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Fleet Admiral C.W. Nimitz and Staff

Date: 05 1945
Description: Group portrait of Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz and his staff at CinCPac/CinCPOA Advanced Headquarters on Guam. Admiral Nimitz is 9th from the left in th...
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Concert for Fleet Admiral C.W. Nimitz and Staff

Date: 05 1945
Description: An outdoor concert for Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz and his staff at CinCPac/CinCPOA Advanced Headquarters on Guam. Admiral Nimitz is 3rd from the right...
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Fleet Admiral C.W. Nimitz and Staff

Date: 05 1945
Description: The audience laughs or sings at an outdoor concert for Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz and his staff at CinCPac/CinCPOA Advanced Headquarters on Guam. Admi...
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Mountain Swimming Hole in the South Pacific

Date: 10 24 1943
Description: Robert Doyle's caption for Image ID: 99742 says it best, "The ol' swimmin' hole, South Pacific style. Every afternoon it is filled with shouting soldiers i...
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Posing By the Swimming Hole

Date: 10 24 1943
Description: Three officers of General Walter Krueger's staff stand on a log in front of a swimming hole located on Goodenough Island, in the Solomon Sea, New Guinea (p...
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Missing Pilot Returns

Date: 11 21 1943
Description: Major Arthur L. Post of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, was shot down on June 20th, 1943 and rescued on September 28th, 1943 after 101 days in the jungle. Here he is...
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Army Base Seen from Across a River

Date: 1918
Description: View down slope towards shoreline. On the opposite side of the river is an army base and portions of a small town. In the distance there is a cupola of a R...
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American Citizenship Course

Date: 03 29 1960
Description: Wives of three airman based at Truax Field participate in an American citizenship course offered by the Truax Field Education Center. Left to right: Shie B...
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Truax Field NCO Wives Club

Date: 05 18 1960
Description: Three members of the Truax Field Non-Commissioned Officers Wives Club take part in the entertainment at a party of the officers and their wives. Left to ri...
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International Soil Science Congress

Date: 08 13 1960
Description: Russian delegates to the seventh International Soil Science Congress are greeted at Truax Municipal Airport. Ann Borland (left), Miss Madison, greets Mrs. ...
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We Saw You . . . Marking Mexico Independence

Date: 09 17 1960
Description: People from Mexico living in the Madison area gather along with their American friends at the Truax Field Officer's Club to celebrate Mexico's Independence...
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We Saw You . . . Marking Mexico Independence

Date: 09 17 1960
Description: People from Mexico and their Madison friends gather at the Truax Field Officer's Club to celebrate Mexico's Independence Day. Dr. Gustavo del Castillo, phy...
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We Saw You . . . Marking Mexico Independence

Date: 09 17 1960
Description: People from Mexico and their Madison area friends gather at the Truax Field Officer's Club to celebrate Mexico Independence Day. William Rosenbaum, a frequ...
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We Saw You . . . Marking Mexico Independence

Date: 08 17 1960
Description: People from Mexico and their Madison area friends gather at the Truax Field Officer's Club to celebrate Mexico Independence Day. Some of the Mexican women ...
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Guantanamo, North East Gate

Date: 1959
Description: Night view of the northeast gate of the U.S. base at Guantanamo.
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Sweat Shed

Date: 1965
Description: Large group of soldiers with packs and gear in a hangar. More packs and gear are near numbered areas in the foreground.
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Truax Medical Clinic

Date: 03 05 1965
Description: View across road towards a one-story building with three cars parked in front near the corner of E. Washington Avenue and N. Stoughton Road. The building w...
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International Payscrapers in Vietnam

Date: 1967
Description: Men are walking in the foreground. In the background more men, in uniform, stand near several International Payscrapers parked in Phan Rang, Vietnam. Recen...
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A New Map of the River Mississipi: From the Sea to Bayagoulas

Date: 1761
Description: Map covering southern Louisiana from Lake Ponchetrain to the Golf of Mexico and from Woods Bay in the west to the islands just east of Bay St. Louis. It sh...
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Lewis Arms at Fort Knox

Date: 07 1962
Description: Lewis Arms is standing next to an army tank in Fort Knox, Kentucky. He is wearing a military uniform and helmet. Three men are standing and sitting on top ...

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