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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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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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32nd Company, W.N.G. at Camp Douglas

Date: 1924
Description: Panoramic view of the 32nd Company W.N.G. (Wisconsin National Guard). Depicts company members, including two cooks (left panel), and small tanks spaced un...
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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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Soldiers Conversing Outside of Tents Ft. Sill

Date: 1941
Description: Five men stand and converse outside a row of tents at Fort Sill. Draftee Charles J. Richard is among the men. Richard was a former International Harvester ...
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International M-2-4 Truck at Camp Elliott

Date: 1941
Description: A group of uniformed men ride in the back of an International vehicle which is towing a firearm. The original caption reads: "M-2-4 truck and 75-mm. gun, a...
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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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National Defense Photo Montage

Date: 1942
Description: Montage of machines and armaments produced by International Harvester for the war effort. Included are images of jeeps, crawler tractors (TracTracTors), an...
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U.S. Marines in Colors Ceremony

Date: 1941
Description: Elevated view of Guard mount at a Marine Corps base near San Diego (likely Camp Elliot).
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Marine Corps Base Headquarters

Date: 1941
Description: View of entrance and headquarters or administration building at a Marine Corps base, possibly Camp Elliot.
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Welcoming Committee for Rear Admiral Roy T. Cowdrey

Date: 05 18 1951
Description: Rear Admiral and Mrs. Roy T. Cowdrey are welcomed by city, state and military officials at the airport. From left: Col. Collins Ferris, commanding officer ...
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The President and the Troops

Date: 12 19 1967
Description: President Lyndon Johnson shakes hands with soldiers stationed at Travis Air Force Base. Johnson was beginning a trip around the world that would include a ...
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Lewis Arms on Graduation Day

Date: 1943
Description: Lewis Arms poses in his Navy uniform holding a rifle on the day he graduated from the Great Lakes Naval Training Center.
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Lewis Arms and Friends Near Pearl Harbor

Date: 1945
Description: Lewis Arms (center) poses with two navy buddies at Barbers Point Naval Air Station near Pearl Harbor.
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Lewis Arms on a Motorcycle near Pearl Harbor

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Description: Lewis Arms sits on a motorcycle, probably at Barbers Point Naval Air Station near Pearl Harbor.
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Women on Air Force Tour

Date: 05 18 1953
Description: At Truax Field, Lieutenant H.B. Smith adjusts a parachute on Lillian Nitcher, one of a group of eighteen area women who were selected to make an official A...
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Napalm Testing Camp Pendleton

Date: 1955
Description: Marine and bayonet silhouetted in a fiery blast of napalm. Taken during a napalm testing maneuver at Camp Pendleton.
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Soldier and Cannonballs

Date: 1942
Description: A soldier walks along the edge of a cliff in Panama, behind stacks of cannonballs and a large sign. The man is wearing a uniform and is holding a sub-machi...
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Runway at Phan Rang

Date: 1967
Description: A man directs International pay scrapers along a runway at Phan Rang air force base in Vietnam.
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International 270 Pay Scrapers in Vietnam

Date: 1967
Description: A man stands beside an International 270 pay scraper at Phan Rang, an air base in South Vietnam.

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