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University of Wisconsin Military Ball

Date: 04 29 1952
Description: As a promotion stunt, several of the committee members, and 11 girls who were semi-finalists in the court of honor contest for the University of Wisconsin-...
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Captain Robert E. Blue Retirement

Date: 05 16 1952
Description: Captain Robert E. Blue, commandant of the University of Wisconsin Naval ROTC, receiving a retirement present at a banquet in his honor which was sponsored ...
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Memorial Day Activities

Date: 05 30 1952
Description: Mrs. H.L. (Charlotte) Gerber, escorted by Earl Heath, prepares to place a wreath in honor of World War I dead during ceremonies at the South Hamilton Stree...
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Memorial Day Activities

Date: 05 30 1952
Description: Two members of the Oregon Veterans of Foreign Wars drill team and some of the crowd gathered at Forest Hill Cemetery during services to dedicate a marble m...
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Memorial Day Activities

Date: 05 30 1952
Description: The unveiling of a marble monument dedicated to Madison's war dead at Forest Hill Cemetery as part of Madison's Memorial Day ceremonies. At the right of th...
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Madison Reserve Seabees

Date: 06 19 1952
Description: Group portrait of the Madison Reserve Seabee Company 9-49, standing at attention at the Naval Reserve Training Station, 1046 East Washington Avenue.
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Commander Willis Greely and Lieutenant Charles Haynie

Date: 07 17 1951
Description: Portrait of Naval Reserve officers Commander Willis M. Greely (left) and Lieutenant Charles H. Haynie. Commander Greely is replacing Lieutenant Haynie as c...
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Officers of American Legion Cairns-Victory Post 57

Date: 09 07 1952
Description: Group portrait of the newly elected officers of the American Legion's auxiliary to the William B. Cairns-Victory Post 57.
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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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Truax Field Commander Returns from Korea

Date: 09 06 1953
Description: Colonel Collins H. Ferris stands beside his wife as he is greeted at the Madison airport upon returning from Japan. He was the commander at Truax Field fro...
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Lieutenant Colonel George R. Hansen at Football Game

Date: 10 03 1953
Description: Former P.O.W. George R. Hansen posing for a photograph after a football game between Wisconsin and Marquette at Camp Randall. The game climaxed a day of ho...
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Disabled American Veterans Officer Installation

Date: 04 04 1954
Description: Three Madison men, all past commanders of the post (Togstad-Glenn Chapter 2), get together for the first time in 10 years at the installation. They are Mar...
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Boy Scout Explorer Ball

Date: 04 23 1954
Description: Valarie Thomas and Sea Explorer Ted Cole pause at a soft drink dispenser during the Boy Scout Explorer Ball held at the Army Reserve armory.
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Flag Day Ceremony

Date: 06 13 1954
Description: The Belleville American Legion post champion drill team raising the flag during Flag Day ceremonies at the Madison Veterans Administration Hospital.
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American Legion Parade

Date: 07 18 1954
Description: Wisconsin's Thirty-second Division drill unit take part in the American Legion parade around Capitol Square.
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Madison Soap Box Derby Starting Ramp

Date: 07 25 1954
Description: Phil Peckham of Madison is ready to start his winning heat during the 1954 Madison soap box derby. Members of the Marine Corps Reserve are shown operating ...
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Madison Soap Box Derby Starting Ramp

Date: 07 25 1954
Description: David Laverty of Mineral Point sitting in his racer at the starting line at the 1954 Madison soap box derby. He was a runner-up in the class B, and his bro...
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Madison Naval Reserve Surface Division

Date: 08 31 1954
Description: Chief Boilertender Marvin Severson (left) and Seaman Apprentice Malcolm Astin raise the colors at the Madison Naval Reserve Surface Division at the Naval R...
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Madison Naval Reserve Surface Division

Date: 08 31 1954
Description: Members of the Madison Naval Reserve Surface Division watch a training movie at the Naval Reserve Training Center at 1046 East Washington Avenue. From left...
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Madison Naval Reserve Surface Division

Date: 08 31 1954
Description: Naval reservists Don Lunde, Don Borland, and Richard Olson, left to right, all radarmen, man a combat information center at the Naval Reserve Training Cent...

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