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Photographs of memorial sites and military museums, showcasing commemorative spaces and historical artifacts with reflective moods.

USA, Kansas, Marysville, Pony Express Home Station Number 1 Museum
USA, Kansas, Marysville, Pony Express Home Station Number 1 Museum
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The Berlin Wall 1961-1989. Graffiti on the remaining section of the Wall. The barrier constructed by East Germany that completely cut off (by land), West Berlin from surrounding East Germany and from East Berlin. The barrier included guard towers placed along large concrete walls, which circumscribed a wide area (later known as the 'death strip') that contained anti-vehicle trenches and other defences. Around 5,000 people attempted to get over the wall, with a death toll of over 600.
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Old British uniform at The Old Exchange and Provost Dungeon Museum, Charleston, South Carolina.
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Military History Museum of the German Armed Forces
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Memorial to the Zulu warriors. Isandlwana Battlefield. Near Nqutu. KwaZulu Natal, South Africa.
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Service members walk through the Normandy American Cemetery as part of staff ride with Ret. Col. Keith Nightingale during the 78th Anniversary and commemoration events for D-Day, June 1, 2022.
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German eagle and swastika at Fort Breendonk, Belgium, Europe
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DF-ST-87-00824. Base: Ramstein Air Base State: Rheinland-Pfalz Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU)
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060906-N-1134L-007. Base: Washington State: District Of Columbia (DC) Country: United States Of America (USA)
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050710-A-6108G-415. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ)
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U.S. Navy Sailors assigned to Navy Region Hawaii and the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) conduct an interment ceremony at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Honolulu, Hawaii, Nov. 9, 2022. Members of DPAA and attending family members paid their respects and honored the life of U.S. Navy Fireman 3rd Class Clarence A. Blaylock, who was assigned to the USS Oklahoma when the ship was attacked by Japanese aircraft during World War II. Blaylock was accounted for on July 29, 2019, nearly 80 years after the attacks on Pearl Harbor.
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Ninja Village near Tokyo Japan. A ninja was a covert agent or mercenary in feudal Japan. The functions of a ninja included espionage, deception, and surprise attacks. Their covert methods of waging irregular warfare were deemed dishonourable and beneath the honor of the samurai.
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Europe, England, United Kingdom, Manchester - The Imperial War Museum North, Salford Quays / IWM North
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Artifacts are shown at the Fort McCoy, Wis., History Center on Aug. 12, 2022. The History Center is part of the installations Commemorative Area. The 900 block of Fort McCoy and the 11-acre area surrounding it are at the hub of the forts history-preservation efforts and is called the Commemorative Area. The Commemorative Area consists of five World War II-era buildings set aside to help tell Fort McCoy's unique story. These facilities are representative of the types found in the cantonment area when it was constructed in 1942. Three of the buildings  an administrative facility, a dining facility, and a barracks  are set up to depict Soldier life during the 1940s. Display items include a World War II chapel, bunk beds, footlockers, mannequins, and potbelly stoves. Another building highlights four different modern military training venues, and a separate facility shows various training aids. The area also has the Equipment Park. Veterans Memorial Plaza is a tribute to all of the men and
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U.S. Marine Corps Rct. Bruno reads about The Battle of Fallujah before participating in the crucibles 12 stalls event at Camp Pendleton, Calif., March 28, 2023. The crucible is a 54-hour event that challenges all the skills learned throughout recruit training.
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State Funeral of President Kennedy: Lying in repose in the East Room of the White House. Members of the honor guard place President John F. Kennedys flag-draped casket in the East Room of the White House. Those observing include: First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy; Attorney General, Robert F. Kennedy; Jean Kennedy Smith; Ethel Skakel Kennedy; Director of the Peace Corps, R. Sargent Shriver; Special Assistants to President Kennedy, Kenneth P. O'Donnell, Larry O'Brien, and Dave Powers; Secretary of Defense, Robert McNamara; Naval Aide to President Kennedy, Captain Tazewell Shepard; Janet Auchincloss; Hugh D. Auchincloss. Honor guard includes: Lieutenant Samuel R. Bird (U.S. Army), Yeoman George A. Barnum (USCG), Seaman Hubert Clark (USN), Sergeant James L. Felder (U.S. Army), Lance Corporal Timothy F. Cheek (USMC), Sergeant Richard E. Gaudreau (USAF), and Corporal Douglas A. Mayfield (U.S. Army). Washington, D.C.
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Military History Museum of the German Armed Forces
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German concentration camp Auschwitz in Poland in summer day
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960613-F-2907C-021. Subject Operation/Series: JOINT ENDEAVOR Base: Mostar Country: Bosnia And/I Herzegovina (BIH)
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Military Museum of Menorca, old barracks of Cala Corb, central square of Es Castell, built by the British in 1771, Menorca, balearic islands, Spain.
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In conjunction with Buffalo Soldiers Day (June 28), Fort Leavenworth hosted a ceremony for the 30th anniversary of the dedication of the Buffalo Soldier Monument.Learn more at: https://home.army.mil/leavenworth/index.php/about/visitor-information/attractions/buffalo-soldier-commemorative-area
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Annual Rolling Thunder motorcycle rally, on behalf of the Prisoners of War-Missing in Action (POW-MIA) cause, through Washington, D.C., with Secretary Dirk Kempthorne among the participants
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Wales, Cardiff, Cardiff Bay, Merchant Seafearers War Memorial
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Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne to Vicksburg National Military Park, Vicksburg, Mississippi, for touring, participation in events highlighting the restoration project--funded jointly by the National Park Service and the Friends of the Vicksburg National Military Park and Campaign, as part of the National Park Centennial Initiative--aimed at replacing interpretive battlefield markers and conserving the array of bronze statuary and stone monuments at the Civil War site. Joining Secretary Kempthorne for the events, including the unveiling of the first group of 22 metal markers identifying the specific locations of various Union and Confederate artillery batteries during the siege and defense of Vicksburg, were National Park Service Director Mary Bomar, Advisory Council on Historic Preservation Chairman John Nau III, and country music star Trace Adkins, among other dignitaries.
