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Soldier with His Pet Coati

Date: 08 18 1943
Description: Corporal Marcell Vanden Heuval, from Grand Rapids, Michigan, poses with his coati named "Speedy" perched on his shoulder. He was a cook at the military cam...
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War Correspondent in Combat Suit

Date: 09 29 1943
Description: Bob Eunson of Associated Press at Port Moresby, New Guinea (present day Papua New Guinea), dressed in a "combat suit." He is wearing a pack on his back and...
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"Windy City Kitty"

Date: 11 17 1943
Description: Mechanic Sergeant Raymond Smith of Ontario, Wisconsin, stands next to the nose art, "Windy City Kitty," depicting a naked woman in the "pin-up style" on th...
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Officer and War Correspondent

Date: 12 17 1943
Description: Lieutenant Richard Prentis of Detroit, Michigan, chats with Dixon Brown about his lava-lava, an indigenous kilt-like garment. Brown is smoking a pipe. Brow...
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Lieutenant Colonel Philip F. La Follette and War Correspondent

Date: 12 18 1943
Description: War Correspondent Robert Doyle and Lieutenant Colonel Philip F. La Follette, wearing combat uniform, chat while standing on a shoreline. Lieutenant Colonel...
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Soldiers on Wrecked French Locomotive

Date: 10 13 1944
Description: Two soldiers pose on a wrecked French locomotive in Folligny, France. Names, (left to right) are Switchman Private First Class Kenneth Walters of St. Paul,...
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Autographed Portrait of Fleet Admiral C.W. Nimitz

Date: 04 30 1945
Description: An autographed quarter-length portrait of Fleet Admiral Chester William Nimitz in his office at CinCPac/CinCPOA Advanced Headquarters on Guam. He is standi...

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