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Camp Randall

Date: 06 21 1912
Description: Slightly elevated view of Military training at Camp Randall. A number of horses and wagons line the foreground and rows of tents can be seen in the backgro...
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Racine Light Guards at Drill

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Description: Members of the Wisconsin Light Guard standing in formation in a field. There is a hill in the background lined with trees.
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Soldiers with Jeep View Smoke from Brest

Date: 09 08 1944
Description: View of distant smoke from the battle surrounding Brest, France. In the foreground, soldiers are parked in a large field with an air support radio jeep. Th...
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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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Soldiers Posing in Field

Date: 1918
Description: Group portrait of a lieutenant, (first on the left), and other soldiers in uniform from the 310th United States Army Engineers, standing, posing in a field...
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Units Drilling in Field

Date: 1918
Description: Slightly elevated view of groups of soldiers performing drills in a field surrounded by a fence. At the rear of the marching column one man carrying an Ame...
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Men Posing in Trench

Date: 1918
Description: Two British soldiers posing in a trench. The soldier on the right is manning an air-cooled Vickers light machine gun, and the soldier on the left is holdin...
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Trench beside Log Cabin

Date: 1918
Description: Two soldiers outside of a trench that is next to a log cabin which is reinforced with sandbags. One of the soldiers appears to be preparing a meal in an ou...
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Men Playing Ball

Date: 1918
Description: A group of uniformed soldiers playing baseball on the drill field just outside the military barracks. The person pitching the ball is wearing a naval unifo...
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Group of Men

Date: 1918
Description: Group portrait of men dressed in civilian clothes, one of which is wearing a University of Michigan hooded sweatshirt. Some of the men have catcher's mitts...
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Army Group at Ease

Date: 1918
Description: A group of men, possibly from the 310th United States Army Engineer Corps, standing in the drilling field. One of the men is holding a catcher's mitt, and ...
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Damaged Log Blockhouse

Date: 1918
Description: A damaged blockhouse constructed with logs. In the distance are more buildings. It appears the roof of the fortification has sustained some damage and logs...
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Camp Grant

Date: 1918
Description: Soldiers of Company I, Baraboo, Wisconsin, pose with their rifles at Camp Grant near Rockford, Illinois. There are tents behind them and a wooded area in t...
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VN Ahn Edek Operation Quiet Fire

Date: 08 01 1961
Description: South Vietnamese soldiers pause during a speed march through a rice field.
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Prisoner Precedes His Captors

Date: 1962
Description: A man caught with Communist propaganda is taken, with his arms bound, to a waiting helicopter. The soldiers who captured him walk behind with weapons raise...
Postcard

Governor James Davidson at a Cemetery

Date: 
Description: Three-quarter view from rear of group of men standing in a field. Governor James O. Davidson stands in front of the group on the left. Behind him six men i...
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Frenchman Machine Gun Crew

Date: 02 01 1919
Description: Three men standing behind a machine gun. Captioned: "A Hotchkiss machine gun, operated by a 48-year old crew of Frenchman. These men were mobilized."
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Soldier Standing at Machine Gun Post

Date: 02 01 1919
Description: Soldier standing in a field next to a machine gun. Caption reads: "A 37 m.m. gun used largely against Machine gun implacements. It is accurate and quick fi...
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French Soldier Burial

Date: 02 01 1919
Description: View across field towards a group of French soldiers. Caption reads: "The funeral procession of a dead French soldier. Whenever possible, a military burial...
Poster

Good Bye, Dad, I'm Off To Fight For Old Glory, You Buy U.S. Gov't Bonds

Date: 1918
Description: Poster featuring an illustration of a young man in uniform shaking hands with an older man. Behind them is a painting of an aerial view of farms and fields...

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