Historical Military Events

This collection depicts historical military moments, featuring soldiers in conflict, militant groups, and formal military parades, capturing the tension and organization of these events.

Chicago Police officer (right) uses pressure can to squirts mace at anti-Vietnam War demonstrators. The protest was outside the Conrad Hilton Hotel during the 1968 Democratic National Convention. Aug. 29, 1968.
Chicago Police officer (right) uses pressure can to squirts mace at anti-Vietnam War demonstrators. The protest was outside the Conrad Hilton Hotel during the 1968 Democratic National Convention. Aug. 29, 1968.
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A simulated casualty is evacuated from the hangar deck during a firefighting drill aboard the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS ABRAHAM LINCOLN (CVN-72). The LINCOLN's crew is receiving refresher training under the supervision of personnel from Fleet Training Group, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Country: Caribbean Sea
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Mao Tse Tung.
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General Nguyen Van Thieu, President of South Vietnam between 1965-1975. Born 1923 and lived until 2001. Originally a general in the Army of the Republic of Vietnam, he became head of a military junta, which led to him becoming president after winning at election. Ruled over South Vietnam until his resignation a few days before the fall of Saigon. He fled the country at this time, forseeing the communist victory.
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Photograph of Hitler Youth members burning books. Dated 1938
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Mumbai Police, Bombay Mumbai, Maharashtra, India NO MR Copyright: xMukeshxParpiani/DinodiaxPhotox
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Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC St. Nicholas celebration of the U-Brigade LOEBOOK BOAAJA - PADANG. Sinterklaas celebration. Sinterklaas and Zwarte Piet at a cavalry unit. December 5, 1947. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies
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USS IOWA Chaplain (CMDR.) Melvin Ferguson presents a certificate award and a sewing machine to Dr. Alma Riveria Heltzer, Director of the El Carmen Juvenile Orientation Center. The sewing machine was donated to the school by crew members of the battleship USS IOWA (BB-61) as part of a civic action program. Base: San Pedro Sula Country: Honduras (HND)
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Group of soldiers standing in a row, Shanghai, China
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Police men guarding Hindu Shiva temple in riots, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India, Asia, 1900s Copyright: xMukeshxParpiani/DinodiaxPhotox
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Members of the Army Air Force 332nd Fighter Group in a briefing room, Ramitelli, Italy, Toni Frissell, Antoinette Frissell Bacon, Antoinette Frissell
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San Cristóbal de La Laguna (Santa Cruz de Tenerife), 03/28/1977. Air disaster at Los Rodeos Airport. Two Boeing 747 airplanes collide on the runway on March 27, causing 583 deaths, the largest air disaster in history. The damaged planes were flights KLM 4805 of the KLM company, and PAA 1736 of Pan Am.
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China: Xi Zhongxun (1913-2002) making a speech at Xi'an in June, 1949
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Mexican Migrants & Immigration
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Students from the Saint George's University School of Medicine in Grenada conduct a press conference 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)
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Shanghai police restrain crowd, China
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Military parade in Nauru, South Pacific
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South Korea, Seoul, Student Demonstration At Yonsei University
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Students from the Saint George's University School of Medicine in Grenada conduct a press conference 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)
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Mobuto siad barre
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Cambodia, Phnom Penh, Two victims' photos at Toul Sleng Genocide Museum Security Prison-21 S-21. Toul Sleng was a high school, taken over by the Khmer Rouge and turned into a prison, where people were tortured and murdered.
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A soldier of women's help corps (VHK) strokes the flag in the Princess Julianakamp in Kijkduin.
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With his wife, Barbara, beside him, President George Bush holds up a horseshoe as he speaks from the back of a truck during his Thanksgiving Day visit to the lst Marine Division combat operations center (COC) during Operation Desert Shield. Also on the truck are Sen. Robert Dole, left, and Speaker of the House Tom Foley, right.. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELD Country: Saudi Arabia(SAU)