Military Life in Action

Photos capturing everyday moments of military personnel, including training, preparation, and social interactions within camp settings.

Sgt. Louis Reese, of East Brunswick, N.J. getting his machine gun ready for action, while others clean their rifles.

Elsevier photo collection. Police action Indonesia. tranquility reversed. Dutch soldiers Kampong Djangga, road Prapat Porsea Sumatra. population returned pigs typical homes Suggestion Tobameer, Batak region, ed.. December 1948. Indonesia, Indonesia, Dutch East Indies, Sumatra

American Soldiers en route to the front being served daily with Coffee and Doughnuts at the American Red Cross Canteen, St-Pierre des Corps, Tours, France, Lewis Wickes Hine, American National Red Cross Photograph Collection, September 1918

Royal Air Force- France, 1939-1940. Pilots of No. 607 Squadron RAF relax outside their crew room at Vitry-en-Artois. Those identified include Pilot Officer P L Parrott (first left), Flying Officer W F Blackadder (second right) and Flying Officer W E Gore (first right). Blackadder and the officer with whom he is exchanging a 'thumbs up' are still dressed in their pre-war Royal Auxiliary Air Force blue overalls with the Squadron badge emblazoned on the front left pockets.

Sgt. Louis Reese, of East Brunswick, N.J. getting his machine gun ready for action, while others clean their rifles.

To celebrate the fall of Metz, soldiers of the 4th Armored Div., of the U.S. 3rd Army prepared a pork dinner for their guests, members of the 9th Air force Air Participation party. Metz fell to the 3rd Army and the 19th Tactical Air Command of the

THE PORT AIR OFFICER is a link in the chain between Air Service in the States, the Maritime Service and the men who fly. His job is the coordinate discharge of Air Force cargo and its prompt dispatch to the Depots and Service Centers where it will be

Ord.D / 14.inftr.reg.-Stöch Before her shrapnel safe cover behind the swarmliege at Olyka. (2.10.1915.).

Anefo photo collection. Army exercise in Germany. Soldiers eat in field kitchen. October 12, 1961. Germany

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC tour through West Java through the Hussars van Boreel (reproduction). Krawang: The reserve eskadron armored cars of the Hussars van Boreel regiment makes a fourteen-day exploration through West Java. March 13, 1948. Indonesia, Java, Krawang, Dutch East Indies

Detachment 101, an enigmatic Allied intelligence and special operations unit during World War II, played a pivotal role in the Burmese theater. Operating deep in the jungles of Burma, their mission was multi-faceted, encompassing guerrilla warfare, espionage, and sabotage against Japanese forces. Comprising a diverse group of individuals, from OSS agents to indigenous fighters, they effectively disrupted Japanese supply lines, gathered critical intelligence, and supported resistance movements.

Members Of The 96Th Bomb Group Relax In Their Barracks At An 8Th Air Force Base In England While Reading Their Ever Welcome Letters From Home. 30 June 1943.

Some of the men play cards while they are standing by for Shuttle Service missions. Here are four sitting on the petrol tins while their companions watch the game. They are all wearing winter flying kits-it is cold in Tripolitania now.

A ward at the Advanced Dressing Station at Kiropa in the Ramu Valley. Sick and wounded Australians who took part in the successful drive against Japanese positions at Orgoruna receive medical attention at this station. February 09, 1944. (Photo by Department of Information Picture.).

State Gravel Mine Großfragant Russians in their accommodation, interior view; Hohe Tauern; photographer: 10. Armeekommando, Rohr.

Aircraft, Burma, India & INDIA,RECREATION War

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. Christmas mood in the Mess. December 25, 1946. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

Aircraft, Burma, India &Troops &Paratroops

A Patient Is Carried To The Receiving Station At The American Military Government Hospital Where Other Natives Are Waiting Their Turn To Be Treated By Personnel Of The Medical Unit On Okinawa, Ryukyu Retto. 15 June 1945.

At an air base near Bengasi, Cirenaica, Libya, men of the 98th Bomb Group are being briefed before the Ploesti, Roumania bombing raid.

