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Madison Air Force Enlistees

Date: 01 03 1951
Description: A group of air force enlistees poses for a group portrait before departing from Madison for Milwaukee. They are part of the thirty-three who were accepted ...
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Madison Air Force Enlistees

Date: 01 03 1951
Description: Three brothers, part of the thirty-three enlistees accepted by the Madison Air Force recruiting station, posing near the office in the Federal building. Th...
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"Operation Badger" Air Force Recruits

Date: 12 06 1951
Description: Mayor George Forster, far left, looks on as Col. Robert D. Montagne of General Mitchell Field, Milwaukee, also at left, administers the oath of enlistment ...
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Operation Badger Air Force Recruits

Date: 12 06 1951
Description: Pvt. Tom Voigt, Ixonia (at right), one of forty-seven "Operation Badger" Air Force recruits sworn in at Madison, shakes hands with his father, Ray Voigt (r...
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Operation Badger Air Force Recruits

Date: 12 06 1951
Description: Pvt. Gregory Becker, Beaver Dam (left), leader of the forty-seven "Operation Badger" Air Force recruits, is presented with numerous gifts to present (inclu...
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Neils Lassen

Date: 03 05 1952
Description: Twenty-two year-old Danish immigrant, Neils Lassen, right, uses a globe map to point out his native Denmark to Major Roberts of the Madison Army and Air Fo...
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Camp Travis

Date: 1918
Description: A recruit receives inoculations from two men on the left at Camp Travis, named in 1917 after William B. Travis.
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Military Training Camp

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Description: Elevated view of rows of tents at a military training camp. Men in formation march in the direction of Lake Champlain.
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Second Harvester Maintenance Battalion at Camp Perry

Date: 09 1942
Description: Group of Army recruits in formation. Original caption reads: "The 609th Ordnance Base Armament Maintenance Battalion, recruited from IH operations... pictu...
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Off to the Trenches

Date: 05 05 1918
Description: Send off for World War I recruits at the railroad station. The man leaning out of the train window is Ben Bergor, a professional magician and vaudeville pe...
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400 Block of State Street

Date: 06 1967
Description: Composite panoramic view of the south side of the 400 block of State Street. Businesses include: Giuseppe's Pizzeria, a record store, Meuer Photoart House,...
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Men Leaving for War

Date: 1918
Description: Group of men from Washington County posed with flags leaving for Camp Grant and Army training for service in the first World War.
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Sauk County Conscripts

Date: 05 06 1918
Description: A group of 32 draftees pose on the steps of the Sauk County Courthouse before leaving Baraboo for Columbus Barracks in Ohio. There are paper tags attached ...
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Sauk County Conscripts

Date: 05 27 1918
Description: A group of more than 70 draftees poses on the steps of the Sauk County Courthouse on the day they left Baraboo for Camp Grant near Rockford, Illinois. Most...
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U.S. Air Force Recruiting

Date: 10 14 1965
Description: Sgt. Gerald Johnson is shown in front of a recruiting banner for the U.S. Air Force.
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Company "C"

Date: 1917
Description: Men from Company "C" are lined up in a double row on a dirt town street. A soldier in uniform stands at the head of the line. In front are Ed Fryk (2nd fro...
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French Colonial Soldier PoW from West Africa

Date: 1914
Description: German propaganda photograph of a French PoW from West Africa taken at a military hospital in Brussels. The original German caption claimed that during his...
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Recruits at a Meal

Date: 1914
Description: German Army recruits, still in civilian clothing, taking a meal break.
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Woman's Khaki Military Uniform

Date: 05 28 1917
Description: Waist-up portrait of a woman wearing a uniform and holding a rifle. Her helmet has a pin with the caduceus, as was used on the United States Army Medical D...

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