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Armistice Day Celebration

Date: 11 11 1918
Description: Armistice Day celebration (mock funeral of Kaiser Wilhelm II). Soldier identified is William Carlson, who was disabled by the chemical agent mustard gas an...
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USO-Travelers Aid Award Ceremony Participants

Date: 03 19 1944
Description: USO-Travelers Aid award ceremony featuring Katheryn Heringer, medical social worker at the Bureau of Handicapped Children and Orthopedic Hospital; Lieut. J...
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Art for Bonds Exhibit at Memorial Union

Date: 06 11 1944
Description: Nine people posed in front of "Our Good Earth" by John Steuart Curry at a Memorial Union exhibit of paintings executed for use on war posters. Private Hen...
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Art for Bonds Exhibit at Memorial Union

Date: 06 11 1944
Description: Mrs. Walter Goodland (wife of Governor Goodland), and Private Raymond J. Henning, former UW student, standing in front of "Carry Your Share!" by Joseph Hir...
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Memorial Union Nightclub

Date: 06 17 1944
Description: A Caribbean atmosphere is stressed at the Campacabana Club at the Memorial Union. Left to right: Pvt. Wheeler Ryall, Corpus Christi, Texas, and Romele Redd...
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Memorial Union Night Club

Date: 06 17 1944
Description: The cabaret Campacabana nightclub at the Memorial Union is the scene attended by Pvt. George Welch, Fitchburg, Mass., Vera Liebetrau, Madison, general chai...
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Lieutenant W. James Atkins

Date: 06 22 1944
Description: Portrait of Lieutenant W. James Atkins, son of Mrs. Margaret M. Atkins, served with the British Eighth army of the American Field Service in the Middle Eas...
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World War II Serviceman and Family

Date: 07 21 1944
Description: Staff Sargeant Harland Lippolt with his wife, and daughter Maxine whom he had never seen during his two years in the South Pacific, where he served with a ...
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Charles W. Piper and his Two Sons

Date: 08 12 1944
Description: Charles W. Piper, veteran of World War I, discussing tactics of the two World Wars with his sons, Seaman Vincent on the left, and Marine Private Charles on...
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Vietnam Strategy Meeting

Date: 1971
Description: Secretary of Defense Melvin Laird, and several cigar-smoking officers are listening to a presentation about the war in Vietnam.
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Laird and South Vietnamese Soldier

Date: 1971
Description: The Secretary of Defense presentoing a medal to a South Vietnamese soldier during a South Asian tour.
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Manchester War Bond Drawing

Date: 12 21 1944
Description: General Vincent J. Meloy, Truax Field commanding officer, draws war bond No. 96,358,797, which means a war bond for Mrs. Lily Clements, a cook at Hamilton ...
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Mr. and Mrs. Warren P. Knowles and Francis Lamb

Date: 01 01 1945
Description: Lieutenant Warren P. Knowles, who will retire from the Navy to serve as a Wisconsin State senator, and Mrs. Warren P. Knowles chatting at the inaugural rec...
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Student with Pilot Trainer

Date: 01 03 1945
Description: Sgt. Lois Burmeister at the controls of an ambulatory trainer which permits blind flying by instrument instruction by the Civil Air Patrol.
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Governor Goodland and Six Soldiers

Date: 01 08 1945
Description: Governor Walter S. Goodland seated with six service men surrounding him. The men are promoting increased war production because of rationing of ammunition ...
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Ray-O-Vac & RMR Promotion

Date: 03 03 1945
Description: Soldier helping a woman use a Handie Talkie at the Ray-O-Vac & RMR promotional exhibit set up at the Capitol Theatre. "This battery is the heart of the Han...
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Pvt. Ervin M. Lichte and His Family

Date: 06 20 1945
Description: Pvt, Ervin M. Lichte, 122 North Street, and his family, left to right: Frederick, 4; Helen, 6; Pvt. Lichte; Mrs. Lichte (Irma) holding Judith, 2. Pvt. Lich...
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Pfc. William L. Clapp and His Parents, David and Della Clapp

Date: 06 20 1945
Description: Pvt. William L. Clapp and his parents, David and Della Clapp, 2633 Milwaukee Street, in a doorway saying goodbye to Lawerence Fitzpatrick, Wisconsin Sta...
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Pfc. Howard A. Endres

Date: 06 20 1945
Description: Pfc. Howard A. Endres reading his furlough papers at the end of World War II, at Camp Grant, Rockford, Illinois.
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Pfc. Howard A. Endres

Date: 05 20 1945
Description: Pfc. Howard A. Endres standing in line for his final meal at Camp Grant, Rockford, Illinois, before being discharged at the end of World War II.

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