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Historic photographs capturing military exhibitions, personnel interactions, and activities related to ordnance and operational readiness through the decades.

At NATO. Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and Personnel

Visitors at the Farnborough Air Show attend an exhibit by the U.S. Air Force Orientation Group. Base: Farnborough Country: England / Great Britain (ENG)

Dedication ceremonies, Dulles International Airport, 11:12AM. Former president, General Dwight D. Eisenhower (center), walks through one of the mobile lounges at Dulles International Airport during dedication ceremonies for the airport named after the late Secretary of State, John Foster Dulles; Director of the Bureau of National Capital Airports, G. Ward Hobbs, walks right of General Eisenhower. Also pictured: Military Aide to the President, General Chester V. Clifton; Deputy Administrator of the Federal Aviation Agency (FAA), Lieutenant General Harold W. Grant; former Administrator of the FAA, General Elwood R. Pete Quesada. Chantilly, Virginia.

This photograph shows Dr. von Braun, second from the left, in the blockhouse at the Florida launch facilities on March 3, 1959. He and others gathered for the launch of the Pioneer IV satellite. On the left of Dr. von Braun is Kurt Debus, who managed the Florida launch facilities. To the right of Dr. von Braun is Army General John B. Medaris. Next to him is General John Barclay. At this time, Dr. von Braun and his associates were members of the Army Ballistic Missile Agency in Huntsville, Alabama.

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

Image of the presentation of the new uniform for station assistants, shunting staff, road maintenance staff, shunting machinists, wagon masters and equipment washers, in one of the corridors of the 3rd administration building of the N.S. (HGB III) in Utrecht.

Pre-Inaugural ceremonies at the White House. Pre-inaugural ceremonies, White House, Washington, D.C. President-elect John F. Kennedy and President Dwight D. Eisenhower depart the White House for Inaugural Ceremonies. White House Secret Service agent James J. Rowley stands left of President-elect Kennedy; Senator John J. Sparkman of Alabama stands at right of image.

Anefo photo collection. Amsterdam fire brigade takes action wages; Firefighters occupy office building unicorn barracks. October 28, 1985

Anefo photo collection. Mission VFN. November 3, 1978

Anefo photo collection. Prince Bernhard receives former fighters 617-de Squadron Ra "Dambusters" on Soestdijk, group photo. September 25, 1976. Soestdijk, Utrecht

Draper's Farewell Party for NATO. Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and Personnel

In the Hermes IV mock-up, Mr. Hudson Fysh (second from right) with Mr. J.R. Stewart (extreme right), Qantas' London Manager, discusses with Handley Page personnel this new airliner which has been ordered for service by B.O.A.C. on its Empire routes.Mr. W. Hudson Fysh, Chairman and Managing Director of Qantas Empire Airways, inspected the Cricklewood Works of Handley Page Ltd. during his current visit to London. He saw the production lines of the new Handley page aircraft: Hastings, Britain's largest military transport and Hermes, the fastest British airliner. May 3, 1948.

Excursion from the staff from the Martial History section to Gorinchem and locked Loevestein.

Three men, one holding award , Awards, Watertown Arsenal Mass.. Records of U.S. Army Operational

Melbourne, Australia: March, 1942 General Douglas MacArthur as he arrived in Melbourne after his dash through the Japanese blockade from Bataan.

DN-SN-87-07016. Base: Naval Station, Long Beach State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

T.V. Cameras. March 31, 1949.

