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| Date: | 03 1945 |
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| Description: | At Iwo Jima Airfield #1 Gwen Jensen, a flight nurse, talks with wounded Marines who are about to be evacuated by airplane. Mount Surabachi, from which the ... |
| Date: | 02 1945 |
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| Description: | A marine from the USS "Samaritan" lays on a stretcher with his eyes bandaged. |
| Date: | 12 21 1944 |
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| Description: | Staff Sergeant Johnnie White celebrating Christmas at Truax Field hospital. |
| Date: | 02 01 1945 |
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| Description: | Axel Olson, father of Sgt. Truman O. Olson, deceased, receiving the Congressional Medal of Honor from Col. W. Lutz Krigbaum on behalf of his son, who was k... |
| Date: | 02 01 1945 |
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| Description: | Axel Olson with his sons Earl and Richard inspecting the Congressional Medal of Honor awarded posthumously to son and brother Sgt. Truman O. Olson. Truman ... |
| Date: | 03 15 1945 |
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| Description: | Hulda Gieschen and Dr. Warren E. Gilson, who specializes in electro-physiology and medical electronics at the University of Wisconsin, are looking at a Gil... |
| Date: | 06 07 1945 |
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| Description: | Group portrait of Red Cross sponsored group, "Parlor Tricks," who entertain convalescent patients in the Army Air Force's regional hospital at Truax Field.... |
| Date: | 10 21 1942 |
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| Description: | War correspondents carry the flag-draped casket containing the body of Byron Darnton, the first casualty of their group; Bomana Military Cemetery, Port Mor... |
| Date: | 10 21 1942 |
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| Description: | Byron Darnston coffin being borne to the grave by war correspondent pallbearers; Bomana Military Cemetery, Port Moresby, New Guinea. |
| Date: | 10 21 1942 |
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| Description: | Darnton-Fahuestock funeral with a rifle squad at attention and two coffins draped with American flags, Bomana Military Cemetery in Port Moresby, New Guinea... |
| Date: | 10 21 1942 |
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| Description: | Military Chaplain Fred Bartrop performs an Episcopal burial ceremony for Byron Darnton over the coffins; Bomana Military Cemetery, Port Moresby, New Guinea... |
| Date: | 10 21 1942 |
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| Description: | "Taps" is played at the Darnton-Fahuestock funeral; Bomana Military Cemetery, Port Moresby, New Guinea. |
| Date: | 03 20 1949 |
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| Description: | The University of Wisconsin honored the dead of four wars with a concert presented by the University Symphony orchestra and chorus that was attended by som... |
| Date: | 1945 |
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| Description: | Overhead view of men loading a wounded soldier onto a hospital ship. |
| Date: | 09 22 1949 |
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| Description: | Dedication of a drinking fountain at Central High School as a memorial to Pfc. James Hammond, son of Howard and Regina Hammond, 114 North Bassett Street. H... |
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| Description: | Robert S. Allen, a well-known journalist who lost his arm while serving during World War II, purchases Easter Seals from a handicapped girl. Allen was act... |
| Date: | 1946 |
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| Description: | Colonel Robert S. Allen, a well-known journalist before World War II, lost his arm while on active duty in Europe. He is seated here with Dr Anton Dvorak, ... |
| Date: | 1945 |
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| Description: | A badly wounded Marine suffers with an abdominal injury in Iwo Jima. A medic is sitting near him checking his identification tag. |
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| Description: | A wounded Marine lays on a stretcher on the deck of the USS "Samaritan" in Iwo Jima. The man later died. |
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| Description: | Marine Roy Elgin Jones lays wounded on the deck of the USS "Samaritan" in Iwo Jima. A medic sits next to him filling out a card on a clipboard. |
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