Military Actions in Historical Context

Photographs document military operations during the Vietnam War and WWII, portraying soldiers in action, interactions with locals, and the realities of combat and military life.

Members of Btry. C, 3rd Bn., 13th Field Arty., 25th Inf. Div., operate an M-102 105mm howitzer during live-fire artillery exercises at the U.S. Army's Pohakuloa Training Area. Their unit is preparing for Team Spirit '84, a joint South Korean/U.S. training exercise held annually in Korea. Subject Operation/Series: TEAM SPIRIT '84 State: Hawaii (HI) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Mortar crews from the 37th Infantry Division fire on enemy positions on the road to Baguio, Luzon, Philippine Islands, April 22, 1945.

CAZADORES - FOTO AÑOS 60. Location: CACERIA. PROVINCIA. Guadalajara. SPANIEN.

A female U.S. Army soldier carries test equipment away after inspecting MIM-23B Hawk missiles on a towed launcher. Base: Black Forest Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU)

An anti-aircraft training exercise take place on the Crow Valley Range during Exercise COPE THUNDER 83-7. A Marine holds a Redeye portable anti-aircraft missile launcher simulator, right, and in the background a Smokey Sam surface-to-air missile simulator is fired. Subject Operation/Series: COPE THUNDER 83-7 Country: Philippines (PHL)

Members of the North Korean Army bring the casket to the South Korean side of Panmunjom. South Korean officials will receive the casket from the North Korean soldiers. Base: Panmunjom State: Demilitarized Zone Country: Korea

Anefo photo collection. Zaire (formerly Belgian Congo); Camp Angolan liberation movement f.n.L.A. Zaire. August 16, 1973. Belgian Congo, Zaire

Soldiers of the 1ST Battalion, 19th Infantry, 25th Infantry Division, move along Highway 44 during the height of the joint Korean/United States training exercise TEAM SPIRIT '83. Subject Operation/Series: TEAM SPIRIT '83 Base: Hongchon Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR)

Members of the 3rd Civil Engineering Squadron construct a helicopter pad during exercise PRIME BEEF. Subject Operation/Series: PRIME BEEF Base: Clark Air Base State: Luzon Country: Philippines (PHL)

Air Force Instruction and Military Training School (Limos) in Nijmegen.Excersion.

Departing group of officers from Busan, David Ketel, 1951 - 1953 color slide Starting group of officers from Busan, including Major Teuling. Korea slide Korea. Bandan

As SENIOR AIRMAN Theodore Mackey, 341CS/SCMMG, waits for the tent team to move out on the trail, he and one of his Canadian team mates practice moving around on their snowshoes. The exercise is a Canadian military winter operations indoctrination course. Subject Operation/Series: INCLEMENT WANDERER Base: Camp Worthington State: Alberta (AB) Country: Canada (CAN)

Kamikaze Pilots At Shrine. This Scene Is From A Production Sequence And Re-Enactment Of The Kamikaza Ceremony For The United States Strategic Bombing Survey Motion Picture Project For Inclusion In 'Strategic Attack' At Chofu, Japan, November 1945.

DN-ST-90-00321. Base: Sevastopol Country: U.S.S.R. (SUN)

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DA-ST-88-08144. Subject Operation/Series: MEDRETE Base: Palmerola Air Base Country: Honduras (HND)

Dian Fossey's grave Camp of Karisoke Rwanda

DA-ST-88-08137. Subject Operation/Series: MEDRETE '85 Base: Palmerola Air Base Country: Honduras (HND)

DM-ST-88-09870. Base: Quantico State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

CHE: PART ONE (2008), directed by STEVEN SODERBERGH.

Army medical personnel conduct a training exercise. Country: Unknown

The British Army in Northern Italy, 1943 British gunners of the Shropshire Yeomanry in action with a 5.5 inch Howitzer under camouflage netting.

Viet Cong POWs stand and sit at the exchange location. They were flown in on USAF C-130 aircraft from Bien Hoa Air Base. They will be exchanged for American and South Vietnamese POWs held by the Viet Cong forces..

The Eighth Army in the Klagenfurt Area of Austria, May 1945 British military transport carrying supplies for the Eighth Army, passes the frontier station on the border between Italy and Austria. A British military policeman gives guidance to drivers as they pass through.

