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Military Personnel in Relaxation and Duty

Images portraying military personnel engaged in leisure activities and work, reflecting life on air bases in historical contexts.

At Ridgewell Field, Great Yeldham, England, Colonel M. Cross, Riverside, Calif., Combat Wing Commander, Left, (Hand On Face) Tells The Story Of The Recent Rhur Valley Raid To Capt. Joseph M. Murray, Bar Harbor, Maine, Center; Lt. Colonel Conway S. Hall, N
At Ridgewell Field, Great Yeldham, England, Colonel M. Cross, Riverside, Calif., Combat Wing Commander, Left, (Hand On Face) Tells The Story Of The Recent Rhur Valley Raid To Capt. Joseph M. Murray, Bar Harbor, Maine, Center; Lt. Colonel Conway S. Hall, N
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Demobilisation of the British Army Regimental Sergeant Major Stilwell walks away from the NAAFI at No.4 Military Dispersal Centre, Regent's Park Barracks, London, with his ration of cigarettes, tobacco and sweets.Repatriated Red Tells Of Being Held By 'Force' -- One of five repatriated North Korean prisoners being questioned at a Red press conference near Panmunjom after their return to Communist hands, draws a diagram of his compound in the neutral prisoner stockade where he said he was held by force. Four other North Koreans who changed their minds with him Oct. 19 sit at his right as Red military peek over their shoulders at right. October 21, 1953. (Photo by AP Wirephoto).The British Reoccupation of Burma Lieutenant General H R Briggs listens attentively during the conference in Rangoon to discuss British strategy and tactics employed in the Burma Campaign.French Army - Training Recruits. Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and PersonnelInformation office radio broadcaster Dutch Guinea. lung HR. Ms. Torpedo boat hunter "Piet Hein" installation Leacup Council Guinea, Presidated President, Captain Lieutenant Sea Mr. A.M. Baron De Vos Van Steenwijk, commander HR. Ms. "Piet Hein". 1960. GuineaAircraft, Burma, India &PERSONALWELFARE WarMadrid, 11/7/1937. One of the first visits of the combatants upon entering Madrid was to the shoeshine boys at Puerta del Sol.Sweden, Blekinge, Blekinge, Karlskrona, Karlskrona, external marina (depicted, town).Sweden, Blekinge, Blekinge, Karlskrona, Karlskrona, External War Gogs (depicted, City)Photograph of American Fighting Men Attending Mass Aboard a Coast Guard Infantry Landing Craft. Mass For The Invaders of an LCI. Before the fateful hour when they will be called upon to storm the bullet-swept beaches of France, American fighting men attend Mass aboard a Coast Guard infantry landing craft. The Chaplain can be seen kneeling before the portable altar.Major General James H. Doolittle Presents His Son, Captain James H. Doolittle, Jr., An Award During A Ceremony At The 386Th Bomb Group Base In England On 28 April 1944.Lt. Gen. James Doolittle, At Microphone, Address Air Forces Officers And Men Of A Unit Which Has Completed 100 Missions In The Eto. Seated Left To Right: Major Gen. Frederick L. Anderson, Lt. General Carl A. Spaatz, An Unidentified Colonel And Major GeneBrig. General Ira C. Eaker Addresses Members Of The 479Th Anti Submarine Group Who Are To Receive Awards During A Ceremony At An Air Base In St. Eval, England. 1943.A Lance Corporal of the Royal Engineers checks the tickets and passes of passengers in a compartment of a train travelling between London and Scotland during 1944.Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Discussions TNI in Tasikmalaya and Padang. Pursuant to the agreement between the Republic and the Dutch-Indian government, discussions were held at established meeting points on the 'Van Mooklijn' between Dutch and Republican military delegations. Dutch officers at the table. January 1948. Indonesia, Dutch East IndiesMilitary members at dinner , Military personnel, Dinner parties, Watertown Arsenal Mass.. Records of U.S. Army OperationalAnefo photo collection. Departure repayment flops to the Dutch East Indies Indonesia. November 4, 1947A nurse and three U.S. Air Force officers do justice to a Thanksgiving dinner-the first meal served in the newly-opened mess hall at the Poltava Airbase, a shuttle mission base where the american personnel are stationed. November 1944.A Member Of The 390Th Bomb Group Is Presented An Award During A Ceremony At An Air Base Somewhere In England. 