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- Marine Bomber Squadron flight crew in front of PBJ-1H Airplane
- World War, 1939-1945; United States. Marine Corps -- Officers; United States. Marine Corps -- Aviation;
- Back row standing left to right, Mike Brennan (Sergeant Navigator), Dan Hazelnus (Co-pilot), Wayne Youngren (Pilot), Donald Clay (Radio gunner). Front row kneeling left to right, Wayne Mathews (Ordnance), John “Chico” Duarte (Radio) and...
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- Posing on the beach with the Majuro Tower in the background.
- World War, 1939-1945; United States. Marine Corps -- Officers;
- Back row standing, Lou Brosius, Bob Dillon and Tony Blaso. Front row kneeling, Warren Ritter and Stanford Inman on Kwajalein, Marshall Islands.
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- Bob Hope signing autographs in Vietnam
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975; United States. Marine Corps;
- Bob Hope signs autographs for the U.S. troops during his 1969 Christmas show for the U.S. troops in Vietnam.
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- Cast of Arsenic & Old Lace visiting Kwajalein, Marshall Islands
- World War, 1939-1945; United Service Organizations (U.S.); Soldiers -- Recreation; Theater -- United States;
- Boris Karloff and cast of Arsenic and Old Lace, a theatrical play performed between 1941 - 1944, visting Kwajalein Island as a part of USO tour.
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- Joseph S. Kulmacz with sister, Florence, 1925
- World War, 1939-1945; Brothers and sisters;
- Childhood photograph of Joseph S. Kulmacz (on left) and his sister Florence (on right) in New Britain, Connecticut, 1925.
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- Water buffalo pulling a wagon load of supplies
- Korean War, 1950-1953; Korean War, 1950-1953 -- Evacuation of civilians; Water buffalo;
- During this civilian exacuation, soldiers can be seen helping in the background while a water buffalo stands hitched to a wagon full of villagers' belongings.
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- The Third Battalion of the 26th Marine Regiment prepares to board a CH-46 Sea Night helicopter - Photo by Lt. Cpl. Rocky Pearson
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975; United States. Marine Corps; Military missions; Helicopters;
- First Marine Division, Third Battalion, Twenty Sixth Marines prepare to board a CH– 46 Sea Night helicopter. The First Marine Division Leathernecks were de- parting for a "Search and Clear" mission 10 miles northwest of Da Nang, Vietnam....
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- 1st Lieutenant James Hurst in his Army Air Force uniform.
- United States. Army Air Force; Fighter pilots; Distinguished Flying Cross (Medal); Veterans -- Connecticut
- Formal portrait of 1st Lieutenant James Hurst, who served as a member of the 782nd Bomb Squadron and the 465th Bomb Group earning four Air Medals and the Distinguished Flying Cross.
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- Formal portrait of Joseph Kulmacz, 1943.
- World War, 1939-1945; United States. Navy -- Machinist's mates; Portrait photographs -- 1940-1950
- Formal portrait of Joseph S. Kulmacz in his uniform was taken in 1943.
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- Steven Stupak and a group of Army Air Corp personnel the night before shipping overseas.
- World War, 1939-1945; United States. Army Air Forces -- Officers
- From left to right; Lyle DeRouse, John Stacco, George Webb, Robert Vavra, Robert Raymond, Steven Stupak, and Armando Dimatteo.
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- Group of squadron members in VMB-613's compound on Kwajalein Island
- World War, 1939-1945; United States. Marine Corps -- Officers;
- from left to right Warren Ritter, Lou Brosius and William Wright Kwajalein, Marshall Islands
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- Three Marines in VMB-613's compound on Kwajalein Island
- World War, 1939-1945; United States. Marine Corps -- Officers;
- From left to right: Stanford Inman , Warren Ritter, and Charles Cannato , Kwajalein, Marshall Islands
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- Joseph S. Kulmacz and Crew #1 in the Philippines
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Philippines; United States. Navy; United States. Navy -- Machinist's mates; United States. Navy -- Military Life;
- Group photograph of Crew #1 taken in the Philippines while Joseph S. Kulmacz was stationed there. Rear (left to right) William McBee, Francis Mitchell, Thomas Ray, Anthony Longo and Joseph Kulmacz. Front (left to right) Chief John Martin, Ensign...
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- Steven Stupak with crew in Avon Park, Florida.
- World War, 1939-1945; United States. Army Air Forces -- Officers
- Group photograph of the crew training. Steven (standing, far left).
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- Group of squadron members in VMB-613's compound on Kwajalein Island
- World War, 1939-1945; United States. Marine Corps -- Officers;
- In jumpsuits from left to right Charles Cannato, Bob Dillon and Warren Ritter, Kwajalein, Marshall Islands
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- Oral history interview with William Dean Kleinert recorded 2003 Nov. 20
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Personal narratives, American; Veterans -- Connecticut -- Interviews; Tan Son Nhut Air Base; Photography, Military; Soldiers -- Drug use -- Vietnam
- Interview conducted by Eileen Hurst. Kleinert was in law school when he was given a draft date of November 20, 1968. He instead chose to enlist in the Air Force before the draft date so he could delay his enrollment. He was opposed to the...
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- Group portrait of World War II flight crew posing in front of an aircraft.
- Flight crews, Military -- United States; Airplanes, Military -- Piloting; Bombers -- Piloting -- United States; United States. Army Air Force;
- James P. Hurst (standing, right) with his World War II flight crew. "J.P. Hurst, 269-15 " is inscribed on the bottom center of the photograph.
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- Joseph S. Kulmacz with sister, Maria, 1943
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Philippines; United States. Navy; United States. Navy -- Machinist's mates; Brothers and sisters;
- Joesph S. Kulmacz and his sister, Maria, in March, 1943 in New Britain, Connecticut while home from boot camp.
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- Joseph S. Kulmacz and sister, Florence, 1943
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Philippines; United States. Navy; United States. Navy -- Machinist's mates; Brothers and sisters;
- Joseph is pictured with his sister, Florence, in March, 1943 in New Britain, Connecticut while home from boot camp.
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- Joseph S. Kulmacz changing a spark plug on Martin PBM 3D Mariner
- World War, 1939-1945; United States. Navy; United States. Navy -- Machinist's mates; United States. Navy; Martin PBM-5 Mariner (Seaplane);
- Joseph S. Kulmacz (right) changes a spark plug on a Martin PBM 3D Mariner at the Naval Air Station Banana River in Satelllite Beach, Florida with an unidentified machinist mate.
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