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| Date: | 1942 |
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| Description: | Three members of the much-decorated 32nd Division manning a machine gun emplacement in New Guinea. They are, left to right: Lawrence Leishman of Peoria, I... |
| Date: | 1943 |
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| Description: | A military airplane drops torpedoes on a boat floating in a body of water in an illustration titled: "A Kid from Kansas." |
| Date: | 1945 |
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| Description: | Three marines dressed in uniform, carrying packs and holding guns, pull an ammunition cart through the water towards the beach at Iwo Jima. Military boats ... |
| 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: | 11 04 1943 |
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| Description: | Twin soldiers, Corporal John Kellner (left) and Private First Class Bob Kellner (right) of Milwaukee get a drink at the lister bag, in the camp on Goodenou... |
| Date: | 11 08 1943 |
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| Description: | 32nd Division Infantry Combat Team landing from LCI (Landing Craft Infantry) in a practice exercise. Soldiers are running down a ramp, then up a rocky beac... |
| Date: | 12 26 1943 |
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| Description: | Elevated view from aboard ship looking down on a soldier in a turret operating a range finder. These warships were participating in the heavy bombardment o... |
| Date: | 12 26 1943 |
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| Description: | Navigation instruments on an American cruiser were checked by Lieutenant Commander Leonard Meyer of Appleton. Three other crew members are nearby. The crui... |
| Date: | 12 31 1943 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the loaded deck of a LST (Landing Ship, Tank) on the way from Goodenough Island to Saidor, New Guinea (present day Papua New Guinea). On t... |
| Date: | 01 02 1944 |
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| Description: | LST (Landing Ship, Tank) on the beach at Saidor, New Guinea (present day Papua New Guinea). Soldiers are unloading vehicles and supplies for the Saidor lan... |
| Date: | 01 02 1944 |
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| Description: | Soldiers push a jeep that is stuck on the rocky beach at the Saidor landing. The open front of the LST (Landing Ship, Tank) is on the left. Another LST can... |
| Date: | 1942 |
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| Description: | Indigenous men help 32nd Division soldiers from units, originally from Wisconsin, who paddle in collapsible canvas boats to small coastal vessels. The man ... |
| Date: | 11 1942 |
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| Description: | Soldiers land on the beach in New Guinea (present day Papua New Guinea). They use collapsible canvas boats to ferry men and equipment from small coastal ve... |
| Date: | 11 1942 |
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| Description: | Soldiers land on the beach in New Guinea (present day Papua New Guinea). They use collapsible canvas boats to ferry men and equipment from small coastal ve... |
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