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| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | A USO volunteer challenges an enthusiastic soldier to a friendly bowling match. |
| Date: | 07 1943 |
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| Description: | Man, wearing military "work whites" from Madison Army Air Forces detachment, jumping into Lake Mendota as part of water training. |
| Date: | 06 27 1945 |
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| Description: | Charles "Chick" Lowe receiving an award from Leonard T. "Dutch" Midland, president of the Wisconsin-Felton Sporting Goods Company, and Eddie Krajnik, Phila... |
| Date: | 1942 |
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| Description: | Two soldiers link arms with two women wearing dresses at the Port Clinton Service Center. The men were former International Harvester employees, and likely... |
| Date: | 1945 |
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| Description: | Me and women line the sidewalks to watch an International Harvester parade float go by. The float is decorated with uniformed men in a jeep, and palm trees... |
| Date: | 07 1942 |
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| Description: | Four soldiers are seated under a canopy in Panama, relaxing and talking. |
| Date: | 1942 |
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| Description: | Car in a parade carrying a sign that reads "Let us pray...God damn Hitler." A large crowd watches the parade from bleachers along the side of the road. The... |
| Date: | 1942 |
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| Description: | A soldier from the 14th Infantry riding on horseback through a jungle in Panama. He is wearing wet fatigues and has a rifle slung over his shoulder. |
| Date: | 1942 |
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| Description: | Two soldiers laughing and relaxing under a tree in Panama. One man is lying on his back and the other man is leaning against him. They are both wearing wor... |
| Date: | 1942 |
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| Description: | Two soldiers sitting and talking in Panama as one of them is cleaning his weapons. One man is sitting on a bed holding a machete and cleaning it with a tow... |
| Date: | 10 24 1943 |
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| Description: | Robert Doyle's caption says it best, "The ol' swimmin' hole, South Pacific style. Every afternoon it is filled with shouting soldiers in their birthday sui... |
| Date: | 10 30 1943 |
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| Description: | Motor Pool Dispatchers (left to right) Sergeant Alex Petro of Racine, Wisconsin, and Sergeant Joe Nicolazzi of Kenosha, Wisconsin, chat with Corporal Eugen... |
| Date: | 12 21 1943 |
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| Description: | Technical Sergeant Leonard Stoltz (left) and Technical Sergeant Warren Fuhrman (right), both of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, relax in front of a tent at a base in... |
| Date: | 01 22 1944 |
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| Description: | A soldier, Sergeant Robert Witzlsteiner of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, reads TIME magazine with his very muddy boots propped on a box. His rifle is across... |
| Date: | 01 22 1944 |
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| Description: | Sergeant Ed Gigowski of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, plays his accordion for some members of the 121st Field Artillery Battalion at Saidor, New Guinea (present da... |
| Date: | 02 22 1945 |
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| Description: | An exhibition baseball game on a Naval Base on Kwajalein Island of the Marshall Islands in the South Pacific. Both teams had Big League players drawn from ... |
| Date: | 02 22 1945 |
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| Description: | The batter swings at an exhibition baseball game on a Naval Base on Kwajalein Island of the Marshall Islands in the South Pacific. Both teams had Big Leagu... |
| Date: | 10 24 1943 |
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| Description: | Robert Doyle's caption for Image ID: 99742 says it best, "The ol' swimmin' hole, South Pacific style. Every afternoon it is filled with shouting soldiers i... |
| Date: | 10 24 1943 |
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| Description: | Three officers of General Walter Krueger's staff stand on a log in front of a swimming hole located on Goodenough Island, in the Solomon Sea, New Guinea (p... |
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