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| Date: | 1997 |
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| Description: | A veteran leans forward, perhaps to better hear the proceedings, at the dedication of the Korean War Veterans Memorial of Wisconsin. The (out of focus) spe... |
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| Description: | Full-length portrait of Nils J. Gilbert, a first lieutenant in Company A, 15th Wisconsin Infantry. The following information was obtained from the Regiment... |
| Date: | 07 23 1943 |
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| Description: | Major General William Hanson Gill awards the Distinguished Service Cross to Staff Sergeant Milan Miljatovich of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, at Camp Cable, near B... |
| Date: | 07 23 1943 |
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| Description: | Group portrait of the Distinguished Service Cross and Silver Star Medal recipients at Camp Cable, near Brisbane, Australia. |
| Date: | 07 23 1943 |
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| Description: | Wisconsin heroes in the Papuan campaign, a group of five award recipients at Camp Cable, near Brisbane, Australia. Left to right are Staff Sergeant Milan M... |
| Date: | 11 21 1943 |
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| Description: | Robert Doyle admires the golden oak leaf of Major Post's collar insignia. They are standing in front of the tail assembly of a plane similar to Post's. Maj... |
| Date: | 04 30 1945 |
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| Description: | An autographed quarter-length portrait of Fleet Admiral Chester William Nimitz in his office at CinCPac/CinCPOA Advanced Headquarters on Guam. He is standi... |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | Seated portrait of an elderly army man, partially in uniform, with medals on his jacket. |
| Date: | 05 1980 |
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| Description: | Louie Beck was the last World War I veteran of Theresa's American Legion Post. Mr. Beck passed away in December 1980. |
| Date: | 03 01 1960 |
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| Description: | Kathleen Rueber and her four children receive the special medal awarded to her late husband, Gerhardt, for his service. Presenting the medal to Kathleen Ru... |
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| Description: | Full-length studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of an unidentified elderly woman posing standing on the left, and an unidentified elderly man po... |
| Date: | 1881 |
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| Description: | Front of card for the Bucher & Gibbs Plow Co., Canton, Ohio. Features a color illustration of a man wearing a spike helmet and military uniform decorated w... |
| Date: | 05 21 1957 |
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| Description: | Menu for a state dinner in honor of General Nathan F. Twining, Chief of Staff, United States Air Force, and Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff. The front cove... |
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| Description: | A Vietnam veteran with a moustache wearing a beret and military medals and patches on his shirt. He is at an anti-war demonstration and took part in the Wi... |
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| Description: | Outdoor portrait of a Vietnam veteran. He has military bars on his shirt, and a crowd of people is behind him. He is at an anti-war demonstration and took ... |
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| Description: | Outdoor group portrait of the participants of a patriotic pageant. The men are wearing suits, and some are wearing military medals. The boys are in uniform... |
| Date: | 12 29 1964 |
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| Description: | Two Wisconsin Air National Guard officers shown receiving promotions at a ceremony at the Truax Officers Club. Left to right: Col. Arlie Mucks, Jr., receiv... |
| Date: | 1916 |
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| Description: | Handwritten caption reads: "Sole Survivors, Class of 1866. U.S. Military Academy. Fiftieth Anniversary of Graduation." Twelve men are lined up in two rows ... |
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| Description: | Quarter-length oval framed portrait of Edmund Gray, wearing a military medal on his jacket. |
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| Description: | Ninth plate ferrotype/tintype waist-up portrait of a man with moustache and beard. He has ribbons on the front of his chest and a hat resting in his lap. H... |
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