Historical Military Archives

Reenactments and historical film snippets showcasing military events, from colonial battles to space missions, highlighting military history.

1943 - Ambulance crews and crash crews wait for B-17s to land.

Marines test equipment aboard the aviation logistic ship USNS WRIGHT (T-AVB 3) during exercise OCEAN VENTURE '88. Subject Operation/Series: OCEAN VENTURE '88 Base: Nas, Roosevelt Roads State: Puerto Rico (PR) Country: United States Of America (USA)

US Navy Aviation Structural Mechanic Third Class Mike Obesso and US Navy Aviation Structural Mechanic Third Class Jason Severson repair a gearbox on a HH-60H Seahawk from Helicopter Anti-submarine Squadron Seven (HS-7) on board USS HARRY S. TRUMAN (CVN 75). Truman and its battle group are participating in Exercise UNIFIED SPIRIT, a NATO led United Nations training exercise simulating peace keeping operations off the coast of the Atlantic. Subject Operation/Series: UNIFIED SPIRIT Base: USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75)

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A wooden box containing Soviet ammunition magazines, seized by US military personnel during Operation URGENT FURY. Subject Operation/Series: URGENT FURY Country: Grenada (GRD)

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House fire at Point Independence, Onset, Mass. , Fires, Houses, Fire fighters, Fire fighting. Photographs by Ernst Halberstadt

An electrical engineer works in the Aeronautical Systems Division. Base: Wright-Patterson Air Force Base State: Ohio (OH) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Independence Day events around the Department of Interior headquarters building and the National Mall, Washington, D.C.

DF-ST-89-06289. Base: Beale Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Sabotage in G.P.O. building on June 10th & 11th 1939. Blown out collection box. 1939, Jerusalem, Israel

A plane director waits for his next aircraft on the flight deck of the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER (CVN-69). The EISENHOWER is on station in the Persian Gulf in response to Iraq's invasion of Kuwait. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELD/STORM Country: Unknown

Explosion, warzone and army with helicopter on battlefield for military, nuclear missile launch and soldier. Warrior, bomb and attack with target on city for rocket, destruction and Armageddon

A "patient" with a protective cover takes part in a chemical warfare exercise. Base: Ramstein Air Base State: Rheinland-Pfalz Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU)

Stalker with gun. Man in gas mask and camouflage holding gun. Disaster concept

DF-ST-87-08149. Subject Operation/Series: PATRIOT PEACH '86 Base: Gulfport Air National Guard Base State: Mississippi (MS) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DF-SC-85-07676. Country: Unknown

Secretary Gale Norton at events marking the centennial of the first powered flight, Wright Brothers National Memorial, Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina

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DF-ST-85-02918. Country: Philippines (PHL)

royal defence agency farnborough 1938 dera wind tunnel fan detail

DA-SC-86-08953. Base: Hongchon Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR)

220722-N-JO823-1188 CHANGI NAVAL BASE, Singapore (July 22, 2022) Boatswains Mate 3rd Class Wyatt Shaw, from Bush Mill, Florida, watches line handlers on the pier in the forecastle of the U.S. Navys only forward-deployed aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) as the ship pulls into Changi Naval Base, Singapore for a scheduled port visit. Ronald Reagan, the flagship of Carrier Strike Group 5, provides a combat-ready force that protects and defends the United States, and supports alliances, partnerships and collective maritime interests in the Indo-Pacific region.

PETTY Officer 3rd Class David Burbine and SEAMAN Apprentice Wayne Smith lie on stretchers in a 438th Military Airlift Wing C-141B Starlifter aircraft which is transporting them to Germany for further medical treatment. Four crewmen were seriously injured when the guided missile frigate USS SAMUEL B. ROBERTS (FFG-58) struck a mine while operating in the Persian Gulf. Country: Unknown

DF-ST-88-03484. Base: Dyess Air Force Base State: Texas (TX) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Illustration depicting Italian torpedo riders leading a torpedo through the cut net during the Second World War. Dated 20th Century

World War II re-enactment

A Soldier passes the time early in the morning at Sicily Drop Zone during the 16th Annual Randy Oler Memorial Operation Toy Drop, at Fort Bragg, N.C., Dec. 7, 2013. While the weather did not cooperate earlier in the day, the rain subsided around midday allowing hundreds of paratroopers to complete their jumps and earn their foreign jump wings while supporting area children in need with a new unwrapped toy.

Highlights from visit of then-Idaho Governor Dirk Kempthorne and wife Patricia to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, for Naval tour and Philadelphia Phillies baseball game

World war two: Holocaust survivor drinking from a metal bowl in front of barracks at Buchenwald concentration camp.

Three-quarter right front view of a Boeing B-29 Superfortress inside a dark hangar.. Three-quarter right front view of a Boeing B-29 Superfortress inside a dark hangar..

Coast Guard officers aboard the Cutter SWORDFISH assist non-Coast Guard civilians plunge into the cold waters of Puget Sound in Seattle. Here they experience first-hand the life-saving merits of survival suits. Hypothermia is a major cause of death at sea and survival suits such as these are used when necessary to abandon ship in cold waters. The civilians were part of a program designed to strengthen industry knowledge of and collaboration with the Coast Guard and its missions. The dog, Saylor, is a ship-board resident and faithful observer. US Coast Guard Art Program 2022 Collection, Ob ID# 202214. "Evacuation into the sea," Kristin Hosbein, oil, 24 x 12

Narcotics police check quality of cocaine Cochabamba Bolivia

North Korea, Mount Myohyang, guard holding hand gun standing by the entrance of friendship museum

Turkish forces in Hungary, 16th century, ms 1517 p 353A, Topkapi Palace Museum, Istanbul, Turkey

DN-ST-88-04354. Country: Unknown

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Richard Russell, a World War II Marine veteran, holds his 1st Marine Division shoulder patch during an interview at his home in Phoenix, Arizona, July 23, 2022. Russell fought in the Battle of Guadalcanal during WWII, and turned 20 years old while fighting on the island. This year he will be celebrating his 100th birthday on the 80th anniversary of the battle.

