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Two Soldiers

Date: 07 15 1943
Description: Sergeant William (Hub) Gilligan of Camp Douglas, Wisconsin and Sergeant Elmer Warnke of Pardeeville, Wisconsin, conversing at the Quarter Master warehouse ...
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Soldier in Jeep Sedan

Date: 07 15 1943
Description: Corporal Earl Foster, a mechanic in a quartermaster unit, of Kenosha, Wisconsin, at the wheel of a jeep sedan at Camp Cable, near Brisbane, Australia. Driv...
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Two Officers, La Follette and Kurkeet

Date: 06 19 1943
Description: Lieutenant Colonel Philip F. La Follette and Captain William Kurkeet, of Madison, Wisconsin, chatting at Camp Cable, near Brisbane, Australia. La Follette ...
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Distinguished Service Cross Award

Date: 07 23 1943
Description: Major General William Hanson Gill awards the Distinguished Service Cross to Staff Sergeant Milan Miljatovich of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, at Camp Cable, near B...
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Group of Award Recipients

Date: 07 23 1943
Description: Group portrait of the Distinguished Service Cross and Silver Star Medal recipients at Camp Cable, near Brisbane, Australia.
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Wisconsin Heroes

Date: 07 23 1943
Description: Wisconsin heroes in the Papuan campaign, a group of five award recipients at Camp Cable, near Brisbane, Australia. Left to right are Staff Sergeant Milan M...
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Wisconsin Soldier

Date: 07 26 1943
Description: Master Sergeant William (Hub) Gilligan of Camp Douglas, Wisconsin, poses for a photo at Camp Cable, near Brisbane, Australia. Gilligan is a chief clerk of ...
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Three Soldiers from Detroit

Date: 08 01 1943
Description: Three soldiers from the U.S. 6th Army Division, from Detroit, (left to right), Private Ned Zaffaramo, Private First Class Richard Rheaume and Private Kamil...
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Wisconsin Soldiers in Jeep

Date: 08 10 1943
Description: Two soldiers pose in a jeep. The driver is Sergeant Howard Cody of Racine, Wisconsin, and next to him is Private Eugene Pregont of Wausau, Wisconsin. Palm ...
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Crew on Higgins Boat

Date: 08 11 1943
Description: Crew of four aboard a Higgins boat, also known as a LCVP, which stands for "Landing Craft, Vehicle, Personnel." Their names, left to right, are Fireman 1st...
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She's Waiting, Take Atabrine

Date: 08 15 1943
Description: Private Leopold Blaha, a barber from Milwaukee, Wisconsin, looks at a poster with a pretty woman depicted on it that urges the soldiers to take their Atabr...
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Soldier and Indigenous Men Watch Planes on Airfield

Date: 08 15 1943
Description: A soldier and four indigenous men shade their eyes as they watch planes take off and land at the Kiriwina Airfield on Kiriwina Island in the Solomon Sea, N...
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Soldier with His Pet Coati

Date: 08 18 1943
Description: Corporal Marcell Vanden Heuval, from Grand Rapids, Michigan, poses with his coati named "Speedy" perched on his shoulder. He was a cook at the military cam...
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Two Soldiers on a Bulldozer

Date: 08 22 1943
Description: Corporal Eugene Cierzynski of Milwaukee, Wisconsin (left) instructs Corporal Edgar Hourscht of Trosky, Minnesota (right), on how to operate a D-8 Caterpill...
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Engineer Sawmill

Date: 08 22 1943
Description: The sawmill for the engineers at the military camp on Kiriwina Island in the Solomon Sea, New Guinea (present day Papua New Guinea). The soldiers are just ...
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Two Soldiers

Date: 08 29 1943
Description: Two Wisconsin cousins, (left) Corporal Englund Johnson, bomber waist gunner, of Park Falls and (right) Sergeant Donald Englund, airplane engine mechanic, o...
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Paratroopers

Date: 09 05 1943
Description: Paratroopers at a Drome (airfield) near Port Moresby, preparing to take off for a landing at Nadzab near Lae. Lae is a Japanese-held airfield in New Guinea...
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War Correspondent in Combat Suit

Date: 09 29 1943
Description: Bob Eunson of Associated Press at Port Moresby, New Guinea (present day Papua New Guinea), dressed in a "combat suit." He is wearing a pack on his back and...
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Twins at Lister Bag

Date: 11 04 1943
Description: Twin soldiers, Corporal John Kellner (left) and Private First Class Bob Kellner (right) of Milwaukee get a drink at the lister bag, in the camp on Goodenou...
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Major and Indigenous Man

Date: 11 05 1943
Description: Major Austin Henry of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, poses with an indigenous man in front of the medical tent at the military camp on Woodlark Island, in the Solom...

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