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USS FORRESTAL passes through a rainbow while underway in the North Atlantic Ocean on September 18, 1988. 

Record Group 330: Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense
Series: Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

Image description: The USS Forrestal, an aircraft carrier, passes through a beam of sunlight in the midst of dark clouds. A rainbow appears to be just in front of the ship. 

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“Deborah Gannett … maketh oath, that she served as a private soldier, under the name of Robert Shurtliff in the war of the revolution …” 

Pension and Bounty Land Application of Deborah (Sampson) Gannett, September 14, 1818. 

Record Group 15: Records of the Department of Veterans Affairs
Series: Case Files of Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Applications Based on Revolutionary War Service

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Women’s Army Corps Cpl. Barbara Fenster (left) and Cpl. Genevieve E. Guethlein secure information from German prisoner of war Pvt. Frederick Bonk, captured in Tunisia. September 7, 1943, at Hampton Roads Port of Embarkation. “Record Group 336:...
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Women’s Army Corps Cpl. Barbara Fenster (left) and Cpl. Genevieve E. Guethlein secure information from German prisoner of war Pvt. Frederick Bonk, captured in Tunisia. September 7, 1943, at Hampton Roads Port of Embarkation.

Record Group 336: Records of the Office of the Chief of Transportation

Series: Photographic Albums of Prints of Hampton Roads Port of Embarkation

Image description: Inside a tent, a young man in a German uniform with “AFRIKAKORPS” on his sleeve stands to the side of a desk. Seated at the desk are two women in Women’s Army Corps uniforms, who are writing. In the background are more desks and more German prisoners of war. 

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1st Lieutenant James Reese Europe and the 369th Infantry Regiment Band (the Harlem Hellfighters) play for patients in the American Red Cross Hospital No. 9, Paris, France, September 4, 1918.“Record Group 111: Records of the Office of the Chief Signal...
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1st Lieutenant James Reese Europe and the 369th Infantry Regiment Band (the Harlem Hellfighters) play for patients in the American Red Cross Hospital No. 9, Paris, France, September 4, 1918.“Record Group 111: Records of the Office of the Chief Signal...
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1st Lieutenant James Reese Europe and the 369th Infantry Regiment Band (the Harlem Hellfighters) play for patients in the American Red Cross Hospital No. 9, Paris, France, September 4, 1918.

Record Group 111: Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer

Series: Photographs of American Military Activities

Image description: 1st Lieutenant Europe conducts a brass band who are standing in rows outside a building. All of the men are wearing WWI Army uniforms. A sign in the background reads HOTEL TUNIS. This regiment, the “Harlem Hellfighters,” was made up of all Black soldiers. 

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Wreck of German airplane with bomb. Ravetsburg Camp. Ypres Salient and area, September 1, 1918. From the British War Museum. “Record Group 165: Records of the War Department General and Special Staffs Series: British Photographs of World War...
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Wreck of German airplane with bomb. Ravetsburg Camp. Ypres Salient and area, September 1, 1918. From the British War Museum. 

Record Group 165: Records of the War Department General and Special Staffs

Series: British Photographs of World War I

Image description: A soldier in a WWI uniform stands in front of the twisted wreckage of an airplane. He is propping up a bomb that is taller than he is. In the background we can see empty ground with a few damaged trees. 

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American soldiers and YMCA women gather for a song at Aix-le-Bains, France, August 27, 1918. “Record Group 111: Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer Series: Photographs of American Military Activities ” Image description: About two dozen...
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American soldiers and YMCA women gather for a song at Aix-le-Bains, France, August 27, 1918. 

Record Group 111: Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer

Series: Photographs of American Military Activities

Image description: About two dozen American soldiers and two women are gathered around a piano. One man is playing, and several people have their mouths open in song. 

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A Coast Guard combat cutter protects a convoy of merchant vessels carrying war supplies to Europe. Oil painting by USCG combat artist Hunter Wood, August 25, 1943. “Record Group 26: Records of the U.S. Coast Guard Series: Photographs of Activities,...
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A Coast Guard combat cutter protects a convoy of merchant vessels carrying war supplies to Europe. Oil painting by USCG combat artist Hunter Wood, August 25, 1943. 

