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Launching Rockets During Battle of Iwo Jima

Date: 1945
Description: Soldiers firing rockets from two International M-2-4 launch vehicles during combat operations in Iwo Jima.
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Korean War Helicopter

Date: 04 15 1953
Description: Infantry troops of the 8th Army preparing to board a Bell UH-1D helicopter of the 6th Transportation Helicopter Company for transport to the front.
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Vietnam Helicopter Mission

Date: 06 1962
Description: A photograph taken by Milwaukee photographer Dickey Chapelle on board a helicopter that was enroute to Vinh Quoi in the Delta Region of South Vietnam. The ...
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Algerian Soldiers

Date: 1957
Description: Soldiers lined up in the Algerian desert.
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Centennial Encampment on Lake Monona

Date: 1876
Description: Four men in front of tent in the woods. There is a man with a hatchet next to a clothesline between two trees. This is a Centennial encampment on the shore...
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View of Capt. L.M. Lange's Company

Date: 1876
Description: Quite possibly this is the "View of Capt. L.M. Lange's Company" listed in the "Centennial Views of the City of Madison, July 4th, 1876. Views of Chicago Li...
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View of Guard Tent and Guard

Date: 1876
Description: Quite possibly this is the "View of Guard Tent and Guard" listed in the "Centennial Views of the City of Madison, July 4th, 1876. Views of Chicago Light Gu...
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Unexploded Aerial Bomb

Date: 08 1957
Description: A group of men from the National Liberation Front (FLN) show an unexploded aerial bomb to Dickey Chapelle, demonstrating NATO involvement in the war.
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Chapelle with Soldiers and Woman

Date: 1958
Description: Dickey Chapelle posing in Cuba with Major Antonio Lusson, and a group of male and female soldiers.
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Sea Swallows Ambush

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Description: A man is positioned in crab-laden mud in which the Sea Swallows set up "the toughest ambush I've ever covered". Vietnam.
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General and Crew

Date: 1942
Description: The four shirtless men in helmets shown with ammunition are a general and his crew of the 14th infantry in Panama.
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Military Convoy

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Description: Soldiers pose in front of a military convoy.
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Soldiers with Flag

Date: 1957
Description: Two soldiers hold a flag decorated with a crescent and a star.
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General Sumner and Staff

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Description: General Edwin Vose Sumner and his staff officers: (from left to right) Capt. A.H. Cushing; Capt. L. Kipp; Major Clark; Lt. Col. Joseph Taylor; Major Genera...
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General Winfield Scott Hancock and his Staff Officers

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Description: General Winfield Scott Hancock and a large number of his staff officers.
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Officers of the Twenty-First Wisconsin Infantry

Date: 1863
Description: The Twenty-First Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry posing on Lookout Mountain. From right to left: Fred W. Borcherdt of Manitowoc, Wisconsin; acting Adjutant Co...
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Troops at Camp Douglas

Date: 1862
Description: Large group of Union soldiers, possibly including Lieutenant D.G. Hudson, at Camp Douglas in Chicago, Illinois.
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Union Soldiers at Camp Douglas

Date: 1862
Description: Large group of Union soldiers in formation by a barracks at Camp Douglas in Chicago, Illinois.
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Mock Artillery Battery

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Description: Stereograph of a mock battery erected by the 79h New York Volunteer Artillery at Seabrook Point, Coosaw River.
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Lieutenant J.N.P. Bird and Troops

Date: 07 1862
Description: Lieutenant J.N.P. Bird, with newspaper, and Lieutenant Lefler, in front of Lieutenant Bird, with troops of the 7th Wisconsin Company I of the 7th Wisconsin...

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