Historical Military Conversations

Black and white photographs depicting military personnel and civilians engaged in discussions, revealing historical contexts from the mid-20th century.

Anefo photo collection. Hostage in The Hague; Two female hostages released freely, after short research the women are taken away on stretchers. September 16, 1974. The Hague, South Holland

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Visit Minister Romme to Grote Oost Makassar, Menado, Ambon, Flores, Surabaya. Dr. C.P.M. Romme in conversation with members of his travel group and officers. January 24, 1947. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

Inspector General Z.K.H. Prince Bernhard visits the Nato-canteen during his working visit to 41 armored brigade and speak with a few professional and conscript executives.

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. Indonesian citizens and soldiers play a board game and put money in. December 1948. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

Swashers A / B from the submarine hunter Hr.Ms. Overijssel (D 815) Just before the Dutch New Guinea in July 1958.

Anefo photo collection. Practice Nuremberg .. Practice Nuremberg. December 4, 1945. Nuremberg

Anefo photo collection. Hostage in The Hague; Two female hostages released freely, after short research the women are taken away on stretchers. September 16, 1974. The Hague, South Holland

Anefo photo collection. Representatives of interest groups of the Dutch arms forces receive at Ministry of Defense. 13 June 1973

Smaldeel 1, with the commander of the marine forces (BDZ) vice admiral H.H.L. Pröpper (1906-1995, on the right shaking hands) A / B of the flagship Cruiser Hr.Ms. The seven provinces (C 802), visited Copenhagen at the end of October 1958. The BDZ received Danish dignitaries A / B under the supervising eye of the commander of the narrow part and of the Cruiser Captain-Ter-Sea P. Cool (1911-1971, right).

Visit of General M.P.J.F. Koenig, commander of the French occupation zone in Germany, to the Netherlands in April 1948. There was a boat trip in the port of Rotterdam.

Poll photo collection. Netherlands Antilles and Suriname at the time of the Royal Visit of Queen Juliana and Prince Bernhard in 1955. The Queen is a speech during the solemn meeting of the States of Suriname in the Department of General Affairs in Paramaribo. October 28, 1955. Suriname

Lt. M. Dekyvere. January 31, 1944.

NATO Council Meeting. Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and Personnel

Trip to Bermuda: Major General Sir Julian Gascoigne, Governor of Bermuda, presents gifts to President Kennedy and Harold Macmillan, Prime Minister of Great Britain, at Government House, Hamilton, Bermuda. Members of the press observe as President John F. Kennedy and Prime Minister of Great Britain Harold Macmillan (center) receive porcelain figurines from the Governor of Bermuda, Major General Sir Julian Gascoigne (right), at Government House in Hamilton, Bermuda. President Kennedy's figurine shows a Spanish Hog-Fish and a Sergeant Major fish swimming around a piece of coral; a silver plaque on the base reads: The Bermuda Meeting 1961John F. KennedyPresident of the United StatesFrom the Governor and People of Bermuda.

An overabundance of police, some equipped with chakos, here in Bochum in 1969, protected a ludicrously occupied gathering of the radical right-wing NPD from a hundred young people who came to demonstrate against the neo-Nazis, Germany, Europe

Mr. Rosevear, Senator G. Brown, Senator Ashley, Mr. Hughes, Dr. Evatt, Mr. Viscount Montgomery."Monty" Under Fire. A battery of cameras faced Field-Marshal Viscount Montgomery, when surrounded by politicians, he made a broadcast from Canberra. Viscount Montgomery said he had never seen so many photographers before. July 03, 1947.

Anefo photo collection. English Salvation Army General, Fred Cutts overview press conference. May 26, 1964

Presentation of the 1961 Collier Trophy, 11:30AM. President John F. Kennedy (center left, in crowd) visits with guests following the presentation of the 1961 Robert J. Collier Trophy; President Kennedy presented the trophy to four X-15 pilots on behalf of the National Aeronautic Association (NAA). Also pictured: trophy recipients, Major Robert M. White (U.S. Air Force), A. Scott Crossfield (North American Aviation), Joseph A. Walker (National Aeronautics and Space Administration), and Commander Forrest S. Petersen (U.S. Navy); White House correspondent for The Washington Star, Garnett D. Horner; White House Secret Service agent, Stu Stout. West Wing Lawn, White House, Washington, D.C.

