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Truax Officers' Wives Club Coffee Party

Date: 03 23 1953
Description: Louise Shoup, wife of Henry W. Shoup, commanding officer of Truax Field, gives a coffee party to introduce the new wives to some of the current wives, left...
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Mother and Children Preparing to Dye Eggs

Date: 03 05 1953
Description: Truax Field Officers' Wives Club president, Irene Crouch, 213 North Street, and her sons, Keith, 6, and Kenneth, 10, preparing to dye eggs for the Easter e...
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Joe McCarthy as Best Man

Date: 06 1945
Description: Joseph R. McCarthy in his Marine uniform acting as best man at the wedding of his best friend (and later campaign manager), Urban Van Susteren, at Syracuse...
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Van Susteren Wedding Reception

Date: 06 1945
Description: Joseph R. McCarthy in his Marine uniform at the wedding of his best friend Urban Van Susteren, at Syracus Army Air Force Base. Helen Burlie, the maid of h...
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Mess Hall at Ft. Sill

Date: 1941
Description: Men eat a meal in a mess hall at Fort Sill. Draftee Charles J. Richard is among the men. Richard was a former International Harvester employee of Oklahoma ...
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The President and the Troops

Date: 12 19 1967
Description: President Lyndon Johnson shakes hands with soldiers stationed at Travis Air Force Base. Johnson was beginning a trip around the world that would include a ...
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University of Wisconsin Military Ball

Date: 04 29 1952
Description: As a promotion stunt, several of the committee members, and 11 girls who were semi-finalists in the court of honor contest for the University of Wisconsin-...
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University of Wisconsin Military Ball

Date: 04 29 1952
Description: As a promotion stunt, several of the committee members, and 11 girls who were semi-finalists in the court of honor contest for the University of Wisconsin-...
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Truax Field Officers' Wives

Date: 10 24 1957
Description: Mrs. Marie Pease, the wife of the Truax Field base commander, greets three of the wives of newly-arrived officers at a party given by the Officers Wives' C...
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Truax Officers' Wives

Date: 02 14 1957
Description: Four women attend a St. Valentine's Day tea given by the Truax Officer's Wives Club to welcome wives of officers newly assigned to Truax Field Air Force Ba...
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Truax Officers' Wives

Date: 02 14 1957
Description: Three women attend a St. Valentine's Day tea given by the Truax Officer's Wives Club to welcome wives of officers newly assigned to Truax Field Air Force B...
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Truax Officers' Wives

Date: 02 14 1957
Description: Four women gather around the table during a St. Valentine's Day tea given by the Truaz Officer's Wives Club to welcome wives of officers newly assigned to ...
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Truax Officers' Wives

Date: 02 14 1957
Description: Three women attend a St. Valentine's Day tea given by the Truax Officer's Wives Club to welcome wives of officers newly assigned to Truax Field Air Force B...
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Truax Field Officers' Wives Club

Date: 08 08 1957
Description: The Truax Field Officers' Wives Club hosts a party for newcomers. Guests include, from left: Mrs. Edward D. Curry, Mrs. A.J. House, Edith Steere, Mrs. Wilb...
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Truax Field Officers' Wives Club

Date: 08 08 1957
Description: Truax Field Officers' Wives Club hosts a welcome party for newcomers. Attendees include, from left: Mrs. Harry Scarborough, Mary Ryan, Mrs. Wayne Thurman, ...
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Waiting for the Explosion

Date: 11 13 1943
Description: Three war correspondents, (left to right), Bob Eunson of Associated Press, Ralph Boyce of YANK Army Weekly magazine and Robert Doyle of the Milwa...
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General MacArthur Greets a Soldier

Date: 12 14 1943
Description: Four Star General Douglas MacArthur greets a soldier during a tour on Goodenough Island, in the Solomon Sea, New Guinea (present day Papua New Guinea). Oth...
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General MacArthur Greets a Soldier

Date: 12 14 1943
Description: Four Star General Douglas MacArthur greets Lieutenant Lyle Hershey of Lansing, Michigan, during a tour on Goodenough Island, in the Solomon Sea, New Guinea...
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Truax Field NCO Wives Club

Date: 05 18 1960
Description: Three members of the Truax Field Non-Commissioned Officers Wives Club take part in the entertainment at a party of the officers and their wives. Left to ri...
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We Saw You . . . Marking Mexico Independence

Date: 09 17 1960
Description: People from Mexico living in the Madison area gather along with their American friends at the Truax Field Officer's Club to celebrate Mexico's Independence...

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