Military Ceremony Formations

Photographs capturing military personnel in formal formations during award presentations and command ceremonies, reflecting honor and tradition.

Inspection Of The 534Th Bomb Squadron Of The 381St Bomb Group, At 8Th Air Force Station 167 In England. 19 March 1944.

Members Of Station 12, India China Wing, Air Transport Command, Stand In Formation Waiting Presentation Of The Presidential Unit Citations By Brig. Gen. Earl S. Hoag. 1338Th Air Force Base Unit, Yannanyi, China, 19 February 1944.

Inspection Of The 534Th Bomb Squadron Of The 381St Bomb Group, At 8Th Air Force Station 167 In England. 19 March 1944.

Orders are read presenting Major Charles C. Kegelman with the Distinguished Service Cross and Lt. Randal M. Dorton, T/Sgt. Robert L. Golay and Sgt. Bennie B. Cunningham with the Distinguished Flying Cross for their low altitude bombing raid on

Major General Curtis E. LeMay (left) is pictured alongside Colonel Alva Harvey at a decoration ceremony at one of the 20th Bomber Command groups in India recently. The General personally presented Purple Hearts, Distinguished Flying Crosses, Air

Maj. O.G. Adams presents awards to men of the 394th Bomb Squadron, 5th Bomb Group "Bomber Barons," during a decoration ceremony at an air base somewhere in the Netherlands East Indies.

Men Of The 410Th Bomb Group Pass In Review During An Award Ceremony At An Airbase Somewhere In France.

A Pierced Plank Runway Under Construction By The 9Th Engineer Command At An Airfield In Normandy, France. 17 July 1944.

Aircraft, Burma, India &Operations War

Men Of The 379Th Bomb Group Stand In Formation During An Award Ceremony At An Airbase Somewhere In England. 2 August 1943.

The 381St Bomb Group Base Review For Decoration Ceremony, 14 May 1944, England.

Aircraft, Burma, India &Ceremonies& Decorations, War

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

Supplies Flown To Jukden, Manchuria. 1 September 1945.

Personnel Of The 7Th Weather Squadron, Stationed On Saipan, Marianas Islands. They Are, Left To Right: S/Sgt. James G. Hamilton Of New York, New Yourk: Sgt. Edgar C. Bailey Of Reading, Pennsylvania; Lt. David S. Durst Of Petaluma, California: Lt. William

Members Of The 390Th Bomb Group, Standing In Formation, Await Presentation Of Awards At An Air Base Somewhere In England. 12 June 1944.

Aircraft, Burma, India &PHOTOGRAPHY, Operations &MAPPING War

Washington, District of Columbia. Artillery group 3d Regiment Mass. H. Art. Fort Totten. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 . United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

Cairo, Egypt-The playing of the American National Anthem brought attention and salutes from dignitaries with King Peter of Yugoslavia at the Liberator presentation ceremonies.

Review Of The 439Th Troop Carrier Group At An Air Base Somewhere In England. 2 June 1944.

Aircraft, Burma, India &Troops &Paratroops

Men Of The 390Th Bomb Group Parade During Memorial Services At Their 8Th Air Force Base In England. 9 May 1945.

A Member Of The 390Th Bomb Group Is Congratulated After Receiving An Award During A Ceremony At An Air Base Somewhere In England. 12 October 1943.

Aircraft, Burma, India &Ceremonies& Decorations,INSPECTIONS &REVIEWS War

Bombing of Ammunition ship...

Officers And Enlisted Men Stand In Formation Awaiting Presentation Of Awards During A Ceremony At Kunming, China On 16 February.

Men Of The 91St Bomb Group Based In Bassingbourne, England, Stand 'At Ease' After Receiving Awards During A Ceremony At The Base.

Chow lines are chow lines, whether they're American or Brazilian. This is the typical Brazilian GI chow line at the base of the First Brazilian Fighter Squadron serving in Italy.

