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Silver Service on Display

Date: 10 26 1945
Description: The silver service, which was a gift of the State to the USS "Wisconsin," on display during the presentation ceremony.
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Submarine in Milwaukee River

Date: 08 08 1919
Description: Elevated view up the Milwaukee River from Wisconsin Avenue bridge. A World War I submarine travels down the Milwaukee River. A crowd is gathered at the riv...
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Captured German Submarine

Date: 1919
Description: Captured German submarine, possibly the U-C97, with men on deck. United States flags are flying and several men are gathered on top of the submarine. Anoth...
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Marines Loading Truck

Date: 1945
Description: Marines use an International TD-9 crawler tractor (TracTracTor) with a dozer shovel loader to fill a truck parked on a beach. A ship is in the water behind...
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International Labor Recruiting Office

Date: 1956
Description: Interior view of the Labor Recruiting Office of International Harvester's Indianapolis Works (factory). The office features models of military vehicles, Am...
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International Harvester Parade Float

Date: 1945
Description: Me and women line the sidewalks to watch an International Harvester parade float go by. The float is decorated with uniformed men in a jeep, and palm trees...
Print

Attack Upon Roanoke Island

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Description: Etching of the "Attack upon Roanoke Island" by troops landing from naval vessels, after a painting by Chappel.
Print

Pittsburg Landing, Battle of Shiloh

Date: 1887
Description: Engraving of Pittsburg Landing taken from a photograph a few days after the Battle of Shiloh (Tennessee), which occurred on April 6-7, 1862. The image sho...
Photograph

Infantry Combat Team Training

Date: 11 08 1943
Description: 32nd Division Infantry Combat Team landing from LCI (Landing Craft Infantry) in a practice exercise. Soldiers are running down a ramp, then up a rocky beac...
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American Boat on Canal

Date: 1918
Description: View looking down towards shoreline of troops on board a paddle boat on a canal. The boat flies an American flag. Other people stand on the shoreline and o...
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Captured Russian Flag

Date: 1962
Description: U.S. Marines posing with a captured Russian flag in front of a helicopter at the Soc Trang U.S. Marine helicopter base in Vietnam.
Poster

Soldier's Memorial, The War of 1917

Date: 1918
Description: Memorial poster for the members of Company F, Third Wisconsin, 128th Infantry, 32nd Division. Text reads: "Company F [Third Wisconsin], 128th Infantry, 32n...
Poster

Roll of Honor. Service in the World War Roster

Date: 1917
Description: Honor roll for the members of Company K, 345th Infantry. Includes a bald eagle flanked by flags, and reproductions of postcard images. These are titled "Re...
Poster

All Slackers to the Front!

Date: 1917
Description: Hand-drawn poster. At the bottom is a soldier with a pack and a rifle on his back, carrying a US flag, embracing a woman. At the top is a general with the ...
Photograph

Town of Folgaria

Date: 
Description: Street view of Folgaria in South Tyrol. Soldiers are walking down the street, and two other soldiers are near a truck on the right. Red Cross wagons are pa...
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Turkish Cavalry

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Description: Turkish cavalry patrol in the desert.
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German Soldiers in Antwerp

Date: 1914
Description: Our naval infantry departing Antwerp in order to occupy Ostende. German forces occupied Antwerp on October 10th, 1914 after a two week siege.
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Excellency Dankl

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Description: Officers, including General Dankl, riding in an automobile.

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