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Robert Doyle
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Robert Doyle, Journal war correspondent, took his wire recorder aboard the battleship Wisconsin while it was part of Admiral Halsey's 3rd fleet off the coast of Japan, to make one of his "Overseas With Bob Doyle" transcriptions, aired Sundays, 12:15 p.m., WTMJ. From left to right the lads interviewed by Doyle are: Frank Reiter, Seaman First Class; Ray Zuber, Seaman First Class; both from Milwaukee; Chester Sturgal, baker, of Ashland; Ralph Derdzinski, Quartermaster Second Class; and Joseph Dean, Jr., Seaman First Class, both of Milwaukee. The above information came from the caption that ran with the image in the Milwaukee Journal.
1945
United States. Navy
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Mopping Up After Bombardment
December 26, 1943
Mopping up after the bombardment of Cape Gloucester while the American cruiser returns to base are: (left to right, all shirtless) Seaman 2nd Class Dominick Gresinanno of Brooklyn, New York, Seaman...
Plane Spotters Burg and Dawson
December 26, 1943
Seaman 2nd Class Jerry Burg (left) of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and Seaman 2nd Class Harold Dawson of Toledo, Ohio, man the plane spotting station on an American cruiser off of Cape Gloucester while ma...
Sailor on Tank Landing Ship
January 2, 1944
Seaman First Class Thomas Veater (shirtless) of Louzerne, Pennsylvania, on a LST (Landing Ship, Tank) after the landing at Saidor, New Guinea (present day Papua New Guinea). He is wearing headphone...
Wisconsin Troops Interviewed in Shinto Shrine
October 8, 1945
A shinto shrine near Tokyo serves as the starting point of a Wisconsin story as Robert J. Doyle (lower left), correspondent of the Journal, takes the names of a group of state soldiers. All members...
Soldiers with Captured Nazi Flag
September 17, 1944
Robert Doyle wrote a caption for this image although it was not published at that time, "Rough and tough Wisconsin rangers, who helped storm Normandy beaches on D-Day and who had important assignme...
Soldier and Captured Pup
September 17, 1944
Private First Class George Sinbine of Elizabeth, New Jersey, holds a captured pup in the Army Ranger Camp near Brest, France.
