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Ted LaValley Family

Date: 02 04 1948
Description: Ted LaValley, University of Wisconsin student and veteran, his wife Marie, and their 2 week old daughter JeanAnn. They are living in the University of Wisc...
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Clara Meyers

Date: 02 06 1948
Description: Clara Meyers, ex-Nazi prisoner and post World War II Dutch women's army veteran of 2 years service in Java, shown discussing University of Wisconsin regist...
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Boy Scout Recognition

Date: 02 24 1948
Description: Scout Charles Anderson is being presented with a $500 check by Edward Fischer, Sheriff of Dane County, safety director and past commander of the Veterans o...
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American Legion Commandres

Date: 03 01 1948
Description: James F. O'Neil, center, pictured with Governor Oscar Rennebohm, left, and Herman C. Runge, department commander. O'Neal was the top speaker, Rennebohm was...
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World War I Chaplains

Date: 04 15 1948
Description: Six World War I veterans at a "Red Arrow" veterans dinner honoring Bishop William P. O'Connor who was a chaplain of Wisconsin's 32nd division in World War ...
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Veterans' Administration Hospital

Date: 1951
Description: An exterior view of the Veterans' Administration Hospital, which was completed in 1951 and located at 2500 Overlook Terrace.
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The Veterans' Administration Hospital

Date: 1951
Description: The Veterans' Administration Hospital, located at 2500 Overlook Terrace.
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Endres Award Ceremony

Date: 05 18 1948
Description: Colonel George Sherman, chief of staff of the 32nd division National Guard is shown decorating Sargeant Harold L. Endres with medals. Endres was a World Wa...
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Lansing Wilcox

Date: 05 29 1948
Description: Lansing Wilcox, 102-years of age, the last surviving Wisconsin veteran of the Grand Army of the Republic, is seated in a crowd of people attending a Wiscon...
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Harold Stassen Rally

Date: 03 31 1948
Description: A group of veterans, members of the Wisconsin Veteran's-for-Stassen Club, seated in the reserved section at the Harold Stassen rally which was held at the ...
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Leroy L. Dalton Receiving Navy Air Medal Award

Date: 07 31 1948
Description: Leroy L. Dalton, (in a hosptial bed at left) shown receiving the United States Navy Air Medal for meritorious achievement during his fifth mission as a gun...
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Leroy L. Dalton Receiving Navy Air Medal Award

Date: 07 31 1948
Description: Leroy L. Dalton,(in a hosptial bed at left,)shown receiving the United States Navy Air Medal for meritious achievement during his fifth mission as a gunne...
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Eagle Regiment Car

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Description: Dr. James A Jackson, Sr., who was a hospital steward for the 8th Wisconsin Regiment during the Civil War, riding in an open car during a GAR parade in Madi...
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Lyle T. Beggs

Date: 08 26 1948
Description: Lyle T. Beggs, standing on the steps of a Milwaukee Road train, as he is about to leave for VFW camp where he is expected to be elected national commander ...
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Low Cost Housing for World War II Veterans

Date: 09 23 1948
Description: A low-cost house being built on Midvale Boulevard in Sunset Village on Madison's West Side by builder Marshall Erdman. Erdman's project of four houses is f...
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Low Cost Housing for World War II Veterans

Date: 09 23 1948
Description: Interior of a low cost house being constructed for sale to veterans of World War II by builder Marshall Erdman. The project of four houses is being constru...
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Low Cost Housing for World War II Veterans

Date: 09 23 1948
Description: A low-cost house built in Marlborough Heights on Madison's East Side by contractor C.J. "Cap" Goucher. The house is similar to 20 houses being constructed ...
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Armistice Day Commemoration

Date: 11 11 1948
Description: Color bearers from the National Guard, the Veterans of Foreign Wars, the two American Legion posts, the Spanish-American War veterans, their auxiliaries, a...
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Armistice Day Commemoration

Date: 11 11 1948
Description: Robert Babcock, Lodi, places the American Legion auxiliary post Number 57 memorial wreath at the front of the memorial obelisk on the grounds of the Wiscon...
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American Legion Gathering at Airport

Date: 11 11 1948
Description: American Legion members in front of a plane at the Madison airport. Membership Chairman R.C. Golden is handing 1949 membership cards to the pilot Colonel L...

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