Pohang Beach, South Korea (March. 24, 2023) - U.S. Marines and Sailors assigned to the 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit, 1st Marine Division, Marine Corps Installations Pacific, and Republic of Korea marines pose for a group photo after a clean-up of Pohang Beach during a community relations event, March 24. Community relations projects show additional support to Allies and partners, and assist in maintaining bonds between nations. The 13th MEU is embarked with the Makin Island Amphibious Ready Group, comprised of the amphibious assault ship USS Makin Island (LHD 8) and the amphibious transport docks USS Anchorage (LPD 23) and USS John P. Murtha (LPD 26), and operating in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations. 7th Fleet is the U.S. Navys largest forward-deployed numbered fleet, and routinely interacts and operates with Allies and partners in preserving a free and open Indo-Pacific region.

GEN Cedras' caravan arrives at the Joint Operation Center at the Port Au Prince International Airport for his meeting with the US Ambassador and LTG Shelton. Subject Operation/Series: UPHOLD DEMOCRACY Base: Port Au Prince Country: Haiti (HTI)

DF-ST-84-01872. Base: Einsiedlerhof Country: West Germany (FRG)

AIRMAN 1ST Class Gregory Brown, 4th Security Police Squadron, armed with an M-16 rifle, stands guard at the Center Marguerite front gate during exercise Cornet Phaser, a NATO rapid deployment exercise conducted under simulated wartime conditions. Subject Operation/Series: CORNET PHASER Base: Canadian Forces Base, Lahr Country: West Germany (FRG)

Forest guards starting fires to stimulate the growth of Elephant grass, Kaziranga NP, Assam, India

Members of the 90th Security Police Group demonstrate apprehension procedures during a training exercise. Base: Francis E. Warren Air Force Base State: Wyoming (WY) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Afghan citizens wait as a CH-47 Chinook helicopter lands with medical supplies and treatment for the village of Aroki, in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Country: Afghanistan (AFG)

Vintage Photograph. Teaching outdoor skills in the rugged wilderness.

DN-SC-85-01673. Base: Bethesda State: Maryland (MD) Country: United States Of America (USA)

The South African Air Force in the North African Desert, April 1943 Pilots of the South African Air Force play volley ball between attacks on the Mareth Line.

A band of Kung hunter gatherers makes a stealthy approach towards an antelope, their bows and arrows at the ready.The Kung live in the harsh environment of a vast expanse of flat sand and bush scrub country straddling the Namibia Botswana border.

U.S. Army Soldiers with 2nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, receive a sustainment brief during brigade rehearsals on Wheeler Army Airfield, HI, Oct. 29, 2022. The Joint Pacific Multinational Readiness Center (JPMRC) training strongly contributes to our readiness in the most consequential region in the world at the most consequential times in history during rotation 23-01. JPMRC strengthens defense relationships, fosters multinational interoperability, increases readiness, and reinforces the unified regional land power network of the Joint Force. (U.S. Army photos by Spc. Jeffrey Garland)

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DA-ST-87-08490. Subject Operation/Series: BRIM FROST Base: Seward State: Alaska (AK) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Slovak Ambassador to the U.S. Radovan Javorcik and Slovak MoD Director General for Policy Martin Sklenar, are given a tour of the U.S. Patriot battery forward-deployed to Slovakia on July 1, 2022.Bravo Battery, 5th Battalion, 7th Air Defense Artillery Regiment deployed to NATOs Eastern flank in Slovakia after that country generously transferred their S300 missiles to aid Ukraine in the defense of its airspace. Bravo Batterys deployment is just another example of our commitment to defend every inch of NATO territory including the skies.

Dinka blacksmith shows spear blades he has fashioned in Wau, southern Sudan.

Flight deck crewmen stand by near a catapult after an aircraft has been launched from the aircraft carrier USS CONSTELLATION (CV 64) during Fleet Exercise 85. Base: USS Constellation (CV 64) Country: Pacific Ocean (POC)

1979 - East German soldiers on guard at the border between East and West Germany.

Photographer's Mate 2nd Class Bruce Conners of Detachment A, Fleet Imaging Command Pacific, videotapes a Marine tactical air control party (TACP) as they watch the results of a strike called in during a live-fire exercise. The area is still covered by volcanic ash from the eruption of Mount Pinatubo in June 1991. Base: Naval Station, Subic Bay State: Luzon Country: Philippines(PHL)

Marines of the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit (11th MEU) man a Mark 19 automatic grenade launcher mounted atop an M-998 high-mobility multipurpose wheeled vehicle (HMMWV) parked in a village near Pattaya Beach during the combined Thai/U.S. joint exercise Thalay Thai '89. Subject Operation/Series: THALAY THAI '89 Country: Thailand (THA)

DF-ST-83-07026. Base: Pope Air Force Base State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

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