Historical Military Gatherings

Vintage black-and-white photos of military events, featuring ceremonies, receptions, and personal moments between military personnel and their families.

Anefo photo collection. BB exercise in shelter to mountain and valley in order to commander Vestrens is greeted by his wife. October 31, 1960. Berg en Dal

Anefo photo collection. Launch mine sweep HR. Ms. "Rhenen" in Arnhem. May 30, 1956. Arnhem

Second V.C. Of The War Now Valet To Benny Ross -- Sgt. John Hogan, V.C. helping Benny Ross to dress in the dressing room of the Saville today. Sergeant John Hogan, V.C., was down and out, and selling matches to Benny Ross, the famous American comedian, who is starring in "It's in the Bag", at the Saville Theatre. Sgt. Hogan was the second man in the Great War to win The V.C. November 6, 1937. (Photo by Keystone).

Receiving line , Ordnance industry, Armories, Military parades & ceremonies, Military officers, Receptions, Watertown Arsenal Mass.. Records of U.S. Army Operational

Anefo photo collection. BB exercise in shelter to mountain and valley in order to commander Vestrens is greeted by his wife. October 31, 1960. Berg en Dal

After the wreaths for the image of Simón Bolívar in Caracas, Venezuela in October 1955, the Commander of Cruiser Hr.Ms signs. De Ruyter (C 801) Captain-Ter-Zee A.H.J. Van der esteemed Olivier (1908-1967, right before) the register. On the left the commander of marine forces (BDZ) vice-admiral A. de Booy (1901-1997.

Anefo photo collection. Mayor of Hall received the war vessels from the Rear Admiral Twiss city hall. November 2, 1962

John F. Kennedy with four men , Ordnance industry, Armories, Military officers, Kennedy, John F. John Fitzgerald, 1917-1963, Watertown Arsenal Mass.. Records of U.S. Army Operational

Anefo photo collection. Enschede Prince Bernhard visits peacekeeping factories. July 20, 1956. Enschede

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Pasar Malam in Medan. Speech at the opening of the Pasar Malam Medan. August 28, 1948. Indonesia, Medan, Dutch East Indies, Sumatra

'Alert America' Convoy , Exhibitions, Civil defense. Records of the Office of Civil Defense and Defense Mobilization

Sweden, Blekinge, Blekinge, Karlskrona, Karlskrona, external marina (depicted, town).Sweden, Blekinge, Blekinge, Karlskrona, Karlskrona, External War Gogs (depicted, City)

Reno, Nevada: c. 1940 Soldiers, sailors and marines stand in line to get their marriage licenses in Nevada which has no waiting period.

Retirement ceremonies for SDC Enrique S. M. Aflague, USN (prints only). Retirement ceremony for US Navy Steward Chief Petty Officer, Enrique S. M. Aflague (seated second from right). SDC Aflague's wife, Dolores Camacho Aflague, sits fourth from right (wearing white); all others are unidentified. Unidentified garage, Washington, D.C.

Anefo photo collection. Reception t.g.v. farewell teacher to fire brigade. March 22, 1960

AN-93 , Ships, Naval Vessels, Boats, Naval History, Navy

DN-SN-85-01973. Base: Newport News State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

AMS-192 Humming Bird 19-NN-AMS-192 Humming Bird-145079 , Ships, Naval Vessels, Boats, Naval History, Navy

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Saying goodbye to lute. Col. Borghouts. Farewell to Lieutenant Colonel J.J.F. Borghouts (left). Front desk. November 1, 1947. Batavia, Indonesia, Jakarta, Dutch East Indies

The Official Designation For The Troop-Ferrying Operations Now Being Carried On Between Istres-Le Tube Airport, Near Marseilles, And Casablanca In North Africa, Is The 'Green Project'. It Is Being Conducted By Two Heavy Bombardment Groups Under The Super

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Cocktail Party General Dürst Britt. General Dürst Britt and Vice-Admiraal Pinke. December 7, 1946. Batavia, Indonesia, Jakarta, Dutch East Indies

Truman Reviews Brazil's Independence Day Parade - President and Mrs. Truman stand beside President Eurico Gaspar Dutra of Brazil (right) to review the three-hour-long parade of 35,000 troops in Rio de Janeiro today in Observance of Brazil's 125th. Independence Day. September 07, 1947. (Photo by AP Wirephoto).

Photograph of Visit of Prime Minister U Nu of Burma, 1955

Yawning from interrupted sleep, grabbing a last minute cigarette, these aircrew men get ready to board their plane on a mission that will take them over enemy held territory to bomb targets in the heart of Germany and then fly on to land in Russia.

