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| Date: | 1943 |
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| Description: | Jesse C. Brabazon, a pioneer aviator from Delavan, Wisconsin, in his uniform as a member of the Milwaukee Wing of the Civil Air Patrol during World War II. |
| Date: | 08 1945 |
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| Description: | The medal ceremony for the crew of the Enola Gay, the B-29 Super Fortress that dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima. This photograph was taken by Al... |
| Date: | 06 06 1944 |
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| Description: | Pilot Robert K. Knowles (second from left) of New Richmond, Wisconsin, and the crew of his B-24 bomber with an interrogating officer at Shipdham, England o... |
| Date: | 1943 |
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| Description: | Portrait of Joseph R. McCarthy in his Marine uniform, which appeared in his unsuccessful 1944 U.S. Senate campaign literature. Making the most of military ... |
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| Description: | Five women dressed in WAVES (Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service) uniforms saluting and carrying suitcases, probably at the University of Wiscon... |
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| Description: | Captain Robert L. McCahill, Marine parachute officer and Marquette University football star, in his parachute gear. McCahill was killed in action during W... |
| Date: | 06 1943 |
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| Description: | Snapshot of Walter J. Kohler, Jr., then a Navy lieutenant, taken somewhere in the South Pacific during World War II. |
| Date: | 12 07 1941 |
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| Description: | The forward magazines of the USS Shaw exploding after a Japanese bomb set the fore aflame as it sat in dock at Pearl Harbor. The midships and stern ... |
| Date: | 12 07 1941 |
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| Description: | The USS Nevada in berth at Pearl Harbor with the USS Shaw burning in the background after its forward deck was hit with a Japanese bomb. |
| Date: | 11 13 1942 |
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| Description: | Headquarters of the 32nd American Division, on the beach at Pongani, northeast New Guinea. |
| Date: | 1943 |
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| Description: | Rabbit hutches at Thorn concentration camp in Germany. Text on page says "Muster-und Lehrstation Thorn". |
| Date: | 1943 |
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| Description: | Rabbit hutches at Thorn concentration camp in Germany. |
| Date: | 1943 |
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| Description: | Rabbit hutches at Buchenwald concentration camp in Germany. |
| Date: | 1943 |
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| Description: | Rabbit hutches at Heidelager concentration camp in Poland. |
| Date: | 1943 |
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| Description: | Rabbit hutches at Sachsenhausen concentration camp in Germany. |
| Date: | 1943 |
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| Description: | Rabbit hutches at Dachau concentration camp. |
| Date: | 1943 |
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| Description: | Rabbit hutches at Auschwitz concentration camp in Germany. |
| Date: | 1943 |
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| Description: | Rabbit hutches at Goslar concentration camp in Germany. |
| Date: | 1943 |
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| Description: | Rabbit hutches at Ravensbrück concentration camp in Germany. |
| Date: | 1943 |
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| Description: | Rabbit hutches at Stettin concentration camp in Germany. |
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