Anefo photo collection. First Chamber handled a statement by Mr. Hendrik Adams van de Boerenparij. Mr. Hendrik Adams and Boer Koekoek leave the battlefield by car. October 4, 1966. The Hague, South Holland

Anefo photo collection. Claus at the navy. February 14, 1966

DD-SN-03-00643. Complete Scene Caption: Secretary of Defense Caspar W. Weinberger hosts the 27th Annual (for 1981) Presentation of the Department of Defense Distinguished Civilian Service Awards. Secretary Weinberger presents medals to recipients and each recipient is presented a plaque by their sponsor. Ms. Marie B. Acton and Dr. John D. Weisz, John O. Marsh Jr., Secretary of the Army, sponsor; Mr. John R. Kenny, Verne Orr, Secretary of the Air Force, Sponsor; Mr. Donald B. Shycoff, Jack Borsting, Assistant Secretary of Defense (Comptroller), sponsor; Mr. Charles P. Ducey, Rear Admiral Edward A. Burkhalter Jr., Deputy Director Intelligence Agency, sponsor; and Mr. Joseph Amato, Lieutenant General Lincoln D. Faurer, USAF, Director National Security Agency, sponsor. Also in attendance, Lawrence J. Korb, Assistant Secretary of Defense (Manpower, Reserve Affairs and Logistics).

Robert B. Henry, LTC, Chemical Corps et al , Military parades & ceremonies, Military personnel, Watertown Arsenal Mass.. Records of U.S. Army Operational

Visit from Prince Bernhard to the army museum in Leiden I.V.m. The unveiling of the GENERAL image of General Hoiefger.

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.

Anefo photo collection. KLM crew tells at Schiphol about earthquake in Venezuela, commander H. J. Vooruy (left) and 1st officer W. H. Kuyper. July 31, 1967. Noord-Holland, Schiphol

DN-SN-86-01137. Base: Seattle State: Washington (WA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

NATO Airbase in France. Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and Personnel

08/31/1936. Toledo (Spain). Spanish Civil War. A car of militiamen preparing to leave Toledo.

Lab directors , Research facilities, Supervisors, Watertown Arsenal Mass.. Records of U.S. Army Operational

Army shops of the Marine (BW). Meeting in connection with the farewell to Mr De Boer. De Boer shows one of his gifts received.

Major of the Mariniers (Genmarns) Nass receives an American colleague in the Van Braam Houckgeestkazerne (VBHKAZ) in Doorn.

Anefo photo collection. Assignment Telegraaf. Saying goodbye to Adjutant Kolk. July 28, 1967

A.E. Barkell, A. Grundeman. Assit. Private Sec. to Dr Evatt. August 17, 1954.

Meeting of bomb engineers

Excursion from the staff from the Martial History section to Gorinchem and locked Loevestein.

'Alert America' Convoy , Exhibitions, Civil defense. Records of the Office of Civil Defense and Defense Mobilization

Opening of the new c.q. converted canteen in the barracks of the Mining Service (MD). The opening is presumably carried out by the commander of the MD.

Anefo photo collection. Initiative legislation Amendment Conscientious Savings Act Military Service. House Representatives: Treatment initiative legislation Amendment Conscientious Safes Military Service PSP-er W. Willems. 13 February 1986. Hague, South Holland

Anefo photo collection. Female cadets on the Royal Military Academy in Breda; Johanna Kools, Jacoba van Soeren and Christina Beumer at De Foerier. August 21, 1978. Breda

Hotel Continental, Dance of the Marines. Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and Personnel

Anefo photo collection. Russian Gloukhov fired from the house of custody in The Hague. April 16, 1967. The Hague, Russia

10/20/1961. Burial of the illustrious journalist and Abc collaborator Gregorio Corrochano.

CDR Naval Base, San Diego, California, CDR E. Inman Carmichael speaks during commissioning ceremonies for the guided missile frigate USS REID (FFG-30). Base: Naval Air Station, Long Beach State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DN-SN-87-06054. Base: Mobile State: Alabama (AL) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Kermesse Aux Etoiles, U.S. Army Band. Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and Personnel

White House Army Signal Agency (WHASA) advance trip to Paris, France. White House Army Signal Agency (WHASA) advance trip to Paris. WHASA officer, Major Robert T. Dalton, Jr. (seated), with Willy Bishop (standing, fourth from right) and seven unidentified men inside a signal facility in Paris, France.

