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John B. Callis

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Description: Carte-de-visite of a three-quarter length portrait of John B. Callis in uniform with a sword on his left side.
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Oscar Rennebohm in Navy Uniform

Date: 1917
Description: Portrait of young Oscar Rennebohm in his World War I Navy uniform. Rennebohm interrupted his already successful career as the owner of the Badger Pharmacy ...
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Lieutenant Leo F. Kosak

Date: 07 08 1944
Description: Navy Lieutenant Leo F. Kosak prior to reporting for active duty in Tucson, Arizona.
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Jimmy Hanson

Date: 05 12 1944
Description: Portrait of Boatswain mate first class Jimmy Hanson, son of Mr. and Mrs. G. Hanson, 1215 Buckeye Road. The article in which the photograph appears details ...
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Lieutenant William Briggs

Date: 05 26 1944
Description: Portrait of Lieutenant William Briggs prior to leaving Madison for New York and a Navy assignment. Before serving in the Navy, he was the county welfare di...
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Kenneth Strauss

Date: 09 08 1944
Description: Portrait of Kenneth Strauss, chief gunners mate with the US Navy, on leave with his parents. Strauss is a former employee of the Wisconsin State Journal...
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Admiral William Leahy

Date: 08 14 1950
Description: Portrait of Fleet Admiral William D. Leahy, U.S. Navy, in Madison for the unveiling of a scale model of the USS Wisconsin battleship.
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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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Lewis Arms on Graduation Day

Date: 1943
Description: Lewis Arms poses in his Navy uniform holding a rifle on the day he graduated from the Great Lakes Naval Training Center.
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Lewis Arms and a Korean Boy

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Description: Lewis Arms poses on a beach in the Pacific Islands with a Korean boy. Arms is wearing his Navy uniform hat.
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Lewis Arms on a Motorcycle near Pearl Harbor

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Description: Lewis Arms sits on a motorcycle, probably at Barbers Point Naval Air Station near Pearl Harbor.
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Lewis Arms after Navy Discharge

Date: 1946
Description: A portrait of Lewis Arms in uniform after he was discharged from the Navy.
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Lewis Arms at Age 17

Date: 1946
Description: A portrait of Lewis Arms at the age of 17 wearing his Navy uniform. There is an inscription that reads, "To Mom & Pop Berry with Love," referring to his ne...
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Robert Doyle at His Typewriter

Date: 04 16 1945
Description: Robert Doyle (shirtles), works at the typewriter in his quarters in the BOQ (Bachelor Officer Quarters) #5, room 110, at CINCPAC (Commander in Chief, Pacif...
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Autographed Portrait of Fleet Admiral C.W. Nimitz

Date: 04 30 1945
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...
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Mitscher Returns Home

Date: 07 1945
Description: Vice Admiral Marc Mitscher stands with suitcases in hand upon his arrival in Hillsboro. It was the first time in ten years that the military commander had ...
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Milton Cushing

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Description: Waist-up portrait of Milton Buckingham Cushing in uniform. He was the eldest son of Mary Cushing and was paymaster in the United States Navy.

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