The Flag Bearers Carry The U.S. Flag And Unit Flag As They Lead The Parade During Ceremonies For The Presentation Of The Presidential Unit Citation To The 1St Fighter Group At An Air Base Somewhere In Italy.

As The Colors Pass In Review, Various Members Of The United Nations Armies And Air Corps Are Seen Standing At Attention And Saluting The American Flag During Ceremonies At The Opening Of A New Airport At Nuthampstead, England On 17 June 1943.

'Unremitting Vigil' Of Technical Sergeant Donald E. Lahmers And 50 Other Officers And Men Of The Anti-Submarine Command Was Hailed At Mitchel Field, New York, Ceremonies By Brigadier General Westside R. Larson. The General, Shown Pinning The Air Medal On

Men Of The 70Th Service Group, Based At Great Dunmow, Essex, England, Leave The Briefing Room And Hop On A Truck Which Will Take Them To Their Planes For A Mission Over Enemy Installations On 22 October 1943.

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

Wacs Attached To An 8Th Air Force Base In England Gather Around The Control Tower To Watch For Planes Returning From A Mission. 30 April 1944.

Troops at Galveston

Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower (Seated At The Left) And Other High Ranking Officers, Attend Memorial Day Services At A Cemetary Somewhere In Italy.

A Member Of The 390Th Bomb Group Is Congratulated After Receiving An Award During A Ceremony At An Air Base Somewhere In England. 31 May 1944.

Personnel Of The 94Th Troop Carrier Squadron, 439Th Troop Carrier Group Pass In Review During A Ceremony At An Air Base Somewhere In England. 27 May 1944.

Members Of The 453Rd Bomb Group Stand At Attention During An Inspection In England.

Colonel Duncan Inspects Men Of The 353Rd Fighter Group At An Airbase In England On 22 June 1945.

North Africa. Members of the Earthquakers bomb group of the United States Army Air Force in North Africa play volley ball between missions.

Combat Crew Of The 379Th Bomb Group Relaxes At Their 8Th Air Force Base In England. 25 July 1943.

These 8th Air Force Boeing...

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

Military Observers of Neutral Countries on Danube

A Tennis Match Was One Of The Many Attractions Featured On 9 June 1945 When The 353Rd Fighter Group And The 440Th Air Service Group Celebrated Their 2Nd Anniversary In The Eto. The Units Are Based In England.

2nd Lt. Waldo A. Schauweker and crew of the 64th Bomb Squadron, 43rd Bomb Group, in front of a Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" at a base in New Guinea. Front row, left to right: Lt. Schauweker of Bowling Green, Ohio, pilot 1st Lt. Winslow G. Gardner

On 15 August 1944, A Ceremony Unique In The Annals Of 800-Year Old Petersborough Catheral Took Place When Colonel Harld W. Bowman, Commanding Officer Of The 401St Bomb Group, Presented The Stars And Stripes To The Bishop Of Petersborough As A Symbol Of Fr

S/Sgt. Thomas C. Sippel, 537 Franklin Street, Eau Claire, Wisconsin, being presented the Distinguished Flying Cross and the Air Medal by Brig. General Roger Ramey. S/Sgt. Sippel flies as gunner on a Consolidated B-24 Liberator bomber of the "Jolly

Taps are sounded and last respects paid during the reburial of Air Force dead at the Casablanca Pax Cemetery in North Africa after the bodies were removed from the mountains nearby. 5 August 1943.

German railway troops. Field telegram station

General view of the briefing theatre at the 376th Bomb Group, near Bengasi, Cirenaica, Libya. Men were being instructed prior to bombing the Wienerneustadt, Austria, Nazi aircraft parts plant.

Review Of The 439Th Troop Carrier Group At An Air Base Somewhere In England. 2 June 1944.

Capt. Cameron W. Lane, Commander of Bombardment Squadron going over operations plans with members of his crew.

Representative Of The Gaumont British News Examines Damage To The Village Of Deenthorpe, England - The Result Of An Airplane Crash On 5 December 1943. A Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" Of The 401St Bomb Group, Taking Off For A Mission Over Europe, Was Unab

Fighting Men Of An Airbourne Unit March To The Gliders, At An Airbase In England, Which Will Transport Them To The Big Show, The Invasion Of The European Continent.