"You should have seen the one that got away," says Capt. Irl E. Baldwin of Yakima, Washington, pilot of the Boeing B-17 "HELLS ANGELS," as he and his flight crew relate their experiences on their 28th mission to the ground crew at their base

Photo collection Spaarnestad topics. Germans prisoners of war. In Den Helder, the disarmed German soldiers in LCT boats are boarded for Harlingen, from which the long journey to the "Heimat" is taken on foot. The means of transport they may retain for transporting their luggage are dragged on board. June 1945. Den Helder

Library For Combat Crews Of The 493Rd Bomb Group. England, 6 November 1944.

Finnish refugees in Haparanda, autumn 1944. Sj Grh.

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Coffee plantation 'The coffee pot' at Ambarawa and "Zeeuwen in their doing and let". Ambaraya: Leen Stokman has a good judgment on the company "De Koffiepot". If a patrol comes home, the last stopping place is at the canteen for a cool drunk. December 12, 1947. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

Men Of The 379Th Bomb Group Chat As They Drink Cups Of Steaming Coffee Served Them By Workers In The Red Cross Clubmobile At An 8Th Air Force Base In England On 5 November 1943.

Capt. Bain, Group Operations Officer Of The 79Th Fighter Group, Explains To Ground Crews, The Reason For Moving From Termoli To Capodichino, Italy.

Ground Crew Men Loading A 500-Lb Bomb On A Curtiss P-40 Warhawk, Of The 79Th Fighter Group Based At Capodichino, Italy.

Men Of The 381St Bomb Group Are Interrogated After Returning From The 3Rd Mission Flown By The Group Over Enemy Territory, 25 June 1943. 8Th Air Force Station 167, England.

Aircraft, Burma, India &Troops &Paratroops

Anefo photo collection. Training Dutch army camp. 1941. Britain

Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945. The crew of a Handley Page Halifax of No 51 Squadron RAF hand in their parachutes at Snaith, Yorkshire on their return from a bombing raid on the Ruhr, Germany.

Sgt. Marvin E. Mcmanus Of Montgomery City, Missouri, Ball Turret Gunner On The Boeing B-17 'Hard To Get' Is Passed Out Of The Waist Window Of His Plane To The Waiting Ambulance At An Air Base In England, After Returning From An 8Th Air Force Attack On The

Capt. Milton E. Johnston and Capt. John W. Guepe, MD's of the 11th Airborne Division on Leyte, Philippine Islands, work on a man with bullets in his lungs.

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Various tea businesses in the boom phase in Z.W. from Bandoeng. Under the leadership of Colonel Lentz, Commander 3rd Infantry Battaljon, some planters visited their severely damaged companies in patoehasche. The SPERATA company. 26 February 1948. Bandung, Indonesia, Dutch East Indies, Patuha

Personnel Of The 90Th Photo Reconn Wing At Work In The Operations Room At An Air Base Somewhere In Italy.

Men Of The 401St Bomb Group Relax In The Lounge Of The Sergeants Club At An 8Th Air Force Base In England, 16 May 1944.

Emergency Mass Feeding, Fort Dix, New Jersey 1954 , Civil defense, Stoves. Records of the Office of Civil Defense and Defense Mobilization

Casualties of air raid resting in shade of transports wing while transport is being unloaded.

Aircraft, Burma, India & INDIA,RECREATION War

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.

Milit. Tieweri.d. -isonzontront. 3.9.17. .

Hobby sessions in the Libyan Desert among the men of the 9th Air Forces are conducted by American Red Cross Field Director, Ray L. Goodridge, of 210 Lark Street, Rochester, New York, shown here distributing the equipment to the men of his

Laundry In a trench at HIR. 309; probably in area between Brzezany and Podhajce, Galicia; photographer: Korps Hofmann.

7th N.Y.

This Jerry Had A Copy Of "Frontpost" In His Possession. Although German Officers Forbid Their Men To Read The Nickles, About 65%%%%%%%% Of Those Captured Have Read Most Of Them And Many Prisoners Have Them Concealed On Their Person. Italy.

