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University of Wisconsin ROTC Review

Date: 05 01 1948
Description: The University of Wisconsin ROTC cadets pass in review before the Military Ball Queen, Mary Schneiders, San Diego, California, her court, and ROTC officers...
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University of Wisconsin Military Ball

Date: 03 20 1950
Description: Richard McNall of Janesville, member of Alpha Gamma Rho fraternity and king of the University of Wisconsin Military Ball, standing beside queen Mary Olber ...
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"Moonlight Formal" at Tripp Commons

Date: 08 25 1944
Description: Couples enjoy the "Moonlight Formal" in Tripp Commons, University of Wisconsin Memorial Union. They are in formal dress with some of the men in military un...
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University of Wisconsin ROTC Review

Date: 05 01 1948
Description: University of Wisconsin ROTC officers and military guests with the Military Ball Queen and her court. Left to right: Col. Wendell B. Fertig, Colorado Schoo...
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University of Wisconsin Military Ball

Date: 04 29 1952
Description: Roy Burks, member of the advanced ROTC transportation corps, and Norma Cross, King and Queen of the University of Wisconsin-Madison's 36th Military Ball.
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Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) Review

Date: 05 24 1957
Description: Anti-military protestors demonstrating outside U.W. Camp Randall stadium during a review of ROTC cadets. Posters challenge compulsory service in the state ...
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ROTC Seniors Honored

Date: 05 05 1961
Description: Group portrait of about 1000 UW student cadets and midshipmen posed in formation inside Camp Randall Stadium for the presidents annual military review. 63 ...
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University of Wisconsin Military Ball

Date: 04 29 1952
Description: As a promotion stunt, several of the committee members, and 11 girls who were semi-finalists in the court of honor contest for the University of Wisconsin-...
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University of Wisconsin Military Ball

Date: 04 29 1952
Description: As a promotion stunt, several of the committee members, and 11 girls who were semi-finalists in the court of honor contest for the University of Wisconsin-...
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Escalation of the Korean Crisis

Date: 04 1960
Description: In April 1960 a student uprising created a crisis within the South Korean government and the army was called out to keep the peace. Ultimately President Sy...
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University of Wisconsin Military Ball

Date: 04 29 1952
Description: As a promotion stunt, several of the committee members, and 11 girls who were semi-finalists in the court of honor contest for the University of Wisconsin-...
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University of Wisconsin Military Ball

Date: 04 29 1952
Description: As a promotion stunt, several of the committee members, and 11 girls who were semi-finalists in the court of honor contest for the University of Wisconsin-...
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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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"Moonlight Formal" Couples

Date: 08 26 1944
Description: Young women in formal dress and naval cadets in uniform attend the "Moonlight Formal" at the Tripp Commons in the Memorial Union on the University of Wisco...
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Military Ball

Date: 12 13 1957
Description: Jody Epply, 20, of Oshkosh, a junior in the college of nursing, honorary regimental commander of the Marquette University Reserve Officers' Training Corps,...
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University of Wisconsin Military Ball

Date: 03 20 1950
Description: Portrait of Barbara Kropp, Kappa Alpha Theta, of Wauwatosa, Wisconsin. Kropp was a member of the Court of Honor for the University of Wisconsin military ba...
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University of Wisconsin Military Ball

Date: 03 20 1950
Description: Two women of the Court of Honor for the University of Wisconsin military ball sitting beside each other for a portrait. Kappa Alpha Theta member Mary Bryan...
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University of Wisconsin Military Ball Royalty

Date: 04 23 1947
Description: Group portrait of the "court of Honor" for the University of Wisconsin Military Ball. Pictured left to right: Suzanne Johnson, 26 Breeze Terrace, represent...
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University of Wisconsin Military Ball Court

Date: 03 21 1949
Description: Sheila Kivlin, Madison, and Nancy Spiegel, Milwaukee, both members of Gamma Phi Beta, who will serve on the "court of honor" for the UW Military Ball, two ...
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University of Wisconsin Military Ball

Date: 03 20 1950
Description: Two female members of the Court of Honor for the University of Wisconsin military ball sitting on the floor wearing formal gowns. At left is Joan Wolf of H...

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