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Historical Military Personnel

Black and white images of various men in military or formal attire, showcasing different poses in various settings from the late 1930s to the 1940s.

W. T. Charge. August 14, 1933.
W. T. Charge. August 14, 1933.
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N. Conquest - (Leichhardt - Annandale). August 20, 1944.
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Col. R. G. Pollard, Director of Military ***** Plams, Aust Army. December 06, 1955. (Photo by Frank Albert Charles Burke/Fairfax Media).
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Airman learning navigation during the Second World War, 1941. Creator: Charles Brown.
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Anefo photo collection. House of Representatives, Defense treatment; Minister Peace, No. 30a v.L.n.R. Koster, Geurtsen (VVD) and Wolff (CPN). 11 February 1975
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Lionel Bibby - Rifles - Personality. April 22, 1953.
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Portrait of two men ,. Records of U.S. Army Operational
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Photographs Relating to the Minor Nuremberg Trials
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176B - Home Made Planes And Health Parasol. January 27, 1949.
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New Jersey Coast Guard Officer on Mission to India. This image depicts artwork of Coast Guard Lieutenant Commander William J. Mazoni, painted by Coast Guard Combat Artist Joseph di Gemma.
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Spanish Civil War: Manfred Stern (aka Emilio Kléber, Lazar Stern, Moishe Stern, Mark Zilbert) (18961954) was a member of the GRU, Soviet military intelligence. He served as a spy in the United States, as a military advisor in China, and gained fame under his nom de guerre as General Kléber, leader of the International Brigade during the Spanish Civil War
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Coast Guardsman Joseph Sanders. This image depicts artwork of Coast Guardsman Joseph Sanders, drawn by Coast Guard Combat Artist George Hodgson Heidler.
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Bell M. Dougal, 22 of ***** sex attack on his wife. November 25, 1955.;Bell M. Dougal, 22 of ***** sex attack on his wife.
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Anefo photo collection. Preview of the film The Sea Waters who premiered on October 16, 1980. General Pugh, at the time Special Operations Executive during press conference. In the background posters with gregory bad luck, those gene. Pughs Peelde. September 24, 1980
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Flying Enterprise Survivor in Liverpool Hospital Jumped overboard - Dashed Against Side - George Miterko, one of the surviving crew members of the American freighter Flying Enterprise, lies in a Liverpool Hospital suffering from Shock, and back, knee and arm injuries.Miterko, from 2129 West 45th Street, Cleveland, Ohio, was rescued and brought into Liverpool by the German ship Arion. He was injured two days before the passengers and crew abandoned ship, when he was thrown violently across the deck as the ship's plates began to crack. Miterko was rescued after he had jumped overboard from the stricken Flying Enterprise. He said he never thought he would live because he was dashed against the ship's side again and again. January 03, 1952.
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Piano -playing military Pianospelande militär
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Brigadier General Phillips W. Smith, USAF, Director, Defense Production Division, OSR. Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and Personnel
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Ely Parker was a Lt. Colonel on Ulysses Grant's staff during the US Civil War. As a Senaca Indian, he was not considered a US citizen, but as an adjutant and secretary to Grant, he wrote the final draft of the Confederate surrender terms at Appomattox. He served as Commissioner of Indian Affairs in Grant's presidential administration (BSLOC_2018_10_114)
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Information office radio broadcaster Dutch Guinea. Papua helner service shipping. October 1956. Guinea
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Aeronautics. marco buzzi pilot officer. 1910.
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C.W.A Scott. October 30, 1934.
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Captured ***** Lieutenant In London After Escape Through German Lines -- Lieutenant Mark Bonham-Carter (left) Photographed in London with Major Thomas Pierce Butler (right) after reporting to the War Office.Lieutenant Mark Bonham-Carter, aged 21, of the Grenadier Guards, who was captured by the Italians in April, has arrived in England after escaping from his prison camp and passing through the German lines in Italy. October 28, 1943.
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Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. A soldier smokes a cigarette. November 1946. Batavia, Indonesia, Jakarta, Dutch East Indies
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FBI NABS Nazis Who Reached U. S. In Sub -- Two German agents, who landed a Nazi submarine at Hancock Point, Frenchman *****, Maine, on Nov. 29, 1944, were taken into custody by the FBI. Identified as Erich Gimpel (left), Alias Edward George Green, 35, German Citizen, and William, Curtis Colepaugh Alias William C. Caldwell, 26, a discharged U.S. Navy man and a U. S. citizen, they were ***** at the SS school at the Hague Holland the men had bought parts to set up a short wave radio and had secret ink in their possession, but they had ***** yet succeeded in contact the Germany Government according to the FRI. January 01, 1945. (Photo by ACME).
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Dunkirk - Barges. Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and Personnel
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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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Franz Paul Stangl (1908 - 1971) Austrian-born police officer and commandant of the Nazi extermination camps Sobibor and Treblinka. Stangl, an employee of the T-4 Euthanasia Program and an SS commander in Nazi Germany, became commandant of the camps during the Operation Reinhard phase of the Holocaust. He was arrested in Brazil in 1967, extradited to West Germany and tried for the mass murder of 1 million people. In 1970, he was found guilty and sentenced to the maximum penalty, life imprisonment. He died of heart failure six months later.
