Historical Military Operations

Vintage photographs from World War eras depict troops and operations, reflecting historical military contexts and personnel experiences.

Returning From A Mission Ahead Of U.S. Ground Forces Deep In Germany, Fighter-Bomber Pilots Of Brig. Gen. Richard Nugent'S Xxix Tactical Air Command Ring The Interogation Table To Describe Results Of The Attack. Strain And Tension Resulting From The Miss

Anefo photo collection. Sint Nicolaas cakes DueceKater. December 4, 1945

Colonel Young Points Out A Future Target To A Member Of The 439Th Troop Carrier Group In The Briefing Room At An Air Base Somewhere In England. 29 May 1944.

Two young wounded Partisan soldiers waiting to be given proper medical attention in Yugoslavia.

Anefo photo collection. German ship Anne Louise Bolten picked up from pollened cargo ship Birchenfelz. April 8, 1966

Aircraft, Burma, India &MISCELLANEOUS War

Change of command ceremony for LTC Gene A. Brown (left), commanding officer of Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 333 (VMFA-333). Brown receives the squadron colors from the adjutant and prepares to pass the colors to his relief, MAJ Klaas Vanesselstyn. Base: Mcas, Beaufort State: South Carolina (SC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

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

Gi'S Brows Through Some Of The 500 Odd Paper-Backed Books At The 87Th Airdrome Squadron Library On Kwajalein, Marshall Islands. 23 April 1944.

Staff Members Explaining An Impending Mission To Crews Of The 500Th Bomb Group. 13 August 1945.

Poll photo collection. Repatrants SS Atlantis. Social workers at repatrants on stretchers. May 5, 1945

Carbide cutting tools , Ordnance industry, Armories, Exhibitions, Watertown Arsenal Mass.. Records of U.S. Army Operational

Aircraft, Burma, India &PHOTOGRAPHY, Operations &MAPPING War

Wagon interior for military transport

A Tactical Air Command pilot prepares for a stress test in a centrifuge chamber. Base: Brooks Air Force Base State: Texas (TX) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Sticky Bomb- the Production of the No 74 Grenade in Britain, 1943 Three women inspect the glass flasks of sticky bombs (No 74 ST Grenades) at a workshop somewhere in Britain. Left to right they are: Mrs F Hilton, Mrs E Hall and Mrs A Hooper. According to the original caption, all have husbands in the Forces.

Princess Beatrix brings an introductory visit to various parts of the Royal Navy. On the grounds of the Marine Barrage Amsterdam (MKAD) a visit is made to a classroom of the liaison school (VBS) where a Lieutenant-Sea of trade departments of the 2nd class (LTZVK 2) explains what could be heard.

The Royal Marines. With the Royal Marines of the Home Fleet, October and November, 1942. Sentry duty is always carried out by Royal Marines in ships in which they are borne. This sentry has the important duty of guarding the ship's keyboard, on which hang hundreds of keys of every kind, from those of officer's cabins to the vital magazine and shell-room keys. Each one must be signed for by the drawer in a book kept under the sentry's charge.

The Royal Navy during the Second World War 'Convoy' is the ship's cat on board HMS HERMIONE and is asleep in his hammock whilst the ship is docked at Gibraltar. Several members of the ship's crew can be seen in the background.

Group standing , Watertown Arsenal Mass.. Records of U.S. Army Operational

Major John Alison Is Ready To Eat His Birthday Cake At A Party Held In The Operation Cave At Kweilin Airfield, China, Just A Few Hours After A Japanese Raid On The Field, 23 October 1942. They Are, Left To Right: Capt. Hampshire, Lt. Griffin, Lt. Detchmendy,

Aircraft, Burma, India & Operations , Naga Headhunters War

Mystere IV - American Air Force Team Visit Dassault Co. Testing Grounds. Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and Personnel

Gen. Norstad Takes over Gruenther's NATO Post. Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and Personnel

Anefo photo collection. Visit Danish royal family, third day, visit Philips Hilversum. April 28, 1954. Hilversum

Ladder Found During Prison Riot -- State Prison guard John Lavery holds a crude ladder found in yard of prison today in search after rioters held five guards hostage in a breakout attempt. Four hardened inmates of the solitary confinement cellblock are still holding guards. January 18, 1955. (Photo by AP Wirephoto).

