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Go Signal

Date: 04 16 1944
Description: The launching office above a Pacific Fleet aircraft carrier gives the "go" signal to the pilot. This photograph is from a scrapbook compiled by Philip F. L...
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Sparky's Funeral

Date: 12 12 1944
Description: Large group of U.S. Naval Training School (Radio) trainees, at the Van Hise dormitories, standing at the gravesite of Sparky, with four men carrying the co...
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Sparky's Funeral

Date: 12 06 1944
Description: Large group of U.S. Naval Training School (Radio) trainees, at the Van Hise dormitories, standing at the grave site of Sparky, with one man playing taps. ...
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Naval Training School Personnel

Date: 10 27 1944
Description: Group portrait of 11 U.S. Naval Training School (Radio) personnel: three officers, four non-commissioned sailors,and four male civilians on the University ...
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Naval Training School Instructors

Date: 11 06 1944
Description: Group portrait of officer and civilian instructors of the U.S. Naval Training School (Radio) on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. Second man on l...
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V-J Day Celebration

Date: 08 15 1945
Description: Crowd with two sailors hugging each other. Sailor with his back to the camera is Seabee B. O. Pledger; other sailor is unknown. They are celebrating V-J Da...
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All-Star Baseball Game

Date: 07 12 1944
Description: Mizell "Whitey" Platt, left, and Walter Millies, right, who were members of the Madison Blues, in the Three-I League, later part of the Great Lakes Bluejac...
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All-Star Baseball Game

Date: 07 12 1944
Description: In 1934 and 1935 the most famous battery in baseball was owned by the Detroit Tigers, Lynwood "Schoolboy" Rowe pitching and Gordon Stanley "Mickey" Cochran...
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All-Star Baseball Game

Date: 07 12 1944
Description: Crowd of Navy men and women in the stands watching the Madison-area amateur baseball all-stars in a game against the Navy's Great Lakes Bluejackets at Bree...
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Loading Wounded onto Ship

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Description: Wounded soldiers are being loaded onto a hospital ship in Iwo Jima.
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Hospital Ship USS Samaritan

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Description: Deck of the hospital ship USS Samaritan at sea. There are various forms of bedding and mattresses airing out on the railings and on the deck.
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Returning From World War II

Date: 1946
Description: A view of the ship upon which Lewis Arms traveled home after World War II. Arms does not appear in this image.
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Sailors Moving Boxes of Human Blood

Date: 04 04 1945
Description: Two men working together to move a box marked "Human Blood" at Buckner Bay, Okinawa, Japan. They are aboard a tank landing ship pontoon float. One man is w...
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USS Franklin Crew at Show

Date: 03 1945
Description: Surviving crew members of the USS Franklin watching an amateur vaudeville on their hanger deck, seven says after their disaster. The USS Franklin...
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Body on Stretcher

Date: 1945
Description: A body on a stretcher is lying on the deck of the USS "Samaritan." The body is covered by a blanket, except for an arm which has a small tattoo. Behind the...
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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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American Warship

Date: 12 26 1943
Description: Elevated view from aboard ship looking down on a soldier in a turret operating a range finder. These warships were participating in the heavy bombardment o...
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Navigation Instruments on an American Warship

Date: 12 26 1943
Description: Navigation instruments on an American cruiser were checked by Lieutenant Commander Leonard Meyer of Appleton. Three other crew members are nearby. The crui...
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Plane Spotters Burg and Dawson

Date: 12 26 1943
Description: Seaman 2nd Class Jerry Burg (left) of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and Seaman 2nd Class Harold Dawson of Toledo, Ohio, man the plane spotting station on an Americ...
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Mopping Up After Bombardment

Date: 12 26 1943
Description: Mopping up after the bombardment of Cape Gloucester while the American cruiser returns to base are: (left to right, all shirtless) Seaman 2nd Class Dominic...

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