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Chapelle Photographs Marines

Date: 1955
Description: Front view of Dickey Chapelle shooting photographs of two Marines, who are shown from the back.
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Joe McCarthy During World War II

Date: 1943
Description: Intelligence officer Joseph R. McCarthy (wearing the cap) with a group of Marines somewhere in the Pacific.
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Marine Barracks

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Description: A view of the staff at the dining hall of the marine barracks. The staff wears white aprons and prepares to serve food, and tables are set on either side ...
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Marine Barracks

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Description: A large group of men looking at the camera, standing near their cots in a squad room of a marine barracks. A staircase leads upward on the left.
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Lewis Arms and Cousin in Military Uniforms

Date: 1952
Description: Lewis Arms (kneeling), who is wearing his Marine Corps uniform, poses with his first cousin Chester Elvord, who is wearing his Army uniform. They are on La...
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Lewis Arms and Nedra

Date: 1952
Description: Lewis Arms, who is wearing his Marine Corps uniform, poses outdoors with his sister Nedra.
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Lewis Arms and a Ladyfriend

Date: 1952
Description: Lewis Arms poses with a woman (possibly Helen Berry), who is wearing his Marine Corps hat.
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Lewis Arms in Marine Corps Uniform

Date: 1952
Description: Lewis Arms strikes a jaunty pose in his Marine Corps uniform (sans jacket).
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Lewis Arms with a Cocktail Waitress

Date: 06 06 1952
Description: Lewis Arms (left) and his friend Norbert Pfife ("a kid from . . . around Milwaukee") enjoy a pitcher of beer at Bradley's Bar in downtown San Diego. Beside...
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Lewis Arms and Fred Sitting

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Description: Lewis Arms (left) poses with Fred Sitting, "a couple of tired, but still smiling Marines".
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Three Men from Milwaukee Journal

Date: 03 1945
Description: From the caption that accompanied the image: "Fellow workers in civilian life, these Milwaukeeans met recently on Kwajalein atoll in the Marshall islands. ...
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Three Men from Milwaukee Journal

Date: 03 1945
Description: From the caption that accompanied the image: "Fellow workers in civilian life, these Milwaukeeans met recently on Kwajalein atoll in the Marshall islands. ...
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Dickey Chapelle at Operation Inland Seas

Date: 07 1959
Description: Dickey Chapelle taking photographs on the beach in Milwaukee during Operation Inland Seas. A Navy ship is on Lake Michigan in the background on the left. A...
Poster

Be Up-To-Date = Be A U.S. Marine

Date: 1917
Description: Poster featuring an illustration of a soldier with his gear, adjusting his helmet while standing behind sandbags. On his belt is a gas mask. Poster text re...
Poster

Tell That to the Marines!

Date: 1917
Description: Poster featuring an illustration of a man with a fierce look on his face while taking off his suit coat. His hat is on the ground near a newspaper with the...
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Sands of Iwo Jima movie still

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Description: John Wayne and three other men sit on a hillside in a still from the 1949 film "Sands of Iwo Jima". All are dressed in battle fatigues and Wayne holds a f...

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