Historical Military Life

Photos showcase military personnel in historical settings, featuring social interactions and communal activities. The atmosphere is reflective and nostalgic, highlighting camaraderie in military life.

City Missions. December 05, 1938.
City Missions. December 05, 1938.
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German Prisoners Aboard Coast Guard-manned Transport. "Did he really get ALL that food for one meal" That seems to be what the Nazi soldier with the incredulous expression is thinking as he peers over the shoulder of this German prisoner with the loaded tray. Captured in Normandy, these soldiers probably hadn't eaten well in months as they did aboard the Coast Guard-manned transport which brought them to the United States for internment.
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Air Marshal William Avery Bishop (1894 - 1956) VC, Canadian First World War flying ace, being toasted at a gathering of air aces in Berlin where he was guest of honour. He is pictured with several German air aces with whom he fought duels during the Great War. Date: July 1928
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German Prisoners of War in Britain- Everyday Life at a German Pow Camp, UK, 1945 A German Prisoner of War reads a newspaper in the Nissen hut used as a reading room at a PoW camp, somewhere in Britain. Behind him, several other men can be seen. The walls of the hut have been decorated with photographs and murals.
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English prisoners of war during war -catching.
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Ministry of Information First World War Official Collection British, French, American and Italians at the same table receiving refreshments.
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Anefo photo collection. New Year's Delivery Day in the Koopmansbeurs in Amsterdam, one of the collectors who has everything in the field of German army e session time. January 12, 1964. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland
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Excursion of staff from the Martial History section to Breda, with visits to an exhibition about the Peace of Breda from 1667 and to the Royal Military Academy.
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Anefo photo collection. 1940-1945 Recovery Resorts. Royal Palace Het Loo becomes sanatorium .. World War II, repair messages. November 13, 1945. Apeldoorn, Gelderland
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A Les Armor Recognition at the Command Troops. Conscripts during command training.
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Air Force members are register for Exercise Team Spirit '81. Subject Operation/Series: TEAM SPIRIT '81 Base: Osan Air Base Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR)
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Springfield in Wartime- Everyday Life in An Essex Village, August 1941 Most of Springfield's Civil Defence activities are centralised in Chelmsford. This photograph shows Miss J Bird (right) and a colleague setting out medical equipment whilst on duty at the Chelmsford First Aid post. Miss Bird is the daughter of the Home Guard Chief, L G Bird. Her fiance is stationed at Tobruk.
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The Belgian ambassador (second from the left) visits the naval base Den Helder in March 1990 and on board the L-fregat Hr.Ms in the lung room. Witte de With (1986-2005) offered a lunch. Third of the left is the commander of the White De With Captain Lieutenant-Ter Sea J. van der Aa (1947) and extremely from the right is the commander of naval power (CZM) vice-admiral J.D.W. Van Renesse (1934).
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Enlisted women at the Women's Army Corps Training Center receive classroom instructions in the proper use of training aids, Camp Lee, VA, 2/1949. (Photo by Al Buquor/United States Army/PhotoQuest/Getty Images)
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Anefo photo collection. Prince Willem Alexander military service navy Den Helder; Prince Willem Alexander clothes. August 19, 1985. Den Helder
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Australia's Blitzkrieg Army -- Leaders -- Lieutenant Colonel L.P. Crouch, lectures future officers of the armored division. Blackboard is magnetic. Light metal models representing tanks and other vehicles cling to board when placed in position. Crouch was with the British at Namsos, Norway, last year. November 29, 1941. (Photo by Kosmos Press Bureau (Australia) Pty. Ltd.).
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Crewmen eat in the crew's mess during precommissioning duty aboard the nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine OHIO (SSBN-726). The submarine was built by General Dynamics Corp. Base: Naval Submarine Base, Groton State: Connecticut (CT) Country: United States Of America (USA)
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Pvt. Elizabeth K. Hamilton is plotting the courses of bombers over England as they take off on another mission.
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Anefo photo collection. Belgian team at station in Amsterdam et al. July 4, 1954. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland
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Trip to Europe: Germany, Hanau: President Kennedy has lunch with U.S. enlisted troops and their officers at Fliegerhorst Kaserne, 12:15PM. President John F. Kennedy (at microphone) delivers remarks during a lunch with military officers in the mess hall at Fliegerhorst Kaserne in Hanau, West Germany (Federal Republic). Also pictured: U.S. Army Sergeant Major Richard C. Whitfield; U.S. Air Force Chief Master Sergeant Ross McEuen; Military Aide to President Kennedy, General Chester V. Clifton; Commander of U.S. Army in Europe, General Paul L. Freeman, Jr.; White House Secret Service agents, Roy Kellerman and Jack Ready.
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Photograph of several Tuskegee airmen at Ramitelli, Italy, March 1945 - digital file from original photograph | Library of Congress
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USA, New Jersey, Atlantic City, Soldier patient at Thomas M England General Hospital jumping into water
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Training for Marine Connection Service. Is part of the AVDKM 530403 to 550413 object series.
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1915 (CA.). In anticipation of a chemical attack, these soldiers play cards covered in rudimentary gas masks.
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Merry mood during acquisition in ferret torpedo room, May 1959. Happy mood during acquisition in ferret torpedo room, May 1959 Malmö Shipping History Association has received the album of a son of Nils Holmström.Peter Skanze from the association has in contacts with the Historical Museum's manager Hans-Lennart Ohlsson expressed that the gift is aimed at the Maritime History Museum, while in the donation letter a "desire to the album ends up at any museum with a focus on our marine heritage".At sea-historical, there is already an extensive collection of photographs from Kockum's MV.Since the images show the warships fit the album better in Marine Museum Karlskrona's gathering area and was therefore added to Marine Museum's collections.