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U.S. Military Crawler Tractor

Date: 1942
Description: Men, possibly soldiers, driving an International crawler tractor (TracTracTor). The photograph was taken by F.J. Delaney for International Harvester Compan...
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Pfc. Howard A. Endres

Date: 05 20 1945
Description: Pfc. Howard A. Endres standing in line for his final meal at Camp Grant, Rockford, Illinois, before being discharged at the end of World War II.
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German Prisoners of War Marching to Trucks

Date: 07 13 1945
Description: A work shift of German prisoners at a prisoner of war camp marching to trucks to be conveyed to work at a local cannery.
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German Prisoners of War near Barracks

Date: 07 13 1945
Description: German prisoners of war line up for inspection outside their barracks before going to work at a local cannery.
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Prisoners of War Washing Clothes

Date: 07 13 1945
Description: Three German prisoners of war are scrubbing their clothes on the cement floor of their barracks at a prisoner of war camp. The prisoners are engaged in agr...
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Prisoners of War Cutting Bread

Date: 07 13 1945
Description: Two German prisoners of war, at a prisoner of war camp, cutting rye bread. The food preparation area includes large quantities of bread on another table co...
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Fred Platner's Co-workers and Officers in Military Camp

Date: 1944
Description: Fred Platner's co-workers and officers in a military camp; Tashkent, U.S.S.R. Fred Platner worked at the camp as a truck driver.
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Soldier in Jeep Sedan

Date: 07 15 1943
Description: Corporal Earl Foster, a mechanic in a quartermaster unit, of Kenosha, Wisconsin, at the wheel of a jeep sedan at Camp Cable, near Brisbane, Australia. Driv...
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War Correspondent Interviews Two Generals

Date: 07 16 1943
Description: Civilian war correspondent Robert Doyle interviewing Major General William Hanson Gill (left), and Lieutenant General Robert L. Eichelberger (right), at Ca...
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Red Cross Field Director

Date: 07 17 1943
Description: Red Cross Field Director, G. Robert Mowerson of Ann Arbor, Michigan, works at his typewriter at Camp Cable, near Brisbane, Australia. A field telephone is ...
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Two Officers, La Follette and Kurkeet

Date: 06 19 1943
Description: Lieutenant Colonel Philip F. La Follette and Captain William Kurkeet, of Madison, Wisconsin, chatting at Camp Cable, near Brisbane, Australia. La Follette ...
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Distinguished Service Cross Award

Date: 07 23 1943
Description: Major General William Hanson Gill awards the Distinguished Service Cross to Staff Sergeant Milan Miljatovich of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, at Camp Cable, near B...
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Wisconsin Heroes

Date: 07 23 1943
Description: Wisconsin heroes in the Papuan campaign, a group of five award recipients at Camp Cable, near Brisbane, Australia. Left to right are Staff Sergeant Milan M...
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Wisconsin Soldier

Date: 07 26 1943
Description: Master Sergeant William (Hub) Gilligan of Camp Douglas, Wisconsin, poses for a photo at Camp Cable, near Brisbane, Australia. Gilligan is a chief clerk of ...
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Sad Shack Group

Date: 07 31 1943
Description: G. Robert Mowerson (left), Red Cross Director and Robert Doyle (third from left), War Correspondent, posing with Captain O.S. Allen of Columbus, Georgia, a...
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Three Soldiers from Detroit

Date: 08 01 1943
Description: Three soldiers from the U.S. 6th Army Division, from Detroit, (left to right), Private Ned Zaffaramo, Private First Class Richard Rheaume and Private Kamil...
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Officers's Quarters

Date: 08 09 1943
Description: Raining in Coco Grove, officer's quarters, Alamo force. The camp was located on Milne Bay, New Guinea (present day Papua New Guinea).
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Wisconsin Soldiers in Jeep

Date: 08 10 1943
Description: Two soldiers pose in a jeep. The driver is Sergeant Howard Cody of Racine, Wisconsin, and next to him is Private Eugene Pregont of Wausau, Wisconsin. Palm ...
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Milne Bay

Date: 08 11 1943
Description: A view of Milne Bay, New Guinea (present day Papua New Guinea), from the sea. A ship can be seen on the right, at the shoreline.
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Three Boys Building Roof

Date: 08 12 1943
Description: Three indigenous boys building a roof out of what appears to be palm fronds at Combat Team Headquarters on Kiriwina Island, in the Solomon Sea, New Guinea ...

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