Wrns Training of Wireless Telegraphists at W/t Naval Establishment. 1941. In the signal school, auto transmitter machine for instructors to see how trainees take down. Instructors on duty are Chief Nunn and PO Redman.

Anefo photo collection. Book about the 101nd Airborne Division by old fighters to Queen Juliana offered at Palace Soestdijk. Some of those present at the receipt. September 20, 1979. Baarn, Utrecht (Prov)

NATO Council Meeting, December 1952. Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and Personnel

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Evacuation of wonosobo Transfer of the patrol area to the TNI. Dutch and Indonesian officers of the TNI say goodbye to a building. October 18, 1949. Indonesia, Java, Dutch East Indies, Wonosobo

Anefo photo collection. Her royal highness Princess Beatrix leaves "Limburg" submarine boat hunter at the Scheldt Vlissingen. September 5, 1955. Vlissingen, Zeeland

Presentation of a bronze medal for a long-term service to a marva corporal

Address opening the National Archives The Old Navy exhibit, 4:59PM. President John F. Kennedy tours The Old Navy, 1776-1870, an exhibit of naval prints and watercolors from the collection of former president, Franklin D. Roosevelt. Left to right: unidentified photographer; Gladys Irene Roosevelt; Representative James Roosevelt (California); Assistant Press Secretary, Malcolm Kilduff; Administrator of the General Services Administration (GSA), Bernard L. Boutin; naval historian, Admiral Samuel Eliot Morison; unidentified (in background); President Kennedy. National Archives Building, Washington, D.C.

President Kennedy Watches the 1st Americas Cup Race. President John F. Kennedy (lower right) and First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy (upper right) arrive aboard the USS Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr., to watch the first race of the 1962 Americas Cup. Also pictured: Janet Lee Auchincloss; Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell Shepard; Ambassador of Great Britain, Sir David Ormsby-Gore; Sylvia Thomas Ormsby-Gore. United States Navy sailors stand at attention. Newport, Rhode Island.

1993 Armed Forces Day Parade, in Madrid, presided over by Their Majesties the King and Queen of Spain and Their Royal Highness the Prince of Asturias.

NATO, 12th Session of the Military Committee. Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and Personnel

Trip to Louisiana and Florida: New Orleans, Louisiana, address at Nashville Avenue Wharf dedication, 10:30AM. President John F. Kennedy (behind lectern in center) delivers remarks at the dedication ceremony for Nashville Avenue Wharf, a new dockside terminal at the Port of New Orleans in New Orleans, Louisiana. Those seated onstage include: Military Aide to the President, General Chester V. Clifton; Governor of Louisiana, James Jimmie Davis. White House Secret Service agent, Charlie Kunkel, stands at far right.

Z.K.H. Prince Bernhard visits the 4th group of led weapons as an inspector general of the Royal Netherlands Air Force (4GGW).

The Marines Corps exists 299 years and traditionally the Corporation Birthday with curses starts at Crooswijk cemetery and on Oostplein. After ceremonies, a joint meal in the Van Ghentkazerne (VGKAZ) follows the Approach in Rotterdam, whereby the commander of the Marine Corps (ckmarns) holds a speech.

Inspection tour of NASA installations: St. Louis, Missouri, McDonnell Aircraft, 3:27PM. President John F. Kennedy views a mock-up of the Gemini space capsule, during a tour of the McDonnell Aircraft Corporation plant in St. Louis, Missouri. Vice President of the McDonnell Aircraft Corporation and General Manager of Projects Mercury and Gemini, Walter F. Burke (gesturing with hand), briefs President Kennedy; McDonnell engineer, Elbert Wiegand, sits in cockpit of the two-man spacecraft. Also pictured: Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of the McDonnell Aircraft Corporation, James S. McDonnell; Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Dr. James E. Webb; Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell T. Shepard, Jr.; Director of Defense Research and Engineering for the Department of Defense, Dr. Harold Brown; Vice President and General Counsel of the McDonnell Aircraft Corporation, Thomas G. Rutledge; Associate Administrator of NASA, Dr. Robe

With a press conference and a presentation on 20 April 1974, the left-wing organisation at the Bundeswehr Soldat '74 was introduced, which belongs to the DKP-affiliated SDAJ, Deutschland

Trip to North Carolina: Visit to Fort Bragg, North Carolina. President John F. Kennedy visits 82nd Airborne Division at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. President Kennedy addresses soldiers. Behind and left of President Kennedy (L - R): White House Secret Service agents, Gerald A. Jerry Behn and Bob Lilley; Press Secretary Pierre Salinger (holding cigar); Chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff General Lyman Lemnitzer (wearing uniform); others unidentified. Pope Air Force Base, Fort Bragg, North Carolina.