Checking in equipment from FSA (Farm Security Administration) mobile camps as it arrives at the FSA permanent camp at Caldwell, Idaho for winter storage 1941. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Idaho , Caldwell, Idaho , Canyon County

After Briefing, Crew Members Of The Boeing B-17 'Swamp Fire' Load The Equipment On A Truck Which Will Take Them To The Flight Line At An 8Th Air Force Base In England. Soon They And Other Crews Of The 379Th Bomb Group Will Be Roaring Over Enemy Occupied

Second World War. For billeting. Soviet Union. Group of relatives of the German Wehrmacht in front of a farmhut

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Inspection trips. MAJ. Dürst Britt 3rd Infantry Brigade to Garut. Men's mans of an Eskadron fighting trucks during an eating break. October 23, 1947. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

Aircraft, Burma, India &Operations War

Count de Boliac, Lindley, Christensen, North

Military Personnel Arrive At A Sea Port Somewhere In Iceland. 2Nd Service Group, 28 June 1944.

Detachment 101, an enigmatic Allied intelligence and special operations unit during World War II, played a pivotal role in the Burmese theater. Operating deep in the jungles of Burma, their mission was multi-faceted, encompassing guerrilla warfare, espionage, and sabotage against Japanese forces. Comprising a diverse group of individuals, from OSS agents to indigenous fighters, they effectively disrupted Japanese supply lines, gathered critical intelligence, and supported resistance movements.

Fotocollectie Eerste Wereldoorlog. A CANTEEN AT THE WAR BOND FRONT. Wounded "Tommies" just returned from the front line at Trafalgar Square refresh themselves at the Y.M.C.A. dug-out while they discuss the all round advantages of investing spare cash in War Bonds.. {1914-1918}. Groot-Brittannië, Londen

804th Medical Air Evacuation Transportation Squadron. 1st installation at Nadzab, New Guinea, Dec. 1943.

In a camouflaged foxhole, Maj. James T. Nelson, of the 101st Airborne Division of the 9th AF does a bit of reading during a lull in the fighting in Northern France. Camouflage effect was obtained by use of parachute silk.

Combat Crew Members Of The 401St Bomb Group 8Th Air Force, Are Briefed For A Bombing Mission Over "Fortress Europe", 29 January 1945. England.

Aircraft, Burma, India &MEDICAL, FIELDTREATMENT War

G.I. Using Biscuit Gun, Flashes Signals To Incoming Planes While Other Men Go About Their Duties In The Control Tower Of The 353Rd Fighter Group At A Base Somewhere In England.

Getting outfits ready, MAINE

It's chow time for these men in the jungles of Markham Valley in New Guinea. 11 September 1943.

Sgt. H. Erickson of Proctor, Vermont and Sgt. M.C. Rex of Miwaukee, Wisconsin, both members of the 346th Service Squadron, 310th Bomb Group, rivet patches on the wing of a North American B-25 which was damaged while on a mission over enemy

Even The Innocent Suffered -- Air Crew Men Gaze Sadly At The Rabbit Killed During A Nazi Attack On A Corsican Air Field.

332d Inf.

Detachment 101, an enigmatic Allied intelligence and special operations unit during World War II, played a pivotal role in the Burmese theater. Operating deep in the jungles of Burma, their mission was multi-faceted, encompassing guerrilla warfare, espionage, and sabotage against Japanese forces. Comprising a diverse group of individuals, from OSS agents to indigenous fighters, they effectively disrupted Japanese supply lines, gathered critical intelligence, and supported resistance movements.

Fleak deposit A.d.ison'sScontront.14.17. .

Following a Photo Recon Mission, 1st Lt. William F. Charles (left) is interrogated at a 9th AF base. (Left to right) are: Lt. Charles; Capt. Donald J. Martin, Rockwall, Tex.; and Maj. William D. Mitchell of Sanger, Calif. Lt. Charles is from

German Concentration Camps - General German War Scenes. May 29, 1944.

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Departure Zuiderkruis with 7. R.S. to Palembang. Palembang: For picking up 7-rs that his Indian time has left and returned home, the troop transport ship "Zuiderkruisse" Palembang. At the canteen truck. March 25, 1948. Indonesia, Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

Soldier's home at the Russian front, section of the 4th K.U.K. Army near Kowel.

Anefo photo collection. Kotanica (Hollandia New Guinea). 1945. Hollandia, Dutch East Indies, New Guinea

Gis Of The 41St Bomb Group, Who Are Staking Out A New Camp Area On Okinawa, Ryukyu Retto, Stop Long Enough To Grab Some Lunch. 1945

German River patrol -- France

03/31/1917. Far from the battlefield. Prisoners of War in France Busy in Loading Operations of a Train.

New Zealand foresters in France

Captured Serbs in Trstenik Serbia; photographer: 8. Korpskommando.

