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Dickey Chapelle Covering Operation Inland Seas

Date: 07 1959
Description: Dickey Chapelle, photographer, on the same Milwaukee beach where she learned to swim as a young girl. She was covering "Operation Inland Seas" celebrating ...
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GIs at Warner Beach

Date: 08 02 1944
Description: Truax cadets serving as lifeguards while swimming at Warner Beach. Left to right, standing: Karl Peters, George Toothill, John Fink, Norman Finazzo, John O...
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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...
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Madison Soap Box Derby

Date: 07 28 1957
Description: The Marine Corps Reserve built platforms on their jeeps to move the soap box cars back up the East Washington Avenue hill. They are shown loading the Porta...
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General Jeep, Label

Date: 09 20 1943
Description: Drawing submitted to the State of Wisconsin for trademark registration. "A Sturdy, Timely Toy For Your Youngster. General Jeep." Features a drawing of four...
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T-Beach Whittling Club

Date: 01 14 1944
Description: Two officers sit on improvised seats (boards on barrels) at the T-Beach Whittling Club, located on the north coast of New Guinea (present day Papua New Gui...
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Swinging Over Muddy Road

Date: 01 22 1944
Description: Sergeant Walter Schaefer of Port Washington, Wisconsin, swings from a rope over an extremely muddy road just after a truck has just driven through at a mil...
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Allied Officers' Club

Date: 02 05 1944
Description: View from road of the exterior of the Allied Officers' Club in Port Moresby, New Guinea (present day Papua New Guinea). It is built on posts above the wate...
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Universal Engineer Tractor Mock-Up

Date: 1956
Description: Side view of an International Universal Engineer Tractor mock-up. The original caption reads: "Tactical usage and logistical support features of the Univer...
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Austrian Cavalry Asking for Directions

Date: 1914
Description: An Austrian cavalry soldier asking a wagon driver for information and directions.
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In the Wind and Rain through Serbia

Date: 1914
Description: Austrian supply column of soldiers on horseback and on wagons trudging through the rain and mud in Serbia during World War I.
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Supply Column in Serbia on the March to Valjevo

Date: 1914
Description: Supply column of soldiers on horseback and on wagons trudging through the rain and mud in World War I.
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Soldiers Gathered Around the Fire

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Description: Scene of Austrian and German soldiers in the Carpathian Mountains on a -20 Celsius (-4 degree Fahrenheit) day.
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Transporting Gifts for Bavarian Troops

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Description: Transporting gifts for Bavarian troops in the Vosges.
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Officer in the South

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Description: Palm trees on the southern battlefront.
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Engineering Officers

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Description: Engineering officers (Pionneren) riding on a Serbian military road to determine the best route.
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Austrian Cavalry in Albania.

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Description: On Lake Skutari (Skodar) in Albania. Austrian cavalry crossing the bridge near Skutari, Albania.
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On the Road to Albania

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Description: Austrian mountain artillery for deployment in difficult terrain moving forward.
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Austrian Ski Patrol

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Description: Ski patrol in Montenegro's snowy mountains.
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Austrian Commanders in Montenegro and Albania

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Description: Brigadier Colonel Zuber going to an inspection, Montenegro and Albania. Colonel Zuber was the commander of an Austrian mountain brigade during the invasion...

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