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Aerial and ground views of military activities including aircraft, soldiers repairing runways, and fuel operations. The mood is historical and operational, showcasing wartime efforts.

The Long Seige Of Brest, France, Destroyed Or Damaged Virtually Every Building And Military Installations In The City. 26 Sept 1944.

The Main Street Of San Giuseppe, Italy Showing The " Black Snowfall" Caused By The Eruption Of Mt. Vesuvius (In Background) On 23 March 1944. In Many Places The Ashes And Cinders Were Well Over A Foot Deep.

Charleston, South Carolina. Photographer Samuel Cooley on parapet of Fort Sumter photographing soldier. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 . United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

Maj. Gen. E.R. Quesada, whose 9th Tactical Air Command pilots played a principal role in driving the Germans from St. Vith, Belgium, inspects a bomb crater in the village with his chief of combat operations, Col. Gilbert Meyers, left. Gen. Quesada's

Hundres Of 5 Gallon Jerry Tanks Are Filled With High-Octane Gasoline At A 353Rd Fighter Group Base In England. April 1945.

U.S. Headquarters at Palawan, Philippine Islands. 8 July 1945.

BREACHHEAD LANDINGS. Men...

These 8th Air Force Boeing B-17s on Poltava Airfield, Ukraine, Russia, having just completed their first shuttle-bombing msision from England, were destroyed on the ground in a perfectly timed and well executed attack by the German Air Force on the

Communication Cables Are Laid Between Poles Preparatory To Splicing And Raising. This Work Was Done By Men Of The 443Rd Signal Heavy Construction Battalion In Okinawa, Ryukyu Retto, July 1945. One Of The First Jobs Of The Battalion Was To Rebuild And Se

Chinese Coolies Stack Empty Gasoline Drums In A Large Pile - The Fuel Which Was Flown In From Over The Hump Has Been Transferred To A Large Storage Tank At This Boeing B-29 Base In China. The Empty Drums Are Not Salvages Because The Gasoline Fumes Which

Men Of The 410Th Bomb Group Construct A Shelter From Steel Matting And Tar Paper At A 9Th Air Force Base In France.

This photograph, taken from the top of the operations building, shows the southern approach to the airdrome near Palermo, Sicily. July 1943.

V 5511. Thule (depicted - name)

Bomb Damage In The Marshalling Yards At Trento, Italy. 2 May 1945.

Coming In At Tree-Top Level, North American B-25 Mitchell Bombers Of The 5Th Af Bomber Command Strafe And Bomb Railroad Yards At Sendai Town On Kyushu. The Medium Bombers Left The Yards And City In Flames In Attacks Which Lasted Two Days.

Easy recognition by attacking commando troops is the purpose of this shot of a railway tunnel in Italy.

Aviation Engineers Who Are Clearing Debris From Area On Saipan, Marianas Islands, Pause Long Enough To Wish The Folks At Home A 'Merry Christmas'. They Are, Left Ot Right: T/4 Charles Fischer, Pfc. William K. Visner, T/5 Dale Peterson, And Cpl. Angelo Del

When The Mission Has Been Completed And The Weary Pilots Of The 332Nd Fighter Group Return From Their Hazardous Flight Over Enemy Territory, The Control Tower Guides Them In For A "Happy Landing". Pictured Here On The Look-Out For Returning Planes Are Cp

Gettysburg battlefield / Jno. B. Bachelder, del. ; Endicott & Co. lith, New York. 1333C1() U.S. Copyright Office, Contains small map of Soldiers National Cemetery showing arrangement of graves, Signatures (facimilies) of generals verifying accuracy of troop positions as shown on map. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Battlefields, Gettysburg, Battle of, Gettysburg, Pa, 1863, Battlefields.

