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| 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: | 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: | 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: | 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 07 1965 |
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| Description: | Three women decorating a parade float. They are U.W. student members of the Angel Flight Air Force ROTC auxiliary. Their names are, Catherine Hughes, Angel... |
| Date: | 04 07 1954 |
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| Description: | Second-Class Airman Joseph Narajka stationed at Truax Field studies another exhibit at the show as he tells his friend, Nancy Zimmerman (who lived on 1010 ... |
| 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... |
| Date: | 07 04 1960 |
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| Description: | General Nathan F. Twining, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (1957-1960), arrives at Truax Field on his way to visit his hometown of Monroe on the 4th ... |
| Date: | 07 04 1960 |
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| Description: | General Nathan F. Twining, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (1957-1960), arrives at Truax Field on his way to visit his hometown of Monroe on the 4th ... |
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