Machine in travers and during

The Royal Navy during the Second World War Davis apparatus brings submarine-trapped men to safety at HMS DOLPHIN, Gosport. Here a class of trainees wear their apparatus as they listen to instructions on its use before the practical demonstration inside the giant tank.

Solving the Negative Drying Problem. A deluxe, "homemade" negative dryer is used by the Coast Guard photographers who process hundreds of battle photos in the shell-shaken hut where Jap officers lived during the occupation of Guam. Chief Photographer's Mate Windsor Lakis put the contraption together. Air passing through a vent over four electric light bulbs furnishes heat. On rush days, however, lines have to be strung up between a couple of palm trees to takes care of the overflow.

Anwar el-Sadat President of Egypt, at Military HQ during the 1973 Arab-Israeli War. He is accompanied by Field Marshall Ahmed Ismail and General Al-Gamasi. The War of 1973 (Yom Kippur War, Ramadan War, or October War), was fought from October 6 to 25, 1973, by a coalition of Arab states led by Egypt and Syria against Israel.

Brig. Gen. Walter R. Peck Presents The Distinguished Flying Cross To A Member Of The 458Th Bomb Group During A Ceremony At An Air Base Somewhere In England.

White Girls In Japan -- White girls employed by the U.S. government in Osaka as switchboard operators are transported to their homes. (Left to right) Mrs. Marie Wright, wife of an English POW, Miss Leily Deush (Turkish), Miss Nerkis Agergy (Turkish), and Miss Pola Tukachinsky (Polish). Extreme left is F. Rancisco Rodriguiz, civilian dispatcher for vehicles operating out of New Osaka Hotel, where I Corps officers are housed. All have been residents of Japan for several years. October 13, 1945. (Photo by US Signal Corps Photo).

Anefo photo collection. Five anniversary of the VHK The Hague. April 26, 1949. The Hague, South Holland

03/31/1938. Group of Women who Replaced Those Who Marched to the Front, Carrying out Work that Circumstances Demanded at Every Moment.

Members Of A Negro Choir, Composed Of Volunteers From The 827Th, 829Th, 847Th Aviation Engineer Battalions At Eye, England, Practice Together At Their Base. 1 September 1943.

Photograph of Military Display in Front of Live Audience.

DM-SN-89-04468. Base: Quantico State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Some of the men who applied for jobs as temporary mail sorters ***** lectured by a wire recorder at the G.P.O. today. August 29, 1952.

Emergency Supplies-Soldiers at Ft. Devns load mattresses on trucks as convoys are readied to aid potential hurricane victims. More than 40 trucks loaded with blankets, mattresses, cots and emergency electric generators were sent to key poitns.

Aircraft, Burma, India &Operations War

North Africa-Part of the ceremony honoring American soldiers who were killed in the North African campaign. On the stage are: Lt. Gen. Carl Spaatz, Maj. Gen. James Doolittle and Gen. Andre of the French Army.

These American airmen being evacuated from Yugoslavia sleep peacefully for the first time in many days. They had crashed in combat behind the German lines. All were aided by the Yugoslavia Resistance Movement under Marshall Tito and Gen. Mihailovitch

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

Mobilisomstation exercise at the Marine Barracks Willemsoord (MKWD) in Den Helder in May 1990.

