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Poster

Both Are Weapons

Date: 1942
Description: Poster showing a tank and a tractor, with the text: "Both are weapons our farm and fighting forces depend on you." The poster was printed for the Labor-Man...
Photograph

Farmall H with Military Tank

Date: 1943
Description: A man wearing a hat and smoking a pipe sits on a Farmall H tractor while a uniformed man stands on the top of a military tank. Two more men are sitting in ...
Photograph

Escalation of the Korean Crisis

Date: 04 1960
Description: In April 1960 a student uprising created a crisis within the South Korean government and the army was called out to keep the peace. Ultimately President Sy...
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Lewis Arms with Military Tanks

Date: 1960
Description: Lewis Arms sits on a military tank at the Park Street United States Army Reserve Center.
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Lewis Arms and Children with a Military Tank

Date: 1960
Description: Lewis Arms poses in front of a military tank wearing army gear. On the tank from left to right are Lew Arms, Jr., Craig Arms, Rita Arms, and Mamie Arms.
Photograph

Havana Parade, Cuban Revolution

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Description: Parade celebrating Fidel Casto's arrival in Havana at the end of the Cuban Revolution. 26th of July Movement soldiers are riding on top of a captured Sher...
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Havana Parade, Cuban Revolution

Date: 1959
Description: Close-up of July 26th Movement soldiers sitting on a military vehicle during a parade to celebrate Fidel Castro's arrival in Havana at the end of the Cuban...
Photograph

Tank Crew at Saidor

Date: 02 04 1944
Description: Tank crew at Saidor, New Guinea (present day Papua New Guinea). The soldier's names are, (standing) Sergeant William Preston of San Francisco, California, ...
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Tank Fording a River

Date: 1944
Description: Elevated view of a tank fording a river. Two soldiers are standing in the hatches on the gun turret, with another soldier in a partially opened hatch below...
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Robert Doyle Standing on Tank

Date: 1944
Description: Robert Doyle standing on a tank. A soldier is peering out of a hatch behind him on the right. A power pole and trees are in the background.
Photograph

No. 2 Airfield D, Iwo Jima

Date: 05 1945
Description: View of a soldier seated on rocky ground looking off to the left. Behind him and to the right a row of soldiers are behind sandbags, and behind them are a ...
Photograph

Dickey Chapelle at Operation Inland Seas

Date: 07 1959
Description: Dickey Chapelle taking photographs on the beach in Milwaukee during Operation Inland Seas. A Navy ship is on Lake Michigan in the background on the left. A...
Print

Military Themed Valentine

Date: 1943
Description: Valentine's Day card of a young boy in a military uniform and his dog. He is standing in the open top hatch of a tank, and the dog is sitting on the crawle...
Photograph

Tanks Approaching Juvigny

Date: 1917
Description: Two companies of tanks attached to the 32nd Division (Red Arrow Division) on a dirt road approaching Juvigny, France. Some of the men are riding horses.

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