Historical Military Life

Black and white scenes depicting soldiers in various emotional and physical conditions, showcasing life during military operations from different eras.

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Train trip Departure 2-7 R.I (the Amsterdam Battalion). Two soldiers are on the interlayer of a wagon. 13 July 1948. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies, Semarang

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Borneo (1947 February). Easted soldiers. February 1947. Borneo, Indonesia, Kalimantan, Dutch East Indies

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Train trip Departure 2-7 R.I (the Amsterdam Battalion). Two soldiers are on the interlayer of a wagon. 13 July 1948. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies, Semarang

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. Soldiers (war reports) in an airplane looking outside. The man on the left has a typing machine on his lap. 1947. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC tour through West Java through the Hussars van Boreel (reproduction). Krawang: The reserve eskadron armored cars of the Hussars van Boreel regiment makes a fourteen-day exploration through West Java. March 13, 1948. Indonesia, Java, Krawang, Dutch East Indies

New Zealand Repatriates Arrive in England- Everyday Life For Repatriated Pows in Margate, Kent, England, UK, April 1945 Private Fred Moroney of Wellington, New Zealand, is helped into a new pair of trousers at the Quartermaster's Store in Margate. According to the original caption, newly-repatriated New Zealand Prisoners of War are 'completely re-equipped with New Zealand-made clothing at the first opportunity'.

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Sport and field post. Football match. Public consisting of soldiers at the stands. August 31, 1948. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

There They Go: Watching Fighters In The Air -- Members of the Royal Observer Corps at Cranbrook, Kent, watching planes that took part in a mock air war to mark the silver jubilee of the orps, whose task it is to trace invading planes during was time. Chief Observer G. Counchman (hand to forehead) was one of the original members. April 17, 1950. (Photo by Paul Popper Ltd.).

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Tjililitan airport at Batavia various activities. Mechanics posing. February 1947. Batavia, Indonesia, Jakarta, Dutch East Indies

Anefo photo collection. submarine Royal Navy recently returned Mediterranean sea tolerated 20,000 tons enemy ships. Subject Hr. Ms. "O21". submarine commander interviewed radio reporter. {1940-1945}

Ambulance Army - Aust. Troops. April 05, 1943.

Detachment 101, an enigmatic Allied intelligence and special operations unit during World War II, played a pivotal role in the Burmese theater. Operating deep in the jungles of Burma, their mission was multi-faceted, encompassing guerrilla warfare, espionage, and sabotage against Japanese forces. Comprising a diverse group of individuals, from OSS agents to indigenous fighters, they effectively disrupted Japanese supply lines, gathered critical intelligence, and supported resistance movements.

A Jungle Patrol In Malaya -- A picture well illustrating the difficulties of the never-ending.Campaign against the terrorists in Malaya. A patrol of the King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry, making its way through the rough jungle country. Guns are hold ready for instant action. August 20, 1951. (Photo by Sport & General Press Agency, Limited).

After The Battle Parley. Two Coast Guardsmen hold a discussion with a wounded paratrooper during his removal by landing craft to a Coast Guard-manned assault transport off the shores of Sicily during the Allied invasion.

On the set, Steven Spielberg, Tom Hanks and Dale Dye , Saving Private Ryan , 1998 directed by Steven Spielberg Dreamworks LLC ,Paramount Pictures

Six Victories - Typical of the way in which Allied pilots are maintaining air superiority in Middle East fighting is an exploit in which pilots of two long range fighters attacked four enemy aircraft and shot down three of them - two Heinkel Ill's end a Junkerc Ju-SS - without damage to themselves. Here is Pilot Officer A.I. Smith, of Toronto, a member of the Royal Canadian Air Force, with his observer after the *****. May he add many more Swastikas to his current tally of six. March 14, 1943. (Photo by British Official Photograph).

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC General Doorman in Soerabaja 3E series. General Doorman and General Buurman van Vreede travel by train. Members of the travel group. 1946. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

Pilots Army - Austn. Troops. August 5, 1953.

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Poerwokerto-Banjoemas. Banjoemas: For a number of soldiers from Ltd. 72 and 1-3 RI. At Banjoemas there was an opportunity to pronounce a personal Christmas greeting for the radio. These greetings are recorded on plates and forwarded to the Netherlands. VDG right. H.M. Choufoer, the announcer. December 14, 1947. Banuymas, Indonesia, Java, Dutch East Indies, Purwokerto

Royal Air Force Operations in the Far East, 1941-1945. Warrant Officer R E Partidge of Brisbane, Australia, (left) and Sergeant Cyril Potter of Northampton, two pilots of No. 152 Squadron RAF at Sinthe, Burma, examine the damage caused to the elevator of Potter's Supermarine Spitfire Mark VIII during a dogfight with Japanese 'Oscars'.

