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Lorraine and Jackie Winters

Date: 01 24 1944
Description: Lorraine and Jackie Winters (ages 6 and 8 respectively), standing in front of piles of coins they have saved to buy a third War Bond. The children live at ...
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Corporal Duane Haralson and Parents

Date: 02 16 1944
Description: Corporal Duane Haralson with his parents, Rufus and Naomi, in the kitchen of their home at 604 Schiller Court. He was home after two years service in the M...
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Two Sisters with their Children

Date: 05 10 1944
Description: Two sisters, Marjorie Novotny Holt, with 5 month old son Stephen, and Norma Novotny Shorey, with 4 1/2 year old daughter Margie Kay. They were typical of m...
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St. Raphael's Catholic Church Service

Date: 06 06 1944
Description: St. Raphael's Catholic Church early service participants offering prayers for family members. Mrs. Leslie Matts, (Mary Matts), mother of Private Dudley Mat...
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Dorothy Birt and sons David and Micheal

Date: 05 15 1944
Description: Dorothy Birt (Mrs. Charles Birt), and her two sons, Micheal and David, and their dog Cinder, in their home at 130 Lakewood Boulevard. Major Charles Birt is...
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Families of World War II Servicemen

Date: 07 20 1944
Description: Mrs. Ralph (Betty) Ebert and her three sons. Left to right: Paul, Charles and David, taken at the home of her parents. The Ebert family is staying in Madis...
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Family of World War II Serviceman Donkle

Date: 07 20 1944
Description: Mrs. Milton (Jean) Donkle and her two children, left to right, Judy and Jimmy, photographed prior to their departure to join Captain Donkle at Camp Crowder...
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Families of World War II Servicemen

Date: 07 20 1944
Description: Mrs. Robert (Eleanor) Randle and her daughter, Penelope, at the home of her parents, where they were living while Captain Randle was stationed in England.
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World War II Serviceman and Family

Date: 07 21 1944
Description: Staff Sargeant Harland Lippolt with his wife, and daughter Maxine whom he had never seen during his two years in the South Pacific, where he served with a ...
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Lorraine Gray and Frank Gray

Date: 01 11 1945
Description: Lorraine Gray, and her younger brother Frank are reading an RMR "help wanted" advertisement in the "Wisconsin State Journal." The RMR (Ruben-Mallory-Ray-O-...
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Wilbur Dudley Family in their Garden

Date: 04 18 1945
Description: Wilbur and Marjorie Dudley and daughters, Amy Jean on the left, and Deborah on right, in their Community Union garden on Arlington Place. The gardens are p...
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Mrs. Karl L. Siebecker and Children in their Community Garden

Date: 04 18 1945
Description: Mrs. Karl L. Siebecker and her children, Judy (left) and Susan (right), in their Community Union garden on Arlington Place. The gardens are planned to prov...
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Mrs. Esther Mayer and Mrs. Iva Marsh

Date: 05 10 1945
Description: Mrs. John (Esther) Mayer, on the left, with her mother Mrs. Harold (Iva) Marsh, at the Marsh home. Mrs. Mayer is staying at the home of her parents while h...
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Fred Hoffman with Photographs of Sons

Date: 06 14 1945
Description: Fred M. Hoffman standing by a piano with photographs of seven of his sons, and a U.S. Air Corps banner. Five are still in the military service, two receive...
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Mrs. Donald W. (Ruth Wilson) Rindt and Sons

Date: 07 10 1945
Description: Portrait of Mrs. Donald W. (Ruth Wilson) Rindt and sons, Jon (3) and Brian (1). She's was staying with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. C.N. Wilson, prior to join...
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William N. Donovan Family

Date: 10 15 1945
Description: Major William N. Donovan with his wife and daughter. He had just returned to Madison after 39 months as a Japanese prisoner. Their daughter, Josie, was bor...
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Signe and Peder Sletteland

Date: 12 26 1945
Description: Signe and Peder Sletteland, daughter and son of Mr. and Mrs. Perry A. Sletteland, 2150 Chadbourne Avenue, looking at a catalog. She is a student at Skidmor...
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Mrs. Isabel Llerandi and Her Five Younger Children

Date: 02 18 1949
Description: Reunited after seven years of wartime separation, Mrs. Isabel Llerandi and her five younger children spent a week together in the home of Mr. & Mrs. Henry ...
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Flight Nurse with Her Parents

Date: 1943
Description: Flight nurse, Gwen Jensen, visiting with her parents as she prepares to leave U.S. soil. Jensen is kneeling on the floor as her parents are sitting on a be...
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Army Brothers

Date: 1943
Description: A rickety ladder serves (Sergeant) Technician 4th Grade John Duray (left), and his brother, Staff Sergeant Isador Duray, both of Elkhorn, Wisconsin, in the...

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