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Photos capture military personnel involved in various tasks, including training, processing images, and operational support in historical contexts.

Aircraft, Burma, India &PHOTOGRAPHY,PROCESSING War

Mr Mos, working at the Marine Electronic and Optical Company (Meob) in Den Helder, is abraham aboard the GW-Fregat Hr.Ms in May 1989. De Ruyter (1976-2001).

Wasps learn where the power comes from in the B-17 Flying Fortress engine while attending B-17 pilot training at Lockbourne AAB, Working on the propeller mechanism, while a crew chief looks on, they are (l-r): Patricia Bowser, Ann Waldner and Frances Green, Columbus, OH, circa 1944. (Photo by US Army Air Force/GG Vintage Images)

Anefo photo collection. Navy Navy Anefo London series. board Dutch cruiser southwest Pacific Ocean. Removing paint reinforcing constant activity board. {1940-1945}

Anefo photo collection. Walcheren. Walcheren. November 8, 1945. Walcheren, Zeeland

The Royal Navy during the Second World War A laboratory technician at work on board the hospital ship HMHS AMARAPOORA at Scapa Flow.

Man scientist , Armories, Ordnance industry, Scientists, Army Materials and Mechanics Research Center U.S.. Records of U.S. Army Operational

KTZ J.J. Koster, August 1975, director of the arms shops 1975-1979.

disabled ex-serviceman working, 1916

Intelligence Clerks Must Work Hours Before A Mission Digging Out And Preparing Target, Course And Other Information That Will Be Passed On To The Pilots. Enlisted Men Of The 318Th Fighter Group Compiling Data Area, Left To Right: T/Sgt. Charles L. Waters

Sec'y Daniels -- 5 mins. After sending blockade order to Adm. Fletcher

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

NATO College. Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and Personnel

Aircraft, Burma, India & Operations , Naga Headhunters War

The filter board with a scale of two inches to the mile, maps out an area using the Air Defense Grid. All plots detected by our reporting radar stations are received and filtered at this board. When a target is established, it is told to the

Clasp Students at De Gipsy trainer Walrus class OZB, Operational School, Den Helder

Rice crew team in mock shells before mirror in crew house training

Sponsor Nancy L. Domenici breaks the traditional bottle of champagne across the bow of the nuclear-powered attack submarine ALBUQUERQUE (SSN-706) during the launching ceremony. Behind her are David S. Lewis, chairman of the board, General Dynamics Electric Boat Division, right, and Sen. Pete V. Domenici, R-New Mexico. Base: Naval Submarine Base, Groton State: Connecticut (CT) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Information office radio broadcaster Dutch Guinea. Captain J. Kous van de Trawler "The Hope" helm. September 1954. Guinea, Waigeo

A technician works in the Air Force Armament Laboratory, Air Force Systems Command. Base: Eglin Air Force Base State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA)

This photo that dates to the time of World War I shows a wireless telegraph station on a U.S. battleship.

Country Club For US Airmen- Rest and Recuperation in the English Countryside, Stanbridge Earls, Romsey, Hampshire, 1943 'Doc' Kennedy plays the piano before changing for dinner in comfortable surroundings of the piano room at Stanbridge Earls. Listening to him play are Lieutenant Michael Zincowich (looking through the window), a Fortress Bombardier from New Hampshire, and Lieutenant R T Jacobs (seated in the armchair) is a Liberator Bombardier from Vicksburg, Mississippi.

The Markers On The Numbered Plotting Table Refer To The Number Of The Raid And Number Of Planes Participating In A Mission. Men In The Picture Are: (Left To Right), Cpl. William Saver Of Brooklyn, N.Y.; Pfc. Raymond Emmerick Of Shamokin, Pa.; Sgt. Ellis

Soldier's Son- Pregnancy and Childbirth in Wartime, Bristol, England, 1942.

