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We're the Boys That Fear No Noise

Date: 1860
Description: Envelope depicts a Zouave camp with five soldiers relaxing around a campfire in front of a tent. A tree branch and a drum are in the foreground. The captio...
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Soldier Cleaning Weapons

Date: 1942
Description: Two soldiers sitting and talking in Panama as one of them is cleaning his weapons. One man is sitting on a bed holding a machete and cleaning it with a tow...
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Lao Infantry Playing Cards

Date: 05 1961
Description: Group of Colonel Bounchon's Lao infantrymen playing cards in the field. The soldiers sit or stand around a blanket where cards, money and cigarettes are la...
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Swimming Hole in the South Pacific

Date: 10 24 1943
Description: Robert Doyle's caption says it best, "The ol' swimmin' hole, South Pacific style. Every afternoon it is filled with shouting soldiers in their birthday sui...
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Camp of Wisconsin National Guard at Fairground

Date: 1887
Description: Elevated view of the Wisconsin National Guard encampment at Racine County fairgrounds. Several tents are set up in the background, while visitors mingle in...
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T-Beach Whittling Club

Date: 01 14 1944
Description: Two officers sit on improvised seats (boards on barrels) at the T-Beach Whittling Club, located on the north coast of New Guinea (present day Papua New Gui...
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Phillip F. La Follette at T-Beach Whittling Club

Date: 01 14 1944
Description: Three men sit on improvised seats (boards on barrels) at the T-Beach Whittling Club, located on the north coast of New Guinea (present day Papua New Guinea...
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Soldier with Muddy Boots Reading TIME Magazine

Date: 01 22 1944
Description: A soldier, Sergeant Robert Witzlsteiner of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, reads TIME magazine with his very muddy boots propped on a box. His rifle is across...
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Swinging Over Muddy Road

Date: 01 22 1944
Description: Sergeant Walter Schaefer of Port Washington, Wisconsin, swings from a rope over an extremely muddy road just after a truck has just driven through at a mil...
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Tropical Inn

Date: 02 03 1944
Description: Soldiers and officers relax in the "Tropical Inn," a tent that has seating and a raised wooden floor, at Saidor, New Guinea (present day Papua New Guinea)....
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Mountain Swimming Hole in the South Pacific

Date: 10 24 1943
Description: Robert Doyle's caption for Image ID: 99742 says it best, "The ol' swimmin' hole, South Pacific style. Every afternoon it is filled with shouting soldiers i...
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Posing By the Swimming Hole

Date: 10 24 1943
Description: Three officers of General Walter Krueger's staff stand on a log in front of a swimming hole located on Goodenough Island, in the Solomon Sea, New Guinea (p...
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Soldiers Enjoying a Respite

Date: 1914
Description: Soldiers relaxing and eating around a man cooking over an outdoor fire.
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German Soldiers Playing Cards

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Description: "A little game."
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Resting Troops Near Uzsok Pass

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Description: Austrian troops resting in the vicinity of Uzsok Pass.
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Soldiers Gathered Around the Fire

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Description: Scene of Austrian and German soldiers in the Carpathian Mountains on a -20 Celsius (-4 degree Fahrenheit) day.
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Supply Column at Rest

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Description: Supply column at rest in Montenegro.

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