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Civil War Re-Enactor

Date: 09 1994
Description: A Civil War re-enactor in Greenbush.
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Soldiers Crossing the Floating Bridge over the Save River

Date: 1914
Description: Soldiers crossing the floating war bridge over the Save River during World War I.
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Memorial Day Activities

Date: 05 30 1952
Description: Two members of the Oregon Veterans of Foreign Wars drill team and some of the crowd gathered at Forest Hill Cemetery during services to dedicate a marble m...
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War Volunteer Unit in Training

Date: 1914
Description: Officers training a Deutschwehr (war volunteer) unit in Schmargendorf near Berlin.
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Civil War Re-Enactors

Date: 09 1993
Description: Civil War re-enactors in costume at Greenbush.
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Volunteer Unit

Date: 1914
Description: Deutschwehr (war volunteer) unit in training.
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Alvin Reis

Date: 1918
Description: A portrait of Alvin C. Reis of Madison during his service in World War I. During the war, Reis commanded several observation balloon squadrons. Later, he b...
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Kohler During World War II

Date: 06 1943
Description: Snapshot of Walter J. Kohler, Jr., then a Navy lieutenant, taken somewhere in the South Pacific during World War II.
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World War I Group

Date: 03 1918
Description: World War I soldiers at Camp Custer seated on Winchester rifle crates.
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Group of Civil War Re-Enactors

Date: 09 1993
Description: Civil war re-enactors in costume armed with bayonets.
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Soldiers Repairing Railroad Tracks

Date: 1915
Description: Austrian soldiers repairing railroad tracks in Serbia during World War I.
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World War I Training

Date: 08 1917
Description: World War I recruits scramble over an obstacle during their training, while others watch in the background.
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Prisoner of War Cage

Date: 09 18 1944
Description: Prisoner of war cage at the 2nd Division Camp at Guipavas, France. Groups of Nazi prisoners are being guarded by Allied soldiers.
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Soldiers in WWI

Date: 1918
Description: African American soldiers during World War I playing trombone music.
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Civil War Veterans

Date: 1900
Description: Group portrait outdoors of a group of Civil War veterans with other U.S. military officers.
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Civil War Reenactment

Date: 05 1995
Description: "Civil War Reenactor at Mayville."
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Soldiers on a World War I Recruiting Drive

Date: 1917
Description: World War I soldiers standing in front and on the back of an International truck with a recruiting poster.
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Steinecker Inspecting Peas at Prisoner of War Camp

Date: 07 13 1945
Description: Capt. Huldreich M. Stienecker, Michigan, inspecting a load of peas at a cannery where German prisoners of war are working. Steinecker is in charge of the p...
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Clearing Trenches

Date: 06 1917
Description: British troops clear German trenches that were destroyed in battle in the Messine Ridge, Flanders.
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Going Home

Date: 1946
Description: Soldiers waiting to board ship for their return home after World War II.

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