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Military Awards and Medals

Photographs of military personnel receiving medals and awards during ceremonies, capturing moments of honor and recognition within the armed forces.

Presentation Of Medal To Lt. H. Lancaster Of The 493Rd Bomb Group, 8Th Air Force. England, 12 April 1945.

Aircraft, Burma, India &Ceremonies& Decorations, War

Anefo photo collection. Presentation of high award by General Track on the Burg. Bisschopplein in Batavia. January 22, 1948. Batavia, Indonesia, Jakarta, Dutch East Indies

Lt. Colonel Shackley Of The 381St Bomb Group Is Presented A Medal At An 8Th Air Force Base In England On 14 May 1944.

A Member Of The 554Th Bomb Squadron, 386Th Bomb Group Is Congratulated After Receiving The Air Medal During A Ceremony At An Air Base In Beaumont, France. 6 December 1944.

Sgt. Angeline Of The 753Rd Bomb Squadron, 458Th Bomb Group, Is Presented The Distinguished Flying Cross During A Ceremony At An Air Base Somewhere In England. 21 December 1944.

Presentation Of Medal To Pvt. G.D. Eyre Of The 493Rd Bomb Group, 8Th Air Force. England, 16 March 1945.

Aircraft, Burma, India &Ceremonies& Decorations, War

Aircraft, Burma, India &Ceremonies& Decorations, War

Officers Of The 410Th Bomb Group Pose For The Photographer After Receiving The Distinguished Flying Cross During A Ceremony At A 9Th Air Force Base In France. May 1945.

Brig. General Samuel E. Anderson Presents An Award To A Member Of The 386Th Bomb Group During A Ceremony At An Air Base Somewhere In England. 25 July 1944.

Coast Guard Chief Decorated for Heroism. John T. Hendrix, Chief Electrician's Mate, U.S. Coast Guard, wins the Navy and Marine Corps medal for his part in the rescue of 144 crew members of a stricken merchantman, lost in the North Atlantic during March, 1943. Hendrix's citation, ready by Rear Admiral James Pine, superintendent of the U.S. Coast Guard Academy, New London, Conn., during the decoration ceremonies, stipulates the award is "for outstanding heroism." Chief Hendrix is a Coast Guard veteran with two hitches to his credit and two full years of convoy and anti-submarine duty chalked up on his war record.

Aircraft, Burma, India &Ceremonies& Decorations, Awards, War

Review Of The 439Th Troop Carrier Group At An Air Base Somewhere In France. 23 Jan 1945.

A Citation Award Is Made To The 386Th Bomb Group During A Ceremony At St. Trond, Belgium, On 30 May 1945.

A Member Of The French Government Poses With Members Of The 9Th Troop Carrier Command During An Award Ceremony At Chartres, France. 6 June 1945.

Having A Discussion At An Air Base Somewhere In North Africa, Are, Left To Right: Lt. Colonel Davis, Jr., Co Of The 99Th Fs, Lt. General Carl A. Spaatz And Secretary Of War Stimson. Photo Taken On 26 July 1943 At Tunis, North Africa

Anefo photo collection. Presentation of the "Silver Rifle" in the Harskamp. June 10, 1960. Harskamp

Aircraft, Burma, India &Ceremonies& Decorations, Awards, War

F/Lt. George H.T. Hatton, Raf, Was Presented The Distinguished Flying Cross By Major General Ira C. Eaker During A Ceremony At The 8Th Air Force Base At Teddington, England On 17 July 1943.

Colonel Murray C. Woodbury Presents An Award To A Member Of The 353Rd Fighter Group During A Ceremony At An Air Base In England. January 1944.

Brig. General Samuel E. Anderson Presents An Award To A Member Of The 386Th Bomb Group During A Ceremony At An Air Base Somewhere In England. 25 July 1944.

A Member Of The 570Th Bomb Squadron, 390Th Bomb Group Is Congratulated After Receiving An Award During A Ceremony At An Air Base Somewhere In England. 9 January 1944.

Brig. Gen. Ned Schramm Of Miami, Fla., And Seattle, Wash., Pictured Awarding The Air Medal To Pilots Of The 9Th Air Force, At A P-61 Night Fighter Base Somewhere In France. 8 October 1944.

Major General Lewis H. Brereton And General Dwight D. Eisenhower Are Conducted On A Inspection Tour Of The 386Th Bomb Group Base At Great Dunmow, Essex, England On 11 April 1944.

Former Brookland Butcher Among Nazi Prisoners. This Nazi prisoner was a Brooklyn butcher for 10 years before returning to Germany to fight for the Master ButcherHitler. Captured in Normandy, he is pictured here aboard a Coast Guard-manned transport which is carrying him back to the United Statesthis time for internment. An Army Military Police officer stands nearby.

