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| Date: | 02 12 1945 |
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| Description: | Volunteer Mrs. F.F. (Louise) Bowman, Jr., sitting at the information desk at Dane County Red Cross Headquarters, 315 North Carroll Street, is assisting Tec... |
| Date: | 12 30 1947 |
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| Description: | Assembling educational materials for servicemen-students all over the world are the employees of the United States Armed Forces Institute (USAFI), headquar... |
| Date: | 1943 |
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| Description: | A military half-track redesigned and improved by International Harvester automotive engineers parked in the snow. The original caption reads: "At the Army'... |
| Date: | 1941 |
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| Description: | An International M-5-6 truck on a test drive along a concrete track with deep depressions at the Fort Wayne Proving Grounds. The original caption reads, "I... |
| Date: | 1942 |
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| Description: | A group of uniformed soldiers sit at tables in a room at Camp Perry to be instructed in a small arms class. Firearms are on the table in front of each pers... |
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| Description: | Two instructors, Beatrice and Leon Lamoreux, teaching Naval students telegraphy at the U.S. Naval Training School (Radio). |
| Date: | 09 1942 |
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| Description: | Group of Army recruits in formation. Original caption reads: "The 609th Ordnance Base Armament Maintenance Battalion, recruited from IH operations... pictu... |
| Date: | 12 26 1943 |
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| Description: | Two sailors on an American cruiser returning to base after the bombardment of Cape Gloucester. The bombardment took place before the marine landing. One sa... |
| Date: | 01 02 1944 |
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| Description: | Seaman First Class Thomas Veater (shirtless) of Louzerne, Pennsylvania, on a LST (Landing Ship, Tank) after the landing at Saidor, New Guinea (present day ... |
| Date: | 02 03 1944 |
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| Description: | Artillerymen prepare to leave their camp in Saidor, New Guinea (present day Papua New Guinea) on a patrol that would last several days. They were to search... |
| Date: | 02 03 1944 |
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| Description: | Artillery group leaving on patrol from camp in Saidor, New Guinea (present day Papua New Guinea). Names: (Front to rear) Private First Class Stanley Prachn... |
| Date: | 02 03 1944 |
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| Description: | Private First Class Carl Krejci of Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin, carries a heavy load as he leaves on patrol from camp in Saidor, New Guinea (present day Papu... |
| Date: | 09 08 1944 |
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| Description: | View of distant smoke from the battle surrounding Brest, France. In the foreground, soldiers are parked in a large field with an air support radio jeep. Th... |
| Date: | 10 06 1944 |
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| Description: | General Dwight D. Eisenhower speaks with General George C. Marshall at an airfield in Paris, France. The man behind Marshall's elbow is Senior Advisor to P... |
| Date: | 10 06 1944 |
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| Description: | General Dwight D. Eisenhower speaks with General George C. Marshall at an airfield in Paris, France. On the left are more officers. Several photographers a... |
| Date: | 10 06 1944 |
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| Description: | General Dwight D. Eisenhower (SHAEF commander) poses with (left to right) General George C. Marshall (Army Chief of Staff), Justice James F. Byrnes (Senior... |
| Date: | 10 06 1944 |
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| Description: | Many photographers take photos of a military automobile leaving an airfield in Paris, France. Robert Doyle notes "arrival of first plane US ATC (United Sta... |
| Date: | 11 21 1943 |
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| Description: | Major Arthur L. Post of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, was shot down on June 20th, 1943 and rescued on September 28th, 1943, after 101 days in the jungle. Here Post... |
| 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 ... |
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