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Votes in power of attorney in the meeting room of the Stafkwartier December 7 Division. Bandoeng. In the meeting room of the Stafkwartier der C-Div. "Dec." Community soldiers were given the opportunity to complete their proxy form. An overview of the room .. May 10, 1948. Bandung, Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Visit Minister Romme to Grote Oost Makassar, Menado, Ambon, Flores, Surabaya. Dr. C.P.M. Romme gives a speech, standing behind a desk in a pendopo. January 24, 1947. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

The annual 3-day party (assaut) recurring at the Royal Institute for the Marine (Kim) in Den Helder. The Kim is thoroughly renovated and then it's time for the party.

Mr. Vincent Aurton, former President of France; today came to U.N. Headquarters to address the ***** & Social Council as Honorary President of the World Veterans Federation, a non-government organization which shortly before had been ***** status with the Council.***** is a picture showing Mr. Auriol delivering the speech to the *****. He said that the U.N Charter's aim of fresing coming ***** from the scourge of war called for social advancement and the creation of ***** living conditions in an atmosphere of greater freedom, and he stressed the need for governements and non-governmental organisations to work and act in harmony in supporting the U.N. as one of the great hopes of mankind. May 15, 1955. (Photo by United Nations).

Panmunjom, Korea: August 1, 1953 Neutral nations staff of Swiss, Swedish, Polish, and Czechoslovakian representatives meet for the first time in the building built for the signing of the Korean Armistice.

A wall with images in the tent of film and photo service during the 1948 army exhibition.

Farewell / overray. Inspector Education Sea Night (IOZ), K.C. Gerretse + gift. 01-07-1984

Anefo photo collection. Chemie-Konstruktie Compagnie leaves for tunisia to help in disaster area from Schiphol. State Secretary for Defense J. C. E. Haex. December 4, 1969. Noord-Holland, Schiphol

GDR, Berlin, 09. 11. 1989, opening of the Berlin Wall, Bornholmer Strasse border crossing, Boesebruecke, Allied officers, West Berlin policeman

Anefo photo collection. Funeral firefighter J. Huiskens, died at Marbon, Oosterbegraafplaats Amsterdam. August 14, 1971. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

Anefo photo collection. Den Helder Adelborsten Assaut. December 17, 1949. Den Helder

Trip to Ottawa, Canada: Arrival ceremonies, 4:30PM. Arrival ceremony for President John F. Kennedy and First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy at the Royal Canadian Air Force Station Uplands. Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.

The Dutch army is practicing in La Courtine. Pay attention! The above description is a generic series description based on the information stated by the army film and photo service. In the long term, this global description will be specified.

On the quay for the sub-sea service barracks, the sub-sea service (OZD) receives a banner as appreciation for the performance delivered in the Second World War (WW2). Best of course, which is awarded by Queen Juliana, 2 promotions: South China Sea 1941-'42 and Mediterranean Sea 1941-'42. The military Willems-order 4th class (MWO4) awarded in 1947 is also confirmed. After the DEPILÉ, a reunion is held in the OZD building, where Queen Juliana carries a conversation with a few reunists.

Medical personnel from the hospital ship USNS MERCY (T-AH-19) reunite with loved ones in the crowd on the pier after disembarking from the vessel. The MERCY has returned to San Francisco following deployment in the Persian Gulf area during Operation Desert Storm. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Base: San Francisco State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Anefo photo collection. Mission Zaanlandse, Proefaart Thea Danielsen. October 25, 1962

Anefo photo collection. Farewell shout at night forstal. June 21, 1951

Presentation of the President's Distinguished Civilian Service Awards, 12:00PM. Presentation ceremony of the President's Award for Distinguished Federal Civilian Service. President John F. Kennedy (at microphones) and others listen as Executive Secretary of the Distinguished Civilian Service Awards Board and Chairman of the U.S. Civil Service Commission, John W. Macy, Jr. (far right), reads the citation for award recipient and Medical Officer for the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Dr. Frances Oldham Kelsey (center). Standing in background (L-R): Secretary of State, Dean Rusk (partially hidden on edge of frame); two unidentified persons; White House Secret Service agent, Tony Sherman (in back); New York Times photographer, George Tames; Virginia Lyon (accepting the award on behalf of her husband, Dr. Waldo K. Lyon, Head of the Submarine and Arctic Research Branch of the U.S. Navy Electronics Laboratory); Secretary of the Navy, Fred Korth; Director of Operations for Project Mercury,

Opening of the new covered frigate dock (DOK 6, also called the new dock) of the Rijkswerf (RW) in Den Helder in October 1980.

