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| Date: | 05 22 1944 |
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| Description: | Physical exercise aboard an aircraft carrier during World War II. This photograph was a part of a scrapbook compiled by Philip F. La Follette, former gove... |
| Date: | 1944 |
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| Description: | U.S. Marines unloading equipment and vehicles from supply ships at Guam beach. International M-5-H-65 trucks are in the background. |
| Date: | 1944 |
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| Description: | Marine driving an International TD-9 diesel crawler tractor (TracTracTor) off of a landing craft at Cape Gloucester. The original caption reads: "When th... |
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| Description: | "Ferry 'New Era' being transformed into a gunboat at St. Louis." Drawing includes workers building with lumber. |
| Date: | 1862 |
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| Description: | Cannons aimed out of several openings. Soldiers are working with cannons. |
| Date: | 1862 |
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| Description: | This is the preliminary sketch for "Hamburg Landing, 4 miles below Pittsburg Landing, Commisary [sic] Depot of Gen. Hallek's Army." Shows an encampm... |
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| Description: | "Heroes of the Civil War". Engraving of eight Union leaders with decorative battlefield scenes. |
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| Description: | A lithograph of eight major generals of the Union with battle scenes decorating the center. |
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| Description: | USS "Mt. Vernon" with soldiers aboard departing to fight in World War II. |
| Date: | 1944 |
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| Description: | Treasury Design No. 42, "Advancing Soldiers." The poster features a combat scene, with ships landing on shore, aircraft soaring along the horizon, and arme... |
| Date: | 1943 |
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| Description: | Treasury Design No. 26, "Invasion." The poster features ships landing on the coast and soldiers racing up the beach as explosions rain down around them. |
| Date: | 1943 |
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| Description: | Treasury Design No. 24, "Happy Family." The poster features two contrasting scenes. On the left is a naval battle commencing on stormy waters in shades of ... |
| Date: | 1945 |
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| Description: | Three Japanese prisoners from the battle of Iwo Jima stand amongst American soldiers on a boat. |
| Date: | 1945 |
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| Description: | Marines, killed in action, lie on stretchers covered with ponchos on the beach at Iwo Jima. Four marines attend to the dead. Tents, military boats, and an ... |
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| Description: | A large color lithograph with caption of the battle in progress. |
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| Description: | Etching of the "Attack upon Roanoke Island" by troops landing from naval vessels, after a painting by Chappel. |
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| Description: | "Capture of Fort Fisher." A color lithograph published by L. Prang & Co., Boston. |
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| Description: | Sinking of the "Albemarle." Lieut. Cushing (?) torpedoing the ALBEMARLE. |
| Date: | 1862 |
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| Description: | Lithographed poster by Lipman of Milwaukee. |
| Date: | 1945 |
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| Description: | Overhead view of wounded soldiers being transported to the USS "Samaritan". |
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