DF-SN-86-12630. Base: Arnold Air Force Station State: Tennessee (TN) Country: United States Of America (USA)

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

Anefo photo collection. Command Kirbergen and Keers, stand RAI. May 18, 1965

Jobs For War Disabled -- Mr. H.A. Harrold who lost both hands near Dumkirk in February 1940 when a Grenade exploded in his hand. With him is Sister Culbane assisting him in using a type-writer in spite of his disability.One of the best known of the British Legions work for war disabled men is the work of the rehabilitation centre at Preston Hall near Maidstone. Started after the 1914-18 war the British Legion Villa go now has a population of about 1,100 men disabled in this war and their families. The village is a model of what can be done in after care of Tubercular and Disabled men, it has its own shops, industries, schools, club and recreation rooms. Men are here taught now trades to overcome their disability. June 20, 1946. (Photo by Barratt's).

Sgt. Antone Bruns, 7Th Aaf Combat Camera Unit Detachment F, Of Van Buren, Arkansas, Stencils A Bomb On The Case Of The A-7 Camera (Shown Here). This Is The Eleventh Mission That The Camera Has Been On, And The Men Of This Detachment Decided That The Came

Men viewing ordnance exhibit , Ordnance industry, Armories, Exhibitions, Watertown Arsenal Mass.. Records of U.S. Army Operational

U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt aboard the USS Indianapolis reviewing Argentine Fleet during his trip to South America, Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library & Museum, November 17, 1936

'On Signals Duty', c1943. Creator: Cecil Beaton.

DN-SN-85-11038. Base: USS Constellation (CV 64)

Preventing Sea Disasters in the Coast Guard's Business. (Right) Lieut. Commander Frank M. Sperry, USCG, senior resident marine inspector at Sparrows Pt. Shipyard of Bethlehem Steel Co., shows Captain Leonard E. Penso, USCG, Officer in Charge of the Coast Guard Marine Inspection Office, Baltimore, a badly corroded lifeboat hand ax. The ax is to the added to Captain Penso's "chamber of marine horrors" exhibit board used in marine inspector training. Lieut. Commander Sperry, 40, a native of Los Angeles reared in Bedford, Ohio, was a Merchant Marine Officer with a Master's License for ocean vessels before transferring to the Coast Guard in 1953. He presently lives with his wife Sydney and three children at 306 Regency Circle, N. Linthicum, Md.

German Blind Ex-Servicemen Visit St. Dunstan's -- Sir Ian Fraser explaining a "talking book" machine a sound recording unit for the blind to Herr August Martens, head of the German blind soldiers organizations, during the tour of St. Dunstan's this afternoon.A party of blind German ex-Servicemen, who are on a visit to this country, this afternoon visited the St. Dunstan's Blind Hostel, Regent's Park, London, N.W., where Sir Ian Fraser, Chairman of St. Dunstan's, conducted them over the premises. July 13, 1937. (Photo by Topical Press)

Vintage Photograph. US weather bureau John Cohen Supervising Overseer at Logan Airport in Boston reading temperature.

A helicopter crewmember conducts maintenance on a U.S. Army helicopter during the Vietnam War. Regular maintenance was crucial to ensuring the aircraft remained in operational condition amidst the challenging conditions of the war. Proper upkeep allowed for increased reliability and effectiveness when transporting troops and delivering supplies.

The Women's Royal Naval Service during the Second World War Wren Plotters G Finlay, of Kenya (left) and A Colborne, of Liverpool moving ships on the plot in a Naval Operations Room in Ceylon.

Parasection on Ypenburg. Folding brake parachute for the Republic F-84F Thunderstreak.

Wagon-Lits Universalsovvagn.

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Visit General Spoor to Medan (Sumatra). Richter of air defense or cannon looks through visor. May 1947. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

Shells - Misc. October 11, 1951. (Photo by Acme Photo).

Unit 731 was a covert biological and chemical warfare research and development unit of the Imperial Japanese Army that undertook lethal human experimentation during the Second Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945) and World War II. It was responsible for some of the most notorious war crimes carried out by Japanese personnel. Unit 731 was the code name of an Imperial Japanese Army unit officially known as the Epidemic Prevention and Water Purification Department of the Kwantung Army. It was initially set up under the Kempeitai military police of the Empire of Japan to develop weapons of mass destruction for potential use against Chinese, and possibly Soviet forces.

