Life in Military Facilities

Everyday scenes in military life, including personal care and interactions, reflecting camaraderie and the unique settings of service members.

Back to the German Lines -- One of the German nurses captured by the American forces in Normandy steps into am ambulance waiting to take her back to the German lines. All of the nine nurses captured in the Cherbourg area gore repatriated by mutual agreement. Hostilities ceasing temporarily while two ambulances took the nurses over to the German lines, where they were received by a Gorman major. August 1, 1944. (Photo by U.S. Signal Corps Photo)

Electronics Technician 1ST Class Karen Roberts cuts Interior Communications Technician 2nd Class Lori Richards' hair while acting as the barber aboard the salvage ship USS GRAPPLE (ARS-53). The GRAPPLE is towing three minesweepers to the Persian Gulf to support U.S. Navy escort operations. Country: Unknown

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Military hospital to Semarang. A seating area. July 1947. Indonesia, Java, Dutch East Indies, Semarang

M. W. Clune - Acting Sec. Australian Legion of Exserviceman & Women. January 1, 1947.

$Trip to South America: White House Army Signal Agency (WHASA) communications equipment preparations, personnel, and city views 1961-12-15 \u2013 1961-12-18. White House Army Signal Agency (WHASA) staff members in a hotel room in South America. Anthony S. Suglia sits in background, speaking on telephone; Commander of WHASA Colonel George J. McNally sits at far right.$

Back to the German Lines -- One of the German nurses captured by the American forces in Normandy steps into am ambulance waiting to take her back to the German lines. All of the nine nurses captured in the Cherbourg area gore repatriated by mutual agreement. Hostilities ceasing temporarily while two ambulances took the nurses over to the German lines, where they were received by a Gorman major. August 1, 1944. (Photo by U.S. Signal Corps Photo)

The Telephone Service Carries On, London, January 1942 A messenger boy delivers a message to the office of a telephone subscriber whose own telephone system has been damaged following an air raid. The subscriber reads the message at his desk before leaving with the messenger. Note that the messenger carries his gas mask in its tin on his back and has a small pouch for messages at the front of his tunic.

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Return to blitar. Occupation of blitar: after Kepadjen and Wlingi, Dutch troops went to Blitar. Dutch soldiers enjoy a cool drink on a veranda. December 22, 1948. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

NATO Council Meeting. Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and Personnel

A soldier makes a wall painting in the Marinian training camp "desert garden".

Excursion from the staff of the Martial History section to the Landdrukkerij in The Hague.

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Opening RadioStudio v.H. Army program in Padang; Visit Admiral Pinke to Studio. Padang. Also the mayor of Padang Dr. Hakim spoke. November 8, 1947. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies, Padang, Sumatra

Prestwick Airport- Transport and Travel in Wartime, Prestwick, Ayrshire, Scotland, UK, 1944 A woman of the Women's Auxiliary Air Force (WAAF) and an American NCO record the arrival of an aircraft from America on a chart in the Operations Room of US Air Transport Command at Prestwick airport.

Study in reflections. The face of the soldier standing is magnified and reflected in this picture of militiamen of the anti-aircraft battery polishing the reflector of one of the mobile searchlights. June 12, 1940.

During Veteran's Day weekend in 1953, Sergeant Dieter Kaisenberg and his team from U.S. Army Radio W6USA at Fort McArthur, California set up a mobile station in the lobby of the renowned United Artist Theatre in downtown Los Angeles. Passersby were invited to give them messages that were transmitted to friends and relatives in Korea. Base: Los Angeles State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Anefo photo collection. Royal Dutch Brigade Princess Irene. Soldiers write home. post collected twice day. August 1944. France, Normandy

Country Club For US Airmen- Rest and Recuperation in the English Countryside, Stanbridge Earls, Romsey, Hampshire, 1943 American airmen enjoy a pint of beer in the sunshine in the doorway of an old English pub, the 'Sir John Barleycorn', at Cadnam, following a picnic in the New Forest. The airmen are all staying at Stanbridge Earls, near Romsey. In the centre, in a white t-shirt, is Lieutenant Royal Firmin, Jr., the second in command at the home.

Entertainment Concerts Etc. - British Troops. February 8, 1941. (Photo by The Yaffa Syndicate).

In The Maginot Line -- An underground ambulance room in the Maginot Line fortifications. December 13, 1939. (Photo by Keystone).

Army-Navy Football Game, Philadelphia, 1:30PM. White House Army Signal Agency (WHASA) Officer, Anthony S. Suglia, sits in the Army side of the stands at the Army-Navy Football Game (United States Military Academy Cadets versus United States Naval Academy Midshipmen). President John F. Kennedy and others seated in the President's box are in the background. Municipal Stadium, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Club boys U.S.A. September 01, 1947.

