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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...
Map or Atlas

Camp Williams Site Plan

Date: 1947
Description: Map includes a legend identifying four types of runway lights for aircraft, and a building index. The map includes an inset of the site and location plan. ...
Photograph

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...
Postcard

Archway through Hospital Ramp

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Description: Colorized postcard view of an arch at Camp McCoy with ramps on either side and a road passing through it. Parked cars and barracks are on the far side of t...
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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. ...
Photograph

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...
Photograph

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...
Photograph

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 ...
Photograph

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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U.S. Navy Patrol at Guantanamo

Date: 11 1960
Description: View from side of road of a helicopter flying low over a hilly rural road with grass, wildflowers and trees at Guantanamo, Cuba. A chain link fence topped ...
Photograph

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...
Map or Atlas

A Topographical Map of Hudsons River: With the Channels Depth of Water, Rocks, Shoals &c. and the Country Adjacent

Date: 1777
Description: Map showing the Hudson River in three sections, from New York City up through Lake Champlain, including cities, forts, roads, topographical features, and n...
Photograph

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...
Map or Atlas

Carte de l'Amérique Septentrionale, Depuis la Baye d'Hudson Jusqu'au Mississipi: Pour Servir aux Essais Historiques et Politiques sur la Révolution de Cette Partie du Monde

Date: 1782
Description: Map of America east of the Mississippi River. It shows regions, state boundaries extending to the Mississippi River, cities, forts, Native American lands, ...
Map or Atlas

Theatre de la Guerre en Amérique

Date: 1777
Description: Map of Colonial America east of Lake Michigan showing regions, cities, forts, Native American land, mountains, lakes, and rivers. Crossed swords and small ...

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