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Red Cross Sponsored Singing Group

Date: 06 07 1945
Description: Group portrait of Red Cross sponsored group, "Parlor Tricks," who entertain convalescent patients in the Army Air Force's regional hospital at Truax Field....
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Elderly Hero

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Description: Autographed carte-de-viste of John L. Burns, the elderly resident of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania who volunteered to fight with the Union Army during the battl...
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Gettysburg Hero

Date: 1903
Description: Statue of John L. Burns, the elderly citizen-hero of the Battle of Gettysburg, who fought with the 7th Wisconsin on July 1, 1863 and was wounded. A veteran...
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Collecting Woolen Items for the Front

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Description: Results of the "Reich's Wool Week." Every day loads of wool garments arrived at the collection point in the old Kroll Opera House and were sorted by volunt...
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Female Red Cross Volunteers

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Description: Female Red Cross volunteers cheering reservists passing by the Reichstag.
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Feeding The Needy

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Description: Feeding the needy in Friedenau-Wilmersdorf at the Kaiserplatz.
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War Volunteer Unit in Training

Date: 1914
Description: Officers training a Deutschwehr (war volunteer) unit in Schmargendorf near Berlin.
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Volunteer Unit

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Description: Deutschwehr (war volunteer) unit in training.
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Sharpshooters of the Polish Legion

Date: 1914
Description: The Polish Legion was a volunteer force of ethnic Poles raised by the Austro-Hungarian army in 1914. It had various incarnations during the war, and its me...
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Officers of the Polish Legion

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Description: The Polish Legion was a volunteer force of ethnic Poles raised by the Austro-Hungarian army in 1914. It had various incarnations during the war, and its me...
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Officers of the Polish Legion

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Description: The Polish Legion was a volunteer force of ethnic Poles raised by the Austro-Hungarian army in 1914. It had various incarnations during the war, and its me...
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Polish Legion Trumpeter

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Description: The Polish Legion was a volunteer force of ethnic Poles raised by the Austro-Hungarian army in 1914. It had various incarnations during the war, and its me...
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Polish Legion in the Carpathians Preparing to Eat

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Description: The Polish Legion was a volunteer force of ethnic Poles raised by the Austro-Hungarian army in 1914. It had various incarnations during the war, and its me...
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Polish Legion in the Carpathians Preparing to Eat

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Description: The Polish Legion was a volunteer force of ethnic Poles raised by the Austro-Hungarian army in 1914. It had various incarnations during the war, and its me...
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Polish Legion in the Carpathian Mountains Preparing a Meal

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Description: The Polish Legion was a volunteer force of ethnic Poles raised by the Austro-Hungarian army in 1914. It had various incarnations during the war, and its me...
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Firing Line

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Description: The Polish Legion was a volunteer force of ethnic Poles raised by the Austro-Hungarian army in 1914. It had various incarnations during the war, and its me...
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Turkish Volunteer Saying Good-Bye

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Description: A Turkish volunteer shaking hands and saying good-bye, ready to ship to the front.
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Albanian Volunteers

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Description: Albanian volunteers, in front of a barracks, offering to serve as guides.

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