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Dickey Chapelle Covering Operation Inland Seas

Date: 07 1959
Description: Dickey Chapelle, photographer, on the same Milwaukee beach where she learned to swim as a young girl. She was covering "Operation Inland Seas" celebrating ...
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Escalation of the Korean Crisis

Date: 04 1960
Description: In April 1960 a student uprising created a crisis within the South Korean government and the army was called out to keep the peace. Ultimately President Sy...
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Havana Parade, Cuban Revolution

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Description: Parade celebrating Fidel Casto's arrival in Havana at the end of the Cuban Revolution. 26th of July Movement soldiers are riding on top of a captured Sher...
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Woman and Mules on Airstrip

Date: 1961
Description: A woman leads a mule laden with bundles across the airstrip at the village of Keukacham, Laos. A young mule follows. In the background at the base of a hil...
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Universal Engineer Tractor as Scraper

Date: 1950
Description: The original caption reads: "With its eight-yard capacity equal to 12 tons, the Universal Engineer Tractor will replace scraper units, self-propelled or cr...
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Tanks Approaching Juvigny

Date: 1917
Description: Two companies of tanks attached to the 32nd Division (Red Arrow Division) on a dirt road approaching Juvigny, France. Some of the men are riding horses.
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Delta Sigma Pi Fraternity Purchases Sherman Tank

Date: 04 15 1958
Description: Delta Sigma Pi fraternity purchased a used 33-ton Sherman tank from Camp McCoy for use at a spring fraternity "tank party". The fraternity's Dixieland orch...
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Delta Sigma Pi Fraternity Purchases Sherman Tank

Date: 04 15 1958
Description: Delta Sigma Pi fraternity members and friends ride the 33-ton used Sherman tank that the fraternity purchased from the Army at Camp McCoy, from the Milwauk...

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