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WAVES Celebrating a Birthday

Date: 02 29 1944
Description: Slightly elevated view of group of women gathered around a table. "Leap year baby" of 1924, Anita Burr, is shown with a birthday cake, after enlisting in t...
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All-Star Baseball Game

Date: 07 12 1944
Description: Crowd of Navy men and women in the stands watching the Madison-area amateur baseball all-stars in a game against the Navy's Great Lakes Bluejackets at Bree...
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Naval Training School Band

Date: 11 03 1944
Description: U.S. Naval Training School (Radio) Band in Great Hall of the Memorial Union on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. Halloween decoration in the back...
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Naval Training School, Ship's Store

Date: 02 07 1945
Description: Female clerk selling items to Naval trainees at the U.S. Naval Training School (Radio) ship's store. The store was located in a University of Wisconsin dor...
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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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Fletcher Family International Reunion

Date: 06 17 1952
Description: Mrs. Mary Ellen Fletcher used an inheritance to fly her mother and father in-laws from Birmingham, England to Madison to witness their sons graduation from...
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Fleet Admiral C.W. Nimitz and Staff

Date: 05 1945
Description: Group portrait of Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz and his staff at CinCPac/CinCPOA Advanced Headquarters on Guam. Admiral Nimitz is 9th from the left in th...
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Coast Guard Station

Date: 1915
Description: Six Coastguardsmen pose with an officer on the shore at the Coast Guard Station at Baileys Harbor. The men are identified as (left to right) Reinhart Hicke...
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Vice-Admiral Marc A. Mitscher

Date: 06 28 1945
Description: Vice-Admiral Marc A. Mitscher stands with his mother, Mrs. Oscar A. Mitscher (left), and smiles at his wife, Frances Smalley Mitscher, after a reunion at h...
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The War for the Union Letterhead

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Description: Letterhead featuring the seal of Wisconsin surrounded by clouds with the words: "The War for the Union" printed above it, and a banner that reads: "Wiscons...
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Memorial Union Nightclub

Date: 06 17 1944
Description: The Memorial Union Campacabana club was attended by (at the top) Pvt. Donald Christesen, Bradley, Mich., and Kathleen McGuine, Madison. Seated are: La Vonn...
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Lieut. Albert L. David with Souvenirs

Date: 07 25 1945
Description: Lieut. Albert L. David showing his wife, Georgia, the souvenirs he brought from the capture of the German U-505 underseas craft. He stood two days and nigh...
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Concert for Fleet Admiral C.W. Nimitz and Staff

Date: 05 1945
Description: An outdoor concert for Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz and his staff at CinCPac/CinCPOA Advanced Headquarters on Guam. Admiral Nimitz is 3rd from the right...
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Vice-Admiral Marc Mitscher

Date: 06 28 1945
Description: Vice-Admiral Marc A. Mitscher sitting at the dining room table waiting for breakfast to be served to him, his wife Frances Smalley Mitscher (left), and mot...
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V-J Day Celebration

Date: 08 15 1945
Description: Crowd with two sailors hugging each other. Sailor with his back to the camera is Seabee B. O. Pledger; other sailor is unknown. They are celebrating V-J Da...
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Naval Reserve Blood Drive

Date: 12 04 1951
Description: Navy Radioman Burton Fischer is shown on a cot as he donates blood during a blood drive for naval reservists from the naval reserve training center. At lef...
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Fita Fita Guard

Date: 02 28 1945
Description: A Fita Fita Guard poses in his uniform of red cap, white skivvy shirt and white lava lava (a Samoan kilt). Shoes are not worn. The Fita Fita Guards are a s...
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Fleet Admiral C.W. Nimitz and Staff

Date: 05 1945
Description: The audience laughs or sings at an outdoor concert for Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz and his staff at CinCPac/CinCPOA Advanced Headquarters on Guam. Admi...
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United States Naval Reserve Party

Date: 11 29 1949
Description: Naval Reserve sailors Ralph Bakken (left), and Richard J. Nelson show a ship's maneuvering or plotting board to Irene Strand, second from the left, and Kay...
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United States Naval Reserve Party

Date: 11 29 1949
Description: Pictured while enjoying refreshments are, from left to right: Bruce Cartter, Jr., Doris Evans, James Evans, and Elizabeth (Mrs. Bruce, Sr.) Cartter, at the...

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