On The Morning Of 7 June 1945, 132 Aaf Fighters Consisting Of P-38 'Lights', P-47 'Thunderbolts', And P-51 "Mustangs", Dropped 31,680 Gallons Of Napalm On A Hill Near Mt. Pearl In The Philippine Islands. Following The Last Wave Of Fighters, 32 A-20 'Inva

The cell blocks in Bilibid Prison, Manila, which housed our military prisoners from Bataan and Corrigedor. The prison, built in the 15th Century by the Spanish, was condemned 30 years ago by the U.S. Government. Despite this, our men were kept here

Civilian Conservation Corps - Arizona. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

An Aerial View Of Tacloban Airstrip, Leyte, Philippine Islands. In The Background Can Be Seen A Large Concentration Of Shipping. 28 November 1944.

A Jeep 'Yardbird Iii' Plows Through The Heavy Dust At An Airfield In Italy. Dust Was Always A Major Problem For Aviation Engineers On Airfields Of The 12Th And 15Th Air Forces.

Safely landed and detached from their 'chutes, the Chinese soldiers are shown carrying supplies to their comrades through a recently evacuated village. Note the burned buildings.

Gi's Stationed On Okinawa, Ryukyu Retto, Wash Their Mess Kits In Drums Of Scalding Water, June 1945.

Historic photographs of the Norfolk Naval shipyard located in the Fifth Naval District. Operating under the Department of Defense and the Department of the Navy.

This Junkers 88, The German Long-Range Bomber, Was Among The Planes Found By The Allied Armies At An Airfield Near Brunswick, Germany. Tipped Forward On Its Nose, Most Of The Plane'S Intergral Fuselage Parts Were Burned Out By The Retreating Germans. An

Exterior View Of Radio School, 1328Th Aaf Base Unit, Misamari, Assam, India. 22 February 1945.

Dispensary Of The 94Th Fighter Squadron, 1St Fighter Group, At An Airfield Somewhere In Italy.

U.S. Aviation Engineers grading an airfield in Italy.

Firing 12' gun, Fort Hamilton

Civilian Conservation Corps - Camps - South Dakota. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

A close-up of the narrow beach at Arawe where American troops landed on New Britain. A close-up of the narrow beach at Arawe where American troops from Lieut. General Walter Krueger's Sixth Army landed on New Britain in a move which threatens

Rest Camp Established By The 14Th Air Force In China, For Men Who Show Marked Signs Of War Weariness. The Life At The Camp Is An Easy One - Fishing, Hunting, Relaxation, No Discipline And The Finest Food Procurable In China.

"Old Glory" Goes South" - The Stars and stripes wave over the Headquarters of the Byrd expedition in little America where the party will spend the Antarctic winter. May 19, 1929.

With A Background Of Sunken Ships Off-Shore And Crowds Of French People Who Attended Memorial Services, Five Air Force Veterans Of 'D' Day 1944 Pay Tribute To Their Fallen Comrades On The 5Th Anniversary Of The Famous 'Invasion Day' At Omaha Beach. The M

Aerial View Of Bomb Damaged Railroad Yards At Kaiserslautern, Germany. 8 May 1951. Should Be 8 May 1944.

Aircraft, Burma, India & INDIA,CAMOUFLAGE War

Dutch Gap Canal, James River, Virginia. Confederate battery on James River above Dutch Gap Canal. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 . United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

Aircraft, Burma, India & INDIA,BOMBS War

North American B-25 Patrol Bomber Crash-Landed In The Snow On Coast Of Greenland. Coast Guard Rescue Vessel Can Be Seen Off Shore Near Icebergs. (Photo 1 Of 4)

A-20 Havocs of the 12th Air Force dropped supplies by parachute to stealthy French commandos who preceded the main waves of amphibious fighters who landed in Southern France on D-Day. The technique of dropping supplies by parachute was

Patients' chapel, 23rd Field Hospital, San Fernando, Luzon, Philippine Islands. 12 August 1945.

Scs-51 Localizer Glide Path System Radar Installation Of The 4Th Army Airways Communications System Wing At Kwanghan, China. November 1944.

Aircraft, Burma, India &Operations War

This warning by Medical units of the 12th Air Force medium Bomber Bases, emphasizes Malaria Control on the Island of Corsica.

Men Attached To The S-2 (Intelligence) Section Relax At The 386Th Bomb Group Base In St. Trond, Belgium. 7 May 1945.

Hostel No. 7 At Liuchow Air Base 11/4/44. 308Th Bomb Group Base.

