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Joseph McCarthy During World War II

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Description: Candid portrait of Joe McCarthy wearing a pith helmet during World War II.
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Soldiers Departing for War

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Description: USS "Mt. Vernon" with soldiers aboard departing to fight in World War II.
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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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Portrait of Man in World War II Uniform

Date: 06 14 1945
Description: Portrait of a man in World War II uniform, possibly Omar Crocker.
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World War I Draftees

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Description: Group portrait of World War I draftees dressed in suits, posing in front of the Court House.
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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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War Relief Services

Date: 06 15 1950
Description: World War II war relief services. Man washing milking equipment.
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War Relief Work

Date: 06 15 1950
Description: World War II war relief work. Man pitching hay.
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Observation Balloon

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Description: A World War I observation balloon held Gulliver-like by its airship company. During World War I, balloons were positioned near the front so that observers ...
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World War II Worker

Date: 04 26 1944
Description: An unidentified employee of the Plastics Division of Consolidated Paper Company during World War II.
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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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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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World War I Soldier

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Description: Gus Sharlow, a Native American Indian World War I soldier from Hayward, Wisconsin.
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Soldiers in WWI

Date: 1918
Description: African American soldiers during World War I playing trombone music.
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Consolidated War Work

Date: 06 14 1944
Description: Laboratory development of a paper-based plastic laminate product by the Plastics Division of Consolidated Paper, during World War II. The product was used ...
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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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Charles W. Piper and his Two Sons

Date: 08 12 1944
Description: Charles W. Piper, veteran of World War I, discussing tactics of the two World Wars with his sons, Seaman Vincent on the left, and Marine Private Charles on...
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Delegation of War Widow

Date: 1916
Description: Delegation of war-widow, war-orphans, and maimed war-heroes at the White House, Washington, D.C., appealing to President Wilson for an "embargo on all war ...
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Returning From World War II

Date: 1946
Description: A view of the ship upon which Lewis Arms traveled home after World War II. Arms does not appear in this image.
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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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