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Battle at Iwo Jima

Date: 1945
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...
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M-246 Wrecker with Jet Fighter Wreckage

Date: 1952
Description: Color photograph of men guiding a piece of wreckage from a jet fighter onto the ground as it is lifted by the arm of a Model M-246 truck. The specification...
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Obey and Young, Overwhelmed

Date: 09 2001
Description: Wisconsin Congressman David R. Obey (right) looking at the World Trade Center site shortly after the 9/11 attacks. With Obey is Florida Congressman Bill Yo...
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Obey at Ground Zero

Date: 09 2001
Description: Florida Congressman Bill Young (left) and Wisconsin Congressman David R. Obey at the intersection of Vesey Street and the West Side Highway, ground zero fo...
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Wrecker Stuck in the Mud

Date: 01 24 1944
Description: "Beach Road," Robert Doyle's caption in the Milwaukee Journal said it best, "Saidor travel Bureau never reports roads impassable as long as wheels a...
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Units Drilling in Field

Date: 1918
Description: Slightly elevated view of groups of soldiers performing drills in a field surrounded by a fence. At the rear of the marching column one man carrying an Ame...
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Hoisting a Boat

Date: 1901
Description: Stereograph of two sailors standing in a small boat as it is hoisted aboard the Battleship "Wisconsin." More sailors are in the lower right corner. Caption...
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On the Southwestern Battlefront

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Description: Both good and bad luck at the same time. While driving passed an artillery shell damaged section of a mountain road, a heavily loaded supply truck slid off...

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