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First to Fly — Army Demonstration

Date: 09 17 1908
Description: Soldiers at Fort Myer, Virginia, watching Orville Wright demonstrate the Wright Brothers' airplane for the U.S. Army. Milwaukee's Billy Mitchell is said to...
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Flight Nurse and Wounded

Date: 03 1945
Description: At Iwo Jima Airfield #1 Gwen Jensen, a flight nurse, talks with wounded Marines who are about to be evacuated by airplane. Mount Surabachi, from which the ...
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Wisconsin Air National Guard

Date: 1954
Description: A Wisconsin Air National Guard F-89 Scorpion at Truax Field. Armaments for this fighter included two air-to-air rockets capable of being armed with nuclear...
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Rosengren Welcomes Martin and Luce to Korea

Date: 11 22 1952
Description: Lieutenant Colonel Rosengren and Captain George Pierce greet Dwight Martin and Henry Luce upon their arrival in Seoul, Korea.
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Pfc. Charles F. Moore and Cat Mascot

Date: 08 17 1946
Description: Pfc. Charles F. Moore with cat "Kwajie" who was the mascot of the B-29 airplane "Dave's Dream" and who made the trip over Bikini when the plane dropped the...
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Ambulance Corps Van

Date: 1941
Description: Men and women standing with an International Metro used by Czechoslovakian Relief. An airplane is in the background. All four people are wearing coats and ...
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Gauer with Military Personell

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Description: Harold Gauer, on left wearing a bow tie, with two unidentified military officers, one of whom is in full decorated uniform, in front of an airplane.
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Buy War Bonds for Fighting Power Today

Date: 1943
Description: Treasury Design No. 25, "Blue Prints." The poster features two contrasting scenes. On the left is an explosive battle scene in shades of dark blue. On the ...
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Sigurd Olson Going Home

Date: 06 06 1946
Description: Sigurd F. Olson, standing, on a C-47 plane en route from Berlin to Frankfort, and then home to Minnesota.
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Group with Czechloslovak Relief Ambulance

Date: 1941
Description: A group of two men and two women stand near an International D-15-M (Metro) truck sold to Czechoslovakian Relief for service with the Czechoslovakian Army ...
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Lieutenant and Hostesses with Ambulance

Date: 1941
Description: First Lieutenant K.J. Fogle is standing in the cab of an International D-15-M (Metro) truck sold to Czechoslovakian Relief for service with the Czechoslova...
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Soldiers Working on B-29 Bomber

Date: 03 1945
Description: Two men working on a B-29 bomber, just returned from its first fire raid on Tokyo. The men are on top of the plane, opening a hatch. They are both shirtles...
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Phantom II Jet

Date: 1965
Description: Rear view of a Phantom II Naval plane on a tarmac at Miramar Naval Air Station. Two uniformed men stand beside the airplane, and other equipment is in the ...
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Navigator in a B-24 Warplane

Date: 11 13 1943
Description: Lieutenant Paul Seramur of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, at the navigator table in a Consolidated B-24 Liberator warplane during the Alexishafen strike. He is hold...
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"Naughty Blue Eyes"

Date: 11 13 1943
Description: The crew of the "Naughty Blue Eyes" poses in front of their warplane, a Consolidated B-24 Liberator, after the Alexishafen mission. The nose art of a littl...
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B-24 Warplane Navigator

Date: 11 13 1943
Description: Navigator Lieutenant Paul Seramur of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, poses in front of a Consolidated B-24 Liberator warplane after the Alexishafen strike. The name ...
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Three War Correspondents

Date: 11 13 1943
Description: View looking up at three war correspondents, (left to right), Robert Doyle of the Milwaukee Journal, Bob Eunson of Associated Press and Ralph Boyce ...
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Warplane at Wards Drome

Date: 11 13 1943
Description: Ralph Boyce of YANK, the Army Weekly magazine, looks up at damage to a warplane at Wards Drome (5 Mile), an airfield near Port Moresby, New Guinea (...
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Four War Correspondents in a Warplane

Date: 11 13 1943
Description: Four war correspondents, (left to right), Robert Doyle of the Milwaukee Journal, an unknown man, Ralph Boyce of YANK Army Weekly magazine and...
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"Windy City Kitty"

Date: 11 17 1943
Description: Mechanic Sergeant Raymond Smith of Ontario, Wisconsin, stands next to the nose art, "Windy City Kitty," depicting a naked woman in the "pin-up style" on th...

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