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Lewis Arms on Graduation Day

Date: 1943
Description: Lewis Arms poses in his Navy uniform holding a rifle on the day he graduated from the Great Lakes Naval Training Center.
Photograph

Lewis Arms at Age 17

Date: 1946
Description: A portrait of Lewis Arms at the age of 17 wearing his Navy uniform. There is an inscription that reads, "To Mom & Pop Berry with Love," referring to his ne...
Photograph

21st Regiment, Naval Training Station, Great Lakes, Illinois

Date: 02 19 1944
Description: Panaromic portrait of the 21st Regiment, Co. 86, Naval Training Station, Great Lakes, Illinois, W.E. Heintz, commander. Jordan Beechie Getts, Jr. (1926-...
Newspaper Article/Clipping

Alma Schmidt

Date: 05 21 1918
Description: A newspaper article in the "Chicago Evening American" describes "propaganda" plans of the Chicago Historical Society during World War I and prominently fea...
Photograph

Conrad William Petersen

Date: 1943
Description: Head and shoulders studio portrait of Conrad Petersen (1924-2013) in his navy dress blues uniform. He was a U.S. Navy Reserve Ensign, 1943-1946. His parent...

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