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| Date: | 1870 |
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| Description: | Francis Jefferson Coates of the 7th Wisconsin who earned the Medal of Honor for bravery at the Battle of Gettysburg. Sergeant Coates was so severely wounde... |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | General William "Billy" Mitchell in full dress uniform. |
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| Description: | Portrait of Major Richard Ira Bong, medal of honor winner from Poplar, Wisconsin. Flying a P-38, Bong shot down more enemy aircraft than any other American... |
| Date: | 12 12 1944 |
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| Description: | General Douglas MacArthur congratulates Richard I. Bong, World War II Ace of Aces from Poplar, Wisconsin, after awarding him the Congressional Medal of Hon... |
| Date: | 11 1898 |
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| Description: | Studio portrait of Oto man, (George) Arkeketah, Head Chief. Part of Siouan (Sioux) and Otoe Tribes. He wears two medals and holds an axe. |
| Date: | 02 1900 |
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| Description: | Studio portrait of Oto man, Cheedobau or Richard W. Shunatona. Part of Siouan (Sioux) and Otoe Tribes. He wears a medal and bear claw necklace, and holds a... |
| Date: | 02 1900 |
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| Description: | Studio portrait of Oto man, Mato Nayin or Standing Bear, wearing a medal, and holding an axe and fan. Part of Siouan (Sioux) and Otoe Tribes. |
| Date: | 12 1899 |
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| Description: | Studio portrait of Oto man, Wogewashonewahe or Gray Stone. Part of Siouan (Sioux) and Otoe Tribes. |
| Date: | 04 04 1969 |
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| Description: | Secretary of Defense Melvin Laird of Wisconsin (on the far right) with astronaut James Lovell, a former student at the University of Wisconsin, and his wif... |
| Date: | 02 01 1945 |
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| Description: | Axel Olson, father of Sgt. Truman O. Olson, deceased, receiving the Congressional Medal of Honor from Col. W. Lutz Krigbaum on behalf of his son, who was k... |
| Date: | 02 01 1945 |
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| Description: | Axel Olson with his sons Earl and Richard inspecting the Congressional Medal of Honor awarded posthumously to son and brother Sgt. Truman O. Olson. Truman ... |
| Date: | 01 31 1947 |
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| Description: | Army recruiter Sgt. Elmer Thompson, Janesville, receiving the Army commendation ribbon from Major Edward Millot, right, field operation officer of the Fift... |
| Date: | 03 01 1947 |
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| Description: | Arnold H. Dammen, assistant director of residence halls at the University of Wisconsin, looking at a letter and a Haakon VII Liberation medal from the King... |
| Date: | 11 04 1947 |
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| Description: | Dr. William S. Middleton receiving the Distinguished Service Medal from Major General Edwin P. Parker for outstanding service with the Army Medical Corps i... |
| Date: | 05 18 1948 |
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| Description: | Colonel George Sherman, chief of staff of the 32nd division National Guard is shown decorating Sargeant Harold L. Endres with medals. Endres was a World Wa... |
| Date: | 07 31 1948 |
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| Description: | Leroy L. Dalton, (in a hosptial bed at left) shown receiving the United States Navy Air Medal for meritorious achievement during his fifth mission as a gun... |
| Date: | 07 31 1948 |
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| Description: | Leroy L. Dalton,(in a hosptial bed at left,)shown receiving the United States Navy Air Medal for meritious achievement during his fifth mission as a gunne... |
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| Description: | Jerome A. Watrous in uniform, wearing medals for his military service during the Civil War and the Spanish-American War. |
| Date: | 1903 |
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| Description: | Head and shoulders portrait of a bearded James B. Pond wearing eyeglasses and his Medal of Honor rosette. |
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| Description: | Studio portrait in front of a table and painted backdrop of a bearded George F. Pond. He is wearing a suit coat, vest, and trousers, and has a watch fob ch... |
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