12 November 1944.Operations officers and controllers around communications table in ops. room, Toni Frissell, Antoinette Frissell Bacon, Antoinette FrissellPhoto collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Arrival of the December 7 Division per MS Boissevain. Women's corps KNIL (UK-KNIL) puts looks ready to a long table. October 19, 1946. Batavia, Indonesia, Jakarta, Dutch East Indies, Tandjong PriokTrams - Generals. May 1, 1950.Decoration Of Tokyo Flyers By Madame Chiang Kai Shek At Chungking, China, June 29, 1942. Colonel John A. Hilger, Brig. Gen. James Doolittle (Now Major General) Madame Chiang Kai Shek. 1St. Lt. Richard E. Cole, Capt. Henery A. Potter, Capt. Edgar E. McelMen talking , Ordnance industry, Armories, Watertown Arsenal Mass.. Records of U.S. Army OperationalAircraft, Burma, India &Operations WarOperations Room Of The 65Th Fighter Wing, Saffron-Walden, Essex, England.Washington, D.C. Soldiers waiting between trains playing cards in the game room at the United Nations service center - digital file from intermediary roll film | Library of CongressNATO Tank Training Center Gives Instruction on Latest Tanks (NATO Tank School, Mailly). Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and PersonnelAnefo photo collection. Visit Schout at night Moorman at Miterrailleurpost. July 8, 1949Aircraft, Burma, India & TrainingPhoto collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Service Welfare. Welfare service office. December 1946. Batavia, Indonesia, Jakarta, Dutch East IndiesPhoto collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Good heel storage place on the Soendaweg in Batavia. Soccer are recorded. March 1947. Batavia, Indonesia, Jakarta, Dutch East IndiesPhoto collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Payout f. 630,000 at the TNI in Padang. Counters. Man receives bundles banknotes and puts them in a coffin. Links a KNIL officer of the U-Brigade. November 1949. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies, Padang, SumatraAC2 Cowdrey Gets Hit Kit -- Recognise the recruit at the head of the queue It's AC2 Colin Cowdrey, better known in cricket flannels than the mixture of civilian clothes and uniform he has as he collects his kit at Cartington, Bedfordshire, Royal Air Force station today (Friday).Colin, of Kent and England, had just reported to start his national Service. May 06, 1955. (Photo by Reuterphoto).Allied Soldiers Like London and London Likes Them- Overseas Troops in England, 1940 Two Dutch sailors and a Dutch soldier descend the steps into a London Underground 'Tube' station on an evening out, somewhere in London.Information office radio broadcaster Dutch Guinea. Studying captain officer intelligence service infiltrators. 1960. GuineaAnefo photo collection. Dinner General Curls. December 4, 1945Anefo photo collection. Hie Holland England / Anefo London series. Exercise front sections military authority women assistance corps administration admission repatrants future freed area. Radio-telephone connections 11 border control stations constantly kept air. July 1944Aircraft, Burma, India & INDIA,RECREATION WarAllied Military Court Acquits Two Germans -- The President of the Allied Military Government court, Colonel Hurley E. Fuller, tells Karl Packbier that he has been adjudged innocent of sheltering two enemy soldiers in Allied-occupied Germany. An interpreter (left) stands ***** the freed man. Two German civilians, accused of harboring three enemy soldiers in Allied-occupied territory, were acquitted November 3, 1944, in Verviers, Belgium, by the first Allied Military Government court with the power to pass the death sentence. January 8, 1945. (Photo by U.S. Signal Corps Photo).Anefo photo collection. Postal distribution in camp in Dutch East Indies. 1945. Indonesia, Dutch East IndiesBrig. General Robert B. Williams Presents An Award To A Member Attached To Hdq., 1St Bomb Division, During A Ceremony Somewhere In England. 