Gi Of The 163Rd Liaison Squadron, 10Th Army Painting Alert Warning Flags To Be Used On Airstrips. In This Manner Planes Returning From Missions Are Warned Of The Impending Danger Of Japaneseanese Air Attacks. Okinawa, Ryukyu Retto.

Thanksgiving Day Exercises in the dayroom of the 4th Service Squadron, 2nd Service Group at an airfield somewhere in Iceland. 26 November 1942.

9th Air force P-38 Lightning fighter-bomber pilots leave the briefing tent at their base in Belgium before going out on another mission to eliminate or neutralize German strong points holding up the advance of U.S. ground troops.

Anefo photo collection. Destruction: Amsterdam port. German soldiers are questioned. May 1945. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

They lived in the desert on spam and cabbage, harassed Rommel's rear guards, stuck at Naples and Sicily.

Men Of The 612Th Engineering Squadron, 364Th Service Group, Move Up The Stile-Like Ramp At The Side Of The Chuck Wagon To Get Their Noon Meal. The Menu Included Fried Spam, Green Peas, Meat And Vegetable Stew, Hot Biscuits, Coffee And Canned Pineapple.

Pilots over map discussing flight.

Migrant camp California. Tent with wash tub in foreground. 1935 - 1942. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. California, Internal migrants, Dust Bowl Era, 1931-1939

The Royal Navy during the Second World War Bags of Christmas mail being sorted on the deck of a supply ship before being sent to various ships or by ferry to the mainland.

Lt. Shively And Armament Personnel Of The 18Th Combat Mapping Squadron On Espiritu Santo, New Hebrides, Pose For The Photographer. April 1943

Anefo photo collection. Exercise "Grand Repulse" West Germany. September 27, 1953. Germany

Aircraft, Burma, India & INDIA,RECREATION War

Pictures of life at the front or in the hinterland, Russian war showplatz.

Royal Air Force- Italy, the Balkans and South-east Europe, 1942-1945. Pilots of No. 3 Squadron RAAF assembled in their Operations Room in a barn on the edge of the airfield at Agnone, Sicily. Squadron Leader R N B Stevens, who took over the command of the Squadron during the absence through illness of its regular CO, Squadron Leader B A Eaton, can be seen third from the right, sitting at the table. The censor has obliterated the writing on the operations board on the wall to the left of the table.

Trench Idyllic trench scene at IR. 88; probably in the area between Brzezany and Podhajce, Galicia; photographer: Korps Hofmann.

Royal Air Force 1939-1945- Coastal Command On 13 July 1942 a Sunderland from the newly-formed No 461 Squadron RAAF rescued a No 77 Squadron Whitley crew in the Bay of Biscay. The skipper of the Sunderland was the CO, Wing Commander Neville Halliday, seen here handing out cigarettes to his relieved and hungry new passengers in an official re-enactment which took place at Mount Batten for the benefit of an official photographer.

American Army Nurse Treats Chinese Patient On Way To India -- Lieutenant Jeanette C. Gleason, a U.S. Army nurse, gives aid to a wounded Chinese soldier aboard an evacuation plane on the way to a general hospital in India. Other patients are in the background. These air ambulances transport the wounded directly from the front, ensuring adequate medical care in the shortest possible time. Lieutenant Gleason once was forced to parachute from a damaged plane over the Himalaya Mountains and walked of

Photo collection Government information service. Series Print Anefo RVD Own Without Caption. Collection Photo collection Government information service own, photo number 156-0985. 1956

07/31/1937. War Vehicle and Weapons repair workshop, located on the First Lines of Fire.

Royal Air Force- 2nd Tactical Air Force, 1943-1945. Flying control personnel at work on the advanced landing ground at B2/Bazenville, Normandy.

Anefo photo collection. Kingdom Dutch Princess Irene Brigade Netherlands. Tilburg-Breda road. Soldiers drink tea. November 1944. Noord-Brabant, Tilburg

German Prisoners of War in Britain- Everyday Life at a German Pow Camp, UK, 1945 German Prisoners of War mend clothes in the tailor's shop of a PoW camp, somewhere in Britain. Suits are hanging up on the right of the photograph. One man is using a sewing machine. The back wall of the Nissen hut used as the tailor's shop has a mural of a submarine drawn on it.

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