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC The Kroja intermediate station during the evacuation of TNI troops. Evacuation of Republican troops from the area occupied by the Dutch army. Soldiers from the first Republican division, from the area south of Banjar, on transit to Republican area, upon arrival at the KROJ intermediate station. February 1948. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies, Weh

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Garut. Purification patrols. Chinese. Garut: Patrol elegantly is a warm and strenuous job in the tropics. But you don't have to walk far for a few big chapel milk in the land of the palms. October 1947. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

Lt Meridith (Center) Pilot Of The 94Th Fighter Squadron, 1St Fighter Group, Describes Maneuvers He Made In His Plane During A Combat Mission Over Enemy Territory. Italy.

DN-SN-88-01569. Base: USS Sides (FFG 14) Country: Pacific Ocean (POC)

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Visit from Prof. Carl Romme to Semarang. Dr. C.P.M. Romme (in white shirt) with Colonel D.R.A. Van Langen, Commander T-Brigade, at Kampement of II-6 R.I .. January 17, 1946. Indonesia, Java, Dutch East Indies, Semarang

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Sport festivals to tour, Krebet and surroundings on April 30. Soldiers sing along with a pianist. April 30, 1949. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. Inland navigation vessel on a river with boarding people. Military smokes cigarette. Right cycling. 1947. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Recordings military aviation. On-board shooter. January 1947. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Military hospital in Medan. DEILER IN MEDAN. Car trip from Lieutenant-Governor General of Mook van Medan about Brastagi, Serbudelok, Prapat, Siantar, Tebingtinggi and back to Medan. March 16, 1948. Indonesia, Medan, Dutch East Indies, Sumatra

Detachment 101, an enigmatic Allied intelligence and special operations unit during World War II, played a pivotal role in the Burmese theater. Operating deep in the jungles of Burma, their mission was multi-faceted, encompassing guerrilla warfare, espionage, and sabotage against Japanese forces. Comprising a diverse group of individuals, from OSS agents to indigenous fighters, they effectively disrupted Japanese supply lines, gathered critical intelligence, and supported resistance movements.

Morgan. July 01, 1940.

Film still from 'Seagulls Over Sorrento' starring Bernard Lee, Gene Kelly, John Justin, and Sid James.

Maj. Gen. Simon Bolivar Buckner in a cockpit of an airplane, ca. 1942-45. He was the highest ranking U.S. officer killed in action in World War 2, during the Battle of Okinawa. (BSLOC_2014_8_138)

Captain H.M. Burrell R.A.N. of Torrak Melbourne and Commander A.S. Downes D.S.O. R.N. on right. The two key Men of the Aircraft Carrier "Vengeance" on the bridge during take-offs off the Queensland Coast. July 23, 1953.

Rome, Italy may 1965: Three men, two in military attire and one in civilian clothing, posing for a photo outdoors, possibly near a body of water

Photograph of Machine gunners of the far eastern Red Army in the USSR (Union of Soviet Socialist Republics)

Richard Basehart, Hans Christian Blech, Oskar Werner, on-set of the film, "Decision before Dawn", 20th Century-Fox, 1951

The upper picture of this composite illustration shows Mr. Claude Grahame-White (the central figure) placing letters in the bag which he carried for seven miles by aeroplane in the first British air-mail test at Blackpool in 1910. In the lower photograph - epitomising twenty-one years of the flying mail - porters at the London air-pot are seen loading into one of the aeroplanes of Imperial Airways mails which will be air-borne for thousands of miles along Empire routes. December 23, 1931.;The u

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Visit of pastor safe, main bearing preacher, to 5-5 Infantry regiment. Pastor safe is entertained with guitar playing a soldier at a kind of toko. August 5, 1948. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

President-elect Dwight Eisenhower eating with soldiers in Korea on Dec. 1, 1952. One of the men, Corporal James Murray (right), of Muskogee, Oklahoma, was killed in action Dec. 12, 1952.

General H. H. Fuller - U.S. Army. January 27, 1943.

Pte John Fox checks his gear. May 26, 1955.

LAND AND FREEDOM (1995), directed by KEN LOACH.

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Reporting Semarang and surroundings. Colonel lives the glass with the mobile canteen. March 1947. Indonesia, Java, Dutch East Indies, Semarang

Detachment 101, an enigmatic Allied intelligence and special operations unit during World War II, played a pivotal role in the Burmese theater. Operating deep in the jungles of Burma, their mission was multi-faceted, encompassing guerrilla warfare, espionage, and sabotage against Japanese forces. Comprising a diverse group of individuals, from OSS agents to indigenous fighters, they effectively disrupted Japanese supply lines, gathered critical intelligence, and supported resistance movements.

Gun-Pointer Lu Ying-Tsai shouts the range as he spins a wheel to send the Muzzle of an anti-aircraft weapon into correct aim during training on the sea. January 30, 1953. (Photo by United Press).

Audie Leon Murphy and Gilbert Roland in The Wild and the Innocent, a 1959 American CinemaScope Western film. Audie Leon Murphy (20 June 1925 - 28 May 1971) was an American soldier, actor, songwriter, and rancher. He was one of the most decorated American combat soldiers of World War II. Gilbert Roland (born Luis Antonio Damaso de Alonso, December 11, 1905 - May 15, 1994) was a Mexican-born American film and television actor whose career spanned seven decades from the 1920s until the 1980s.