Anefo photo collection. Photojournalist exam in The Hague. October 26, 1962. The Hague, South Holland

A US Navy lieutenant talks with members of the media during Operation URGENT FURY. Subject Operation/Series: URGENT FURY Country: Grenada (GRD)

A chief petty officer from the guided missile frigate USS UNDERWOOD (FFG-36) gives a carnation to a woman, as she arrives for the ship's commissioning ceremony. The ship was built by Bath Iron Works Corp. Base: Bath State: Maine (ME) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Anefo photo collection. Crew British warship "Tyner" in the Rijksmuseum. At the "'Night watch'. October 14, 1959. Amsterdam

Following a successful meeting with communist delegates, Rear Admiral John C. Daniel, USN, UN delegate, waves the signed agreement for the prisoner of war exchange: operation "Little Switch" at Panmunjom, Korea, conference site of military armistice negotiations between representatives of the communist forces fighting in Korea and United Nations forces representatives. April 11, 1953. (Photo by US Army Photo).

Independence Day in Paris, 1955: At the Arc of Triumph. Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and Personnel

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Visit General Spoor to Medan (Sumatra). Army Commander General S.H. Track (seen on the back) at a wapendrill. May 1947. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

Carthage, Tunisia. General Mast, the new allied forces general, paying his respects to the Bey of Tunis at the latters summer palace, in Tunisia in 19430101, doing world war Two

Former commanders of the KMarns visit the Joost Dourleinkazerne, Amphibian exercise campsexel

The Commander-General of the British Royal Marines General Sir Malcolm C. Cartwright-Taylor visits the Dutch Marines Corps. Reception and dinner in the Van Ghentkazerne (VGKAZ) to the ROTTERDAM.

Excursion from the staff from the Martial History section to Gorinchem and locked Loevestein.

Marine SGT John D. McKeel Jr., a former hostage of the Iranian government for 444 days, waves to the guests as he and the other Marines are introduced at the Bacchus Ball. The ball is a welcome home celebration for the Marines. SSGT Michael E. Moeller is to the right of McKeel and SGT Paul Lewis and SGT Rodney V. Sickmann are to his left. Base: New Orleans State: Louisiana (LA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Commissioning of new homes for naval crew in Schagen, 1958.

Students from the Saint George's University of Medicine in Grenada are processed through customs upon their arrival at the base. They were evacuated from the island during the multiservice, multinational Operation URGENT FURY. Subject Operation/Series: URGENT FURY Base: Charleston Air Force Base State: South Carolina (SC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Anefo photo collection. Assembly campaigning firefighters Amsterdam. November 13, 1985. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Celebration date December 7 Division to exceeding care (officers and sports competitions). Reception in the officer's slow in the palace. December 7, 1946. Bogor, Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

Anefo photo collection. Funeral Lieutenant G.B. Noothoven van Goort, commander Princess Irene Brigade. chaplain Major Buenk reads Bible text service unwanted officers allied armed forces. March 1942. Britain

Anefo photo collection. hundred mobile unity assist inspectors AID fishing fishing Vlissingen. October 14, 1988. Vlissingen, Zeeland

Pallbearers with flag-covered casket, Funeral of a merchant seaman, Baltimore, Maryland, USA, Jack Delano, U.S. Farm Security Administration, U.S. Office of War Information Photograph Collection, June 1943

A service member from the Israel Defense Forces Combat Camera Unit checks his camera aboard a bus while competing in the 2022 Spc. Hilda I. Clayton Best Combat Camera Competition at Fort A.P Hill, Virginia, May 19, 2022. The annual multi-day competition tests the tactical and technical proficiency of visual information and public affairs specialists across the DOD and participating international competitors.

Danes Take Course at NATO Defense College. Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and Personnel

Overall view of the news media at the memorial service at JSC for the Crew of STS 51-L.

