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Wolff, Kubly, and Hirsig Company Employee Coffee Club Donates to the Empty Stocking Club

Date: 12 14 1960
Description: The Wolff, Kubly, and Hirsig Company Coffee Club makes a $25.00 holiday season donation to the Empty Stocking Club thru the Marine Corps Reserve "Toys for ...
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United States Marine Corps Q Company 2nd Battalion

Date: 11 1968
Description: Outdoor group portrait. The sign in front reads: "United States Marine Corps Q Company 2nd Battalion, 2nd Infantry Training Regiment Camp Pendleton Califor...
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Portrait of Fernando Rodriguez

Date: 11 1968
Description: Head and shoulders portrait of Fernando Rodriguez. Written on back of photograph: "Bootcamp graduation photo. Nov 1968."
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Platoon 3065 U.S. Marine Corps

Date: 1968
Description: Group portrait of men posing outdoors, including Fernando Rodriguez. The sign in front reads: "Platoon 3065 U.S. Marine Corps, San Diego, 1968, U.S. Marine...
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PFC Harold Christ Agerholm

Date: 1944
Description: Blow-up of a portrait of Private First Class Harold Christ Agerholm, a Medal of Honor winner from Racine. Agerholm was awarded the Medal of Honor on July 7...
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Empty Stocking Club Christmas Toy Depot

Date: 12 19 1958
Description: Members of the Marine Corps Reserves Fourth Automatic Weapons Battery pitch in to help set up the depot, help move equipment and wrap presents for the Empt...
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City of Madison Observes Veterans Day

Date: 11 11 1958
Description: A Service Auxiliary member, escorted by a Marine, lays a wreath at the State Capitol cenotaph during Veterans Day observances in Madison.
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Naval Training School, Division #52, Trainees

Date: 03 10 1945
Description: Group portrait of U.S. Naval Training School (Radio), Division #52, trainees, University of Wisconsin-Madison.
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Middleton Sportsmen's Junior Rifle Club

Date: 05 1955
Description: Lt. William Ruddick, Commander of the Navy and Marine Corps Training Center in Madison, checks a gun with instructor M.D. (Pat) Doyle. They are standing in...
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We Saw You . . . at the Armed-Forces Event

Date: 05 16 1957
Description: At the reception, the Washington official is shown talking with Madison armed forces. Standing left to right are: Harrison L. Garner, supervisor of the Sta...
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Armed Forces Day Parade

Date: 05 18 1957
Description: Madison Marine Reservists marching in the Armed Forces Day parade on Madison's Capitol Square.
Poster

These Knowing Devil Dogs at Training Camp Do Know

Date: 1917
Description: Poster featuring a photograph of a group of Marine recruits posing with their rifles. Some are holding signs that read: "IF YOU DONT [sic] KNOW YOU GET KIL...
Poster

Young Devil Dogs Listening to the Lore of the Corps

Date: 1917
Description: Poster featuring a photograph of a group of men in suits sitting on benches and looking at a man in a dress uniform, who has his arms crossed. Poster text ...
Poster

Ruth Law Wants to Fly With U.S. Marines

Date: 1917
Description: Poster featuring a photograph of a woman in a flight suit, sitting in an airplane. She is surrounded by four men standing wearing dress uniforms, one of wh...
Poster

Giant Artillery Tractor Used By U.S. Marines

Date: 1917
Description: Poster featuring a photograph of a Marine corpsman peeking out from behind an artillery tractor. Poster text reads: "Giant Artillery Tractor Used by U.S. M...
Poster

Americans! Eyes Open! Mouths Shut!

Date: 1917
Description: Recruitment poster for the U.S. Marines. Poster text reads: "Americans! Eyes Open! Mouths Shut! Help win the war by obeying these rules. Do not repeat any ...
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Dickey Chapelle at Operation Inland Seas

Date: 07 1959
Description: Dickey Chapelle taking photographs on the beach in Milwaukee during Operation Inland Seas. A Navy ship is on Lake Michigan in the background on the left. A...
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Wounded Marine

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Description: Private first class, John W. Hood being tended to on the deck of the USS Samaritan. Hood suffered an abdominal wound in combat on Iwo Jima.
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Marines Endurance Training

Date: 1950
Description: Slightly elevated view of a group of U.S. Marines during an endurance exercise outdoors. The men are standing with their rifles balanced on their outstretc...
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Chinese National Marines Training

Date: 1959
Description: Chinese National marine crawls on his stomach beneath barbed wire in an infiltration training course in Formosa. Another man is on the right. The course in...

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