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plane that caused major damage. Walter quietly vowed that if he survived the war, he would go into public service to put an end to such violence and destruction. Soon afterward, exhausted by intense battle, he sought an honorable discharge. On
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Proxmire campaigned diligently for the vacant Senate seat. The McCarthyite wing of the GOP in large part turned against Walter (as it had against Eisenhower), and this lack of support, accompanied by Proxmire's populist rhetoric and financial support from labor unions, prompted a dramatic
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746:McCarthyite
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675:Company in
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628:Essex class
593: 1881
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327:Businessman
145:Preceded by
51:introducing
1921:Categories
1891:(grandson)
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1477:Kohler Jr.
1445:Schmedeman
1435:Kohler Sr.
1241:Territory
1188:1951–1957
1136:Republican
1095:Republican
1037:References
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1144:Wisconsin
868:"April 4"
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558:in 1925.
259:Relations
119:In office
109:33rd
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1492:Reynolds
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1415:McGovern
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1400:Scofield
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658:and the
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301:(father)
269:Children
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1689:Related
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1420:Philipp
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1149:Class 1
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564:Windway
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1487:Nelson
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