Anefo photo collection. Mr. Norman Acton, Secretary General of the WVF (World Veterans Federation) received golden honorary cruis from Minister De Jong. September 14, 1965

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Reporting Hollandia. Jazz orchestra. February 1947. Hollandia, Indonesia, Dutch East Indies, New Guinea

Emergency Mass Feeding, Fort Dix, New Jersey 1954 , Civil defense, Geiger counters. Records of the Office of Civil Defense and Defense Mobilization

Anefo photo collection. Arrival of the Royal company at Kr & Zv de Maas clubhouse, boarding the saloon boat Erasmus. July 9, 1959

Anefo photo collection. Adelborsten Assaut Party Den Helder. December 8, 1950. Den Helder

Photo collection Anefo. unknown. Robbenzwemsters back from Rhodesia. March 10, 1957. Rhodesia, Zimbabwe

Sweden, Blekinge, Blekinge, Karlskrona, Karlskrona, external marina (depicted, town).Sweden, Blekinge, Blekinge, Karlskrona, Karlskrona, External War Gogs (depicted, City)

Arrival ceremonies for Kwame Nkrumah, President of Ghana, 3:43PM. President John F. Kennedy delivers remarks at arrival ceremonies in honor of President of the Republic of Ghana, Osagyefo Dr. Kwame Nkrumah. Left to right: Military Aide to the President, General Chester V. Clifton; Naval Aide to the President, Commander Tazewell Shepard; President Nkrumah; unidentified man (behind President Nkrumah); Chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Lyman Lemnitzer (mostly hidden); Secretary of State, Dean Rusk; two unidentified men; President Kennedy (at microphones). Hangar #10, Military Air Transport Service (MATS) Terminal, Washington National Airport, Washington, D.C.

Anefo photo collection. Den Helder Assaut Adelborsten. December 18, 1953. Den Helder

HMS Manxman Takes Relief Supplies To Malta. November 1942. Lord Gort (left), and Captain R K Dickson at a tea party given to the children of Malta by HMS MANXMAN on behalf of the Eastern Mediterranean Fleet.

Col. Schomberg , Armories, Ordnance industry, Military officers, Luncheons, Watertown Arsenal Mass.. Records of U.S. Army Operational

The Marine Drum band of the Marine Barracks Amsterdam (MKAD) gives an execution in the canteen of the MKAD on the occasion of the 1 year anniversary.

NATO Ministerial Council Meets in Paris. Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and Personnel

Men and military officers at exhibit , Armories, Ordnance industry, Military officers, Exhibitions, Watertown Arsenal Mass.. Records of U.S. Army Operational

Elsevier photo collection. Memorial ceremony memory deadly allied soldiers world wars church Dam Square Amsterdam. behalf H.M. De Koningin laid vice-admiral N.A. Rost van Tonningen wreath catafalk. November 7, 1953. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

Anefo photo collection. Douglas McARTHUR, American General in Second World War. February 21, 1972

Anefo photo collection. Kemsley and Cox in control. April 27, 1949

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Garden party General track. Garden party at General Spoor (track standing in the middle, with white uniform coat, right sitting Lieutenant-Governor General H.J. van Mook). 29 June 1948. Batavia, Indonesia, Jakarta, Dutch East Indies

Exhibit , Ordnance industry, Armories, Exhibitions, Watertown Arsenal Mass.. Records of U.S. Army Operational

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Aunt Kee 'visits Semarang. 'Aunt Kee' steps into a jeep under large hilarity. June 1947. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies, Semarang

Briefing at Headquarters 32nd Air Division , Civil defense. Records of the Office of Civil Defense and Defense Mobilization

Anefo photo collection. Christmas packages for the soldiers in Indonesia. December 24, 1946. Indonesia

Aleman Receives Presidential Sash -- President Miguel Aleman of Mexico, (second from left) has the sash denoting the office of President of Mexico pinned on by Capt. Alfonso Castillo, private secretary of out-going president, Avila Camacho (left) after receiving the sash from Camacho. House committee members together with honor guard from Mexican Army and Navy look on. December 01, 1946. (Photo by AP Wirephoto).

