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| Date: | 1898 |
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| Description: | Ruins of the commissary warehouse at Fort Winnebago, about 1898. Fort Winnebago was closed in 1845 and the land and buildings sold. Today, only the Surgeon... |
| Date: | 10 15 1965 |
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| Description: | Opponents of the War in Vietnam protesting at Truax Air Force Base. This event, which was probably sponsored by local members of the National Coordinating... |
| Date: | 09 19 1943 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 11 17 1943 |
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| Description: | Corporal Gareale Brezeale of Warren, Arkansas, stands next to barrels, and Private First Class William Imhoff of Detroit, Michigan, holds the nozzle to the... |
| Date: | 11 17 1943 |
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| Description: | Mechanic Sergeant Raymond Smith of Ontario, Wisconsin, stands next to the nose art, "Windy City Kitty," depicting a naked woman in the "pin-up style" on th... |
| Date: | 11 17 1943 |
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| Description: | Crew Chief Master Sergeant Harold Kuba of Appleton, Wisconsin, leans out of the cockpit window of his warplane. The nose art, "Connell's Special" appears o... |
| Date: | 10 18 1943 |
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| Description: | Mechanic Staff Sergeant Raymond Wagner of Boscobel, Wisconsin, poses shirtless while holding a cigarette and standing next to the nose art on his Consolida... |
| Date: | 11 21 1943 |
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| Description: | Robert Doyle admires the golden oak leaf of Major Post's collar insignia. They are standing in front of the tail assembly of a plane similar to Post's. Maj... |
| Date: | 11 30 1943 |
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| Description: | Three Wisconsin soldiers pose in front of the nose art on their warplane, "Bedroom Commando," depicting a sleepwalker in a nightshirt and slippers, carryin... |
| Date: | 12 02 1943 |
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| Description: | An Intelligence Officer smiles as he holds an indigenous plant with fruit on it used for food. A building is behind him with two signs, "Operations" and "O... |
| Date: | 02 04 1944 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of three soldiers working on the engine of a warplane at an airbase near Port Moresby, New Guinea (present day Papua New Guinea). The plane h... |
| Date: | 02 04 1944 |
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| Description: | A soldier sits in a bulldozer parked under the nose of a warplane at an airbase near Port Moresby, New Guinea (present day Papua New Guinea). Another man i... |
| Date: | 02 04 1944 |
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| Description: | A pilot peers out of the window of a warplane at an airbase near Port Moresby, New Guinea (present day Papua New Guinea). The plane has nose art depicting ... |
| Date: | 06 13 1944 |
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| Description: | Robert Doyle, and Corporal Sam Oxman of the Public Relations Office, smile and pose outdoors in front of a door at Earls Colne Airfield, Essex, England. Co... |
| Date: | 03 1945 |
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| Description: | From the caption that accompanied the image: "Fellow workers in civilian life, these Milwaukeeans met recently on Kwajalein atoll in the Marshall islands. ... |
| Date: | 10 08 1945 |
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| Description: | A shinto shrine near Tokyo serves as the starting point of a Wisconsin story as Robert J. Doyle (lower left), correspondent of the Journal, takes the names... |
| Date: | 1965 |
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| Description: | Large group of soldiers with packs and gear in a hangar. More packs and gear are near numbered areas in the foreground. |
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| Description: | Soldiers relaxing in front of the Folgaria Hotel in Italy. The men are standing around horse-drawn wagons and carts, and other men are walking down a stree... |
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