NATO Airbase in France. Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and Personnel

Anefo photo collection. Command of the American embassy. October 9, 1974

Lieutenant Ray Fuller, flight instructor for Training Squadron 10 (VT-10), uses a video to help explain the field of naval aviation to a group of area elementary students. Base: Naval Air Station, Pensacola State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Interrogation (OV2023_224)

Norman Reed and L. Saltonstall , Legislators, Saltonstall, Leverett, 1892-1979, Watertown Arsenal Mass.. Records of U.S. Army Operational

CHIEF Warrant Officer 2 Wilbert Smith gives instructions to crewmen on the well deck during an amphibious refresher training exercise aboard the amphibious assault ship USS NASSAU (LHA-4). Country: Unknown

Anefo photo collection. Opening Liberation Museum in Nijmegen and commemoration of the Market Garden operation. September 17, 1984. Nijmegen

AM-484 , Ships, Naval Vessels, Boats, Naval History, Navy

Col. Mesick with group , Armories, Ordnance industry, Rogers, Edith Nourse, 1881-1960, Watertown Arsenal Mass.. Records of U.S. Army Operational

TSGT Lynn Keenom teaches training methods to security police trainers. TSGT Keenom, once convicted for black marketing activities, is a master instructor in the On-the-Job-Training Advisory Service, Air Training Command. Base: Kelly Air Force Base State: Texas (TX) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Adolphe Menjou Talks To Hospitalized Men Of The 390Th Bomb Group, Based In England. 3 September 1943.

Anefo photo collection. UNIFIL battalion back from Lebanon. Minister De Ruiter (Defense) (R) speaks with unifillers. October 21, 1983. Crailo, Noord-Holland

First South Australian Gift Food Ship Arrives --First South Australian shipment of "Food for Britain" arrived in London on March 1. Here Agent-General for South Australia, Sir Charles McCann, vainly tries to F resent little Peter Stewart with sample. Peter was dubious. March 01, 1946. (Photo by Reuter Photo).

Trip to North Carolina: Visit to Fort Bragg, North Carolina. President John F. Kennedy visits 82nd Airborne Division at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. President Kennedy (wearing sunglasses); Elvis Jacob Stahr, Jr., Secretary of the Army; others unidentified. Pope Air Force Base, Fort Bragg, North Carolina.

***** Of Edinburgh Visits Building Research Station -- The Duke of Edinburgh (right) ***** F. M. Lea (left), Director of the ***** studies of the action of frost on ***** on the "Exposure Site" at the ***** Station. April 29, 1952. (Photo by Sport & General Press Agency, Limited.).

On Special Service Tour: (Right) Mr. Eddie Eagan, Chairman of the New York state athletic commission, and former Amateur Boxer talks to a group of patients at Tokyo army Hospital, Tokyo, Japan while on a special service Tour of the far east. May 05, 1951. (Photo by Lemaster, US Army Photo).

The 38th German Fuersorgetag on 12.11.1976 in the Dortmund Westfalenhalle, Germany, Europe

DA-ST-85-10003. Subject Operation/Series: ORBIT SUNSET Base: Fort Meade State: Maryland (MD) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Anefo photo collection. Departure from Schiphol from Dutch officers to Lebanon. Departure in connection with the UNIFIL peace force of Major Poelgaks, Colonel Tjassens, Major Bremer and Adjustant van Belle. 25 February 1979. Noord-Holland, Schiphol

Luvas from the Air Guard Service Corps (KLD) Alkmaar (4th air watch group) at work at the plot table.

Sahara, June 1975. Patrol captured in the Sahara by the Polisario Front. In the image, ABC's special envoy, Manuel María Meseguer, appears talking with an officer at the post.

Anefo photo collection. Command BOVAG. 18 February 1987

Presentation of satisfaction assessment at the desk supplies of the Marine Barracks Willemsoord by Captain ter Zee B.A. Siemon

The operating defense yard, Tomnäs

Mobilisomstation exercise at the Marine Barracks Willemsoord (MKWD) in Den Helder in May 1990.

