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| Date: | 01 02 1944 |
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| Description: | Seaman First Class Thomas Veater (shirtless) of Louzerne, Pennsylvania, on a LST (Landing Ship, Tank) after the landing at Saidor, New Guinea (present day ... |
| Date: | 01 02 1944 |
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| Description: | Robert Doyle on a LST (Landing Ship, Tank) after the landing at Saidor, New Guinea (present day Papua New Guinea). He has binoculars in his hands. |
| Date: | 01 12 1944 |
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| Description: | View of two PT (Patrol Torpedo) boats from another PT boat, off of the north coast of New Guinea (present day Papua New Guinea). PT (Patrol Torpedo) boats ... |
| Date: | 01 12 1944 |
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| Description: | View of a PT (Patrol Torpedo) boat from another PT boat, off of the north coast of New Guinea (present day Papua New Guinea). PT (Patrol Torpedo) boats wer... |
| Date: | 01 21 1944 |
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| Description: | Corporal Andrew Starkie of Chicago, Illinois, stands next to the flagpole on a LCV (Landing Craft, Vehicle) off of the coast of Saidor, New Guinea (present... |
| Date: | 02 05 1944 |
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| Description: | General view of Port Moresby Harbor from road, New Guinea (present day Papua New Guinea). A jeep is on the road on the left. Several soldiers are near a sh... |
| Date: | 1945 |
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| Description: | Robert Doyle, Journal war correspondent, took his wire recorder aboard the battleship Wisconsin while it was part of Admiral Halsey's 3rd fleet off ... |
| Date: | 1944 |
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| Description: | A smiling Robert Doyle is transferred between two ships using a manila highline in a transfer-at-sea chair, also called a boatswain's chair. He is wearing ... |
| Date: | 07 29 1945 |
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| Description: | Robert Doyle poses with two other journalists and a ship's captain on the deck while aboard an escort carrier near Japan. Identified (left to right) are Al... |
| Date: | 1919 |
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| Description: | German U-boat commander Lieutenant Brandt (played by Wallace Beery) and American Merchant Marine Captain Oscar Krug (Hobart Bosworth) face a crowd of angry... |
| Date: | 1919 |
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| Description: | In a scene still for the silent drama "Behind the Door," American Merchant Marine Captain Oscar Krug (played by Hobart Bosworth) has been left to drown on ... |
| Date: | 1918 |
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| Description: | United States government bonds poster in the Fourth Liberty Loan "B" series. "Buy Liberty Bonds. Fourth Liberty Loan." Depicts enemy aircraft bombing New Y... |
| Date: | 03 1945 |
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| Description: | Crew of the U.S.S. Franklin watching a vaudeville performance from their hangar deck. The performance took place just seven days after the ship was ... |
| Date: | 03 1945 |
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| Description: | Elevated view looking down towards a group of men taking a wounded soldier down a ramp from the USS Samaritan to a waiting ambulance. Several milita... |
| Date: | 07 1959 |
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| Description: | Dickey Chapelle taking photographs on the beach in Milwaukee during Operation Inland Seas. A Navy ship is on Lake Michigan in the background on the left. A... |
| Date: | 1917 |
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| Description: | Poster with an illustration of a woman drinking out of a glass with a straw, while below her miniaturized ships labeled "ARMS," "FOOD," "SOLDIERS" and "SU... |
| Date: | 1918 |
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| Description: | Poster featuring a cartoon illustration of a mass of soldiers with a flag and cannon, and behind them a large ship labeled: "USN" [United States Navy], and... |
| Date: | 1917 |
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| Description: | Poster featuring an illustration of four Marine corpsmen on a beach, with one Marine holding an American flag and another Marine a Marines flag. The other ... |
| Date: | 1917 |
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| Description: | Poster featuring an illustration of two marine corpsmen on a shoreline. One Marine is standing and signaling with a signal flag to two battleships just off... |
| Date: | 1917 |
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| Description: | Poster featuring an illustration of four Marine corpsmen running across a grassy beach. Two battleships are just off the shore in the background. Poster te... |
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