All that is left of a Republic P-47 is trucked away. It was shot down by a U.S. fighter over England on 13 March 44 when guns were fired accidentally on a camera mission. The other pilot believes the gun switch may have been struck when he closed

MARAUDERS GIVE AXIS BRIDGE THE ONE-TWO-THREE. This sequel of photos show one day's work in the long-range program of medium bombardment to knock out Axis communications in Italy. The results.

So Close That He Was Called Out The Umpire. Men In The 826Th Aviation Engineer Bn., Eye, Northants, England, Spend Their Leisure Time In A Game Of Baseball. This Battalion Stationed In England, Comprised Entirely Of Negro Troops, Is A Present Engaged In

Bomb Damage, Hanau, Germany.

Aircraft, Burma, India & INDIA,GLIDERS War

Rebel works beyond Munsons Hill embrasured. Morgan collection of Civil War drawings. Forts & fortifications, 1860-1870, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Campaigns & battles, United States, Virginia, Munson's Hill

Two Cg-4A Gliders Await A Snatch Pick Up By A Douglas C-47 Of The 9Th Troop Carrier Command, At Wesel, Germany. 17 April 1945.

AG-89 Edisto , Ships, Naval Vessels, Boats, Naval History, Navy

Radio Transmitter Tower Of The 4Th Army Airways Communications System Wing At Yangkai China. November 1944.

Anefo photo collection. Destruction: Arnhem. Convoy military vehicles. June 1945. Arnhem

Three-quarter right front view of a Republic F-84B Thunderjet (s/n 46-659) bearing the markings of the 8th Fighter Bomber Squadron (FBS), 49th Fighter Bomber Group (FBG), somewhere in Korea. Next to it is another Republic F-84B Thunderjet (s/n 46-613). In the background, four more F-84's are visible, two of which bear the markings of the 310th FBS, 58th FBG. In the foreground are several carts transporting bombs.

At Nagasaki, Japan Only Rubble Remains Near The Point Where The Atomic Bomb Was Dropped. Nagasaki Was So Pulverized That Only A Few Shacks Could Be Rebuilt Out Of Debris.

Damaged Me 262's On Field At Innsbruck Airdrome In Austria. May 1945.

Capt. Green Jungle Rescue 19 March To 4 April 1945. A Pt-19 On A Search And Rescue Mission Which Crashed Three Minutes Flying Time From Shingbwiyang Air Field, Burma. Before The Injured Pilot (Capt. James L. Green) Could Be Evacuated From The Hillside Int

Equipment and supplies of the 18th Fighter Group, dumped in jungle clearing on Middleburg Island, off the coast of Dutch New Guinea. 1944.

Airlift Activity -- Far East Air Forces troop and cargo carrying transports of the 315th Air Division (Combat Cargo) keep supplies of war materials flowing in a round the-clock operation. These C-54 Skymasters are only a few of the huge transports which airlifted 1300 tons of high priority cargo in one day, and helped haul 8000 tons of ammunition and rations in a week. May 25, 1951. (Photo by U.S. Air Force Photo).;Airlift Activity -- Far East Air Forces troop and cargo carrying transports of th

The wreathless graves of American war dead mark the mountain valley floor an officers and men of all arms of the service form for Armistice day ceremonies at the military cemetery in Palermo, Sicily.

DA-SN-85-05249. Base: Fort Irwin State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC airbases. Sorido Airstrip Biak. Traffic tower. April 1947. Biak, Indonesia, Dutch East Indies, New Guinea

May 1952 - Atomic Bomb Convoy - Men of the Marine Corps Provisional Exercise Unit are moved in military convoy to the entrenching area of the AEC Nevada Proving Ground to undergo atomic training during the detonation of the atomic bombon May 1, 1952.

When American troops landed on Sicily, they found bomb which had not exploded; there was no sign of a nose fuse. July 1943.

The ship's plaque from guided missile cruiser USS VALLEY FORGE (CG-50), historical data plaque, and the plaque of the original USS Valley Forge. Base: Pascagoula State: Mississippi (MS) Country: United States Of America (USA)

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