Limbless 8th Australian Division ex-prisoners of war of the Japanese in their quarters at the Changi Gaol. September 10, 1945. (Photo by Australian War Memorial Canberra).

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC REPORTAGE Connection service C-Division 7 December. If you are in between there daily you get the taste from it, especially at the connection service. Soldier first class Rumphorst from Amsterdam has hedged his channels and in his spare time he also builds channels for relaxation. December 1948. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

Life Boat Men Including Penlee Disaster 1981 - General Merchant Shipping. June 26, 1943.

"Front Line": "Front Line" labels this woman "The good Neighbour". Wardens are the eyes and ears of control centres but they must also earn and keep the people's confidence. In this role the work of women wardens was outstanding, one warden in very six was a woman. March 08, 1943.

A U.S. serviceman assists a child, one of many evacuees being processed through McChord during the final stage of their journey. The evacuees have been transported from Subic Bay Naval Station and Clark Air Base following the eruption of Mount Pinatubo, a volcano that came alive on June 10 for the first time in over 600 years. More than 20,000 evacuees have been removed from the area as part of the U.S. military's Operation Fiery Vigil. Subject Operation/Series: FIERY VIGIL Base: Mcchord Air Force Base State: Washington(WA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Anefo photo collection. Visit of Eisenhower to Palace Lange Voorhout in The Hague. Man with film camera. October 6, 1945. The Hague

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.

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Gading and Plajen, action by mountain field. Action in the direction of Gading, Plajen and Wonosari. Talking and eating soldiers. March 9, 1949. Indonesia, Java, Dutch East Indies

Women In War Industry - Miss Irene Reay at work on ground stone. May 15, 1942.

Anefo photo collection. 25 anniversary CDAK / Middelburg / General Major J A Sitzen during reason. December 1, 1949. Middelburg, Zeeland

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Aunt Kee 'visits Semarang. Aunt Kee and driver 'Suze'. June 1947. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies, Semarang

A Cuban national captured during the multiservice, multinational Operation URGENT FURY is debriefed by a member of the US Air Force. Subject Operation/Series: URGENT FURY Country: Grenada (GRD)

A young Formosan who resisted embarkation is forced up the gangway by military provosts, a struggle lasting two or three minutes ensued before he was finally flung on board. He was not the only one who resisted and had to be embarked by force. March 10, 1946. (Photo by Cinesound Picture).

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. Four patients in pyama are in front of a building with patio doors. 1947. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

Z.K.H. Prince Bernhard visits the Leeuwarden airbase as an inspector general of the Royal Netherlands Air Force.

Captain Franciscus Soeratimo (left) of Indonesia and Captain Vatit Sakdisubha of Thailand, both undergoing certification training as physiology instructors, monitor oxygen chamber training at the Wilford Hall USAF Medical Center. Base: Lackland Air Force Base State: Texas (TX) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Installation of AVCO Irradiation Facility , Armories, Ordnance industry, Industrial facilities, Army Materials and Mechanics Research Center U.S.. Records of U.S. Army Operational

Lt. Arthur F. D'Agostino of Newark, New Jersey is shown doing his toilette in one corner of the "Shackteau," a two-story tent which he and a group of men built at a base somewhere in France.

Information office radio broadcaster Dutch Guinea. administrative officer Snape interventioned employee Expedition Gaisseeau employee Radio Omroep Nieuw-Guinea. February 1960. Guinea

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Christmas 1948 in Soebang and Poerwakarta. Christmas party 1948 was celebrated under very special circumstances. Some sub-officers in their Mess in Poerwakarta. Sitting under the Christmas tree, all kinds of memories of the two previous Christmas festivals in the Archipelago, picked up by Upperwachtmeeman Schoonderwoerd from Gouda, Sergeant Treasure from Marrum (Friesland), Sergeant van der Sluis from Culemborg and Sergeant-Major Blom from Zuylen. December 24, 1948. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

At the invitation of General-Major of the Mariniers (Genmajmarns) Nass, his guests, including some American officers, are offered an extensive Indonesian meal in the from Ghentkazerne (VGKAZ) in the Van Ghentkazerne (VGKAZ).

F.M Montgomery's Personal Pilot, Flt.-Lt. Errol Taylor is staying at the St. Moritz Kulm Hotel a section of which is reserved to the RAF Winter Sports Association. Meanwhile, Mohty is amusing himself ***** in the Berness Oberland. July 24, 1949.

Portrait of a smoking soldier.

