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| Date: | 1941 |
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| Description: | A group of uniformed men ride in the back of an International vehicle which is towing a firearm. The original caption reads: "M-2-4 truck and 75-mm. gun, a... |
| Date: | 1944 |
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| Description: | A group of uniformed men sits in the back of an International K-7 truck used by the U.S. Navy. The truck is driving in a parking lot in front of a large me... |
| Date: | 1942 |
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| Description: | Montage of machines and armaments produced by International Harvester for the war effort. Included are images of jeeps, crawler tractors (TracTracTors), an... |
| Date: | 09 04 1943 |
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| Description: | War correspondents in Port Moresby wait in the back of a jeep the night before a paratroop landing near Lae, a Japanese-held airfield in New Guinea (presen... |
| Date: | 11 13 1943 |
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| Description: | Bob Eunson, a war correspondent for Associated Press, gazes up at damage to a warplane at Wards Drome (5 Mile), an airfield near Port Moresby, New Guinea (... |
| Date: | 11 17 1943 |
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| Description: | Corporal Gareale Brezeale of Warren, Arkansas, stands next to barrels, and Private First Class William Imhoff of Detroit, Michigan, holds the nozzle to the... |
| Date: | 11 17 1943 |
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| Description: | Mechanic Sergeant Raymond Smith of Ontario, Wisconsin, stands next to the nose art, "Windy City Kitty," depicting a naked woman in the "pin-up style" on th... |
| Date: | 11 17 1943 |
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| Description: | Crew Chief Master Sergeant Harold Kuba of Appleton, Wisconsin, leans out of the cockpit window of his warplane. The nose art, "Connell's Special" appears o... |
| Date: | 10 18 1943 |
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| Description: | Mechanic Staff Sergeant Raymond Wagner of Boscobel, Wisconsin, poses shirtless while holding a cigarette and standing next to the nose art on his Consolida... |
| Date: | 10 21 1943 |
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| Description: | Major Arthur L. Post of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, was shot down on June 20th, 1943 and rescued on September 28th, 1943 after 101 days in the jungle. Here he is... |
| Date: | 11 21 1943 |
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| Description: | Major Arthur L. Post of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, was shot down on June 20th, 1943 and rescued on September 28th, 1943 after 101 days in the jungle. Here he is... |
| Date: | 11 21 1943 |
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| Description: | Robert Doyle admires the golden oak leaf of Major Post's collar insignia. They are standing in front of the tail assembly of a plane similar to Post's. Maj... |
| Date: | 11 30 1943 |
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| Description: | Motor Pool Dispatcher Sergeant Alex Petro of Racine, Wisconsin, fuels a jeep near Port Moresby, New Guinea (present day Papua New Guinea). He is a member o... |
| Date: | 11 30 1943 |
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| Description: | Armament Chief Sergeant Lloyd Cleary sits on the nose of a warplane with his feet on the propeller at an airfield near Port Moresby, New Guinea (present da... |
| Date: | 12 02 1943 |
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| Description: | An Intelligence Officer smiles as he holds an indigenous plant with fruit on it used for food. A building is behind him with two signs, "Operations" and "O... |
| Date: | 02 04 1944 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of three soldiers working on the engine of a warplane at an airbase near Port Moresby, New Guinea (present day Papua New Guinea). The plane h... |
| Date: | 02 04 1944 |
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| Description: | A soldier sits in a bulldozer parked under the nose of a warplane at an airbase near Port Moresby, New Guinea (present day Papua New Guinea). Another man i... |
| Date: | 02 05 1944 |
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| Description: | General view of Port Moresby Harbor from road, New Guinea (present day Papua New Guinea). A jeep is on the road on the left. Several soldiers are near a sh... |
| Date: | 02 05 1944 |
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| Description: | View from road of the exterior of the Allied Officers' Club in Port Moresby, New Guinea (present day Papua New Guinea). It is built on posts above the wate... |
| Date: | 08 1944 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the buildings at the airfield at Royal Air Force station Steeple Morden, located 3.5 miles west of Royston, Hertfordshire, England. The 35... |
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