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| Date: | 1945 |
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| Description: | Cartoon showing a man looking at the following text: "Look at the facts, in 11 days war casualties 15,883, civilian casualties 24,812." |
| Date: | 11 11 1918 |
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| Description: | Armistice Day celebration (mock funeral of Kaiser Wilhelm II). Soldier identified is William Carlson, who was disabled by the chemical agent mustard gas an... |
| Date: | 12 21 1944 |
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| Description: | Staff Sergeant Johnnie White celebrating Christmas at Truax Field hospital. |
| Date: | 02 01 1945 |
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| Description: | Axel Olson, father of Sgt. Truman O. Olson, deceased, receiving the Congressional Medal of Honor from Col. W. Lutz Krigbaum on behalf of his son, who was k... |
| Date: | 02 01 1945 |
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| Description: | Axel Olson with his sons Earl and Richard inspecting the Congressional Medal of Honor awarded posthumously to son and brother Sgt. Truman O. Olson. Truman ... |
| Date: | 03 15 1945 |
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| Description: | Hulda Gieschen and Dr. Warren E. Gilson, who specializes in electro-physiology and medical electronics at the University of Wisconsin, are looking at a Gil... |
| Date: | 06 07 1945 |
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| 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.... |
| Date: | 10 21 1942 |
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| Description: | War correspondents carry the flag-draped casket containing the body of Byron Darnton, the first casualty of their group; Bomana Military Cemetery, Port Mor... |
| Date: | 10 21 1942 |
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| Description: | Byron Darnston coffin being borne to the grave by war correspondent pallbearers; Bomana Military Cemetery, Port Moresby, New Guinea. |
| Date: | 10 21 1942 |
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| Description: | Darnton-Fahuestock funeral with a rifle squad at attention and two coffins draped with American flags, Bomana Military Cemetery in Port Moresby, New Guinea... |
| Date: | 10 21 1942 |
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| Description: | Military Chaplain Fred Bartrop performs an Episcopal burial ceremony for Byron Darnton over the coffins; Bomana Military Cemetery, Port Moresby, New Guinea... |
| Date: | 10 21 1942 |
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| Description: | "Taps" is played at the Darnton-Fahuestock funeral; Bomana Military Cemetery, Port Moresby, New Guinea. |
| Date: | 12 12 1965 |
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| Description: | Nurse caring for two North Vietnamese children who were wounded by U.S. bombing. This official North Vietnamese photograph was released about June 1, 1966,... |
| Date: | 11 1971 |
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| Description: | Poster recruiting University students to travel to Washington, D.C., to protest the Vietnamese Conflict. Features an image of a Vietnamese boy, repeated fi... |
| Date: | 03 20 1949 |
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| Description: | The University of Wisconsin honored the dead of four wars with a concert presented by the University Symphony orchestra and chorus that was attended by som... |
| Date: | 09 22 1949 |
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| Description: | Dedication of a drinking fountain at Central High School as a memorial to Pfc. James Hammond, son of Howard and Regina Hammond, 114 North Bassett Street. H... |
| Date: | 01 21 1971 |
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| Description: | Poster advertising an Anti-U.S. Military Ball, held at the University of Wisconsin-Madison's Memorial Union. Features a woman with a gun slung over her sho... |
| Date: | 10 24 1950 |
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| Description: | Corporal Albert Griffin, a soldier from Milwaukee wounded in the Korean War, standing with Governor Rennebohm at the freedom bell during ceremonies at the ... |
| Date: | 10 09 1951 |
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| Description: | The Distinguished Service Cross for heroism was given posthumously to Capt. Robert Walker, Lancaster, who was killed as the result of heroic action near Sa... |
| Date: | 05 23 1966 |
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| Description: | On a surprise visit to Bethesda Naval Hospital, President Lyndon Johnson shakes hands with John R. Kington, a Marine wounded in Vietnam. In the next bed is... |
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