A sailor suffering from the heat is tended to during a firefighting drill aboard the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS ABRAHAM LINCOLN (CVN-72). The LINCOLN's crew is receiving refresher training under the supervision of personnel from Fleet Training Group, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Country: Caribbean Sea

AMS-190 , Ships, Naval Vessels, Boats, Naval History, Navy

They would not look so happy if we treated them Nazi fashion. Two German internees who have been landed in Sydney from Britain. Because of fifth column activities, these were brought out to Australia "fort he duration". November 06, 1940.

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Tangerang. Dentist (Lieutenant) inspects the teeth of a soldier. July 1946. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies, Tangerang

DN-SN-89-08939. Base: Lansing State: Michigan (MI) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Dutch soldiers travel for exercises from Oirschot to La Courtine. Pay attention! The above description is a generic series description based on the information stated by the army film and photo service. In the long term, this global description will be specified.

Reconstruction of Aunay-Sur-Odon, France. Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and Personnel

At the Marine Electronic and Optical Company (Meob) in Oegstgeest, a Lieutenant-Sea of Electrotechnical Service of the 2nd Class (LTZE 2) looks at the work of a technical draftsman.

LT Robbie Albright dons his life vest and prepares for an AC-130H Hercules aircraft training flight. The officer is assigned to the 16th Special Operations Squadron, 388th Tactical Fighter Wing. Base: Korat Royal Thai Air Force Base Country: Thailand (THA)

War Prison exchange in Trelleborg. The men drink pilsner and smoke.

DN-SN-86-00071. Base: Bremerton State: Washington (WA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Pladjoe-West Palembang; 8th field artillery department. Radio telegraphist at work. November 1947. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies, Palembang, Plaju, Sumatra

Sgt. Charles R. Warble Helps Lt. John Evans, Navigator On A Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" Of The 401St Bomb Group, Don His Parachute, Flak Suit, Mae West, Etc. England, 9 April 1944.

Aunay-Sur-Odon. Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and Personnel

Australian Civilian Workers With The U.S. Army - Australian Military. November 05, 1945.

Aunay-Sur-Odon. Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and Personnel

Germany, Berlin, 15.12.1992, Prenzlauer Berg Police Station, Schönhauser Allee 22, bicycle control

Anefo photo collection. Departure soldier Lindeman to Biak. Press conference at Schiphol. 27 February 1962

Anefo photo collection. Indonesian consulate in Amsterdam (first day) occupied by armed Moluccans; Snipers arrive. December 4, 1975. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

Luva soldiers, working at Veluwe Navigation Station (NSV) too new milligen.

Wounded Look At Jap Souvenirs -- Soldiers, wounded in battle on Makin, look at a Japanese battle flag and Japanese soap they captured when troops conquered the atoll. The wounded are in a Navy patrol plane that is evacuating them to a hospital. January 16, 1944. (Photo by Official U.S. Coast Guard Photograph).

Stateside Recordings Still Sold In Tokyo -- A welcome surprise to the thousands of occupying troops in Tokyo was the discovery that American-made articles were on sale in the city's shops. These G.I.S are looking over a batch of American Photograph records September 29, 1945. (Photo by U.S. Army Signal Crps Photo).;Stateside Recordings Still Sold In Tokyo -- A welcome surprise to the thousands of occupying troops in Tokyo was the discovery that American-made articles were on sale in the city's s

Members of the 2nd Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron carry a wounded Marine on a litter toward a bus that will transport him to Weisbaden Air Force Regional Medical Center. The Marine was injured during a terrorist bomb attack on the Marine barracks and headquarters building in Beirut, Lebanon. Base: Rhein-Main Air Base Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU)

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. Airport. Soldier records something on a ticket, while another tout. 1947. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

Anefo photo collection. Liberation joy: Amersfoort. An allied soldier surrounded by nurses .. May 7, 1945. Amersfoort

Silver Spring Coast Guardsman Sketches Combat in the Southwest Pacific. This image depicts a photo of Coast Guard Combat Artist Ralph de Burgos.

Anefo photo collection. Van der Putten case at the Civil Service in Arnhem. March 23, 1962. Arnhem

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.

Demonstration of Surgeon George Lung's Apron Stretcher. Glass Plate Negatives of the Construction and Repair of Buildings, Facilities, and Vessels at the New York Navy Yard.

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Pasar Oesan. Pasar Oesan: There is no housing shortage at the boys in Indie. If new stays have to stay, a call is sufficient to the genius. The 3rd field core builds here. Genius of the U-Brigade a few new barracks in Pasar Oesan. November 27, 1947. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

President F. D. Roosevelt in conference with General Douglas MacArthur, Admiral Chester Nimitz, Admiral W. D. Leahy, while on tour in Hawaiian Islands, 28 July 1944

GEN Charles A. Gabriel, commander in chief, U.S. Air Force Europe, speaks to enlisted personnel assigned to Tempelhof Central Airport at the noncommissioned officers' club. Base: West Berlin Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU)

The Dutch army is practicing in La Courtine. Pay attention! The above description is a generic series description based on the information stated by the army film and photo service. In the long term, this global description will be specified.

