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General and Crew

Date: 1942
Description: The four shirtless men in helmets shown with ammunition are a general and his crew of the 14th infantry in Panama.
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Corpus Christi Procession at St. Mary's Hospital

Date: 06 03 1945
Description: A Corpus Christi procession in front of St. Mary's Hospital, including four navy men as canopy bearers, two navy men were flag bearers, and candle bearers ...
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Man in Military Uniform at Rally

Date: 08 15 1942
Description: A uniformed member of the US armed forces leans against the rail of a raised platform at a Civilian Defense Rally. The man is wearing a hat and has two bar...
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International Trucks at Camp Pendleton Training Camp

Date: 1944
Description: Two International trucks follow a dirt path into and out of a small valley at a Marine Corps Motor Transport School Training Command Camp. The school was l...
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Playing Biliards in the Central Park Officers House

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Description: Uniformed men play billiards and relax in the Central Park Officers House. The room includes two billiard tables, chandeliers, and other interior decoratio...
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Joyeux Noel!

Date: 1918
Description: Holiday card with a soldier walking while carrying a child who is waving an American flag. The soldier is wearing a uniform and a campaign hat. Two childre...
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Christmas Greetings To You In Service

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Description: Holiday card with a uniformed nurse standing under mistletoe, while a soldier and a sailor are walking towards her, presumably to kiss her. Inside a red bo...
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Recording History

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Description: Journalist Cecil Brown, then with the Mutual Broadcasting Network, carrying the portable recorder that he used for interviewing while he was reporting on o...
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Off Limits to All Troops

Date: 12 05 1943
Description: Seven Lieutenant nurses from Wisconsin pose with a Lieutenant Colonel from Illinois behind a sign that declares "Off Limits To All Troops." Names (left to ...
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Three Nurses

Date: 12 05 1943
Description: Three Lieutenant nurses from Michigan pose behind a sign that declares "Off Limits To All Troops." Names, left to right, are Lieutenant Avice Cleveringa of...
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Lieutenant Colonel Philip F. La Follette and War Correspondent

Date: 12 18 1943
Description: War Correspondent Robert Doyle and Lieutenant Colonel Philip F. La Follette, wearing combat uniform, chat while standing on a shoreline. Lieutenant Colonel...
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Villagers Pose with Servicemen

Date: 03 02 1945
Description: Indigenous villagers pose with Robert Doyle (7th from left) and NATS (Naval Air Transport Service) crew on Ella Island, Tarawa Atoll, in the South Pacific....
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Truax Field Honor Guard Leads Truax Contingent on Armed Forces Day

Date: 05 16 1953
Description: View down the 700 block of State Street towards the Truax Field Honor Guard marching past the State Barber Shop on Armed Forces Day. Park Street and the bo...
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Posing in Sailor Uniforms

Date: 1919
Description: Outdoor portrait of Edgar Krueger, Jennie Krueger Bruetzman, and Ernst Bruetzman in sailor uniforms with cigarettes in their mouths. Edgar and Ernst are in...
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Veterans Memorial Mound, Holy Sepulcher Cemetery

Date: 10 16 1962
Description: View towards a group of people standing in a cemetery around an altar and a flagpole with an American flag. A clergyman in an alb and chasuble standing in ...
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The Tree Swing

Date: 07 1917
Description: During Word War I, a group of soldiers training at Fort Sheridan visited the home of W.A. Holt's parents. The Holt family entertained the soldiers. Lillian...
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"Me and Barksdale"

Date: 10 1917
Description: Two men in military uniform posing outdoors together in front of a building.
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Service Flag Dedication

Date: 11 01 1918
Description: Text on front reads: "Service Flag Dedication, Schleisingerville, Wis." The people of the town and uniformed nurses are watching as the soldiers are standi...

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