Photograph
Operation Badger Air Force Recruits
| Pvt. Gregory Becker, Beaver Dam (left), leader of the forty-seven "Operation Badger" Air Force recruits, is presented with numerous gifts to present (including a badger in a cage) to San Antonio and Texas officials when the group arrives at the Air Force base there. Presenting three gifts are Miss Geri Robinson, Miss Recruiter for Wisconsin; A.E. Wegner, representative of Governor Kohler; and Mayor George Forster. |
| Image ID: | 73119 |
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| Creation Date: | 12 06 1951 |
| Creator Name: | Vinje, Arthur M., 1888-1972 |
| City: | Madison |
| County: | Dane |
| State: | Wisconsin |
| Collection Name: | Vinje, Arthur M. : Photographs and Negatives* |
| Genre: | Photograph |
| Original Format Type: | negative, original |
| Original Format Number: | PH 6442.4130C |
| Original Dimensions: | 4 x 5 inches |
| One of six images. Published in the Wisconsin State Journal on December 7, 1951. |
| Coats |
| Badgers |
| Korean War, 1950-1953 |
| Recruiting and enlistment |
| United States. Air Force |
| Mayors |
| Hats |
| Microphones |
| Outdoor photography |
| Men |
| Women |
| Wisconsin State Capitol |
| Signs and symbols |
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| Location: | Wisconsin Historical Society Archives, 4th Floor, Madison, Wisconsin |
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