White House Army Signal Agency (WHASA) staff and facilities, Cape Cod, Otis Air Force Base, and aboard Marlin. ST19061. White House Army Signal Agency (WHASA) staff member in Hyannis Port, Massachusetts.

Airport in Warsaw. Foreign station - passport and clearing briefing (customs officers during a break); Photography from the series to the photojournalism "Please open!" (from the work of the Customs Office at the Foreign Station of the Airport in Warsaw), "Świat" 1959, No. 7; Prażuch, Wiesław (1925-1992); 1959 (1959-00-00-1959-00-00);

Captain of the Fleet, Captain E D B Mccarthy, Dso, Rn in His Cabin Aboard HMS King George V. 10 February 1943, at Scapa Flow.

Germany, Berlin, the fall of the Berlin Wall in November 1989.

Anefo photo collection. Dutch farmers are going to set up a company in France. World War II, Agriculture. August 1945. France

Poll photo collection. War volunteers in Malacca and Indonesia. Evening relaxation of soldiers in the Morib Beach camp on Malacca. March 1946. Malacca, Malaysia

08/31/1936. A Campaign telephone, at the Front, at the service of the command post of the General Staff.

Korean Hero Comes Home -- Pte William Speakman, V.C. photographed with his mother at the door of his home in Moss Lane, Altrincham on his arrival on leave on Wednesday 30th Jan. A magnificent welcome was accorded to Pte William Speakman, 6 ft. 4 ins hero of the Korean Campagn, who was awarded the V.C. for gallantry there, when he arrived back in his home town of Altrincham. January 31, 1952. (Photo by Fox Photos).

White House Army Signal Agency (WHASA) staff member. Unidentified White House Army Signal Agency (WHASA) staff member.

U.S.S. Coral Sea. January 10, 1952. (Photo by Look Magazine).

Anefo photo collection. Sint Nicolaas visits Dam champions. November 20, 1952. Arnhem

Poll photo collection. War volunteers in Malacca and Indonesia. Man busy conducting administration. 1946. Malacca, Malaysia, Penang

The expansion of the spontaneous strikes in September 1969 extended to the Ruhr area. The photo shows the strike action in the Ruhr area, Germany, Europe

Telephone headquarters of the riding detecting regimental 2.

Warranty section of HR. Ms. The seven provinces (1953-1975) from April 6 to June 2, 1954. The enabled nobility breasts visit their colleagues from the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland, USA. Part of the AVDKM 540216 up to 540344 object series, portion AVDKM 540315 to 540341.

When the coming home in Den Helder in March 1989 from the mine hunter Hr.Ms. Urk (1986-) After a mission in the Persian Gulf, various officials of the Mining Service were interviewed about the work of this service.

Air Traffic Controller, A1C Stephen Treadwell, mans his console in the Berlin Air Route Traffic Control Center. Working with him are British Air Force WO Ken Smithe and WO George Dixon (left and right), and French Air Force Adj. Allen Aube (standing), all former World War II Allied soldiers. Base: Tempelhof Airport Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU)

The Dutch army is practicing in La Courtine. Pay attention! The above description is a generic series description based on the information stated by the army film and photo service. In the long term, this global description will be specified.

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. Christmas mood. A soldier gives a different fire for his cigarette. December 25, 1946. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

The expansion of the spontaneous strikes in September 1969 extended to the Ruhr area. The photo shows the strike action in the Ruhr area, Germany, Europe

Attorney General Robert F Kennedy (1925-1968) confers with his chief aides on civil rights. Left to right are Mr Kennedy; Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights Burke Marshall (1922-2003), Deputy Attorney General Nicholas Katzenbach (1922-2012), Harold F Reis (1917-2007), Office of Legal Counsel, and Harold H Greene (1923-2000), Civil Rights Division, Washington, DC, 1963. (Photo by United States Information Agency/GG Vintage Images)

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

Left - Mrs. H. J. Wilcock; Mrs. Fairfax Ross The National Defence League has taken on another urgent and job, that of "scrimming" camouflage nets. At a new centre at Redfern, 38 voluntary workers are needed every day to help with this work. Mrs. H. J. Wilcock, who is in charge of the centre, said: This is a direct war effort, as our work goes straight to the front line." She is shown here being assisted by Mrs. Fairfax Ross to complete a net. Both women have all members of their family in the Services. Volunteers are asked to ring MX2982 or B4898. March 09, 1943.

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