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Truax Field Soldiers on Telephones

Date: 12 17 1942
Description: Men, some of whom are dressed in overalls, make phone calls in a bank of telephone booths at Truax Army Air Field in the recreation hall and switchboard ar...
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Vice-Admiral Marc Mitscher

Date: 06 28 1945
Description: Vice-Admiral Marc A. Mitscher sitting at the dining room table waiting for breakfast to be served to him, his wife Frances Smalley Mitscher (left), and mot...
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Associated Press Office

Date: 1946
Description: Employees of the Associated Press in Prague shortly after the end of World War II: left to right, Dashenka, Juta Turkova, Alvin Steinkopf (in his war corre...
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Lt. Col. Lassiter Thompson

Date: 10 25 1957
Description: Lt. Col. Lassiter Thompson sits behind his desk at Truax Field. He is the newly appointed commander of the 61st Fighter Interceptor Squadron.
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Captain J.G. Morgan

Date: 1918
Description: Seated portrait of Captain J.G. Morgan, Adjutant of the 310th United States Army Engineer Corps, in uniform at his desk. On his desk there appears to be a ...
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Communication Line at Guatanamo

Date: 1960
Description: Soldier at a field call box in Guantanamo, Cuba.
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Field Telephone in Syria

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Description: Turkish field telephone in the desert.
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Turkish Artillery Forward Observer Team

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Description: Soldiers with field telephone and periscope binoculars in the desert.
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Artillery Battery Telephone

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Description: Artillery battery telephone in a Serbian trench line that had been captured by the Austrians.
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Visit to Civil Air Patrol Training

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Description: Six young women and three young men are sitting around a table. Two of the girls are using handsets from a telephone. Caption reads: "Madison, Wis. Civil A...

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