Aero Squadron Crew Before Mission

Members of an aero squadron preparing for a raid, capturing camaraderie among military personnel before the flight.

Aircraft, Burma, India &Ceremonies& Decorations, Awards, War
Aircraft, Burma, India &Ceremonies& Decorations, Awards, War
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Lt. R.B. Mahan Is Presented The Distinguished Flying Cross During A Ceremony At 1St Combat Crew Replacement Center, Aaf Station 112, England. 11 December 1943.
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Major Kendel Receives A Decoration From Brig. General Frederick W. Evans At A 14Th Air Force Base Somewhere In China.
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Brig. General John P. Mcconnell Presents An Award To A Member Of The 14Th Air Force During A Ceremony At An Air Base Somewhere In China.
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Brig. Gen. Harold L. Clark Of 9Th Troop Carrier Command Is Presented A Medal By Major General Paul L. Williams At An Air Base Somewhere In England. 22 March 1945.
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Major General Charles B. Stone Receives A Decoration From Lt. General George E. Stratemeyer At A 14Th Air Force Base Somewhere In China.
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Aircraft, Burma, India &Ceremonies& Decorations, Awards, War
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Aircraft, Burma, India &Ceremonies& Decorations, Awards, War
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Lieut. Commander Berg Awarded Bronze Star. For "distinguishing himself by meritorious achievement as Assistant Communications Officer during the amphibious invasion of Southern France in August, 1944," Coast Guard Lieut. Commander Martin D. Berg, of 119 Dudley Street, Medford, Mass., receives The Bronze Star Medal from Rear Admiral Frank J. Lowry, Commander, Eighth Amphibious Force, of Cresco, Iowa. The award was by the Commander of the U.S. Eighth Fleet in the name of the President of the United States.
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Capt. Eddie Richenbacker, Center, Reviews Troops Of The 94Th Fighter Squadron, 1St Fighter Group Somewhere In Italy.
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GENE. Władysław Kalkus breaking with soldiers wafer during the Christmas Eve in Bramcote unknown
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Capt. John J. Brunasky, son of A.F. Brunasky, 1600 Morningside Ave., Pittsburgh, Pa. is congratulated by Col. John W. Monahan, Chief of Staff of Maj. General John F. Cannon's 12th AF, after receiving the Distinguished Flying Cross for his exploits as
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Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Remembrance memory of the U-Brigade in Padang. Soldiers greeting. May 4, 1947. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies, Padang, Sumatra
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Visit of Peruvian Combined Services Mission To Bentwaters Fighter Station Near Woodbridge, Suffolk, England, UK, 1945 Flight Lieutenant M Burgos (left) and Squadron Leader M O'Brien (right), both from Peru, chat to Group Captain Douglas Bader, DSO and Bar, DFC and Bar, during a visit to RAF Bentwaters in Suffolk. To the left of the photograph, part of the control tower buildings can be seen, and the wind sock is visible to the right of the photograph.
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Coast Guard Commander Wins Second Legion of Merit. Coast Guard Commander Ralph R. Curry (right) is presented a gold star, in lieu of a second Legion of Merit, by Captain W. K. Scammell, 8th District Coast Guard Officer, at New Orleans, La. Commander Curry, skipper of a Coast Guard-manned Destroyer Escort, was cited for "able leadership, prompt and decisive action" in destroying a Nazi submarine recently somewhere in the Atlantic. He had received his first Legion of Merit as commanding officer of a cutter which rescued survivors of a torpedoed transport in the North Atlantic. Commander Curry's wife and two small daughters live in Alexandria, Va.
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Brig. Gen. Julian M. Chappell Presenting An Award To A Member Of The 91St Troop Carrier Squadron, 439Th Troop Carrier Group During A Ceremony At An Air Base Somewhere In France. 2 February 1945.
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Major Harvey J. Scandrett of North Hollywood, Calif., is shown being decorated with the Air Medal, Distinguished Flying Cross and the Silver Star, by Lt. General George C. Kenney. The Major was one of 16 pursuit pilots to be decorated on the eve of
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British commonwealth public relations office, TokyoThe Commander-in-Chief British Commonwealth Forces, Korea, Lieut-General William Bridgeford, (right) receiving the, American Legion of Merit, from the C-in-C United Nations Command, General Mark W Clark, at a farewell parade held in Tokyo in General Bridgeford's honour prior to his departure for Australia. February 11, 1953. (Photo by Public Pelations HQ Bcom)
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2 military people..
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DM-SN-88-09748. Base: Unknown
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1St Lt. George R. Gibson Of Salem, Ohio Was Presented With The Distinguished Flying Cross For Extraordinary Achievement While Participating In Aerial Flight. Lt. Gibson, Is Shown Having The Coveted Award Pinned On By Colonel John W. Monahan, 12Th Aaf Chi
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Major General Lewis H. Brereton Congratulates A Member Of The 386Th Bomb Group After Presenting Him With An Award During A Ceremony At An Air Base Somewhere In England. 6 March 1944.
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Madame Chiang Kai Shek Decorates Brig. Gen. John P. Mcconnell With Chinese Award.
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A Group Of 381St Bomb Group Members Pose For The Photographer After Receiving Awards During A Ceremony At An Air Base Somewhere In England. 18 December 1943.
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Colonel Philip Cochran (Right) Talks With An Unidentified British Officer While Waiting For The Beginning Of The 1St Air Commando Force'S Maneuvers To Begin. India, December 1943.