Kermesse Aux Etoiles, U.S. Army Band. Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and Personnel

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Reception Lieutenant-Governor General H.J. Van Mook. Reception given by Lieutenant Governor General H.J. Van Mook. Van Mook speaks with the chapel master of the Prince Bernhard Chapel. November 16, 1946. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

Farewell to Minister of Defense H.J. The Koster, Ministry of Defense, Plein 4, The Hague. The departing minister depends on a photo frame with his own portrait in the Hall of Ministers.

DN-SN-85-06358. Base: USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63) Country: Indian Ocean (IOC)

Unveiling of the monument in memory of the resistance fighter Johannes Post by his widow Dina Post-Salomons and the simultaneous name change from 'Steelsplaats Steenwijkerwold' in 'Johannes Postkazerne', in the presence of Z.K.H. Prince Bernhard. A number of soldiers are visiting the exhibition on the resistance for the occasion.

Sports competitions in the School Infantry Framework, located at Isabella Kazerne in Den Bosch (Vught), during Queen's Day 1964. Framework School Infantry: Sergeant Infantry course

Address opening the National Archives The Old Navy exhibit, 4:59PM. President John F. Kennedy tours The Old Navy, 1776-1870, an exhibit of naval prints and watercolors from the collection of former president, Franklin D. Roosevelt. Left to right: Gladys Irene Roosevelt; Representative James Roosevelt (California); naval historian, Admiral Samuel Eliot Morison; President Kennedy. A portrait of President Roosevelt hangs on wall at right. National Archives Building, Washington, D.C.

In this picture, negotiations are under way between officials of the Army Ballistic Missile Agency (ABMA) and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Portrait of Lieutenant General of the Generale Staff F. van der Veen on his office in the Princess Julianakanne.

French Cavalry Officers School. Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and Personnel

DN-SN-86-03441. Base: Seattle State: Washington (WA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DEU, Germany, Duesseldorf: The communists' move from their exile in the GDR in 1969 was not without problems. Made possible by the Willy Brandt government's policy of detente, the leadership of the KPD came to Bonn in 1969 to found a new party. Legally, the KPD became the DKP. Bottrop. Election campaign of the ADF (DKP) for the 1975 BW, Europe

In November 1958 the Royal Netherlands Marine provided an exhibition at Thorbecke Lyceum in The Hague.

Fascist Epiphany, January 1, 1943, Genoa, Italy, 20th century.

Z.K.H. Prince Claus visits the 5th group of led weapons (5GGW) in Stolzenau (West Germany). Here he visits the Johan Friso school.

Germany, Wittstock, 14 November 1992, discussion in the town hall, against the takeover of the Ruppiner Heide military training area - Bombodrom (former Soviet occupation) by the Bundeswehr

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Two years under the weapons. Certificate offered to General Dürst-Britt. Sports competitions in Bandoeng. Celebration 2-year existence December 7 Division. Party meal. May 5, 1948. Bandung, Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

Group photo Personnel maintenance service of the arms shops.

Anefo photo collection. Arrival at the Schiphol from Minister De Ruiter (Defense) after a visit to the Dutch UNIFIL soldiers in Lebanon and Dutch detachment in Egypt. Minister De Ruiter at Schiphol. January 11, 1983. Noord-Holland, Schiphol

Pay out 'cat' at the first military education (EMF).

The Cairo Conference of November 22-26, 1943, held in Cairo, Egypt, outlined the Allied position against Japan during World War II and made decisions about postwar Asia. The meeting was attended by President of the United States Franklin Roosevelt, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Winston Churchill, and Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek of the Republic of China. The Cairo Declaration was issued on 27 November 1943 and released in a Cairo Communiqué through radio on 1 December 1943, stating the Allies' intentions to continue deploying military force until Japan's unconditional surrender.

The spontaneous strike, here on 10.9.1969 by the miners of the Minister Stein colliery, was one of the starting points of the strike movement of the later so-called September strikes in the coalfield. The director of the colliery and strikers, Germany, Europe

Sgt. Maj. of the U.S. Army Michael A. Grinston inspects a soldier during the 2022 Best Squad Competition at the Pentagon Library and Conference Center in Arlington, Virginia, Oct. 7, 2022. The competition tests the squads proficiency in their warrior tasks and battle drills and identifies the most cohesive, highly trained, disciplined and fit team - ready to fight and win - while demonstrating commitment to the Army Values and Warrior Ethos. (This photo has been modified to black and white for effect.)

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