F/Lt. Stanley Trevaillion, Raf, Was Presented The Air Medal By Major General Ira C. Eaker During A Ceremony At The 8Th Air Force Base At Teddington, England On 17 July 1943.

On 15 September 1943 at a ceremony in New Guinea, the Air Medal for Meritorious Achievement in Aerial Flight was presented to T/Sgt. John N. Sheets, Blythedale, Missouri by Brig. General Roger Ramey. T/Sgt. Sheets flies as an aerial engineer on a

Colonel J. J. Nazarro, Who Has Been Presented The Silver Star, Poses For The Photographer With An Unidentified Officer Of The 381St Bomb Group At 8Th Air Force Station 167 In England. 15 November 1943.

Two Of The Leading Aces Of The Air Force In The Eto Meet In London, England To Discuss Future Operations. They Are, Left To Right: Major Walter C. Beckham Of Funiak Springs, Fla., And Capt. Walker Mahurin Of Fort Wayne, Ind. Both Men Are Republic P-47 P

Albert Kesselring with Afrika Corps

East Meets West -- Fastening An American Flag Armband For Identification In Case Of A Forced Landing Behind The Russian Front, Colonel Fastovschut (Left) And Lt. Colonel Rudoi (Center) Both Of A Soviet Military Mission For Aviation, Wish 1St Lt. Francis E

Commanders Of The U.S. Air-Ground Team That Relieved Bastogne Discuss Plans For Operations Against Von Rundstedt'S Armies In Belgium. Brig. General Otto P. Weyland, Right, Commands The Xix Tactical Air Command Of The Ninth Air Force, The Air Component Pl

Lt. Gen. Lewis H. Brereton Presents Award To A Member Of The 439Th Troop Carrier Group During Ceremonies At An Air Base Somewhere In France. Major General Charles T. Myers Stands To The Left Of Gen. Brereton. 18 October 1944.

Col Grant O. Williams, Left, Signal Officer, 1St U.S. Army, Awards The Air Medal To S/Sgt. Michael J. Pavliscak, Right, Of Cleveland, Ohio.

ITALY-Col. H.P. Rush, Wing Commanding Officer, congratulates three men who received the Silver Star for gallantry in action. Left to right are: Lt. James T. Jordan, Philadelphia, Pa.; Lt. Fred G. Wagner, Kalispell, Mont; and S/Sgt. Frank W. Hughes

Colors At Camp Lejeune Inspection. Reviewing the Courthouse Bay Detachment, U.S. Coast Guard, at Camp Lejeune, N.C., Rear Admiral Robert Donohue, USCG chief personnel officer, salutes the colors. With Rear Admiral Donohue are Captain Merlin O'Neill (center) and Commander Spencer F. Hewins, commanding officer, of Courthouse Bay Detachment. Rear Admiral Donohue's two day inspection was 25 and 26 May, 1944.

T/Sgt. Stanley Bond Of The 490Th Bomb Group Is Awarded The Distinguished Flying Cross During A Ceremony At The 8Th Air Force Base In England On 21 October 1944.

At a ceremony in New Guinea, 15 September 1943, the Distinguished Flying Cross was presented to S/Sgt. Mark Gudmundsen, Salt Lake City, Utah, by Brig. General Roger Ramey. S/Sgt. Gudmundsen flies as an aerial gunner on a Consolidated B-24 Liberator

Lt. Col. Elliott Roosevelt receives the Distinguished Flying Cross in Algiers for outstanding services performed by his Group in the African Campaign.

ITALY-Lt. Andrew D. Marshall, Bristol, Va., pilot in a Negro fighter group of the Mediterranean Allied Air Forces tells an American pilot how he escaped death when his plane was shot up by flak during a strafing mission over Greece before the Allied

RVD / Royal House photo collection. Royal visit to the West. Visit of Prince Bernhard at the headquarters of the boy scouts in sugar garden. Greeting by Head of Sea Cadets. 1955. Curacao, Nederlandese Antilles

Photographs depicting military activities in France, May - June 1940. Included photographs of Rommel, Guderian, Dreuz, Bottcher, Italian General Garaboldi, Lucie Rommel, shots of Rommel with Hitler. Photographs of equipment and troops arriving and in action, from the personal collection of Rommel.

Lt. E.H. Ownbey Of The 652Nd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron, 25Th Weather Reconnaissance Group, Is Presented The Air Medal At An 8Th Air Force Base In England. 10 June 1944.

Poll photo collection. Royal house. Prince Bernhard presents awards. undated

Brig. Gen. Robert D. Knapp awards medals, at Solenzara, Corsica, 1 February 1945.