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History, Cold War, Occupation, KGB Potsdam State Capital Brandenburg 2024 Memorial and Meeting Place Leistikowstrasse Exhibition People, Power, Machorka Insights Into the Soviet Secret Service City Potsdam Brandenburg Ger
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Maj. Gen. Anthony Genatempo, center, program executive officer for Command, Control, Communications, Intelligence and Networks, speaks to senior leaders during an off-site at the Old North Bridge in Concord, Mass., Jan. 11. The C3I&N senior leaders visited the landmark to synchronize the relationship of command and control following strategic discussions.
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Georgia, Columbus, National Civil War Naval Museum at Port Columbus, diorama of Civil War-era Confederate iron-clad ship CSS Albemarle
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The 21st Theater Sustainment Command attends Lorraine American Cemetery and Memorial, the Second World War American military war grave cemetery, located just outside Saint-Avold, Moselle, France for the 2022 Memorial Day service. Dedicated in 1960, the cemetery contains the largest number of graves of our military dead of World War II in Europe, totaling more than 10,000.
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Bastogne War Museum, Bastogne War Museum, Second World War, 1940-1945, uniform, weapon, soldiers, Bastogne, Ardennes, Belgium, Europe
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HL Hunley Submarine, Charleston, SC
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France, Normandy. Omaha Beach Cemetery
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Portugal, Azores, Terceira Island, Angra do Heroismo. Military museum interior (Editorial Use Only)
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Historical uniforms of the American Army, Point Alpha memorial place and museum, former intra-German border, Rhoen, Rasdorf, Hesse, Germany, Europe
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Annual Rolling Thunder motorcycle rally, on behalf of the Prisoners of War-Missing in Action (POW-MIA) cause, through Washington, D.C., with Secretary Dirk Kempthorne among the participants
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Germany, Munich, Secured wall and entrance of police department
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Traditional cannon, approximative 200 years old. Useful for concepts.
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A Thank You sign at the Vietnam memorial
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U.S. Marines assigned to 8th Engineer Support Battalion, 2nd Marine Logistics Group, II Marine Expeditionary Force form for a reenlistment ceremony for Cpl. Kaleb Harvey a native of Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, near The Acropolis of Athens, Greece, November 25, 2022. Marines assigned to II MEF, based out of Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, embarked aboard USNS Trenton (T-EPF 5) to improve interoperability while refining the U.S. capability to rapidly deploy forces aboard U.S. Navy expeditionary fast transport vessels.
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011019-F-7203T-007. Subject Operation/Series: BRIGHT STAR 01/02 Base: El Alamein Country: Egypt (EGY)
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120427-N-ZI635-734 PERTH, Australia (April 27, 2012) Sailors assigned to the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) assist in a renovation project at St. MaryÕs Cathedral during a community service effort sponsored by the shipÕs Command Religious Ministries Department. Carl Vinson is anchored in Perth, Australia, for a port visit.
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000515-F-2902B-502. Subject Operation/Series: COMBINED ENDEAVOR 2000 Base: Mainz Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU)
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Rod Gainer (right), historian, Arlington National Cemetery, gives a tour of the Memorial Amphitheater Display Room to German Deputy Defense Minister Siemtje Möller (left), Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va., Nov. 3, 2022. While at ANC, Möller laid a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.
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Entrance of the For Freedom Museum about WWII at Ramskapelle, Knokke-Heist, West Flanders, Belgium, Europe
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Military History Museum of the German Armed Forces, Army Museum, Dresden, Saxony, Germany, Europe
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The Expedition 34/35 backup crewmembers pose for pictures in front of the Tsar Bell at the Kremlin in Moscow Nov. 29, 2012 during ceremonial activities that involved the traditional laying of flowers at the Kremlin Wall where Russian space heroes are interred. NASA Flight Engineer Karen Nyberg (left), Russian cosmonaut Fyodor Yurchikhin (center) and Luca Parmitano of the European Space Agency (right) are the backups for NASAs Tom Marshburn, Soyuz Commander Roman Romanenko and Chris Hadfield of the Canadian Space Agency, who will launch to the International Space Station Dec. 19 in their Soyuz TMA-07M spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.NASA/Stephanie Stoll
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Service members from military units across Utah including the Air and Army National Guard, Hill Air Force Base, Marine Reserve, Reserve Officer Training Corps, and more engage with state legislators, including Gov. Spencer Cox, at the Utah State Capitol Feb. 1, 2024.  Air Force
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051003-A-9157N-005. Base: Washington State: District Of Columbia (DC) Country: United States Of America (USA)
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The U.S. Air Forces in Europe Ambassadors Rock Band performs live for  Dzień Dobry TVN, a Polish television program, near the Wawel Royal Castle in Kraków, Poland, Oct. 16, 2022. The USAFE Band partnered with the U.S. Consulate-Krakow to travel across southern Poland from Oct 11-20, 2022, conducting performances that celebrated the shared spirit of freedom and enduring friendship between the U.S. and Poland. The band brings Americas musical heritage and Air Force excellence to audiences across Europe and Africa.
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