Prime Minister Winston Churchill Salutes As Troops Pass In Review During A Ceremony At An Air Base In Iceland. 16 August 1941.

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

On June 4 1945, U.S. Airmen Were Presented The Croix De Guerre During A Colorful Ceremony At The Headquarters Of 1St Bomb Division In England.

During A Ceremony, Lt. General Lewis H. Brereton Presents The Distinguished Flying Cross To Some Of The Members Of The 391St Bomb Group In England, 19 July 1944.

When A Plane Or Its Crew Is In Trouble It Lands At Any Field - So Down Came A Consolidated B-24 Liberator Of The 450Th Bomb Group At A 97Th Bomb Group Base Near Amendola, Italy. Aboard The Plane Was A Wounded Man Who Had Been Hit By Flak During The Raid

Mindanao, Philippine Islands, 12 May 1945. Evacuation of patients by air from Valencia airstrip in C-47's which flew them to base hospital at Malabang. The C-47's flew rations in and patients out.

Aircraft, Burma, India &PERSONALWELFARE War

Nurse Lt. Frances J. Belisky and Cpl. John A. Reinhart of Houston, Texas, administer to patients in the skin disease ward of the 58th Evacuation Hospital on Los Negros, Admiralty Islands.

Crews Of Bristol 'Beaufighters' Which Have Returned To Their Base At Grottaglie, Italy, Are Taken To Interrogation By Truck. 17 Nov. 1943.

Members Of The 314Th Service Group, 364Th Fighter Group Stand In Formation After Being Presented Awards During A Ceremony At An Airbase Somewhere In England. 28 April 1944.

Portraits - Portraits "P". Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Dedication of the Douglas C-47 "Yardbird II" is attended by Lt. General Carl Spaatz and high ranking French Air Force officers at Maison Blanch, Algeria, on 21 August 1943. 36th Air Depot Group.

Anefo photo collection. Farewell to Vice Admiraal H. Ferwerda as commander of naval power in the Dutch East Indies aboard the light cruiser Hr.Ms. The Ruijter.ferwerda is behind the microphone to keep his farewell speech. At the front left the successor of Ferwerda, schout at night c.e.L. Helfrich.Lange man behind helfrich, the captain at sea. J.J.A. Van Staveren, Chief of the Staff of the Sea Night in Batavia. To the right of him, the lieutenant at sea 1st class f.J.e. Crips, Adjutant of Ferwerda. Behind the microphone, the eskader commander captain hides G.W. Stöve. The man in Burger is the secretary of the Department of Marine in Batavia W.J. Leyds. Between Ferwerda and Leyds the Chef Staff of the Squadron Captain Lieutenant at sea F.S.W. the round. Left (partially visible) In the background The first officer of the Ruijter Lieutenant at sea e.e.b. Lacomblé and there to the right of the commander of the Ruijter Captain at sea H.J. Bueninck. December 1939

Award Ceremony Of The 379Th Bomb Group At An 8Th Air Force Base In England. 4 May 1945.

Aircraft, Burma, India &Operations War

The Royal Air Force Flag Lowered And 'Old Glory' Raised To Fly In Its Place After The British Had Turned Alconbury Airfield Over To The 92Nd Bomb Group. England 20 June 1943.

Trucks In Yokohama, Japanesean, Loaded With Released Prisoners Of War. September 1945.

Aircraft, Burma, India &Ceremonies& Decorations, War

Military 1898, Middle East, Israel and/or Palestine

Russian and American personnel inspect construction of barracks underway at Poltava Airbase in Russia. The barracks will house personnel participating in the Russian shuttle missions during the winter of 1944.

Native Litter Bearers Assisting Australians And American Soldier In Loading Patient Into Plane For Evacuation From Dumpu, New Guinea, By The 804Th Medical Air Evacuation Transportation Squadron.

