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| Date: | 02 1966 |
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| Description: | Arriving at a forward area, a U.S. Air Force CH-30 helicopter carrying a 105mm howitzer is directed in for a landing. The artillery piece, which was in a r... |
| 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: | 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: | 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: | 1967 |
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| Description: | Three men of the Air Force Red Horse heavy repair squad make adjustments to the runway at Phan Rang, a South Vietnam airbase. An International pay scraper ... |
| Date: | 1967 |
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| Description: | A man directs International pay scrapers along a runway at Phan Rang air force base in Vietnam. |
| 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: | 09 05 1943 |
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| Description: | Military aircraft at a Drome (airfield) near Port Moresby, preparing to take off for a landing at Nadzab near Lae. The aircraft in the foreground is named ... |
| 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 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. |
| Date: | 10 14 1965 |
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| Description: | Sgt. Gerald Johnson is shown in front of a recruiting banner for the U.S. Air Force. |
| Date: | 05 31 1954 |
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| Description: | Firing Squad of the 520th Air Defense Group at the Memorial Day parade around Capitol Square. The servicemen are aiming their rifles in the air as children... |
| Date: | 12 31 1954 |
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| Description: | Chief Warrant Officer Sam Gubner (left) is presented with a plaque upon retirement by Major John Pedigo, representing the men of the 432nd squadron at Trua... |
| Date: | 12 31 1954 |
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| Description: | A Truax Field color guard stands at attention, and Truax Field personnel are at parade rest in a field hangar at the start of a ceremony honoring Chief War... |
| Date: | 12 31 1954 |
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| Description: | Chief Warrant Officer Sam Gubner (center) and Col. Frederick Nelander, Truax Field commander, return the salute of Maj. John Pedigo (left), commander of t... |
| Date: | 05 30 1957 |
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| Description: | In the foreground a Veteran of Foreign Wars is looking at a Memorial Day program, held at Central High School because of rain. In the background is the aud... |
| Date: | 05 14 1958 |
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| Description: | "Airman 2/C Don R. Roberts, Truax Field, is shown purchasing his portion of 'Share in America' — 15 U.S. $50 savings bonds. Roberts, a native of Wichita Fa... |
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