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| Date: | 1944 |
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| Description: | A group of uniformed men sits in the back of an International K-7 truck used by the U.S. Navy. The truck is driving in a parking lot in front of a large me... |
| Date: | 1944 |
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| Description: | A group of civilian workers from Port Hueneme exit an International trailer used in transportation to and from the naval base. The original caption reads: ... |
| Date: | 1946 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 1942 |
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| Description: | A soldier walks along the edge of a cliff in Panama, behind stacks of cannonballs and a large sign. The man is wearing a uniform and is holding a sub-machi... |
| Date: | 10 22 1943 |
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| Description: | Lieutenant Colonel Harry J. Bullis of Portland, Michigan, poses next to the sign for the "Ale and Quail Club" on a military base in Port Moresby, Australia... |
| Date: | 11 17 1943 |
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| Description: | Corporal Gareale Brezeale of Warren, Arkansas, stands next to barrels, and Private First Class William Imhoff of Detroit, Michigan, holds the nozzle to the... |
| Date: | 10 30 1943 |
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| Description: | Motor Pool Dispatchers (left to right) Sergeant Alex Petro of Racine, Wisconsin, and Sergeant Joe Nicolazzi of Kenosha, Wisconsin, chat with Corporal Eugen... |
| Date: | 12 02 1943 |
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| Description: | An Intelligence Officer smiles as he holds an indigenous plant with fruit on it used for food. A building is behind him with two signs, "Operations" and "O... |
| Date: | 12 21 1943 |
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| Description: | Technical Sergeant Leonard Stoltz (left) and Technical Sergeant Warren Fuhrman (right), both of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, relax in front of a tent at a base in... |
| Date: | 02 05 1944 |
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| Description: | General view of Port Moresby Harbor from road, New Guinea (present day Papua New Guinea). A jeep is on the road on the left. Several soldiers are near a sh... |
| Date: | 06 13 1944 |
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| Description: | Robert Doyle, and Corporal Sam Oxman of the Public Relations Office, smile and pose outdoors in front of a door at Earls Colne Airfield, Essex, England. Co... |
| Date: | 03 1945 |
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| Description: | From the caption that accompanied the image: "Fellow workers in civilian life, these Milwaukeeans met recently on Kwajalein atoll in the Marshall islands. ... |
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