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Loaded Deck for Saidor Landing

Date: 12 31 1943
Description: Elevated view of the loaded deck of a LST (Landing Ship, Tank) on the way from Goodenough Island to Saidor, New Guinea (present day Papua New Guinea). On t...
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Tank Destroyer at Saidor

Date: 01 02 1944
Description: Soldiers on a tank destroyer in the jungle at Saidor, New Guinea (present day Papua New Guinea). A soldier in the foreground appears to be moving some bran...
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Gun Crew at Saidor

Date: 02 03 1944
Description: Slightly elevated view of the crew of a 105 mm gun at Saidor, New Guinea (present day Papua New Guinea). The soldier with his back to the camera, at the ra...
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Soldiers and Howitzer near Brest

Date: 09 10 1944
Description: Soldiers with a 105mm Howitzer near Brest, France. Camouflage netting is over their heads. Names, (left to right) are Private First Class Thomas Greatorex ...
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Tank Fording a River

Date: 1944
Description: Elevated view of a tank fording a river. Two soldiers are standing in the hatches on the gun turret, with another soldier in a partially opened hatch below...
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U.S. Army Artillery Position and Shelter

Date: 1918
Description: A group of soldiers and officers pose next to an artillery piece within a sheltered area. The shelter is fortified with sandbags and camouflaged with branc...
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Artillery Position and Shelter

Date: 1918
Description: Two Canadian soldiers pose in front of a piece of artillery that is underneath a shelter constructed out of timbers. The shelter is also reinforced with th...
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Louis P. Lochner and Nazi Soldiers

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Description: Louis P. Lochner, somewhere in Germany, stands next to a Nazi soldier seated in a piece of artillery. In the background are more soldiers. Lochner is weari...
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Edward Hasselkus

Date: 1979
Description: Edward Hasselkus, University of Wisconsin professor of horticulture and curator of Longenecker Gardens at the University of Wisconsin Arboretum in Madison ...
Poster

Blood or Bread

Date: 1917
Description: Poster with an illustration of a man holding up a wounded soldier, with an artillery cannon in the background. Text reads: "Blood or Bread. Others are giv...
Poster

Help Fill This Breech! Join the U.S. Marines!

Date: 1917
Description: Poster featuring a photograph of two soldiers looking through the slits in a field gun shield. The breech of the cannon is open. Poster text reads: "Help F...
Poster

Roll of Honor. Service in the World War Roster

Date: 1917
Description: Honor roll for the members of Company K, 345th Infantry. Includes a bald eagle flanked by flags, and reproductions of postcard images. These are titled "Re...
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Austrian River Monitor Artillery Piece

Date: 1915
Description: Three Austrian soldiers with a cannon to be mounted on an Austrian river monitor on Danube River during World War I.
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Soldier at Camp Letterhead

Date: 11 15 1861
Description: Letterhead with a soldier standing guard with a rifle under his right arm. He is standing in front of a cannon, a stack of rifles, and a camp. The American...
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Lieut. Greble's Avenger Letterhead

Date: 01 28 1862
Description: Letterhead depicting a scene in the Battle of Big Bethel, in which Lieutenant John T. Greble refused to pull back, as he continued to fire his last cannon....
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General Grant Letterhead

Date: 03 08 1869
Description: Letterhead featuring a bust of General Grant surrounded by a wreath, the American flag, an eagle, a cannon and cannon balls, and other instruments of war. ...
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Austrian Field Artillery

Date: 1915
Description: Austrian field artillery piece in Galicia at the moment of firing with the recoil of the firing tube blurred from movement.
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Austrian Heavy Mortar Ready for Firing

Date: 1915
Description: An Austrian 305mm heavy mortar in firing position in Galicia.
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Artillery Forward Observers

Date: 1915
Description: Austrian forward observers in Galicia for a 305mm mortar battery using a field telescope to confirm the firing coordinates.
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Emir Ali Pasha in Berlin

Date: 1914
Description: Emir Ali Pascha was the Vice-President of the Turkish legislature. He visited Berlin in late 1914 or early 1915 on a goodwill trip. Here, accompanied by a...

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