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| Date: | 08 18 1943 |
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| Description: | Corporal Marcell Vanden Heuval, from Grand Rapids, Michigan, poses with his coati named "Speedy" perched on his shoulder. He was a cook at the military cam... |
| Date: | 08 19 1943 |
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| Description: | Two soldiers inspect a knife at Kiriwina Beach Camp on Kiriwina Island in the Solomon Sea, New Guinea (present day Papua New Guinea). They are standing in ... |
| Date: | 08 20 1943 |
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| Description: | Four soldiers from Wisconsin look at a cat held by an indigenous man on Kiriwina Island in the Solomon Sea, New Guinea (present day Papua New Guinea). Name... |
| Date: | 08 22 1943 |
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| Description: | Corporal Eugene Cierzynski of Milwaukee, Wisconsin (left) instructs Corporal Edgar Hourscht of Trosky, Minnesota (right), on how to operate a D-8 Caterpill... |
| Date: | 08 22 1943 |
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| Description: | Major Howard Pagel (left) of Ladysmith, Wisconsin, and Captain Walter King (right) of Waco, Texas, stand together in front of the airfield aid station at t... |
| Date: | 08 22 1943 |
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| Description: | The sawmill for the engineers at the military camp on Kiriwina Island in the Solomon Sea, New Guinea (present day Papua New Guinea). The soldiers are just ... |
| Date: | 08 24 1943 |
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| Description: | An indigenous man climbs a coconut palm to harvest coconuts on Kiriwina Island in the Solomon Sea, New Guinea (present day Papua New Guinea). His feet are ... |
| Date: | 08 28 1943 |
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| Description: | View looking up at an upset indigenous toddler wearing a banner around his middle with "1944" pasted on it. He is holding a pair of sunglasses and standing... |
| Date: | 08 24 1943 |
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| Description: | An indigenous woman wearing a grass shirt sits on a carved boat with Robert Doyle on the shore of Kiriwina Island in the Solomon Sea, New Guinea (present d... |
| Date: | 08 29 1943 |
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| Description: | Two Wisconsin cousins, (left) Corporal Englund Johnson, bomber waist gunner, of Park Falls and (right) Sergeant Donald Englund, airplane engine mechanic, o... |
| Date: | 09 29 1943 |
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| Description: | A group of 32nd "Red Arrow" Division officers at Camp Cable, near Brisbane, Australia, for the awarding of the Distinguished Service Cross, the second high... |
| Date: | 09 29 1943 |
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| Description: | The interior of the "Sad Shack" at Camp Cable, near Brisbane, Australia. Two men are standing and two men are sitting in chairs. Personal items such as por... |
| Date: | 10 24 1943 |
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| Description: | Robert Doyle's caption says it best, "The ol' swimmin' hole, South Pacific style. Every afternoon it is filled with shouting soldiers in their birthday sui... |
| Date: | 1943 |
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| Description: | A rickety ladder serves (Sergeant) Technician 4th Grade John Duray (left), and his brother, Staff Sergeant Isador Duray, both of Elkhorn, Wisconsin, in the... |
| Date: | 11 05 1943 |
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| Description: | Robert Doyle and Australian Captain William (Bill) A. Money, chat on Goodenough Island, in the Solomon Sea, New Guinea (present day Papua New Guinea). In t... |
| Date: | 11 05 1943 |
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| Description: | Major Austin Henry of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, poses with an indigenous man in front of the medical tent at the military camp on Woodlark Island, in the Solom... |
| Date: | 1887 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the Wisconsin National Guard encampment at Racine County fairgrounds. Several tents are set up in the background, while visitors mingle in... |
| Date: | 01 10 1944 |
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| Description: | Four Army officers pose for a group portrait at a military camp on the north coast of New Guinea (present day Papua New Guinea). Names (left to right) are ... |
| Date: | 01 11 1944 |
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| Description: | A soldier is standing on the ramp leading to the camp toilet suspended over the water, with a roll of toilet paper sitting on the edge. On the right is a w... |
| Date: | 01 11 1944 |
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| Description: | War correspondent Murlin Spencer of Associated Press is loaded down with his gear as he prepares to leave Dreger Harbor for Cape Gloucester, New Guinea (pr... |
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