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Evacuation Withdrawal from Koetoardjo (Purworedjo) or evacuation Kemiri (Purworedjo). Indonesian and Dutch officers consult around a table. They have documents for themselves .. October 1949. Indonesia, Java, Dutch East Indies

Skilled women workers helped build SS George Washington Carver. Eastine Cowner, an African American war worker and former waitress, holding a scaler up to a welded joint of the Liberty ship SS George Washington Carver, Kaiser Shipyards, Richmond, California.. 1943. Photographs. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division. War work, African American women, Defense industry, Shipbuilding, African American women, War work, Richmond (Calif.), Women in war, Liberty ships, Women iron and steel workers

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

Boilers with food are picked up at the kitchen by soldiers.

Awarding of medals.. .

Queen Visits Normandy Wounded -- Queen Elizabeth shakes hands with Brigadier Lord Lovat, British Commando Leader, wounded in the invasion of Normandy, at a hospital in Southern England where she visited war wounded from France. June 29, 1944. (Photo by Associated Press Photo).

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Zegeis from the Y-Brigade with the Boissevain from Bali to Palembang (Sumatra) 1st series. The O of relaxation. Boxing match in the spacious van de boissevain. A. Nicolaas Boxed against Th. Doll. October 24, 1946. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

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

Anefo photo collection. Organized lifts for soldiers and sailors. January 14, 1955

AM-427 Constant , Ships, Naval Vessels, Boats, Naval History, Navy

First Anniversary of WAVES , Anniversaries, U.S. Naval Frontier Base, United States. Naval Reserve. Women's Reserve. Photographs of the First Naval District

Shells , Ordnance industry, Armories, Shells Ammunition, Watertown Arsenal Mass.. Records of U.S. Army Operational

DN-SN-85-04618. Base: Bath State: Maine (ME) Country: United States Of America (USA)

African American women riveters work on the center section of a bomber during World War 2. Ca. 1940-45. (BSLOC_2014_10_215)

S/Sgt. Milton Williams Gets A Welcome Cup Of Tea And A Smile From Nurse M. Parkinson After Arriving From A German Prison Camp Aboard The Prisoner Of War Exchange Ship "Atlantis". Chester, England, 26 October 1943.

Anefo photo collection. Kees de Bok of the Prince Bernhard Chapel gets cigarette. December 2, 1946

Anefo photo collection. unknown . 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

Aircraft, Burma, India & INDIA,RECREATION War

Marshall Space Flight Center Director Wernher von Braun presents General J.B. Medaris with a new golf bag. General Medaris, (left) was a Commander of the Army Ballistic Missile Agency (ABMA) in Redstone Arsenal, Alabama during 1955 to 1958.

Placed shop windows. Shopkeepers (a drugstore) withdraw their windows with strips of paper on the first war day to limit the damage to a bomb attack. Text strip of photo stuck.

Smokejumpers: General - All States. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Sergeant-Milva E. van Poelje-Bekker working as a plot player in the bunker at Clingendael in The Hague.

FRANCE--1st Lt. Charles O'Mahoney, 21-year-old Martin B-26 Marauder pilot from Crafton Pa., illustrates how he and his crewmembers dress for their flights over Germany. From the fundamental "long-johns" to the complete toggery, Lt. O'Mahoney

Poll photo collection. Reporting soldiers. Dutch soldiers boast a Christmas tree. December 1945

African American Private Hannah Wills developing an x-ray film in the x-ray laboratory at Post Hospital, Camp Breckinridge. 1943. Photographs. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division. African Americans, African-American soldiers, Armed Forces , United States, World War, 1939-1945, United States. Army. Women's Army Corps, African American women, United States , Armed Forces , African Americans, Military hospitals, Radiography Films, Camp Breckinridge (Ky.), Hospital laboratories

Photograph of Four Men in Military Uniform Standing in Front of Exhibit Entrance.

Two young women and a soldier trying out a machine gun (EV007096_H)

Graduation of three apprentices from the four year apprentice machinist course , Ordnance industry, Armories, Students, Graduation ceremonies, Watertown Arsenal Mass.. Records of U.S. Army Operational

Winston Churchill - General Scene - 1950/1954. December 30, 1954.

Photograph of Applicants for Cadet Flight Training

War Loan Appeals - War File. April 24, 1944.

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