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Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Award for Lieutenant Colonel Th.J.A. I-11 R.I boers Tjimahi (at Bandoeng). Lieutenant colonel th.j.a. Boers is congratulated by a KNIL captain. April 1947. Bandung, Cimahi, Indonesia, Dutch East Indies
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Soldiers taking an oath , Soldiers, Oaths, Watertown Arsenal Mass.. Records of U.S. Army Operational
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Captain Power Leach Decorated with Silver Star. Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and Personnel
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Colonel Harry P. Leber Presents An Award To A Member Of The 381St Bomb Group During A Ceremony At An Airfield Somewhere In England. 18 August 1944.
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Coast Guard Combat Correspondent At Okinawa. Coast Guardsman J. Clinton Bolton, of 514 East 78th Street, New York City, a Combat Correspondent who came to Okinawa Island aboard a Coast Guard-manned LST, is shown here interviewing Lieutenant Commander C. H. Frazier, USNR, who is the senior officer of the military government unit established on this former Jap stronghold. Comdr. Frazier lives in WellFleet, Mass.
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MGEN Jacob W. Moore, Commanding General, 4th Marine Aircraft Wing (4th MAW), shakes hands with SGM Ernest W. Arthur after presenting him with a Bronze Star medal with Combat "V" during a ceremony at 4th MAW headquarters. SGM Arthur earned the award on November 27, 1950, while serving as a squad leader with Co. I, 3rd Bn., 7th Marines, 1ST Marine Div., in North Korea. Base: New Orleans State: Louisiana (LA) Country: United States Of America (USA)
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Major General Lewis H. Brereton Congratulates A Member Of The 386Th Bomb Group After Presenting Him With An Award During A Ceremony At An Air Base Somewhere In England. 6 March 1944.
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Men Of The 458Th Bomb Group Pose For The Photographer After Receiving The Distinguished Flying Cross During A Ceremony At An Air Base Somewhere In England. 29 November 1944.
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Bishop Spellman Is Greeted By 14Th Air Force Officers Upon His Arrival At A Base Somewhere In China. 23 September 1945.
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Admiral's Son Gets His Commission the 'Hard Way'. Rear Admiral Robert Donohue , Chief of Coast Guard Personnel, is shown greeting his 21 year old son Lt. Robert E. Donohue who earned his wings in the Army Air Corps at Ellington Field, Houston, Texas. Going 'out on his own' young Donohue enlisted in the Army as a private and came up the 'hard way'.
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US Air Force, ALEUTIAN ISLANDS & ALASKA
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BGEN John E. Rogers presents the Batoon of the Yellow Knight Parachute Team to base commander COL Vernon L. Frye during the open house. Base: Tempelhof Airport Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU)
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Major General Nathan F. Twining, Commanding Gen. Of The 15Th Af In Italy Ties The Presidential Citation Ribbon To The Group Banner Of The 98Th Bomb Group At Presentation Ceremonies Held In Italy. The Second Citation For The Consolidated B-24 Liberator Gr
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The Legion of Merit is awarded to LCOL William B. Mason Jr., by MGEN H. Norman Schwarzkopf at a ceremony at the Pentagon. Base: Arlington State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)
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Men Attached To Hdq., 1St Bomb Division, Are Briefed Prior To Take Off On A Mission Against The Enemy On 31 July 1944.
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The Thousandth U.S. Soldier To Marry A Japanese -- The 1,000th. marriage in Progress in progress at the U.S. consulate in Tokyo. Sgt. Donald Kipker of Lima, Ohio, wed Mosuko Sakurai of Tokyo. The two have been friends for three years. The fraternisation between American soldiers of the United States Occupation Forces in Japan and Japanese girls, has resulted in an amazing number of marriages. One of the reasons for the many East-West marriages is the Westernisation of the Japanese girls. The average girls now go to business and are copying, in many ways, American girls, includings ways of dress. The 1,000th. of such marriages was performed recently in the American Consulate in Tokyo. April 01, 1951. (Photo by Paul Popper Ltd.).
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Wounded American Soldiers Of Japanese Descent Back From Battle -- Four wounded American soldiery of Japanese descent, back in the U.S. after fighting the Germans in Italy, talk over their battle experiences in a hotel room in New York City. All of them are from Hawaii and were members of the famed 100th U.S. Infantry Battalion, which is composed almost entirely of American boys whose families moved to the U.S. from Japan. They are (left to right, seated): Private Kenneth Otagaki, 27, who lost a leg in the battle for Cassino, and Captain Kiyoshi Kuramoto, who received undisclosed wounds. In the rear are: Technical Sergeant Robert Y. Oda, who lost an arm 6 and his right eye in a dynamite explosion in Rome, and Private First Class Tamotsu Shimitzu, who lost an arm on the Anzio beachhead. November 27, 1944. (Photo by U.S. Office of War Information Picture).
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Maj. Gen. Maxwell D. Taylor (right), named officially yesterday to command the American Military Government and the Army forces in Berlin, and Brig. Gen. Frank Howley, look at a map of Berlin in headquarters there on Tuesday. General Taylor, wartime paratroop leader, succeeds Howley as commandant and Col. James T. Duke as commander of the Berlin military a post. The double authority was given him "in order to unify the United States position in Berlin." August 7, 1949. (Photo by AP Wirephoto).
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Renewal of Army Navy "E" Award, Three Star, Navy Yard, Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Administrative History of the First Naval District in World War II