Co-workers and Officers in Military Camp

Date: 1944
Description: Fred Platner's co-workers and officers in a military camp; Tashkent, U.S.S.R. Fred Platner worked at the camp as a truck driver.
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Mess Office at Camp George Meade

Date: 1941
Description: Two uniformed men of the Medical Battalion's Company B stand with the mess sergeant to inspect a piece of poultry from the refrigerator in the mess office ...
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Condensing Unit Installation at Camp George G. Meade

Date: 1941
Description: Men standING near an International condensing unit as it is being installed at Camp George G. Meade. The men appear to be examining a melon.
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Soldiers Studying Map

Date: 1942
Description: Three uniformed men study a map placed on a desk. The original caption reads: "STUDYING THE BATTALION'S NEXT HOME. Lt. Col. D.L. Van Syckle (right), comman...
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Soldiers at Attention

Date: 1943
Description: A group of soldiers stand at attention while lines of men walk past. Men are working on a roof and scaffold around a steeple on a building in the backgroun...
Photograph

International Trucks at Camp Pendleton Training Camp

Date: 1944
Description: Two International trucks follow a dirt path into and out of a small valley at a Marine Corps Motor Transport School Training Command Camp. The school was l...
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Military Lunch Break

Date: 1944
Description: Soldiers sit around International crawler tractors, waiting to receive instruction from a man during a lunch break. The original caption reads: "Group rece...
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International Truck at Military Encampment

Date: 1944
Description: A man stands near an International dump truck marked: "USMC 35894 - Camp Pendleton." The truck bed is raised, releasing a pile of dirt in front of an encam...
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Visitors at Camp Harvey

Date: 1898
Description: Women and children visit soldiers at Camp Harvey. A long building with other people on a long porch is in the background.
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National Defense Photo Montage

Date: 1942
Description: Montage of machines and armaments produced by International Harvester for the war effort. Included are images of jeeps, crawler tractors (TracTracTors), an...
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Marines at Rifle Range

Date: 1941
Description: Large group of marines are outdoors firing from a sitting position at a firing range, possibly at a Marine Corps firing range at La Jolla, California.
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Marines Training with Springfield Rifles

Date: 1941
Description: Overhead view of U.S. Marines firing rifles, possibly at a Marine Corps rifle range.

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