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General Eisenhower Touring a Displaced Persons Camp

Date: 1946
Description: Saul Sorrin leading General Dwight D. Eisenhower on a tour of the Neu Friemann Displaced Persons camp; Germany. Saul Sorrin was interviewed as part of t...
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U.S. General at Harvester Exhibit

Date: 1944
Description: Major General Lucius D. Clay, Director of Material, U.S. Army, examines a scale model of the 57-millimeter gun at the International Harvester exhibit at th...
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Men at Harvester Exhibit

Date: 1944
Description: Charles E. Wilson, Executive Vice Chairman of the War Production Board and formerly president of General Electric Company, and Lieutenant General William S...
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Chief Censor

Date: 07 14 1943
Description: Colonel B. Tormey, Chief Censor — Southwest Pacific Area, sits in his well-lighted office at Camp Cable, near Brisbane, Australia. Robert Doyle's articles ...
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Sad Shack Group

Date: 07 31 1943
Description: G. Robert Mowerson (left), Red Cross Director and Robert Doyle (third from left), War Correspondent, posing with Captain O.S. Allen of Columbus, Georgia, a...
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Ale and Quail Club

Date: 10 22 1943
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...
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Indigenous Plant

Date: 12 02 1943
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...
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P-47 Thunderbolt Pilot

Date: 12 02 1943
Description: Lieutenant Clarence "Herk" Blend of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, smiles as he poses next to a bulletin board, "Latest Flashes - News" that is hanging on the side ...
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Off Limits to All Troops

Date: 12 05 1943
Description: Seven Lieutenant nurses from Wisconsin pose with a Lieutenant Colonel from Illinois behind a sign that declares "Off Limits To All Troops." Names (left to ...
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Three Nurses

Date: 12 05 1943
Description: Three Lieutenant nurses from Michigan pose behind a sign that declares "Off Limits To All Troops." Names, left to right, are Lieutenant Avice Cleveringa of...
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Nadzab Air Freight

Date: 01 13 1944
Description: Soldiers relax and wait for flights at the Nadzab Air Freight building. One soldier leans on the corner of the building. Another soldier, possibly Major Me...
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T-Beach Whittling Club

Date: 01 14 1944
Description: Two officers sit on improvised seats (boards on barrels) at the T-Beach Whittling Club, located on the north coast of New Guinea (present day Papua New Gui...
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Phillip F. La Follette at T-Beach Whittling Club

Date: 01 14 1944
Description: Three men sit on improvised seats (boards on barrels) at the T-Beach Whittling Club, located on the north coast of New Guinea (present day Papua New Guinea...
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Tropical Inn

Date: 02 03 1944
Description: Soldiers and officers relax in the "Tropical Inn," a tent that has seating and a raised wooden floor, at Saidor, New Guinea (present day Papua New Guinea)....
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Navy Chief Wallace Zabler Retires

Date: 08 23 1957
Description: Lt. Commander Wallace E. Zabler salutes the Navy and Marines in the review of troops who officially "piped him over the sides" at his retirement ceremonies...

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