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Braddock's Defeat

Date: 1903
Description: An important event of the French and Indian War (1754-1763) was commissioned in 1903 by Robert Laird McCormick, president of the State Historical Society o...
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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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Trainees at Outdoor Lecture

Date: 1942
Description: Rio Hato Infantry Artillery School trainees gathered for an outdoor lecture. The men are all wearing helmets and fatigues, with some carrying submachine gu...
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Juan Almeida Bosque at Construction Site

Date: 1959
Description: Juan Almeida Bosque, operating chief of the Cuban Air Force, hammering a spike into a block of concrete with the help of a construction worker.
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Two Soldiers

Date: 07 15 1943
Description: Sergeant William (Hub) Gilligan of Camp Douglas, Wisconsin and Sergeant Elmer Warnke of Pardeeville, Wisconsin, conversing at the Quarter Master warehouse ...
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Sad Shack Group

Date: 07 31 1943
Description: G. Robert Mowerson (left), Red Cross Director and Robert Doyle (third from left), War Correspondent, posing with Captain O.S. Allen of Columbus, Georgia, a...
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Wisconsin Paratroopers

Date: 09 19 1943
Description: Wisconsin paratroopers in Port Moresby, New Guinea (present day Papua New Guinea), pose holding a captured Japanese marine banner and pistol they brought b...
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Ale and Quail Club

Date: 10 22 1943
Description: Lieutenant Colonel Harry J. Bullis of Portland, Michigan, poses next to the sign for the "Ale and Quail Club" on a military base in Port Moresby, Australia...
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Three Generals

Date: 12 08 1943
Description: Three Generals of the 32nd Division, (left to right) Brigadier General Robert McBride, Brigadier General Clarence A. Martin and Major General William H. Gi...
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General MacArthur Greets a Soldier

Date: 12 14 1943
Description: Four Star General Douglas MacArthur greets a soldier during a tour on Goodenough Island, in the Solomon Sea, New Guinea (present day Papua New Guinea). Sol...
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Four Officers

Date: 01 10 1944
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 ...
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Wisconsin Soldiers Pose on Locomotive

Date: 10 08 1944
Description: Five railroad soldiers pose on a locomotive near the roundhouse used by the 757th Railway Shop Battalion in Cherbourg, France. From Wisconsin are, (top) Se...
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Major McArdle

Date: 1918
Description: Major McArdle returning to a village from an inspection trip. He is riding in a horse-drawn wagon with a driver, and local Russians, women and children, ar...
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Captain and Three Journalists

Date: 07 29 1945
Description: Robert Doyle poses with two other journalists and a ship's captain on the deck while aboard an escort carrier near Japan. Identified (left to right) are Al...
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Concert for Fleet Admiral C.W. Nimitz and Staff

Date: 05 1945
Description: An outdoor concert for Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz and his staff at CinCPac/CinCPOA Advanced Headquarters on Guam. Admiral Nimitz is 3rd from the right...
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Major McArdle

Date: 1918
Description: Major McArdle with two British officers in uniform on board the launch "Wisconsin." All three men are smoking cigarettes. Another ship and a shoreline can ...
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Madison Quarter Midget Auto Racing Club

Date: 03 06 1961
Description: The Madison Quarter Midget Auto Racing Club plans its 1961 racing season. Officers of the club, left to right, are: Marlyn Gallagher, secretary-treasurer; ...
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Soldiers Repairing Roads

Date: 1914
Description: Austrian soldiers are using the stones of a destroyed factory to repair and improve a roadbed. The walls of the destroyed factory are in the background.
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New Truax Field Officers Club

Date: 12 05 1953
Description: Guests at the Truax Field Officers Club formal "debt party" and dance celebrating the opening of the new clubhouse. Darlene Simmons is shown providing a "l...
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Folgaria Hotel

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Description: Soldiers relaxing in front of the Folgaria Hotel in Italy. Three men on the left are smoking cigarettes, and a man in the center is sitting in a horse-draw...

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