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| Date: | 05 25 1918 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of draftees at the Northwestern depot on their way to basic training and then France. Nearly 3,000 Madison men joined the war effort. |
| Date: | 05 25 1918 |
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| Description: | A crowd watching as drafted men leave Madison via the Chicago Northwestern railroad station. |
| Date: | 08 30 1948 |
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| Description: | R.F. Suchomel, left, registering for the draft at Draper School. The volunteer registrar is Mrs. Albert (Alma) Weber. Walter J. Lawrence, clerk of boards n... |
| Date: | 10 16 1948 |
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| Description: | Sgt. Tom Sorenson, processing sergeant for Madison area U.S. army draftees, briefing the first recruits to be processed through the Madison army recruiting... |
| Date: | 11 22 1948 |
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| Description: | The first Madison draftees under the new selective service law who were inducted. Left to right are: Dean Raemisch, James Everhart, Norman Chump and Carl W... |
| Date: | 02 24 1971 |
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| Description: | Poster advertising a public forum on repealing the draft. Four participating locations are listed, all in the Madison, Wisconsin area. Features a represent... |
| Date: | 05 01 1959 |
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| Description: | Lieutenant General Lewis B. Hershey (left), national selective service director, confers with his Wisconsin counterpart, Colonel Bentley Courtenay. |
| Date: | 1955 |
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| Description: | Two men smile and shake hands outside an airplane. Caption reads: "Madison, Wis. 1955-1956. Lieut.-Gen. Lewis Hershey (left) former head of the draft, and ... |
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