Exhibit , Ordnance industry, Armories, Exhibitions, Watertown Arsenal Mass.. Records of U.S. Army Operational

Ignacy Jan Paderewski, in the company of his secretary Sylwin Strakacz, during the last public appearance of the Association of Polish Army Veterans in Oak Ridge (USA); 22.06.1941 (1941-00-00-1941-00-00);Polish Army in France (1917-1919), Oak Ridge (United States of America), Paderewski, Ignacy Jan (1860-1941), Paderewski, Ignacy Jan (1860-1941)-iconography, Association of Polish Army Veterans in America (1921-) , Strakacz, Sylwin (1892-1973), Strakacz, Sylwin (1892-1973)-iconography, gift (provenance), hats, men's hats, portraits, passenger cars, celebrations

Anefo photo collection. Repatriation Camp Rheine (Germany). Repatrants. 1945. Germany, Rheine

Anefo photo collection. Den Helder Assaut Adelborsten. December 18, 1953. Den Helder

Anefo photo collection. Princess Irene in Westerburgkazerne from the fuseliers. December 20, 1961

Exhibit , Ordnance industry, Armories, Exhibitions, Watertown Arsenal Mass.. Records of U.S. Army Operational

Man receiving award , Military parades & ceremonies, Awards, Watertown Arsenal Mass.. Records of U.S. Army Operational

Anefo photo collection. Den Helder Assaut Adelborsten. December 18, 1953. Den Helder

Anefo photo collection. Dutch East Indies. Police actions. The recomba of East Java Ch.O. Van der Plas looks through binoculars. July 20, 1948. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

Anefo photo collection. Assaut in Den Helder. December 13, 1947. Den Helder

Officers of the Army, the Marine and the War Minister W.F. Shocking speak to each other on a ship during the disembarkation of the 6th Battalion Wardremiment Princess Irene at the Lloydkade in Rotterdam after return from the Dutch East Indies. The ship is the American troop transport ship "General J.H. MC Rae".

Information office and radio broadcaster Dutch New Guinea. When visiting the American frigate USS "Douglas A. Munro", a reception took place at the commander of naval nights in New Guinea, schout-at-night G.J. Plating. The reception was also visited by the State Secretary LR. Th. Th. H. Bot (left) and Governor Dr. P.J. Platteel (right). January 1960. New Guinea

The Anzac War Relief Fund Committee, meets Hon.J.C. Coates, head of the New Zealand war Cabinet. Nola Luxford standing in one of the desert type ambulances, being sent to the Anzacs in Egypt, presents Mr Coates with the Anzac pin. To Miss Luxford's right, is Mr Alick McLean, of Australia President of the Anzac Society of New York, and Mr William V.C. Ruxton, President of the British American Ambulance Corps. December 22, 1941. (Photo by Freier).

Anefo photo collection. Den Helder Assaut Adelborsten. December 18, 1953. Den Helder

Anefo photo collection. Dierenstewards of the KLM on Wassenaar. August 21, 1951. Wassenaar, South Holland

H.R.H. The Duchess of Kent Re-Names The Cruiser Amphion -- H.M.A.S. "Perth" on its transfer to the Royal Australian Navy, at Portsmouth Dockyard.The Rt. Hon. S.M. Bruce (High Commissioner for Australia) presents a silver salver to the Duchess of Kent after the ceremony as a souvenir. July 10, 1939. (Photo by Sport & General Press Agency, Limited).

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Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Cabaret 1-8 Infantry regiment. Cabaret; Two Indonesian men are under the Bordje Bronbeek. 1946. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

Anefo photo collection. New uniforms Amsterdam police cap, commander. March 7, 1964

Anefo photo collection. Eisenhower arrives in Rotterdam to take over the command about Canadian troops that have arrived with the troop transport ship Fairsea in Europe. DEILER at the town hall. November 21, 1951. Rotterdam, South Holland

A visit from State Secretary Mr. F.J. Kranenburg and the British ambassador to a light air target artillery unit.

During the reception at the Marines Corps, in the Van Braam Houckgeestkazerne (VBHKAZ) in Doorn, after the presentation of crosses from Merit (KV), a Sergeant Major Kite (SMJRV) is in conversation from the Royal Netherlands Navy.

American officers and their friends attend a Christmas Eve party at the officers' club on Poltava Airbase, one of the shuttle mission bases in Russia. 24 December 1944.

Reception after the transfer of command about the Dutch Brigade in Seedorf by Brigadegeneraal J.D. Berghuijs to Brigadegeraal C. Knulst.

Poll photo collection. Repatriation service India. The clothing center in Ataka. December 1945. Ataka, Egypt

Anefo photo collection. Reception G. Th. Bomb and sons (200 years). Gate of Cleeve. October 6, 1956

Madrid, 12/24/1942. Distribution of donations to needy former captives by the Provincial Delegation of Former Captives. Act chaired by the Marquis of Valdavia.

