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Off Limits to All Troops
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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 right, standing) are Lieutenant Marie Kuenzi of Beaver Dam, Lieutenant Colonel Max C. Ehrlich of Chicago, Lieutenant Marianna Brown of Beloit, Lieutenant Phyllis Koll of Milwaukee, Lieutenant Doris Gregory of Shorewood, and Lieutenant Geraldine Buergin of Madison. Seated (left to right) are Lieutenant Doris Grube of Kenosha and Lieutenant Muriel Cannon of Ellsworth. Buildings and palm trees are in the background. The location is on Milne Bay, New Guinea (present day Papua New Guinea).
December 5, 1943
Doyle, Robert J., 1914-1995
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