Police scene from set of 'Temptation', feature film, Miami, FL

Soldiers reacting to a drive-by act of terrorism at the Joint Readiness Training Center. Subject Operation/Series: COOPERATIVE NUGGET '97 Base: Fort Polk State: Louisiana (LA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

U.S. Air Force Airmen from the 320th Special Tactics Squadron conduct a simulated rescue/recovery of isolated pilots at Kadena Air Base, Japan, June 29, 2023. The 320th STS conducts training operations like this to provide multi-capable Airmen high risk, realistic scenarios in order to gain experience for real world rescue operations.

U.S. Army Spc. Grayson Powell, assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Battalion, 1st Infantry Division, stands in the gas chamber at the memorial and museum at Auschwitz-Birkenau in Oświęcim, Poland, Sept. 16, 2022. Hundreds of thousands of men, women and children were murdered inside these chambers as part of the genocide carried out by Nazi Germany.

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A technician looks into an anechoic chamber used for testing antennas, radar and satellite communication equipment. Base: Fort Monmouth State: New Jersey(NJ) Country: United States Of America(USA)

A Naval aviator gets ready to extricate himself from his parachute harness, one of the exercises comprising the Naval Aviation Water Survival Training Program (NAWSTP). Base: Naval Air Station, Jacksonville State: Florida(FL) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Military shirt of the Swiss army unknown label

Soldier using tracking software on green screen laptop to gain info against enemies. Army expert using chroma key notebook to gain intel helping troops, coordinating mission activities, camera B

Holland. s.n. 1808 1910. Vinkhuijzen, Hendrik Jacobus. still image. Illustrations. General Research Division. Military uniforms , History, Netherlands, Military uniforms , Netherlands

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Military shirt of the Swiss army unknown label

STAFF SGT. Shahr Poureetezadi, Aircraft Jet Engine Technician from the 523rd Fighter Squadron, 27th Fighter Wing, Cannon Air Force Base, New Mexico does a tail feather check inspection on his jet. This is part of a four day exercise involving Navy, Army, Air Force, Marines and Coast Guard to test proficiency in joint operations and coordination of various elements of a strike package. Subject Operation/Series: Joint Task Force Exercise 95-2 Base: Langley Air Force Base State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Silhouette of a warrior with a sword in the smoke of a mountain war

Vacant trench

A plaque commemorating the Marine Medium Tilt-Rotor Squadron 163s mission in Djibouti is displayed during a Transfer of Authority ceremony at Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, Oct. 1, 2022. VMM-163 transferred authority of the marine tilt-rotor mission at Camp Lemonnier to VMM-266. (Department of Defense photo by U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Thomas Johns)

The My Lai massacre, was the mass murder of unarmed South Vietnamese civilians by U.S. troops in Son Tinh District, South Vietnam, on 16 March 1968 during the Vietnam War. Between 347 and 504 unarmed people were killed by U.S. Army soldiers.

Senior Airman Jeffrey Jenkins, a 31st Maintenance Squadron metals technology craftsman, welds a bracket Aug. 2, 2016, at Aviano Air Base, Italy. Once completed, the brackets will hold radars for the 606th Air Control Squadron.

Members of Experimental Staff Observing Wind Tunnel Tests on Accurate Scale Model of B-25 Bomber, North American Aviation, Inc., Inglewood, California, USA, Alfred T Palmer for Office of War Information, October 1942

Handsome german soldier with blonde woman on his knees

NAVAL SUPPORT ACTIVITY SOUDA BAY, Greece (Oct. 29, 2022) Equipment Operator Constructionman Jiya Gannone, assigned to Naval Support Activity (NSA) Souda Bay, Greece, participates as an actor in the annual Seabee haunted house on Oct. 29, 2022. NSA Souda Bay is an operational ashore base that enables U.S., Allied, and Partner nation forces to be where they are needed when they are needed to preserve security and stability in the European, African, and Central Command areas of responsibility.

Noyon, France , 1917 - Devastated regions, Somme, Oise, Aisne - Fernand Cuville (photographic section of the army) - (September -October) (French - Noyon , France). Rear-Front, Christianity, Funeral Architecture, Fleur, Military Cemetery, Panels, Religious Architecture, Army, First World War, Religion, Housing , Architecture, Registration , Information, Society, France, Noyon, cemetery of French soldiers

The co-pilot of a transport aircraft checks an aeronautical chart during a flight in support of Operation Desert Shield. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELD Country: Unknown

DN-ST-86-02351. State: Indiana (IN) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Special Agent Daniel Livingston, USAF, Air Force Office of Special Investigations (AFOSI) Detachment 512, Royal Air Force Lakenheath, United Kingdom "lifts" a finger print from a compact disk during a training session using the black powder method. The primary responsibilities of the AFOSI Detachment 512 are criminal investigative and counterintelligence services. The AFOSI seeks to identify, investigate and neutralize espionage, terrorism, fraud and other major criminal activities that may threaten US Air Force and Department of Defense resources. Base: Raf Lakenheath State: East Anglia Country: England / Great Britain (ENG) Scene Major Command Shown: USAFE

Soldiers' graffiti, Upper Fortress, Franzensfeste Fortress, Fortezza, Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy, 20th century.

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