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Vintage photograph. Mailman wearing uniform, hat and satchel bag holding up letter looking at camera
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Nagasaki Atom Bombing Story For Xmas Radio:The BBC's Christmas Day Programme will include a feature "Good Neighbours" which will bring to the microphone Group Captain Leonard Cheshire, VC., who flew an official British observer when atom bombs were dropped on Nagasaki. The item will include a description by a Catholic priest of how his church at Hiroshima was destroyed, and he will be followed by the Group Captain.Photo Shows: Group Captain Leonard Cheshire, VC., at the Microphone, during a Pre-Recording of his Christmas Day Broadcast. December 20, 1954. (Photo by Reuterphotos)
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DN-SN-88-10153. Base: USS Coronado (AGF 11)
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Speech by the Koninklijke Navy Country Day in the pastime house in Den Helder in December 1989.
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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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Injured American Soldier, "I'm ready to go back home soon. Leg off and not much use here", Hospital #5, Auteuil, France, Lewis Wickes Hine, American National Red Cross Photograph Collection, September 1918
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Nagasaki Atom Bombing Story For Xmas Radio:The BBC's Christmas Day Programme will include a feature "Good Neighbours" which will bring to the Microphone Group Captain Leonard Cheshire, VC., who flew an official British observer when atom bombs were dropped on Nagasaki. The item will include a description by a Catholic Priest of how his Church at Hiroshima was destroyed, and he will be followed by the Group Captain. Photo Shows: Group Captain Leonard Cheshire, VC., at the Microphone, during a Pre-Recording of his Christmas Day Broadcast. December 20, 1954. (Photo by Reuterphotos)
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The Prefectural Governor of Hiroshima reading Japan's renunciation of war promulgate under the new Constitution, to citizens of Hiroshima at a ceremony which took place in ***** sacred Japanese Shrine 300 yards from where ***** Atomic Bomb exploded. Orphans whose ***** were killed by the Atomic Bomb attended the ceremony. Selections were played by the 67 Batt. Australian Band during the ceremony. November 18, 1946.
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C.W. Frost. October 19, 1941.
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***** Seith. January 18, 1943.
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Military Photographer of the Year Winner 1997 Title: Thoughts Elsewhere Category: Combat Camera Place: 2nd Place Exact Date Shot Unknown Caption: Major Kurt Tek daydreams while coming home from a deployment. Country: Unknown
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021206-M-3031H-018. Country: United States Of America (USA)
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Sicily Invader Meets Father. Coast Guardsman Paul M. Gratz, Jr., who participated in the invasion of Sicily, gave his father the surprise of his life when he turned up in a mid-pacific port where Grantz, Sr. is employed by the Navy Department. Father and son, who come from Minersville, Pa., had a family dinner. The Coast Guardsman has been in the service ten months.
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Where are the other Banbinan W. Meredith of 18th Batt with ***** arrived care at Central ***** is young into camp at Riverpool. January 16, 1938.
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DN-SN-85-06331. Base: USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63) Country: Indian Ocean (IOC)
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International resistance fighters and persecutees of the Nazi regime demonstrated against the prosecution of Nazi crimes, partly dressed in the clothes of concentration camp inmates, in Strasbourg, FRA, France, 21 April 1979, Europe
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W. Elliot. November 04, 1940.
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RADM E. H. Smith getting Ph.D.. The day he got that Ph.D.
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DN-SN-86-03527. Base: Seattle State: Washington (WA) Country: United States Of America (USA)
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DF-SC-89-11411. Country: Unknown
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Anefo photo collection. Command Frisian Courier, Ria Buzzer. July 13, 1966
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Frosted Up. This image depicts Coast Guardsman Harry Miller.
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The Nuremberg Judge Smiled - Mr. Justice Birkett was present, and his smiling visage must have been a great contrast to the grim visage of the judge who sat on the International Military Tribunal which sentenced the Nazi Criminals at Nuremberg.The Michaelmas Law sitting opened today, beginning the new Legal year, and the pomp and ceremony of pre-war days seen in London when the judges went in procession from Westminister Abbey, where a service was held, to Westminister Palace. October 14, 1946.
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060503-N-6843I-012. Base: Naval Amphibious Base, Coronado State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)
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Paratroopers assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division, senoir leaders across the Army, and civillians honor the heroic actions of D-Day at the Airborne Memorial Ceremony in Normandy, France, June 6, 2022. Paratroopers come to Normandy to celebrate the triumph and victory of the 82nd Airborne Division in liberating Normandy from Nazi rule.
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A close-up view of Clarence Mohica, radio branch chief at the Commando Escort master station at Punamano. Commando Escort, part of the1957th Information Systems Group (ISG), links the commander-in-chief Pacific Command and the commander-in-chief Pacific Air Forces, with bases and military forces throughout the area. Base: Oahu State: Hawaii (HI) Country: United States Of America (USA)
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SRA Edwin H. Laursen is a cadet candidate at the Air Force Academy Preparatory School. Base: Colorado Springs State: Colorado (CO) Country: United States Of America (USA)