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161st Artillery Brigade Band Concert

Date: 05 24 1918
Description: Elevated view of a crowd of people gathering across the street, near a stage. Automobiles are parked in the center of the street near the stage. In the for...
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The Modern Kitchen Maid

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Description: Food delivery via automobile.
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Sabac in Serbia

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Description: Courier automobile in the foreground.
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Excellency Dankl

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Description: Officers, including General Dankl, riding in an automobile.
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Motor Transport

Date: 1918
Description: A group portrait of the motor transport of the 310th United States Army Engineer Corps, showing the soldiers of motor transport standing next to their auto...
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Service Flag Dedication

Date: 11 01 1918
Description: Text on front reads: "Service Flag Dedication, Schleisingerville, Wis." The people of the town and uniformed nurses are watching as the soldiers are standi...
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Lewis Arms and Helen Berry

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Description: Lewis Arms hugs Helen Berry playfully. He is wearing his Navy uniform.
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Chester Elvord

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Description: Chester Elvord, cousin of Louis (Lew) Arms, poses outdoors on Lake Street wearing his military uniform.
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Lewis Arms with his Mother and Sister

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Description: Lewis Arms, who is wearing his Navy uniform, poses with his mother Mamie (Arms) Hall, and his sister, Nedra Arms.
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Memorial Day

Date: 1968
Description: "Memorial Day."
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Marines Leaving

Date: 1951
Description: A platoon of Marines marching down a tree-lined city street. A group of children are walking alongside on the left.
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Kekacham Settlement with Special Forces

Date: 1961
Description: Keukacham Meo settlement, Laos with American special forces and Lao infantrymen. Two soldiers talk near a tent and another works atop a mud-spattered jeep.
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Memorial Day Parade

Date: 1966
Description: "American Legion Post 270 celebrates Memorial Day."
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Dutch Soldiers Distributing Bread to Refugees

Date: 1914
Description: Dutch soldiers distributing bread to refugees in the marketplace of Bergen op Zoom in Holland.
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Mitscher Returns Home

Date: 07 1945
Description: Vice Admiral Marc Mitscher stands with suitcases in hand upon his arrival in Hillsboro. It was the first time in ten years that the military commander had ...
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Faith and Benny on the Ambulance

Date: 02 01 1919
Description: Elevated view of two men sleeping on top of an ambulance during the day. Captioned: "Faith and Benny, both in aviation now, asleep on top of the latter's a...
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Women in the Motor Corps

Date: 1918
Description: Motor Corps of the National League for Women's Service. The corps performed errands and other services for all organizations engaged in war activities, ans...
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Frank Willlman Funeral

Date: 07 16 1949
Description: Funeral cortege of veteran Frank "Bud" Willman at the railroad depot in Edgerton. The cortege included a color guard, Legionnaires and marching men of the...
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Armed Forces Day Parade

Date: 05 19 1951
Description: Elevated view of the Armed Forces Day parade, showing servicemen marching on the Capitol Square past the Park Hotel on South Carroll Street.
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Nazi Surveillance

Date: 10 1940
Description: Street scene of people in the Jewish ghetto in Szydlowiec, Poland, being addressed by two German soldiers. The scene was witnessed by American journalist A...

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