In the style and spirit of the Hitler Youth (HJ) and the so-called Heimattreue Jugend, old and neo-Nazis met in the Teutoburg Forest accompanied by the Viking Youth with drums and fanfares, Germany, Europe

Regular U.S. Army clothing is issued to German civilians serving in the Labor Service units. This pair of recruits, about to join a unit, is issued uniforms in one of the barracks at Frankfurt, Germany. March 11, 1950. (Photo by Acme Photo).

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.

AMS-83 , Ships, Naval Vessels, Boats, Naval History, Navy

Propaganda leader Ernst Voorhoeve, 1941 - 1942 photograph Propaganda leader Ernst Voorhoeve, standing behind a pulpit, holds a speech in a full room. He is wearing the black uniform of the NSB, on his left sleeve the emblem of the NSB can be seen. In 1942 he was appointed by Mussert as propaganda leader of the Press and Propaganda department. In the spring of 1942 he was in Germany with the Volunteer Legion Netherlands and from 1943 temporarily on the Oostfront. Max Blokzijl replaces him. Back in the Netherlands, Mussert fires him as a propaganda leader. Utrecht photographic support gelatin silver print political meeting, propaganda meeting Utrecht

Cruiser Hr.Ms. De Ruyter (C 801) is entertained by the American base in San Juan (Puerto Rico) in October 1955.

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Visit Minister Romme to Grote Oost Makassar, Menado, Ambon, Flores, Surabaya. Makassar. Dr. C.p.m. Romme in light shirt smokes a cigarette. There are a KNIL officer and a priest next to him. January 24, 1947. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

AMS-152 , Ships, Naval Vessels, Boats, Naval History, Navy

Former President Herbert Hoover's flag draped coffin. Armed force honor guards surround the casket in St. Bartholomew's Church, New York City, Oct. 21 1964.

Edith Nourse Rogers with man , Rogers, Edith Nourse, 1881-1960, Watertown Arsenal Mass.. Records of U.S. Army Operational

Anefo photo collection. Corry Vonk and Wim can. May 31, 1948

Anefo photo collection. Den Helder Assaut Adelborsten. December 18, 1953. Den Helder

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.

Worker Education Team of ECA Technical Assistance Program Returning to France. Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and Personnel

Anefo photo collection. Den Helder Assaut Adelborsten. December 18, 1953. Den Helder

Anefo photo collection. Den Helder Assaut Adelborsten. December 18, 1953. Den Helder

Anefo photo collection. Review Netherlands. Report "Review Netherlands". November 2, 1945. Eindhoven

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Evacuation train from Gombong. Again, a number of Evacués from Republican area were brought to the Dutch area to GOMBONG. Among them also found some Germans. After arriving at Manggarai station in Batavia, the Germans were made to a camp for the time being. Many Germans still live in the Republic and will also be brought to a Dutch area over time. July 11, 1948. Batavia, Indonesia, Jakarta, Dutch East Indies

Anefo photo collection. Assaut KVM Adelborsten. December 18, 1953. Den Helder

Anefo photo collection. Jubilee meeting Family Committee of Army of Salvation in the goals, in the presence of Queen Juliana. Brigadier Mrs. Schurink hands over Queen Juliana a bunch of flowers. To the right of the Queen Commissioner Leslie Pindred. At the back captain Philip van Dalen, secretary of the Kommandant .. October 2, 1973. Rotterdam, South Holland

Chandler On Way To Jail -- Robert H. Best (Left) and Douglas Chandler (Center) Leave the U.S. Marshal's office today in custody of Marshal Michael Kearney on Their way to jail. The two Americans Pleaded innocent to charges of treason at their arraignment, which followed shortly after their arrival here by air from Germany. The reason charges grew out of their wartime broadcasts over Radio Berlin. December 14, 1946. (Photo by AP Wirephoto)

Army-Navy Football Game, Philadelphia, 1:30PM. Several unidentified persons sit in a train car en route to Washington, D.C., following the Army-Navy Football Game (United States Military Academy versus United States Naval Academy) in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC RadioPortage. Reception of women's corps knil. General Buurman van Veeden looks at something. Lieutenant mej. T.M. from Zonneveld. 10 June 1947. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Canteen of the hotel Welfare in Kramat (Batavia). Soldiers relax in the canteen. March 1947. Batavia, Indonesia, Jakarta, Dutch East Indies

DD-938 Jonas Ingram , Ships, Naval Vessels, Boats, Naval History, Navy

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Visit Minister Romme to Grote Oost Makassar, Menado, Ambon, Flores, Surabaya. Surabaya. Dr. C.P.M. Romme, in light shirt, standing in an open car with a colonel of the Marines Heringa in the naval establishment. 2 February 1947. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies, Surabaya

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