DN-SN-90-01724. Base: Pascagoula State: Mississippi (MS) Country: United States Of America (USA)

A British flight sergeant gives a pre-mission briefing to participants of exercise Reforger/Autumn Forge '80. Autumn Forge will be a reserve airdrop near the base involving mostly U.S. and British troops and equipment. Subject Operation/Series: REFORGER/AUTUMN FORGE '80 Base: Rhein-Main Air Base Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU)

Anefo photo collection. Command Nordisk. European Space Center between Northwij Katwijk. Exterior. July 18, 1967. Katwijk, Noordwijk

Anefo photo collection. Command IDB WTC. March 25, 1988. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

NATO Airbase in France. Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and Personnel

Sheila M. Watkins, sponsor of the nuclear-powered strategic missile submarine USS GEORGIA (SSBN 729), addresses guests attending the ship's commissioning ceremony. Mrs. Watkins is the wife of Admiral James D. Watkins, CHIEF of Naval Operations. Base: Naval Submarine Base, Groton State: Connecticut (CT) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Body of one of two airline hijackers killed in by an FBI agent. The FBI agent posed as an airline official who boarded the plane to in San Francisco. The shooting prevented the hijacking to Siberia but also killed one, and injured two passengers. July 5, 1972.

A woman talks on the Navy commissary telephone help line to get assistance for military and civilian personnel arriving from the Philippine Islands after the June 10 eruption of Mount Pinatubo deposited more than four inches of volcanic ash on the area, disrupting base operations. More than 20,000 evacuees have been removed from the area as a part of the U.S. military's Operation Fiery Vigil. Subject Operation/Series: FIRERY VIGIL Base: Andersen Air Base Country: Guam(GUM)

Anefo photo collection. Third day hostage train the point; Rechercheurs returned left to left medication to train. May 25, 1977

DF-ST-87-08045. Base: Charleston Air Force Base State: South Carolina (SC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DM-SN-85-08889. Base: Garden City State: New York (NY) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Trip to California: Vandenberg Air Force Base, 4:08PM. President John F. Kennedy views Pioneer 5 probing satellite during a tour of space craft displays inside a hangar at Vandenberg Air Force Base, California. Left to right: Military Aide to the President, General Chester V. Clifton (left of satellite); Director of Research and Development for the Department of Defense, Dr. Harold Brown; unidentified man in background; Air Force Aide to the President, Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh (behind Secretary of Defense, Robert S. McNamara); Secretary McNamara; Major General Joseph J. Preston; President Kennedy; unidentified man in background; Commander of Strategic Air Command, General Thomas S. Power.

A crewman is entertained by a female singer before boarding his ship as exercise Unitas XX gets underway. Subject Operation/Series: UNITAS XX Base: Nas, Roosevelt Roads State: Puerto Rico (PR) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Celebration of airplane squadron 7 500th OSRD at Marine Vliegkamp de Kooy.

CAPT. Douglas C. Bauer, left, a U.S. Navy historian, talks with the commanding officer, second from right, the executive officer, second from left, and another officer aboard the Spanish frigate Vencedora (F-36) during a visit to the ship. The Vencedora is one of the ships of the Maritime Interdiction Force (MIF), which was formed during Operation Desert Shield to enforce U.S. trade sanctions against Iraq.. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELD Country: Red Sea

Anefo photo collection. Departure from Dutch soldiers from Schiphol to Lebanon. Minister Van der Klaauw (right) in conversation with a soldier. March 10, 1979. Noord-Holland, Schiphol

A woman provides identification to a petty officer aboard the tank landing ship USS BARNSTABLE COUNTY (LST 1197) after being evacuated from Liberia. The BARNSTABLE COUNTY is among the ships on station off the Liberian coast as part of Operation SHARP EDGE. Subject Operation/Series: SHARP EDGE Country: Atlantic Ocean (AOC)

DN-SN-89-03326. Base: Los Angeles State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

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