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She's Waiting, Take Atabrine

Date: 08 15 1943
Description: Private Leopold Blaha, a barber from Milwaukee, Wisconsin, looks at a poster with a pretty woman depicted on it that urges the soldiers to take their Atabr...
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Camaguey Airport, Cuba with Juan Almeida Bosque

Date: 1959
Description: A group of soldiers, including Juan Almeida Bosque (center), operating chief of the Cuban Air Force, are standing outside of Camaguey Airport, Cuba. The so...
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Tropical Inn

Date: 02 03 1944
Description: Soldiers and officers relax in the "Tropical Inn," a tent that has seating and a raised wooden floor, at Saidor, New Guinea (present day Papua New Guinea)....
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Port Moresby Harbor

Date: 02 05 1944
Description: General view of Port Moresby Harbor from road, New Guinea (present day Papua New Guinea). A jeep is on the road on the left. Several soldiers are near a sh...
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Veteran's Day Observance at State Capitol

Date: 11 11 1955
Description: Soldiers fire 21-gun salute during Veteran's Day ceremony held at the State Street entrance to the State Capitol. Businesses seen in the background left to...
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Allied Soldier in Brest

Date: 09 18 1944
Description: Allied soldier posing in Brest, France, in front of a bombed-out building, smoking a cigarette. The street is covered with rubble.
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Three Nurses

Date: 12 05 1943
Description: Three Lieutenant nurses from Michigan pose behind a sign that declares "Off Limits To All Troops." Names, left to right, are Lieutenant Avice Cleveringa of...
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Two Soldiers

Date: 08 29 1943
Description: Two Wisconsin cousins, (left) Corporal Englund Johnson, bomber waist gunner, of Park Falls and (right) Sergeant Donald Englund, airplane engine mechanic, o...
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Rough Raiders Enlisted Men's Club, Ltd.

Date: 10 30 1943
Description: Motor Pool Dispatchers (left to right) Sergeant Alex Petro of Racine, Wisconsin, and Sergeant Joe Nicolazzi of Kenosha, Wisconsin, chat with Corporal Eugen...
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Fueling Station

Date: 11 17 1943
Description: Corporal Gareale Brezeale of Warren, Arkansas, stands next to barrels, and Private First Class William Imhoff of Detroit, Michigan, holds the nozzle to the...
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Hotel de Nemours

Date: 08 28 1944
Description: View across cobblestone street of a military jeep (marked "PRESS") is parked in front of the Hotel de Nemours, Rennes, France. Driving the jeep is Corporal...
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Armed Forces Day Air Show and Parade

Date: 05 17 1958
Description: Two boys admiring the Wisconsin 32nd Division troops parading at the Capitol Square during the Armed Forces Day air show and parade.
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Phillip F. La Follette at T-Beach Whittling Club

Date: 01 14 1944
Description: Three men sit on improvised seats (boards on barrels) at the T-Beach Whittling Club, located on the north coast of New Guinea (present day Papua New Guinea...
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Chief Censor

Date: 07 14 1943
Description: Colonel B. Tormey, Chief Censor — Southwest Pacific Area, sits in his well-lighted office at Camp Cable, near Brisbane, Australia. Robert Doyle's articles ...
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Ale and Quail Club

Date: 10 22 1943
Description: Lieutenant Colonel Harry J. Bullis of Portland, Michigan, poses next to the sign for the "Ale and Quail Club" on a military base in Port Moresby, Australia...
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Indigenous Plant

Date: 12 02 1943
Description: An Intelligence Officer smiles as he holds an indigenous plant with fruit on it used for food. A building is behind him with two signs, "Operations" and "O...
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Sad Shack Group

Date: 07 31 1943
Description: G. Robert Mowerson (left), Red Cross Director and Robert Doyle (third from left), War Correspondent, posing with Captain O.S. Allen of Columbus, Georgia, a...
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P-47 Thunderbolt Pilot

Date: 12 02 1943
Description: Lieutenant Clarence "Herk" Blend of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, smiles as he poses next to a bulletin board, "Latest Flashes - News" that is hanging on the side ...
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Three Men from Milwaukee Journal

Date: 03 1945
Description: From the caption that accompanied the image: "Fellow workers in civilian life, these Milwaukeeans met recently on Kwajalein atoll in the Marshall islands. ...
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T-Beach Whittling Club

Date: 01 14 1944
Description: Two officers sit on improvised seats (boards on barrels) at the T-Beach Whittling Club, located on the north coast of New Guinea (present day Papua New Gui...

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