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Fort Howard

Date: 1851
Description: A rare photograph of U.S. Army soldiers stationed at Fort Howard rowing a boat on the Fox River. Fort Howard, built in 1816, was the first in the chain of ...
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Army Mechanics and TD-14 Tractor

Date: 1941
Description: Military mechanics and TD-14 crawler tractor with a Hughes-Keenan Crane servicing a B-17 bomber in MacDill Field hanger. MacDill Field, now MacDill Army Ai...
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Centennial Encampment on Lake Monona

Date: 1876
Description: Four men in front of tent in the woods. There is a man with a hatchet next to a clothesline between two trees. This is a Centennial encampment on the shore...
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Fort Howard and Soldiers in a Boat

Date: 1851
Description: View of five soldiers rowing in a boat, beside a dock, with another soldier standing on the dock. The fort is in the background, complete with the fortifie...
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Wounded Marine in Iwo Jima

Date: 02 1945
Description: A marine from the USS "Samaritan" lays on a stretcher with his eyes bandaged.
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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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Mother and Children Preparing to Dye Eggs

Date: 03 05 1953
Description: Truax Field Officers' Wives Club president, Irene Crouch, 213 North Street, and her sons, Keith, 6, and Kenneth, 10, preparing to dye eggs for the Easter e...
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Manchester War Bond Drawing

Date: 12 21 1944
Description: General Vincent J. Meloy, Truax Field commanding officer, draws war bond No. 96,358,797, which means a war bond for Mrs. Lily Clements, a cook at Hamilton ...
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Joe McCarthy as Best Man

Date: 06 1945
Description: Joseph R. McCarthy in his Marine uniform acting as best man at the wedding of his best friend (and later campaign manager), Urban Van Susteren, at Syracuse...
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Van Susteren Wedding Reception

Date: 06 1945
Description: Joseph R. McCarthy in his Marine uniform at the wedding of his best friend Urban Van Susteren, at Syracus Army Air Force Base. Helen Burlie, the maid of h...
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Anti-War Interview

Date: 10 16 1965
Description: At a sit-down demonstration at Truax Air Force Base, a journalist interviews one of the demonstrators.
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Stop the War

Date: 10 15 1965
Description: Opponents of the War in Vietnam protesting at Truax Air Force Base. This event, which was probably sponsored by local members of the National Coordinating...
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Anti-War Protest

Date: 08 1966
Description: Anti-Vietnam War protestors being dragged onto federal property by police at the Naval Weapons Station.
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International Harvester Scout at Fort Stewart

Date: 1964
Description: A man drives an International Harvester Scout past military vehicles on display near the entrance to Fort Stewart.
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General J. Lawton Collins and Charles Isenberger

Date: 04 13 1949
Description: General J. Lawton Collins, Vice-Chief of Staff of the U.S. Army, center, is met at Truax Field by Charles Isenberger, at right. The general was the speake...
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Mess Hall at Ft. Sill

Date: 1941
Description: Men eat a meal in a mess hall at Fort Sill. Draftee Charles J. Richard is among the men. Richard was a former International Harvester employee of Oklahoma ...
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International D-60 Fuel Transport Truck

Date: 1941
Description: An International truck outfitted with a fuel oil tank parked in a lot beneath trees. There is a man working in back of the truck, and buildings are in the ...
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Military Couples on Stairwell

Date: 1942
Description: Two soldiers link arms with two women wearing dresses at the Port Clinton Service Center. The men were former International Harvester employees, and likely...
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International K-7 Truck with Navy Men

Date: 1944
Description: A group of uniformed men sits in the back of an International K-7 truck used by the U.S. Navy. The truck is driving in a parking lot in front of a large me...
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International Navy Truck with Driver

Date: 1944
Description: Close-up of C.D. Yoakum, M.M. 3/c, driver of an International K-7 truck used by the United States Navy. The original caption reads: "A number of standard K...

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