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| Date: | 1948 |
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| Description: | A Beechcraft 18 in the former Air Force hangar at Truax Field. This photograph was taken shortly after Wisconsin Central Airlines moved its headquarters fr... |
| Date: | 11 07 1944 |
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| Description: | The Army Air Force "Chicagoans" Band, with five musicians playing their instruments on a stage decorated with banners, flags and Milwaukee Road logos for "... |
| Date: | 05 1946 |
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| Description: | Marge Bong and General Kenney standing by a bust of Major Richard Ira Bong (1920-1945), at the Richard Bong Memorial dedication on Memorial Day. |
| Date: | 08 17 1946 |
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| Description: | Mrs. J.C. Ferguson, pilot Major Woodrow Swancutt, and Dick Johnson standing in front of B-29 airplane, "Dave's Dream" at Truax Field. Major Swancutt, a Wi... |
| Date: | 01 03 1951 |
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| Description: | A group of air force enlistees poses for a group portrait before departing from Madison for Milwaukee. They are part of the thirty-three who were accepted ... |
| Date: | 01 03 1951 |
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| Description: | Three brothers, part of the thirty-three enlistees accepted by the Madison Air Force recruiting station, posing near the office in the Federal building. Th... |
| Date: | 10 16 1951 |
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| Description: | Representing the Armed Forces is Pfc. John Mullinax of St. Joseph, Missouri, who is stationed with the air force at Truax Field. More than nine hundred vol... |
| Date: | 12 06 1951 |
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| Description: | Mayor George Forster, far left, looks on as Col. Robert D. Montagne of General Mitchell Field, Milwaukee, also at left, administers the oath of enlistment ... |
| Date: | 12 06 1951 |
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| Description: | Pvt. Tom Voigt, Ixonia (at right), one of forty-seven "Operation Badger" Air Force recruits sworn in at Madison, shakes hands with his father, Ray Voigt (r... |
| Date: | 12 06 1951 |
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| Description: | Pvt. Gregory Becker, Beaver Dam (left), leader of the forty-seven "Operation Badger" Air Force recruits, is presented with numerous gifts to present (inclu... |
| Date: | 01 16 1952 |
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| Description: | Organizers of a new YWCA-USO hostess unit discussing social events at Truax Field. Left to right are Mrs. Harris G. (Marion) Allen, senior hostess; Miss Do... |
| Date: | 03 05 1952 |
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| Description: | Twenty-two year-old Danish immigrant, Neils Lassen, right, uses a globe map to point out his native Denmark to Major Roberts of the Madison Army and Air Fo... |
| Date: | 05 18 1953 |
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| Description: | At Truax Field, Lieutenant H.B. Smith adjusts a parachute on Lillian Nitcher, one of a group of eighteen area women who were selected to make an official A... |
| Date: | 10 25 1957 |
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| Description: | Lt. Col. Lassiter Thompson sits behind his desk at Truax Field. He is the newly appointed commander of the 61st Fighter Interceptor Squadron. |
| Date: | 12 04 1957 |
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| Description: | Richard Marshall Jr. holds a cribbage board made from a walrus tusk, and has a pair of sealskin and fox fur moccasins his lap. Marshall served 18 months wi... |
| Date: | 07 09 1958 |
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| Description: | Helen Thomson, wife of the governor, is among the Red Cross canteen volunteer hostesses who serve coffee and doughnuts to Truax airmen giving blood at the ... |
| Date: | 09 17 1960 |
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| Description: | Airman Vernor Williams, a new arrival at Truax Field Air Force Base, is interviewed by Margaret Hoffman, coordinator, and Mrs. William Bogle, assistant coo... |
| Date: | 05 05 1961 |
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| Description: | Group portrait of about 1000 UW student cadets and midshipmen posed in formation inside Camp Randall Stadium for the presidents annual military review. 63 ... |
| Date: | 05 10 1962 |
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| Description: | Members of the Air Force ROTC units marching into Camp Randall on a rainy day. Some 1,200 student cadets and midshipmen participated in a military review i... |
| Date: | 10 19 1964 |
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| Description: | General Frederick Terrell addresses the planned phase-out of air defense activities at Truax Field over three and a half years. |
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