Major General Patton and French Gen. Nogues reviewing American and French troops during combined parade in Rabat, Morocco.

Military transport on the line between Nässjö - Falköping.

U.S. Flyers in Russia. Russian officers chat with Col. Barton. Commanding Officer of a Bomb Gp. And with Col. Hubert Rice, Commanding Officer of a Bomb Gp. Russian woman in center is interpreter.

Receiving the order of the Purple Heart for wounds received while engaged with enemy fighter planes is 1st Lt. Meech Tasquah, of Walters, Okla. He is shown being decorated by the Commanding General of U.S. Army Forces in the Middle East at an

Aircraft, Burma, India &Ceremonies& Decorations, Awards, War

Lt. Grey Of The 353Rd Fighter Group Is Presented An Award By Brig. General Murray C. Woodbury On 17 May 1944 At An Airbase England.

M/Sgt. Burton A. Davis, Mt. Morris, Ill., 8Th Air Force Service Command, Receives The Air Medal From Major General Henry J.F. Miller, Cg, Eight Air Force Service Command. Hendon Airport, England. June 1943.

Units Of An Australian Armored Division which were inspected today by General Blamey, Commander-in-Chief of the Allied Land Forces in Australia. Top: Light American tank on a tank transport. It can be unloaded and ready for action in three minutes. Middle: Traffic control troops riding past. Bottom: Trained and tough men of the division march past. July 1, 1942.

Aircraft, Burma, India &Ceremonies& Decorations, Awards, War

Lt. Cols. A.V. Crookston & T.L. Hazlett

Photograph shows General Eisenhower meeting with generals Patton, Bradley, and Hodges on an airfield somewhere in Germany. Dated 1945

A German and a Swedish commander greet each other when a German healthcare train passes Hallsberg during the Second World War.

Anefo photo collection. Presentation of the "Silver Rifle" in the Harskamp. June 10, 1960. Harskamp

LGEN John K. Davis, commanding general, Fleet Marine Force Pacific, presents the CHIEF of Naval Operations Safety Award to LTC Gale E. Heaivilin, commanding officer, Marine Attack Helicopter Squadron 169 (HMA-169). Base: Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Anefo photo collection. Cup for the Dutch Air Force at the NATO competition. The French Air Force General de Rivals Mazeres hands over the cup to $. April 22, 1963

F/O George A. Mason, Raf, Was Presented The Air Medal By Major General Ira C. Eaker During A Ceremony At The 8Th Air Force Base At Teddington, England On 17 July 1943.

First MM. Corporal L. E. Taylor, of Weris Creek, NSW, and first member of 1 Bn. RAR, to win the Military Medal in Korea, is being congratulated by Major-General A. J. H. Cassels, who carried out the investiture shortly before he relinquished command. September 25, 1952.

Unveiling of the monument in memory of the resistance fighter Johannes Post by his widow Dina Post-Salomons and the simultaneous name change from 'Steelsplaats Steenwijkerwold' in 'Johannes Postkazerne', in the presence of Z.K.H. Prince Bernhard. Mrs. Post-Salomons in conversation with the prince.

Anefo photo collection. Arrival Governor General of the Dutch East Indies. Princess Juliana in conversation with an air force officer and Governor General Tjarda from Starkenborgh Stachoumer at Schiphol airport. 1945

Winner of the second Victoria Cross to be awarded for gallantry in the Korean War, Pte. William Speakman, of the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders attached to B Company Kings Own Scottish Borderers, receives the ribbon of ***** from the commander of the Commonwealth ***** Major ***** A.J. H. Cassels at a special parade in the ***** at Korea. January 18, 1952.

Photo collection Spaarnestad topics. WWII - International - Armament, equipment etc .. British soldiers help each other with their equipment on a London soccer field where they are stationed. September 9, 1939. London

08/31/1936. The little Pet Sergeant, Calling Roll To His Men, and Giving "No News" to the Company Captain.

Species.The shooting.At the middle of the Stockholm archipelago.Sweden, Blekinge, Blekinge, Karlskrona, Karlskrona, External War Gogs (depicted, City)

Royal Air Force 1939-1945- Fighter Command Air Marshal Sir William Sholto Douglas, C-in-C Fighter Command, with Flight Lieutenant Brian Kingcome during a visit to No 61 OTU at Heston, November 1941.

Photo collection Spaarnestad topics. KNIL - NETHERLANDS. The native soldiers live in the barracks together with their family. Their European comrades have a house outside the barracks. During the service cooking, sewing, washing and playing the women and children in a special building. 1939. Indonesia, the Netherlands, Dutch East Indies

1920s 1930s TWO SMILING HOTEL BELLHOPS IN UNIFORM SHARING A SECRET

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