Military training and personnel negatives, 1940s.

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Military training and personnel negatives, 1940s.

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Glass plate negatives of World War II military training classes, personnel, maneuvers, and equipment. Included is a series of images of WAVEs arriving and departing camp, in a classroom studying code, and marching, probably used for recruitment or publicity. Also included are images of male soldiers learning code in a classroom, artillery training at Camp McCoy, Wisconsin, the 32nd Division marching in review in the South Pacific, and the construction of the main reduction gears for a Victory Ship. Images of military personnel include Charles L. Senn demonstrating a gas decontamination suit and a gas detector; S. R. McCahill, a Marine parachute officer and former Marquette football star; and St. Egdaht, member of the Ski Troops, Camp McCoy, Wisconsin, skiing.

13 negatives.

Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project

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SNAC Resource ID: 6924645

Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project

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