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| Date: | 1918 |
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| Description: | Double head and shoulders shot of Spencer Tracy in a sailor hat, from when he was in the Navy in the last days of World War I. |
| Date: | 04 02 1945 |
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| Description: | U.S. Navy V-12 Chorus and University of Wisconsin Band at the Stock Pavilion. Separate label negative reads, "3rd Anniversary - Happy Hour". |
| Date: | 04 02 1945 |
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| Description: | U. S. Navy V-12 Chorus, sailors and WAVES (Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service), at the Stock Pavilion, "3rd Anniversary Happy Hour." |
| Date: | 11 03 1944 |
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| Description: | U.S. Naval Training School (Radio) Band in Great Hall of the Memorial Union on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. Halloween decoration in the back... |
| Date: | 01 17 1944 |
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| Description: | Thirteen members of the Navy band posing on stage. |
| Date: | 01 17 1944 |
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| Description: | A U.S. Navy sailor playing piano while another sailor is leaning on the piano awaiting his time to sing. |
| Date: | 01 17 1944 |
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| Description: | Twelve members of Navy band playing instruments on stage, with a tap dancer posing close to the floor in front of the piano. |
| Date: | 01 17 1944 |
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| Description: | Navy sailor standing at a microphone performing a comedy act. |
| Date: | 01 21 1948 |
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| Description: | Chief Petty Officer Earl Woodward of the Madison navy recruiting office installing newly elected officers of the Navy Mothers' club. From the left are: Mrs... |
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| Description: | Military personnel in the Naval Air Station waiting room. A sign on the wall reads: "Notice/ On this station salute/ square your hat/ hands out of pockets/... |
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| Description: | Lewis Arms poses in front of a tropical backdrop wearing his Navy uniform. There is an inscription on the back that reads, "Love to Mom from your loving so... |
| Date: | 02 19 1944 |
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| Description: | Panaromic portrait of the 21st Regiment, Co. 86, Naval Training Station, Great Lakes, Illinois, W.E. Heintz, commander. Jordan Beechie Getts, Jr. (1926-... |
| Date: | 03 1945 |
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| Description: | Surviving crew members of the USS Franklin watching an amateur vaudeville on their hanger deck, seven says after their disaster. The USS Franklin... |
| Date: | 03 1945 |
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| Description: | Surviving crew members of the USS Franklin watching an amateur vaudeville on their hanger deck, seven says after their disaster. The USS Franklin... |
| Date: | 1945 |
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| Description: | A body on a stretcher is lying on the deck of the USS "Samaritan." The body is covered by a blanket, except for an arm which has a small tattoo. Behind the... |
| Date: | 1921 |
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| Description: | Two seamen, Matt Peasley (played by Thomas Meighan) and Murphy (Hugh Cameron), stand in a San Francisco street with their seabags at their feet in a public... |
| Date: | 1921 |
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| Description: | Shipowner Cappy Ricks (played by Charles Abbe) and seamen Matt Peasley (Thomas Meighan) and Ole Peterson (Ivan Linow) onboard a ship in a publicity still f... |
| Date: | 02 28 1945 |
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| Description: | Robert Doyle wrote a caption for this image although it was not published at that time, "Fita Fita guard turns out daily at 8:00 a.m. for color raising cer... |
| 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: | 05 1945 |
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| 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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