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Two Officers, La Follette and Kurkeet
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Lieutenant Colonel Philip F. La Follette and Captain William Kurkeet, of Madison, Wisconsin, chatting at Camp Cable, near Brisbane, Australia. La Follette was the 27th (1931 to 1933) and 29th (1935 to 1939) Governor of Wisconsin. When war was declared, he joined the U.S. Army serving on the staff of General Douglas MacArthur.
June 19, 1943
Doyle, Robert J., 1914-1995
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32nd Division Officers
September 29, 1943
A group of 32nd "Red Arrow" Division officers at Camp Cable, near Brisbane, Australia, for the awarding of the Distinguished Service Cross, the second highest military decoration, to Major Gray.
Distinguished Service Cross Award
July 23, 1943
Major General William Hanson Gill awards the Distinguished Service Cross to Staff Sergeant Milan Miljatovich of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, at Camp Cable, near Brisbane, Australia.
Group of Award Recipients
July 23, 1943
Group portrait of the Distinguished Service Cross and Silver Star Medal recipients at Camp Cable, near Brisbane, Australia.
Two Soldiers
July 15, 1943
Sergeant William (Hub) Gilligan of Camp Douglas, Wisconsin and Sergeant Elmer Warnke of Pardeeville, Wisconsin, conversing at the Quarter Master warehouse at Logan Village located at Camp Cable, ne...
Robert Doyle taking Photo of General MacArthur
December 14, 1943
Robert Doyle takes a photo of General Douglas MacArthur as he greets a soldier during a tour on Goodenough Island, in the Solomon Sea, New Guinea (present day Papua New Guinea). Other soldiers and ...
Wisconsin Soldier
July 26, 1943
Master Sergeant William (Hub) Gilligan of Camp Douglas, Wisconsin, poses for a photo at Camp Cable, near Brisbane, Australia. Gilligan is a chief clerk of a Red Arrow quartermaster unit. He also se...