23 September 1945.Mess Hall , Mess halls. Photographs of the First Naval DistrictGermany - Lt. Merle D. Richey Of Dayton, Ohio, And Rockway Park, Nj, Arises Early In The Morning, Prepared To Fly His Republic P-47 Thunderbolt Ahead Of Us Ground Forces Pushing Deep Into Germany. Lt. Richey, A Veteran Of 46 Combat Missions, Destroyed MoRoyal Air Force- Operations in the Middle East and North Africa, 1939-1943. Wing Commander P H Bragg, the Commanding Officer of No. 252 Squadron RAF (left), takes lunch with the Squadron Medical Officer beside him, and one of his flight commanders, Flight Lieutenant A D Frecker (right), in the Officers Mess tent at Idku, Egypt.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.Anefo photo collection. Night exercise 41-42-43 R. I. Steenwijk, Major J. E. Multen Explanation press. July 16, 1954G.I.'s line up for chow at a field kitchen in Manila, Philippine Islands. May 1945.Poll photo collection. Prince Bernhard visits Dutch troops on their army base in Great Britain during the Second World War. Prince Bernhard in conversation with soldiers during a drink. 1940. Great BritainTroop Carrier pilots are briefed before take-off.The British Army in Burma 1944 Troops at a Christmas dinner in Burma, 18 December 1944.Sgt. James T. Handy, Denver, Colo., Instructs A Class In Airplane Identifications At The 8Th Air Force Gunnery School, Perran Port, Cornwall, England. 11 August 1943.Some of The toungsters wave from the train on arriving at Gisors, France, all were inmates of the Notorious Buchenwald Horror camp. A trainload of youngsters, their ages ranging between 8 and 16 all of whom were liberated from the notorious horror camp at Buchenwald by the American, arrived at Gisors, France, yesterday June 8, later they were taken to Ecouis where they are to be cared for by the French Government until they are fit enough to return to their homes. July 16, 1945. (Photo by Associated Press Photo).Dutch soldiers travel for exercises from Oirschot to 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.Navigation Class Taking Sights on Bridge atop Administration Building. Administrative History of the First Naval District in World War IIM/Sgt. Ros Muckleroy, Henderson, Tex. Shows His Class How To Tell A British Short Stirling Bomber During An Instruction On Aircraft Identification. These Men Of The 826 Aviation Engineer Battalion At Eye, Northants, England, Keep Up To Date On Army RoutiAir Ministry Second World War Official CollectionOne Big "Flying Field" For Future Allied Airmen -- The United States has opened its doors to future airmen of the United Nations. To train them, it has established a number of fully-equipped schools and enlisted the technical skill and advice of American aviation. Air-bent youths of friendly nations enter them as primary pupils of flying, leave them as full-fledged airmen ready to man fighting planes back home or whenever needed to further the Allied cause. Most of the schools are located in theThe spontaneous strikes, here at the Bochumer Verein (Krupp) l in Bochum on 15.9.1969, went down in history as the September strikes, Germany, EuropeUnited States: c. 1935. Six serious looking elk hunters playing poker at a table with two pistols on it.Blitz Canteen- Women of the Women's Voluntary Service Run a Mobile Canteen in London, England, 1941 After tea, a group of Royal Engineers help Patience 'Boo' Brand with the washing up, by drying the mugs and stacking them back in their trays. The Engineers have been building bridges across bomb craters on main thoroughfares and have just bought afternoon tea and buns from the WVS tea car, (which can be seen behind them), run by Boo and her friend Rachel Bingham. This photograph was taken somewhere in London in 1941.A Pilot Of The 353Rd Fighter Group Eating A Sandwich And Consuming Hot Coffee Furnished By The "Pilot'S Snack Bar" At Station F-366 In England. January 1944.Major General Curtis E. Lemay Presides At Meeting Of Commanding Officers Of The 3Rd Bomb Division, 8Th Air Force, 5 June 1944. England.Poll photo collection. Reportage Marine. Woman gets money paid out. 1945The Royal Navy during the Second World War Officers of HMSM STORM playing a board game, possibly Ludo, in the wardroom of the submarine at Portsmouth. Left to right: Lieutenant (E) W H Ray, DSM, RN, of Alton, Hants; Lieutenant C B Mills, DSC, RN, of Belfast; Lieutenant Commander E P Young, DSO, DSC, RNVR, of Enfield, Commanding Officer; Lieutenant R L Blake, RN, of Crewkerne, Somerset; and Lieutenant R G Wade, RNVR, of Reigate. Lieutenant Commander Young was the first RNVR officer to command an operational submarine in the