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Man in Air Force Uniform

Date: 02 12 1945
Description: Man in Air Force uniform wearing eyeglasses.
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Military Pilot Preparing for Flight

Date: 05 22 1957
Description: Air Guard Lt. Dan Torphy preparing for a training flight from Truax Field by putting on a Mae West life preserver over his flight suit. He is being helped ...
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Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) Review

Date: 05 24 1957
Description: University of Wisconsin ROTC men stand at attention during a review at Camp Randall stadium. Empty bleachers fill the background and two flags are flying i...
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Military Displays at East Madison Shopping Center for Veterans' Day

Date: 11 09 1957
Description: Manchester's East store manager, Donald (Nick) Ustad, and three military officers set up part of a display at the East Madison Shopping Center to observe V...
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Dobby's Cosmo Club

Date: 07 16 1943
Description: Dobby's Cosmo Club, owned by John C. Dobson, Route 1, Mendota, Wisconsin, interior view of the bar showing liquor bottles and three World War II servicemen...
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Theodore Haspell Receiving Four Gold Stars

Date: 08 15 1946
Description: Lieut. Theordore Haspell is shown receiving four gold stars from Capt. J.E. Hurff, University of Wisconsin professor of naval science and tactics. The star...
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University of Wisconsin Military Ball Royalty

Date: 04 23 1947
Description: Portrait of Patricia Vollrath and Henry "Hank" Wolf, both of Sheboygan, who reigned as king and queen of the University of Wisconsin Military Ball. Miss Vo...
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General J. Lawton Collins and Charles Isenberger

Date: 04 13 1949
Description: General J. Lawton Collins, Vice-Chief of Staff of the U.S. Army, center, is met at Truax Field by Charles Isenberger, at right. The general was the speake...
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Military Order of the World Wars Officers

Date: 06 14 1957
Description: Group portrait of the new officers of the Military Order of the World Wars. Front row, left to right: Lt. (Justice) Timothy Brown, judge advocate; Brig. Ge...
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Military Order of the World Wars Chapter Meeting

Date: 01 31 1957
Description: Two former armed services officers and their wives at the Madison Chapter Military Order of the World Wars cocktail and dinner party. Left to right: Lt. Ma...
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Naval Training School, Division #73, Trainees

Date: 07 28 1945
Description: Group portrait of U.S. Naval Training School (Radio), Division #73, trainees at University of Wisconsin, Madison with banner depicting a roster and the let...
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Naval Training School, Division #51, Trainees

Date: 03 27 1945
Description: Group portrait of U.S. Naval Training School (Radio), Division #51, trainees, taken in the Rose Taylor Room in Kronshage Hall, University of Wisconsin-Madi...
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Naval Training School Instructors

Date: 11 06 1944
Description: Group portrait of officer and civilian instructors of the U.S. Naval Training School (Radio) on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. Second man on l...
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Hydro-therapy Department at Wisconsin Memorial Hospital

Date: 03 04 1932
Description: Military veterans receive therapy in hot water tubs, with George Gardner, director of the hydro-therapy department, Wisconsin Memorial Hospital on Farwell ...
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Flight Training at Truax Field

Date: 1944
Description: Instructor on the wing of a biplane talking with an airman trainee in the cockpit of a plane during flight training at Truax Field during World War II.
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Man Jumping into Lake Mendota

Date: 07 1943
Description: Man, wearing military "work whites" from Madison Army Air Forces detachment, jumping into Lake Mendota as part of water training.
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Student with Pilot Trainer

Date: 01 03 1945
Description: Sgt. Lois Burmeister at the controls of an ambulatory trainer which permits blind flying by instrument instruction by the Civil Air Patrol.
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Bergengren Family Portrait

Date: 12 26 1945
Description: Seated are Mr. and Mrs. Roy F. Bergengren Sr., with their granddaughter, Kathleen Hartman. Standing are Mr. and Mrs. (Rosemary) Roy F. Bergengren Jr., and ...
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Lewis Arms and Cousin in Military Uniforms

Date: 1952
Description: Lewis Arms (kneeling), who is wearing his Marine Corps uniform, poses with his first cousin Chester Elvord, who is wearing his Army uniform. They are on La...
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Lt. Col. Lassiter Thompson

Date: 10 25 1957
Description: Lt. Col. Lassiter Thompson sits behind his desk at Truax Field. He is the newly appointed commander of the 61st Fighter Interceptor Squadron.

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