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Playing Horseshoes at National Military Home

Date: 1915
Description: A group of veterans pose while playing horseshoes at the National Military Home, which opened in 1867. In the background, the top of the National Military ...
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Funeral Ceremony at the National Military Home

Date: 1915
Description: View of a funeral ceremony at the National Military Home, which opened in 1867. A group of veterans march before a horse-drawn vehicle pulling a coffin on ...
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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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Veterans' & Military Affairs Committee

Date: 03 15 1945
Description: Group portrait of the Wisconsin Senate Veterans' & Military Affairs Committee sitting around a table with a Unites States flag in the background.
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Veterans and Military Affairs Committee

Date: 03 21 1945
Description: Group portrait of Wisconsin Assembly Veterans and Military Affairs Committee seated around a table at the Wisconsin State Capitol.
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A Massing of the Colors

Date: 05 29 1963
Description: Local veterans groups present a massing of the colors at the Wood cemetery.
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Vietnam Veteran

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Description: Outdoor portrait of a Vietnam veteran. He has military bars on his shirt, and a crowd of people is behind him. He is at an anti-war demonstration and took ...
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Military Order of the World Wars Chapter Meeting

Date: 01 31 1957
Description: Four members of the Military Order of the World Wars swap tales about their former days in military service at a Madison Chapter cocktail and dinner meetin...
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Military Order of World Wars, Madison Chapter

Date: 12 01 1951
Description: Shown left to right at the founding of the Military Order of World Wars, Madison Chapter, are: Col. Herbert P. Schowalter, West Bend, president of the Wisc...
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Retired Army Man

Date: 1920
Description: Seated portrait of an elderly army man, partially in uniform, with medals on his jacket.
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Charles King

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Description: Quarter-length studio portrait of Brigadier General Charles King, Milwaukee author and instructor.
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Military Order of the World Wars Chapter Meeting

Date: 01 31 1957
Description: Four guests at the Madison Chapter Military Order of the World War cocktail and dinner party include, from left to right: Capt. Leslie K. Pollard, Col. Pau...
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Dining at the National Military Home

Date: 1915
Description: A large group of veterans eating in the dining hall at the National Military Home, which opened in 1867. Men in white hats and uniforms serve a meal to the...
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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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Truax Field Airman Receives Honors

Date: 12 31 1954
Description: Truax Base commander, Col. Frederick J. Nelander, after presenting the Purple Heart and the Air Medal to Lt. Edward G. Izbicky. The airman won the decorati...
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Grave of the Unknown

Date: 1975
Description: A veteran places a flower on the grave of an unknown soldier.
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Purple Heart Week Opening Ceremony

Date: 08 03 1949
Description: Governor Rennebohm purchases the first viola from Walter Nettum, Stoughton, a member of the Iron Brigade Chapter of the Military Order of the Purple Heart....
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Vietnam Veteran Rusty Sachs

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Description: Vietnam veteran Rusty Sachs throwing a medal he was awarded.
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Rug Weaving, Wisconsin Memorial Hospital

Date: 03 04 1932
Description: A military veteran learns rug weaving at Wisconsin Memorial Hospital on Farwell Point, adjoining Mendota Mental Health Hospital as part of his rehabilitati...
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Veterans of the 2nd Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry

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Description: Studio group portrait in front of a painted backdrop of the veterans of the 2nd Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry. None are identified.

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