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Governor Heil at the Fair

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Description: Governor Julius Heil speaks to an audience at the Wisconsin State Fair. Standing behind him are a boy scout and a U.S. Navy sailor.
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Union Army and Navy Officers

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Description: A lithograph of 100 Union Army and Navy officers and Abraham Lincoln.
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V-J Day Celebration

Date: 08 15 1945
Description: Crowd with two sailors hugging each other. Sailor with his back to the camera is Seabee B. O. Pledger; other sailor is unknown. They are celebrating V-J Da...
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Stern of USS West Virginia

Date: 12 07 1941
Description: Sailors clear the stern of the battleship USS West Virginia in berth F-6 at Pearl Harbor, most likely after it was hit by at least a few of the 7 to...
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Ruins of the USS Cassin and USS Downes

Date: 12 07 1941
Description: The remains of the USS Cassin and the USS Downes floating in front of the USS Pennsylvania in dock at Pearl Harbor. On the left is th...
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Rescuing the USS West Virginia

Date: 12 07 1941
Description: Sailors in a motor launch attempt a rescue of survivors from the water alongside the sunken battleship USS West Virginia during or shortly after the...
Postcard

Coast Guard Station

Date: 1900
Description: View of the coast guard station from the water with multiple sailors lined up near the shore. Caption reads: "Coast Guard Station, Sturgeon Bay, Door Count...
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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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Memorial Union Nightclub

Date: 06 17 1944
Description: The Memorial Union Campacabana club was attended by (at the top) Pvt. Donald Christesen, Bradley, Mich., and Kathleen McGuine, Madison. Seated are: La Vonn...
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All-Star Baseball Game

Date: 07 12 1944
Description: Mizell "Whitey" Platt, left, and Walter Millies, right, who were members of the Madison Blues, in the Three-I League, later part of the Great Lakes Bluejac...
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All-Star Baseball Game

Date: 07 12 1944
Description: In 1934 and 1935 the most famous battery in baseball was owned by the Detroit Tigers, Lynwood "Schoolboy" Rowe pitching and Gordon Stanley "Mickey" Cochran...
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All-Star Baseball Game

Date: 07 12 1944
Description: Crowd of Navy men and women in the stands watching the Madison-area amateur baseball all-stars in a game against the Navy's Great Lakes Bluejackets at Bree...
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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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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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Richard Botham

Date: 02 08 1945
Description: Navy Apprentice Second Class Richard J. Botham, 19-year-old son of Richard G. and Kathryn Botham, 1903 Rowley Avenue.
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Mr. Streich, US Navy Sailor

Date: 05 19 1945
Description: Portrait of Mr. Streich, in U.S. Navy uniform.
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Vice-Admiral Marc A. Mitscher

Date: 06 28 1945
Description: Vice-Admiral Marc A. Mitscher stands with his mother, Mrs. Oscar A. Mitscher (left), and smiles at his wife, Frances Smalley Mitscher, after a reunion at h...
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Vice-Admiral Marc Mitscher

Date: 06 28 1945
Description: Vice-Admiral Marc A. Mitscher sitting at the dining room table waiting for breakfast to be served to him, his wife Frances Smalley Mitscher (left), and mot...
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Lieut. Albert L. David with Souvenirs

Date: 07 25 1945
Description: Lieut. Albert L. David showing his wife, Georgia, the souvenirs he brought from the capture of the German U-505 underseas craft. He stood two days and nigh...
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Carson Gulley Preparing Chickens

Date: 11 25 1942
Description: Navy cooks and bakers assisting a demonstration by Chef Carson Gulley, UW residence hall chef.

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