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| Date: | 1945 |
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| Description: | Factory worker Edna Fillbrandt wraps parts for a 20 mm cannon at International Harvester's St. Paul Works. |
| Date: | 1942 |
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| Description: | Montage of machines and armaments produced by International Harvester for the war effort. Included are images of jeeps, crawler tractors (TracTracTors), an... |
| Date: | 1942 |
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| Description: | View of base of the Oerlikon anti-aircraft gun in a factory, possibly International Harvester's Indianapolis Works. |
| Date: | 1942 |
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| Description: | Oerlikon anti-aircraft gun on display. A sign on the right identifies it as a 20mm anti-aircraft gun manufactured by the Pontiac Motor Division. |
| Date: | 1942 |
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| Description: | Group of men, some with shovels and axes, setting up a gun on a artillery range. A large group of men in the background are setting up more guns. |
| Date: | 1941 |
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| Description: | Marines running to climb aboard a truck after coupling a 75-mm gun. |
| Date: | 05 30 1952 |
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| Description: | Two members of the Oregon Veterans of Foreign Wars drill team and some of the crowd gathered at Forest Hill Cemetery during services to dedicate a marble m... |
| Date: | 02 1945 |
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| Description: | Wounded men are laying in a foxhole in Iwo Jima waiting to be moved to another location. |
| Date: | 1946 |
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| Description: | Two soldiers huddle behind a 30mm machine gun. Part of a series of images made by Chapelle during World War II in the Pacific Ocean region, including image... |
| Date: | 07 1942 |
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| Description: | A patrol officer from the 14th Infantry, based in Fort Davis, Panama, follows his compass through the jungle. The patrol officer has a small cigarette in o... |
| Date: | 09 1942 |
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| Description: | Group of Army recruits in formation. Original caption reads: "The 609th Ordnance Base Armament Maintenance Battalion, recruited from IH operations... pictu... |
| Date: | 1942 |
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| Description: | Lieutenant Colonel Van Syckle inspects the rifle of soldier Morris J. Fortin, formerly an employee of International Harvester's Salina branch. |
| Date: | 1945 |
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| Description: | The front at Nago, Okinawa. A uniformed soldier stands on a rocky outcropping near bushes. Misty or smoky hillsides are visible in the background. |
| Date: | 04 05 1954 |
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| Description: | Soldiers in Ishikowa, Okinawa resting on top of a truck with a dog. This photograph was taken hours after Ishikowa (population 400) fell. The marines, dres... |
| Date: | 12 1942 |
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| Description: | Trainees at Rio Hato Infantry Artillery School setting dynamite charges outdoors in Panama. The men are wearing brimmed hats and uniforms. One crouching ma... |
| Date: | 1942 |
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| Description: | A soldier stacks ammunition for a coastal gun in Panama near a stone wall. The soldier is being handed a case of ammunition. He is wearing a helmet and pan... |
| Date: | 1942 |
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| Description: | A machine gun crew running with their .30 machine gun. Two men in the foreground are wearing pants and helmets but no shirts, and are carrying a machine gu... |
| Date: | 1942 |
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| Description: | Rio Hato Infantry Artillery School trainees gathered for an outdoor lecture. The men are all wearing helmets and fatigues, with some carrying submachine gu... |
| Date: | 1942 |
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| Description: | Two men posing during a training exercise on cutting barbed wire at Rio Hato Infantry Artillery School, Panama. The men are on their stomachs crawling thro... |
| Date: | 1942 |
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| Description: | Two male soldiers wearing fatigues cutting barbed wire during a training exercise at Rio Hato Infantry Artillery School in Panama. The men are on their bac... |
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