Record Group 26: Records of the U.S. Coast Guard

Series: Photographs of Activities, Facilities, and Personalities

File Unit: Art by Wood through Miscellaneous, Including Ships

Image description: Black-and-white image of an oil painting depicting a Coast Guard cutter in a heaving sea. Barely visible in the background mist is a large merchant vessel. 

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Rifle barrels being straightened. Rock Island Arsenal, Rock Island, Ill, August 23, 1918. “Record Group 111: Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer Series: Photographs of American Military Activities ” Image description: Two men standing...
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Rifle barrels being straightened. Rock Island Arsenal, Rock Island, Ill, August 23, 1918. “Record Group 111: Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer Series: Photographs of American Military Activities ” Image description: Two men standing...
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Rifle barrels being straightened. Rock Island Arsenal, Rock Island, Ill, August 23, 1918. 

Record Group 111: Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer

Series: Photographs of American Military Activities

Image description: Two men standing in a workroom amid racks and racks of rifle barrels. The men are each holding up a rifle barrel to look through it. The barrel is held in an umbrella-shaped contraption which is probably turned to straighten the barrel. 

Image description: A large light workroom with many racks of rifle barrels in it. Several men look through rifle barrels. 

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Map of the Civil War Siege of Vicksburg, Mississippi., August 20, 1863. “Record Group 77: Records of the Office of the Chief of Engineers Series: Published Maps ” Image description: Map of Vicksburg, Mississippi, and surrounding areas, including a...
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Map of the Civil War Siege of Vicksburg, Mississippi., August 20, 1863. 

Record Group 77: Records of the Office of the Chief of Engineers

Series: Published Maps

Image description: Map of Vicksburg, Mississippi, and surrounding areas, including a loop of the Mississippi River and the terrain around the city. Cross-sections show the Federal and Rebel batteries, and colored lines show the locations of opposing forces. 

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“Air Surgeons recommendation that medicinal whiskey be made available all theatres of operation for the issue to Army Air Forces Combat crew members upon their return from serial combat missions or operations, is concurred in.” August 19,...
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“Air Surgeons recommendation that medicinal whiskey be made available all theatres of operation for the issue to Army Air Forces Combat crew members upon their return from serial combat missions or operations, is concurred in.” August 19, 1943.

Record Group 492: Records of Mediterranean Theater of Operations, United States Army

Series: Formerly Security Classified General Correspondence

File Unit: SECT 435, Coffee, Tea, Beverages, Drinks

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Track chart of bombing mission to Schweinfurt, August 17, 1943. “Record Group 18: Records of the Army Air Forces Series: World War II Combat Operations Reports File Unit: 306th Bombardment Group Operations, Aug. 16-31, 1943 ” Image description: Chart...
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Track chart of bombing mission to Schweinfurt, August 17, 1943. 

Record Group 18: Records of the Army Air Forces

Series: World War II Combat Operations Reports

File Unit: 306th Bombardment Group Operations, Aug. 16-31, 1943

Image description: Chart of the area between England and Germany, with lines showing the route from English airfields, across the Netherlands and Belgium, and into Germany. Colored dots mark combats, and flags mark flak. 

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Members of the U.S. Army 7th Special Forces (Green Berets) prepare to be lifted off the ground in special harnesses as they practice an extraction system designed to withdraw troops by helicopter, August 15, 1978. “Record Group 330: Records of the...
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Members of the U.S. Army 7th Special Forces (Green Berets) prepare to be lifted off the ground in special harnesses as they practice an extraction system designed to withdraw troops by helicopter, August 15, 1978. 

Record Group 330: Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense

Series: Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

Image description: Two men in camouflage uniforms, with the sleeves rolled up. They are each wearing a harness similar to a parachute harness, and are gripping the chest strap of the other man’s harness. One man has a stoic look on his face, and the other is snarling. 

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