1940s Military Training Scenes

Black and white images depicting military personnel engaged in training exercises with weaponry, showcasing historical practices from the 1940s.

A tank, a wall and an automobile are damaged with an M1 Rocket Launcher, on a practice range, in 1943.

Australian soldiers receive a briefing with a scaled model of the battlefield they will soon be entering, World war One. 1917

Other Projects. 1930 - 1949. Central Plains Region (Kansas City, MO). Negative. Department of the Interior. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Standing Rock Agency. 9/17/1947-. Photographs

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A group of American soldiers assists in the evacuation of civilians during the Vietnam War.

US Civil War. Siege of Charleston, 1863. Three 100-pounder Parrot Rifled cannons at Battery Rosecrans fire at Fort Sumter. After the ironclads shelling proved ineffective, General Quincy Gillmore returned to the heavier land cannons, hoping to blast Sumter into surrender, as he had done to Fort Pulaski on April 10-11, 1862. Photo by Haas & Peale (BSLOC_2018_8_103)

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Staff Sgt. Joe Wilson of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma somewhere in North Australia strips two air screws for a Liberator bomber. Wilson uses part of ***** to strip the blades and then wheels the truck to a workshop. A Liberator has four three-bladed propellers. July 25, 1943.

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