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Horace Greeley with the Union Army

Date: 1865
Description: Horace Greeley, wearing top hat, with soldiers at the Union Army Winter Quarters.
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Civil War Army Post Office

Date: 08 1864
Description: Soldiers relax around the Army Post Office at the quarters of the Chief Ambulance Officer, Ninth Army Corps.
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Headquarters of the 16th Wisconsin Infantry

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Description: The headquarters camp and officers of the 16th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry in Tennessee. The officer seated on the far right is thought to be Cassius Fair...
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Villa Expeditionary Force

Date: 04 12 1916
Description: American soldiers unpacking supplies at the Casas Grande, Mexico, the field headquarters of the military force sent to capture Pancho Villa. The supplies w...
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MP Headquarters

Date: 1946
Description: Headquarters of Company C of the 793rd Military Police Battalion in post-World War II Germany. Although the location is not identified, Sigurd F. Olson, wh...
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Air Support Operations Center, Vietnam

Date: 1962
Description: Soldier at work at a desk in an Air Support Operations Center, Da Nang, Vietnam. There is a large map on the wall, military radios, a clock and a military ...
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Wisconsin Troops Interviewed in Shinto Shrine

Date: 10 08 1945
Description: A shinto shrine near Tokyo serves as the starting point of a Wisconsin story as Robert J. Doyle (lower left), correspondent of the Journal, takes the names...
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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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Fleet Admiral C.W. Nimitz and Staff

Date: 05 1945
Description: The audience laughs or sings at an outdoor concert for Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz and his staff at CinCPac/CinCPOA Advanced Headquarters on Guam. Admi...
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310th U.S. Army Engineer Corps Headquarters Building

Date: 1918
Description: The headquarters building of the 310th United States Army Engineer Corps, showing the street intersection and a man wearing a long coat standing in the sno...
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U.S. Artillery Headquarters and Blockhouse on the Dvina River

Date: 1918
Description: The headquarters and blockhouse of the Unites States Artillery on the Dvina River, showing five uniformed men standing outdoors, and an artillery piece par...
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French PoW's at Zossen

Date: 1914
Description: French PoW's beautifying the exterior of a barracks building in the camp at Zossen.
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Prisoners Gathering Wood

Date: 1914
Description: French PoW's gathering wood for fuel for their barracks at the camp in Zossen.
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14th Army Corps Headquarters

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Description: "Hotel hole-in-the-ground" at the Austrian 14th Army (Cops) headquarters.
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Soldiers on a Walk

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Description: Soldiers taking a walk outside headquarters behind the front lines.
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Bavarian Troops in the Vosges

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Description: Our Bavarians in the Vosges. A female sutler.
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Sanda Gora Guard

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Description: Guard in front of the headquarters in Sanda Gora.
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In Bukowina On Patrol

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Description: Austrian soldiers on patrol in Bukowina.
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Ammunition Distribution

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Description: Distributing ammunition to guards at the Pruth River bridge.

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