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German Prisoners of War Marching to Trucks

Date: 07 13 1945
Description: A work shift of German prisoners at a prisoner of war camp marching to trucks to be conveyed to work at a local cannery.
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Tents at Prisoner of War Camp

Date: 07 13 1945
Description: German prisoner of war camp with tents and fencing surrounding the area. Several people are on the grounds. Prisoners are working in the local cannery.
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Soldiers at Attention

Date: 1943
Description: A group of soldiers stand at attention while lines of men walk past. Men are working on a roof and scaffold around a steeple on a building in the backgroun...
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Woman Operating International A Tractor at Military Base

Date: 1942
Description: A woman uses an International Model A tractor to mow grass on the side of a hill at Camp Pendleton. In the background is an encampment of tents set up at t...
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Camp Pendleton Groundskeeping with International A

Date: 1944
Description: A woman wearing a wide-brimmed hat and overalls uses an International Model A tractor to maintain an area of brush at the Camp Pendleton airfield. Tents ar...
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Camp Travis

Date: 1918
Description: A view of men preparing and serving food from the kitchen tent. A sign above the group of men reads, "Keep out of kitchen and don't use kitchen utensils."
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Gift Cows, U.S. Marine Helicopter Base

Date: 06 1962
Description: Gift cows at the U.S. Marine Helicopter base in Soc Trang, Vietnam. Military and civilian men stand posing in a group in a field. Two of the men hold the r...
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Obey and Young, Overwhelmed

Date: 09 2001
Description: Wisconsin Congressman David R. Obey (right) looking at the World Trade Center site shortly after the 9/11 attacks. With Obey is Florida Congressman Bill Yo...
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Doyle Filling Jeep with Gasoline

Date: 09 05 1943
Description: A smiling Robert Doyle holds the nozzle to the gas pump with one hand and gives the "thumbs up" sign with the other at the Kangaroo Korner Gas Station near...
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Phillip F. La Follette at T-Beach Whittling Club

Date: 01 14 1944
Description: Three men sit on improvised seats (boards on barrels) at the T-Beach Whittling Club, located on the north coast of New Guinea (present day Papua New Guinea...
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Robert Doyle taking Photo of General MacArthur

Date: 12 14 1943
Description: Robert Doyle takes a photo of General Douglas MacArthur as he greets a soldier during a tour on Goodenough Island, in the Solomon Sea, New Guinea (present ...
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Aussie Press Hut

Date: 1942
Description: War correspondents pose for a group portrait in the Aussie Press Hut in Port Moresby, New Guinea (present day Papua New Guinea). Names, (front, left to rig...
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War Correspondent at His Typewriter

Date: 07 1943
Description: Robert Doyle types stories about the Red Arrow Division in his tent while seated on his cot. The tent sides are tied open. A crate serves as a typewriter s...
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Fleet Admiral C.W. Nimitz and Staff

Date: 05 1945
Description: Group portrait of Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz and his staff at CinCPac/CinCPOA Advanced Headquarters on Guam. Admiral Nimitz is 9th from the left in th...
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Concert for Fleet Admiral C.W. Nimitz and Staff

Date: 05 1945
Description: An outdoor concert for Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz and his staff at CinCPac/CinCPOA Advanced Headquarters on Guam. Admiral Nimitz is 3rd from the right...
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Desert Barber at Work

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Description: Turkish barber at work in camp shaving the head of a fellow soldier.
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Eduard Frankl Astride a Camel

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Description: Mr. Frankl as a war photographer with the Turkish Army.

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