Bretons along a railway show their feeling for German prisoners shipped from Brest following the weeks-long siege which literally laid the city low. Note the tense expressions and gestures of these natives of the Brittany peninsula as they watch the

Information office radio broadcaster Dutch Guinea. Police education. guidance exercises direction Direction, shot.Polition school Base Hollandia. October 1957. Hollandia, Guinea

Recent recruits for foreign service , Soldiers, Buses, United States. Army. Women's Army Corps. Jack Miller Collection

Mrs. F. D. Roosevelt Addresses Group Of Men At Efate Island, New Hebrides Group During Her Tour Of The Pacific Bases, 1943.

At An 8Th Air Force Base Somewhere In England, Two Crew Members Of The 458Th Bomb Group Hold A Last Minute Briefing Prior To Take-Off On Another Bombing Mission Against Enemy Targets, In Europe. 27 April 1944.

FRANCE-A French priest and his students listen to an American G.I. explain the fly-ability of a model of the famous Martin B-26 Marauder.

Collection of World War I Photographs, 1914-1918 that depict the military activities of British and other nation's armed forces and personnel during World War I.

Jap prisoners were brought from the point of their surrender to Mauban by LCIs from where they were to be carried to Bilibid Prison by truck. After being unloaded from the LCIs, they were seated upon the ground by command of their own officers. This

Bombing of Cairo, Egypt...

Capt. Marshall E. Nelson and crew of the 64th Bomb Squadron, 43rd Bomb Group, pose in front of a Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" at an airbase somewhere in New Guinea. Front row, left to right: Capt. Marshall E. Nelson of Fisher, Illinois, pilot 2nd

Major General Robert Leg. Walsh Presents Awards To Air Force Personnel On Ascension Island. 24 December 1943.

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

On A Day In July 1943, Most Of The Pilots And Crews Relaxed As They Wait In Front Of The Air Transport Command Operations Building For Briefing, Prior To Flying A Mission Over The "Hump". Tezpur, Assam, India.

Distribution of food to Danish refugees on a return trip.

His Majesty, King Farouk of Egypt, right listens with interest as Major General Ralph Royce describes the firing power of the Consolidated B-24 during the King's visit to John Payne Field, Cairo, Egypt on 23 September 1943.

Anefo photo collection. Journey from Queen Wilhelmina by liberated southern Netherlands (Zeeland, Brabant and Limburg). Queen Wilhelmina speaks with a few soldiers from the Shock troops in Tilburg. March 18, 1945. Tilburg

Collection of World War I Photographs, 1914-1918 that depict the military activities of British and other nation's armed forces and personnel during World War I.

1936 - 1942. Pacific Region (Riverside, CA). Photographic Print. Department of the Interior. Office of Indian Affairs. Mission Agency. 11/15/1920-6/17/1946. Photographs

Behind the German lines in Yugoslavia, American airmen who crashed in combat are being evacuated by Allied planes. These planes kept their engines running and stayed on the ground for only seven minutes. These men were helped by Gen. Draja

Officers On The Cat Walk Of A Control Tower, At An Air Base In England, 'Sweat Out' The Return Of Bombers From A Mission Over Germany. 20 January 1944.

CONGRATULATIONS FROM THE BOSS. 15TH ARMY AIR FORCE--Personnel of a 15th Air Force Consolidated B-24 Bomb Group, (the 376th) hear a few words from Maj. Gen. James H. Doolittle on the occasion of a luncheon party celebrating the Group's

Aircraft, Burma, India &Fields & Installations, War

Paulette Goddard Went To Work At Raising Morale As Soon As She Got Off The Plane At An Advanced Base Of The 14Th Air Force In China As Can Be Seen By The Smiling Gi Faces Surrounding Her.

Boeing B-29 Crew Members Of The 468Th Bomb Group, Xx Bomber Command, Receive Holy Communion Services Just Before Taking Off From An Advanced Base In China To Bomb Enemy Installations At Omura, Japanesean, And The Raids On Nanking And Shanghai, China, Simultane

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