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Photo reportage Palembang. Three Indonesian men in ragged clothing. January 1947. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies, Palembang, Sumatra

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Visit by Professor Romme to Medan. Dr. C.P.M. Romme (in light shirt). February 1947. Indonesia, Medan, Dutch East Indies, Sumatra

English prisoners of war lands in Trelleborg, on its way to eating in the railway cars.

Vintage photograph. Tank commander giving instructions to his driver

Secretary of Defense Caspar Weinberger is seen through the windshield of a helicopter during his visit to inspect high tech test bed hardware. Base: Fort Lewis State: Washington (WA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Summer camp of the Hitler Youth in the years it bigEvery morning sounds of the usual wake-up call and then unfolds a busy life in the tent city. August 17, 1937. (Photo by Atlantic Photo).

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Reporting Semarang and surroundings. Unknown officer talks to men. March 1947. Indonesia, Java, Dutch East Indies, Semarang

War prisoners on the train from Trelleborg.

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Great East. On a ship. A man shoots at something in the water with a sterse. Another depends on laundry. November 10, 1947. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

Anefo photo collection. VARA TV game "The bank robbers" Maxim Hamel (R) and Wim van der Heuvel. June 11, 1959

The Royal Observer Corps, 1939-1945. Using a chest telephone, Mr P C 'Lofty' Austin, former commercial traveller and ex-professional footballer for Tottenham Hotspur, reports to the Corps Centre, as Mr E C 'Smudge' Smith works the plotting instrument in a ROC post at Kings Langley, Hertfordshire. A number of details of the post and Post Instrument can be seen in this image and its basic operation described. The map on the Post Instrument shows the UK Grid Coordinate system for the area around the post. The entire instrument can be rotated around the vertical cylindrical shaft projecting (slightly) from the centre of the map. It rides on three wheels forming a triangle spanning the instrument; the forward wheel can be seen, but the two at the rear are covered by Smith's hands. The two light-colored rods running from the front wheel to the rear form a sliding surface along which the rest of the instrument can slide fore and aft. The main part of the instrument is the grey-coloured system

Republican pilots during the Spanish Civil War. Photograph by Arenys de Mar 1893-1937

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC 2-6 R.I. From the tiger brigade to the ship Johan van Oldenbarnevelt to the Netherlands. Semarang: For 2-6 RI, the Indian time is on it and per LCT. the battalion was brought to the "Johan van Oldenbarnevelt" on the speech for the return trip to the home country .. April 19, 1948. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies, Semarang

British author Conan Doyle in his tent at Bloemfontein, South Africa in 1900. He was writing THE GREAT BOER WAR, published in 1900. He published his book after the successful British offensive of Jan.-Sept. 1900. In fact, Boer insurgency continued until May 1902 (BSLOC_2017_20_43)

Radioman 1ST Class (RM1) Fred Pasteris (middle) explains mine search and recovery operations to Royal Thai Navy ADM Payao during Exercise Cobra Gold '82. Subject Operation/Series: COBRA GOLD '82 Base: The-Pha Beach Country: Thailand (THA)

Anefo photo collection. Third day Four Days Marches in Nijmegen, soldiers of the K.L .. July 26, 1962. Nijmegen

JOHN WAYNE and ROBERT RYAN in FLYING LEATHERNECKS (1951), directed by NICHOLAS RAY.

Eleanor Roosevelt Chatting with Injured Servicemen at San Diego Naval Hospital. Pfc. Robert Kiernam, of New York City (foreground) and Pfc. Robert Coles, of Waverly, Mass., joke about their injuries in chatting with Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt.. 1944-07-01T00:00:00.

Vice Admiral John J. Shanahan, Commander, US Second Fleet, left, listens to a report from Rear Admiral Frederick F. Palmer, commander, Amphibious Group Two, aboard their flagship, the amphibious command ship USS MOUNT WHITNEY (LCC 20) en route to the allied Exercise TEAM WORK '76. The exercise is scheduled for September 15-24. Subject Operation/Series: TEAM WORK '76 Country: Unknown

Flykampschip hr.ms. Karel Doorman (2) (1948-1968), Fire Exercise

Detachment 101, an enigmatic Allied intelligence and special operations unit during World War II, played a pivotal role in the Burmese theater. Operating deep in the jungles of Burma, their mission was multi-faceted, encompassing guerrilla warfare, espionage, and sabotage against Japanese forces. Comprising a diverse group of individuals, from OSS agents to indigenous fighters, they effectively disrupted Japanese supply lines, gathered critical intelligence, and supported resistance movements.

Detachment 101, an enigmatic Allied intelligence and special operations unit during World War II, played a pivotal role in the Burmese theater. Operating deep in the jungles of Burma, their mission was multi-faceted, encompassing guerrilla warfare, espionage, and sabotage against Japanese forces. Comprising a diverse group of individuals, from OSS agents to indigenous fighters, they effectively disrupted Japanese supply lines, gathered critical intelligence, and supported resistance movements.

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