Divers at the Imperial Navel Academy, Classic Photography

F.B.I. guard reports in. Washington, D.C., Aug 4. Officer Ray D. Buckingham using a plug-in telephone, which every guard carries as part of his regular equipment circa 1937.

Blocklines - 200 Years Old: Two small antique pistols seized by police from a King St., city, collector because they were not licensed. Pistol on left manufactured about 1750, and other between 1720 and 1740. They are not lethal in present condition. August 21, 1951.

Pistol Library - George Ann Hicks of Edmond, Okla., President of American Legion "Girl's Nation" views pistols in FBI headquarters' gun reference library. D.W. English, FBI special agent, explains them to her. August 25, 1947. (Photo by Wide World Photos).

Artwork: "Civic Action," South Vietnam Artist: Alvin Pimsler. Country: Unknown

Naval captain on board ferry.

U-2 Pilot suit flight readiness (flight support trailer, TR-1)

This is a Lad who would Conquer the World -- This SS Sergeant started out with the Nazi hordes thinking he would help conquer the world... and wound up counting maser rifles surrendered when the crack Herman Goering division laid down their arms to the Canadians near the German town of Hilversum. July 16, 1945. (Photo by Canadian Wartime Information Board).;This is a Lad who would Conquer the World -- This SS Sergeant started out with the Nazi hordes thinking he would help conquer the world...

A military reads received from home front post (woman, family, friends).

Female Electronics Technician, Goodyear Aircraft Corp, Akron, Ohio, USA, Alfred T. Palmer for Office of War Information, December 1941

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Reporting army technical service in Meester Cornelis (Batavia). Electromoneur. February 1947. Batavia, Indonesia, Jakarta, Dutch East Indies

TSGT Brad McClain, right, awards five points to a Challenge 79 contestant while MSGT Phil Volz, left, and TSGT Dave McKinney operate the cameras. Challenge 79 is a closed circuit television game show aired at the Strategic Air Command Non-Commissioned Officer Academy. Base: Barksdale Air Force Base State: Louisiana (LA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

German army with field radio in operation Date: 1940

The Royal Navy during the Second World War With the men off duty, the ship's barber is kept busy trimming beards, as well as hair cutting and shaving on board HMS COCHRANE whilst she is docked at Rosyth.

Anefo photo collection. Exercise "West 1968", exercises civilian defense. Queen's commissioner in South Holland. J. Klaasesz Rust out on bed in Commandobunker in Noordwijk. May 9, 1968. Noordwijk

Man and photographer at exhibit , Ordnance industry, Armories, Exhibitions, Watertown Arsenal Mass.. Records of U.S. Army Operational

DF-SN-86-07109. Country: Unknown

DF-SN-86-12638. Base: Arnold Air Force Station State: Tennessee (TN) Country: United States Of America (USA)

A crewman aboard the destroyer USS PETERSON (DD-969) inspects Emergency Escape Breathing Devices (EEBD) during Fleet Ex 1-90. Subject Operation/Series: FLEET EX 1-90 Country: Atlantic Ocean (AOC)

Anefo photo collection. Clandesteen Wapentransport intercepts some of the weapons in Amsterdam harbor. 28 June 1977

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

First US Army Rehabilitation Centre- Recuperation and Training at 8th Convalescent Hospital, Stoneleigh Park, Kenilworth, Warwickshire, UK, 1943 Pfc Verble Billings (of Route 1, Covington, Tennessee) rides an exercise bicycle in the remedial gymnasium at 8th Convalescent Hospital at Stoneleigh Park. Billings was with the field artillery and was wounded by shrapnel in the back of the knee near Tunis. Before the war, Billings worked on his father's farm in Covington.

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

Warrior Artists -- Exception...No tyro is this soldier, Pvt. Eugene V. Hassold, of Jersey City, N.J. He was a commercial artists before he donned the uniform and he is now taking advantage of the Fort Dix Classes to do something in oils, an ambition he has always had. Most of the students here, however, and never attempted to paint or sculpture until they started here. June 18, 1944. (Photo by Arthur Sasse, International News Photos).

DN-SN-89-07467. Base: Naval Air Station, Cubi Point Country: Philippines (PHL)

Army shops.

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