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| Date: | 11 13 1943 |
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| Description: | The crew of the "Naughty Blue Eyes" poses in front of their warplane, a Consolidated B-24 Liberator, after the Alexishafen mission. The nose art of a littl... |
| Date: | 11 17 1943 |
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| Description: | Mechanic Sergeant Raymond Smith of Ontario, Wisconsin, stands next to the nose art, "Windy City Kitty," depicting a naked woman in the "pin-up style" on th... |
| Date: | 10 18 1943 |
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| Description: | Mechanic Staff Sergeant Raymond Wagner of Boscobel, Wisconsin, poses shirtless while holding a cigarette and standing next to the nose art on his Consolida... |
| Date: | 11 30 1943 |
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| Description: | Three Wisconsin soldiers pose in front of the nose art on their warplane, "Bedroom Commando," depicting a sleepwalker in a nightshirt and slippers, carryin... |
| Discover the famous lithographic company most known for its WWII posters whose goal was to mobilize public support for the American war effort. |
| Date: | 01 22 1944 |
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| Description: | Sergeant Ed Gigowski of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, plays his accordion for some members of the 121st Field Artillery Battalion at Saidor, New Guinea (present da... |
| Date: | 02 04 1944 |
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| Description: | Tank crew at Saidor, New Guinea (present day Papua New Guinea). The soldier's names are, (standing) Sergeant William Preston of San Francisco, California, ... |
| Date: | 02 04 1944 |
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| Description: | Tank crew at Saidor, New Guinea (present day Papua New Guinea). The soldier's names are, (top, left to right) Corporal Jim Malliares of Lowell, Massachuset... |
| Date: | 02 04 1944 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of three soldiers working on the engine of a warplane at an airbase near Port Moresby, New Guinea (present day Papua New Guinea). The plane h... |
| Date: | 02 04 1944 |
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| Description: | A soldier sits in a bulldozer parked under the nose of a warplane at an airbase near Port Moresby, New Guinea (present day Papua New Guinea). Another man i... |
| Date: | 02 04 1944 |
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| Description: | A warplane with nose art depicting a reclining woman in the "pin-up style" with the text, "Gone," at an airbase near Port Moresby, New Guinea (present day ... |
| Date: | 02 04 1944 |
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| Description: | A warplane with nose art depicting a flying woman in the "pin-up style," at an airbase near Port Moresby, New Guinea (present day Papua New Guinea). She is... |
| Date: | 02 05 1944 |
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| Description: | Gordon Williams, of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, and Stanley J. Quinn of the Mutual Broadcasting System, pose with two indigenous men in front ... |
| Date: | 08 25 1944 |
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| Description: | Aerial view over wing of formation of Douglas C-47 Skytrain cargo and troop transport planes leaves Saidor, New Guinea (present day Papua New Guinea). Robe... |
| Date: | 10 08 1944 |
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| Description: | Chaplain Captain Allan R. Fredine holds a Protestant church service in a roundhouse used by the 757th Railway Shop Battalion in Cherbourg, France. He is us... |
| Date: | 10 08 1944 |
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| Description: | Chaplain Captain Allan R. Fredine holds a Protestant church service in a roundhouse used by the 757th Railway Shop Battalion in Cherbourg, France. He is us... |
| Date: | 02 28 1945 |
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| Description: | Robert Doyle wrote a caption for this image although it was not published at that time, "Fita Fita guard turns out daily at 8:00 a.m. for color raising cer... |
| Date: | 1945 |
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| Description: | Robert Doyle, Journal war correspondent, took his wire recorder aboard the battleship Wisconsin while it was part of Admiral Halsey's 3rd fleet off ... |
| Date: | 05 1945 |
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| Description: | Group portrait of Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz and his staff at CinCPac/CinCPOA Advanced Headquarters on Guam. Admiral Nimitz is 9th from the left in th... |
| Date: | 05 1945 |
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| Description: | An outdoor concert for Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz and his staff at CinCPac/CinCPOA Advanced Headquarters on Guam. Admiral Nimitz is 3rd from the right... |
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