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| Date: | 09 02 1950 |
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| Description: | Group portrait of the 127th Field Hospital company reunion, with a large United States flag in the background. |
| Date: | 1956 |
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| Description: | A monument to Milwaukeeans killed in the Second World War and the Korean Conflict. Night view, with building lit internally. |
| Date: | 01 13 1950 |
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| Description: | Portrait of Don Dickinson of 114 East Mifflin Street, World War II veteran, with his three-year-old daughter Linda Sue seated in his lap. Mr. Dickinson is ... |
| Date: | 08 09 1950 |
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| Description: | Secretary of State Fred Zimmerman, left, greets three war orphans visiting Madison under the auspices of the Veterans of Foreign Wars auxiliary. Left to Ri... |
| Date: | 06 15 1950 |
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| Description: | World War II war relief services. Man washing milking equipment. |
| Date: | 06 15 1950 |
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| Description: | World War II war relief services. Woman using sewing machine. |
| Date: | 06 15 1950 |
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| Description: | World War II war relief services. Woman typing. |
| Date: | 06 15 1950 |
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| Description: | World War II war relief work. Man pitching hay. |
| Date: | 1956 |
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| Description: | Interior view of the Labor Recruiting Office of International Harvester's Indianapolis Works (factory). The office features models of military vehicles, Am... |
| Date: | 10 30 1951 |
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| Description: | Dale N. Gillings, center, of Middleton and a former naval aviation radioman receives the Distinguished Flying Cross from Commander J.E. McCue of the Madiso... |
| Date: | 04 10 1952 |
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| Description: | Major William E. Neidner, (left) a member of the staff of the senior Army instructor of the Wisconsin National Guard, presenting the Bronze Star Medal to L... |
| 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: | 06 17 1952 |
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| Description: | Mrs. Mary Ellen Fletcher used an inheritance to fly her mother and father in-laws from Birmingham, England to Madison to witness their sons graduation from... |
| Date: | 1951 |
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| Description: | A street scene in Berlin that shows the damage caused by wartime bombing. A banner or billboard on the damaged building on the right is advertising a film ... |
| Date: | 08 13 1953 |
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| Description: | C.V. Hibbard seated at his desk in his home in Shorewood. |
| Date: | 12 08 1953 |
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| Description: | Portrait of Bettina Bjorksten, an opera singer and teacher in Madison and other cities. Her family migrated from Germany to Brazil when Naziism became 'une... |
| 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: | 10 20 1954 |
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| Description: | Portrait of Fricis Brakmanis, age 41, and his bride-to-be Maija Smeils, 40, holding their wedding license. Both had spent time in Latvian forced-labor camp... |
| Date: | 06 14 1957 |
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| Description: | Group portrait of the new officers of the Military Order of the World Wars. Front row, left to right: Lt. (Justice) Timothy Brown, judge advocate; Brig. Ge... |
| Date: | 01 31 1957 |
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| Description: | Four members of the Military Order of the World Wars swap tales about their former days in military service at a Madison Chapter cocktail and dinner meetin... |
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