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    Douglas Meriwether Conwell Collection Commander, Navy, Vietnam War, 1961-1975 - Glynco, Georgia; Newport, Rhode Island; Washington, DC; Mare Island, California; Vietnam; Nashville, Tennessee; Rhode Island; Germany; MacDill Air Force Base, Florida; Panama City, Florida.
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    John Tinoco, Sr. Collection Seaman First Class, Navy, World War, 1939-1945 - Great Lakes, Illinois (basic training); Virginia; Rhode Island; Hawaii; Pacific Theater.
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    Discharging a Whitehead torpedo
    Title in Edison films catalog: Discharging a torpedo | Variant title in Edison motion pictures 1890-1900: Discharging Whitehead torpedo
    "Taken on board the U.S. torpedo boat "Morris." It shows the crew loading a Whitehead torpedo into the tube and then discharging it. The torpedo can be seen running along the surface of the water for a distance of over half a mile. 75 feet"--Edison films catalog.
    • Contributor: Thomas A. Edison, Inc - Niver (Kemp) Collection (Library of Congress) - Paper Print Collection (Library of Congress) - White, James H. (James Henry)
    • Date: 1900
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    Howard W. Newcomb Collection Yeoman Second Class, Navy, World War, 1939-1945 - Chicago, Illinois; Rhode Island; Newport News, Virginia; Brooklyn, New York; Hawaii; Guam (Mariana Islands); Rota, (Northern Mariana Islands); Saipan, (Northern Mariana Islands); Tinian (Northern Mariana Islands); Yap Island (Caroline Islands); Iwo Jima; Philippines; Okinawa Island (Ryukyu Islands).
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    Drill by Providence police
    Title from Early motion pictures: Drill by the Providence Police
    "In the center of a town square, a company of uniformed policemen equipped with nightsticks is standing at attention. The policemen execute several close-order drill maneuvers similar to those of any army infantry company. They end as they began, company front"--Early motion pictures.
    • Contributor: Armitage, F. S. - American Mutoscope and Biograph Company - Paper Print Collection (Library of Congress)
    • Date: 1903
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    Jack Peter Yates Collection Gunner's Mate Third Class, Navy, Korean War, 1950-1953 - Washington, DC; Rhode Island; Virginia; Mediterranean Sea.
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    Walter Darreld Leidner Collection Chief Petty Officer, Navy, Vietnam War, 1961-1975 - San Diego, California; Tucson, Arizona; Washington, DC; Rhode Island; Kodiak Island, Alaska; Coronado, California; Port Hueneme, California; Keyport, Washington; Florida; Honolulu, Hawaii; Vietnam; Okinawa; Ross Island, Antarctica; Rota, Spain; Greece.
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    Pawtucket Fire Department
    Title from Biograph production log: Run of Pawtucket Fire Dept
    "A good film, photographed from a single-camera position, of the Fire Department of the city of Pawtucket, Rhode Island, and its equipment. For the time, the apparatus was ultramodern"--Early motion pictures.
    • Contributor: Armitage, F. S. - American Mutoscope and Biograph Company - Paper Print Collection (Library of Congress)
    • Date: 1903
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    Richard C. Koundakjian Collection Petty Officer Second Class, Navy, World War, 1939-1945 - Rhode Island; Hawaii; Guam (Mariana Islands); Japan; China.
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    George Mendonsa Collection Quartermaster First Class, Navy, World War, 1939-1945 - Pacific Theater.
    • Contributor: Mendonsa, George - Redmond, Patricia T. - Daughters of the American Revolution, Frederick, Maryland Chapter
    • Date: 1942
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    Torpedo boat "Morris" running
    Title in Edison films catalog: U.S. torpedo boat "Morris" running at full speed | Variant title in Edison motion pictures 1890-1900: Torpedo boat "Morris" running under full speed
    "This scene was taken at Newport, R. I., and shows this wonderful torpedo boat running at the rate of thirty miles an hour. When the boat came in front of the camera it discharged a gigantic Whitehead torpedo, which is seen to dive into the water like an enormous fish. 75 feet"--Edison films catalog.
    • Contributor: Thomas A. Edison, Inc - Paper Print Collection (Library of Congress) - White, James H. (James Henry)
    • Date: 1900
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    Albert F. Petrarca Collection Corporal, Army, World War, 1939-1945 - Camp Bowie, Texas; Louisiana; Camp Myles Standish, Massachusetts; England; France; European Theater.
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    Joyce Marie Babers Collection E-4, Navy, Vietnam War, 1961-1975 - Orlando, Florida; Chicago, Illinois; Philippines.
    • Contributor: Trott, Wendy Carmen - Babers, Joyce Marie - Delaware Technical & Community College
    • Date: 1975
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    James H. McLaughlin Collection Lieutenant, Navy, Cold War - Atlantic; Mediterranean.
    • Contributor: Lindsey E. Laudermilk - McLaughlin, James H. - Comber, Jennifer L. - Centerville High School, Social Studies Honor Society - Collen McCabe - Ritchey, Terri
    • Date: 1953
    • Resource: Interview / Recording - Video - 00:48:23.0
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    Lorenzo Palafox Collection Navy, Vietnam War, 1961-1975 - Rhode Island; Millington, Tennessee; Pacific; Naval Air Station (NAS) Cubi Point (Philippines); Naval Regional Center, Bremerton, Washington. Lieutenant Commander, Cold War.
    • Contributor: Green, Marjorie J. - Joan Cortez - Daughters of the American Revolution, Sacramento Chapter - Palafox, Lorenzo - Parker, Sandra
    • Date: 1970
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    Ward B. Chamberlin, Jr. Collection World War, 1939-1945.
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    Henry S. Lawler Collection Major, Army, World War, 1939-1945 - United States; Rhode Island.
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    Wendell E. Johnson Collection Petty Officer Third Class, Navy, Vietnam War, 1961-1975 - Rhode Island; California; Vietnam.
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    Michael A. Dorsey Collection Staff Sergeant, Army, Persian Gulf War, 1991 - United States; Germany; Korea.
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    Kermit Warren Andrus Collection Second Lieutenant, Marine Corps, Korean War, 1950-1953 - Florida; North Carolina; Hawaii. Colonel, Marine Corps, Vietnam War, 1961-1975 - Alabama; Rhode Island; Washington, DC; Vietnam; Haiti; Dominican Republic.
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    Jack Reed Collection Major, Army, Cold War - Fort Bragg, North Carolina; Fort Benning, Georgia; West Point, New York.
    • Contributor: Library of Congress - Veterans History Project - Williams, Brien R. - Reed, Jack
    • Date: 1967
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    Raymond Dale Dubberke Collection Seaman Second Class, Navy, Cold War - San Diego, California; Rhode Island; Atlantic; South America.
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    Fred Blair Asay Collection E-4, Navy, Vietnam War, 1961-1975 - Rhode Island; California; Vietnam.
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    Marvin Francis Pixton, III Collection Colonel, Marine Corps, Vietnam War, 1961-1975 - Quantico, Virginia; Pensacola, Florida; North Carolina; Vietnam; California; Rhode Island; Washington, DC.
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    Burke Allen Tarble Collection Army, Afghan War, 2001- - Afghanistan. Lieutenant Colonel, Army, Persian Gulf War, 1991 - Iraq; Fort Sill, Oklahoma; Rhode Island; England. Army, Peacekeeping forces--Bosnia and Hercegovina - Bosnia; Serbia; Russia. Army, Iraq War, 2003-2011 - Iraq.