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Large Guns and Men of a Military Installation

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Description: Elevated view of a group of men standing by large guns.
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Helicopter Power

Date: 02 1966
Description: Arriving at a forward area, a U.S. Air Force CH-30 helicopter carrying a 105mm howitzer is directed in for a landing. The artillery piece, which was in a r...
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Star Redoubt

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Description: A road curves to the right and in the background is the Star Redoubt, a military structure built by Continental soldiers during the winter encampment of 17...
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U.S.S. Wisconsin

Date: 1957
Description: View of the U.S.S. Wisconsin docked during decommissioning ceremonies in preparation for its final cruise. A number of sailors can be seen on deck.
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Camp Travis

Date: 1918
Description: Soldiers stand by their artillery and the infantry marches to the right at Camp Travis, named in 1917.
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Aiming a Cannon

Date: 1885
Description: Wisconsin National Guardsmen gathered around a cannon, possibly positioning it to aim at a target.
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U.S.S Wisconsin

Date: 10 26 1945
Description: Elevated view of the USS Wisconsin Silver Presentation ceremony, with the ship's guns in the foreground.
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Fort Winnebago

Date: 1963
Description: View of a cannon and two buildings at Fort Winnebago.
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View of the "Cannon Hospital"

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Description: At a "cannon hospital" on the Carpathian front. A view of the yard.
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Captain Harry Ellis and Gathering Guns

Date: 1887
Description: Wisconsin National Guard First Light Battery A from Milwaukee at Camp Douglas. A team of horses pulls a small wagon. There are trees and bluffs in the back...
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Soldiers and Mortar

Date: 1952
Description: Two soldiers set off mortar rounds in Panama.
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View of the "Cannon Hospital"

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Description: At a "cannon hospital" on the Carpathian front. A view of the yard.
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Ordnance Men

Date: 11 30 1943
Description: Michigan soldiers loading bombs onto a trailer at a military base near Port Moresby, New Guinea (present day Papua New Guinea). Their names, left to right,...
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Ceremony on Board U.S.S. Wisconsin

Date: 1957
Description: Ceremony beneath the guns on board the U.S.S. Wisconsin. A number of spectators and sailors are seated in the foreground, and uniformed sailors line...
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U.S. Military Academy Sole Survivors

Date: 1916
Description: Handwritten caption reads: "Sole Survivors, Class of 1866. U.S. Military Academy. Fiftieth Anniversary of Graduation." Twelve men are lined up in two rows ...
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Cleaning the Firing Tube at the "Cannon Hospital"

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Description: At a "cannon hospital" on the Carpathian front. The firing tube is being cleaned.
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Cleaning the Firing Tube at the "Cannon Hospital"

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Description: At a "cannon hospital" on the Carpathian front. The firing tube is being cleaned.
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Captured Russian Artillery in Berlin

Date: 1914
Description: Captured Russian cannon are paraded through Berlin for all to see.
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Artillery at Camp Randall

Date: 1861
Description: Soldiers of the 3rd Wisconsin Artillery at Camp Randall man a cannon on wheels, while other men on foot and on horseback follow.
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Captured Artilley in Cetinje

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Description: Antique Montenegrin mortars at the arsenal.

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