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Private George Grasser
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Private George Grasser, in foreground, checking in a stack of lessons which have come from soldiers and sailors at the fighting fronts of the world, for United States Armed Forces Institute (USAFI). Lessons are corrected by the University of Wisconsin-Extension.
February 24, 1944
Vinje, Arthur M., 1888-1972 (photographer)
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WHi 38472
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Corporal Harold Haven and Sargeant Russell West
February 24, 1944
Corporal Harold Haven standing on a stack of packaged books, handing packages to Sargeant Russell West at the United States Armed Forces Insitute supply depot. The books are used by the United Stat...
Soldiers Checking Mail
February 24, 1944
Private William Huneke and Sargeant Harold Gleaves checking in a stack of mail from soldiers and sailors at the fighting fronts of the world for the United States Armed Forces Institute (USAFI).
Louis Hirsig
February 24, 1944
Louis Hirsig, chairman of the Red Cross campaign for Madison.
Rabbi Theodore H. Gordon
February 19, 1944
Portrait of Rabbi Theodore Gordon, Director of Hillel Foundation at the University of Wisconsin.
Jean DeYoung
October 4, 1944
Portrait of Jean DeYoung, executive director of the University of Wisconsin.
First Congregational Church Event
April 2, 1944
A man reading a document with two women observing, one of whom is a WAC (Women's Army Corp), at the First Congregational church, 1609 University Avenue.
