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Truax Officers' Wives Club Coffee Party

Date: 03 23 1953
Description: Louise Shoup, wife of Henry W. Shoup, commanding officer of Truax Field, gives a coffee party to introduce the new wives to some of the current wives, left...
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Soldiers Conversing and Drinking Soda at Ft. Sill

Date: 1941
Description: A group of men sit in a store and drink soda at Fort Sill. Draftee Charles J. Richard is among the men. Richard was a former International Harvester employ...
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University of Wisconsin Military Ball

Date: 04 29 1952
Description: As a promotion stunt, several of the committee members, and 11 girls who were semi-finalists in the court of honor contest for the University of Wisconsin-...
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Soldier in Base Kitchen

Date: 1942
Description: A soldier at a base in Panama uses a cleaver to open a can of rhubarb sitting on a counter near a large pot. He is wearing a cap, a sleeveless shirt, and p...
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Dushans Ship Out from Truax To England

Date: 04 26 1954
Description: Group portrait of Mary Dushan surrounded by her four children. They are, clockwise from upper left: Andy, 7, Joseph Jr., 9 1/2, Jimmy, 4, and Patrica Ann, ...
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Truax Officers' Wives

Date: 02 14 1957
Description: Three women attend a St. Valentine's Day tea given by the Truax Officer's Wives Club to welcome wives of officers newly assigned to Truax Field Air Force B...
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Truax Field Officers Wives Club

Date: 08 08 1957
Description: Fay Blalock and Mrs. Elmer Vorse are greeted by Marie Pease at the Truax Field Officers Wives Club. Pease is wife of the base commander at Truax Field.
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Truax Field Officers' Wives Club

Date: 08 08 1957
Description: The Truax Field Officers' Wives Club hosts a party for newcomers. Guests include, from left: Mrs. Edward D. Curry, Mrs. A.J. House, Edith Steere, Mrs. Wilb...
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Robert Doyle at His Typewriter

Date: 04 16 1945
Description: Robert Doyle (shirtles), works at the typewriter in his quarters in the BOQ (Bachelor Officer Quarters) #5, room 110, at CINCPAC (Commander in Chief, Pacif...

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