war.Negatives series of air force cadets of the Royal Military Academy in 1955.kma.Iron Shoes For Mi'Lady! - A Native Craftsman, Of Sorts, Shows Two Of The Objects Fashioned From Aluminum Scrap From Aircraft Destroyed In The War Three Years Ago. The Object On The Left Is An Aluminum Shoe, Known As A Geta, While The One On The Right IsAircraft, Burma, India &PHOTOGRAPHY,PROCESSING WarSweden, Blekinge, Blekinge, Karlskrona, Karlskrona, external marina (depicted, town).Sweden, Blekinge, Blekinge, Karlskrona, Karlskrona, External War Gogs (depicted, City)Ministry of Information Second World War Official CollectionFirst Pictures Of Germany's Siegfried Line -- One of the underground wash rooms for the soldiers.These are the first pictures of Germany's new Siegfried line fortifications along that Western frontiers, described as "The most modern ad astounding works of our time". October 25, 1938. (Photo by Keystone).Anefo photo collection. KLM in high voltage in connection with Christchurch Race. October 9, 1953Thanksgiving Day Services For American Forces In England Were Conducted At The Cransely Church In England On 23 November 1944. 401St Bomb Group.Aircraft, Burma, India &Operations WarMembers of the Queen Alexandra's Royal Naval Nursing Service make a non-stop attack on all ice cream canteens, not having seen ice cream for three years. Left to right they are Miss Marjorie Aston, Miss Margaret West, and Miss Joan Loader. January 8, 1945. (Photo by Peter Abbey/Fairfax Media).Anefo photo collection. Army Army Anefo London series. Christmas dinner 1941. Canteen recreation Dutch army camp Wolverhampton. Christmas dinner 1941. _. 24 December 1941. BritainOfficers at dedication of Watertown Arsenal laboratories , Military parades & ceremonies, Military officers, Building dedications, Watertown Arsenal Mass.. Records of U.S. Army OperationalThe British Naafi (Navy, Army, Air Force Institute) Which Maintained Canteens On The Bleak, Wind-Swept Bomber Stations Until The American Red Cross Was Able To Take Over, Did A Magnificent Job. Here, Dorine Oakley (Naafi) Serves Tea To Pvt. Hy Phillips,The Apollo 11 mission, the first manned lunar mission, launched from the Kennedy Space Center, Florida via the Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) developed Saturn V launch vehicle on July 16, 1969 and safely returned to Earth on July 24, 1969. Aboard the space craft were astronauts Neil A. Armstrong, commander; Michael Collins, Command Module (CM) pilot; and Edwin E. (Buzz) Aldrin Jr., Lunar Module (LM) pilot. The CM, piloted by Michael Collins remained in a parking orbit around the Moon while the LM, named Eagle’’, carrying astronauts Neil Armstrong and Edwin Aldrin, landed on the Moon. During 2½ hours of surface exploration, the crew collected 47 pounds of lunar surface material for analysis back on Earth. The recovery operation took place in the Pacific Ocean where Navy para-rescue men recovered the capsule housing the 3-man Apollo 11 crew. The crew was airlifted to safety aboard the U.S.S. Hornet, where they were quartered in a Mobile Quarantine Facility (MQF) which served as thePersonnel Takes Advantage Of The Army's Education Program To Brush Up On Their Math In A Service School On Okinawa, Ryukyu Retto. 1945.Anefo photo collection. Arrival HR. Ms. Kortenaer 1945. Packages with the magazine "De Pen Gun" are brought on board. October 10, 1945Home From Italy - Met With English Food -- Private C.Harrison of Sunderland (center) with an eye wound, happy as a ' sand-boy ' at being home, receiving sandwiches and ten from a Red Cross and St. John nurse on arrival in London. Passing through London, men recently arrived in England, repatriated from Italy, were met by the Red Cross and St. John with ambulances, refreshments and a Liaison officer to assist them to their destinations. July 26, 1943. (Photo by London News Agency Photos).Anefo photo collection. Parent day in Kazerne in Vught, see 26630/31. April 2, 1948. Noord-Brabant, VughtAircraft, Burma, India & INDIA,RECREATION WarNorwegian prisoners of war, released from the Nazi detention camp Grini after Germany's capitulation. Here at Charlottenberg station.O'Connor, Black, and man observing Horace Hardy Lester Reactor model , Armories, Ordnance industry, Military officers, Engineering models, Nuclear reactors, Watertown Arsenal Mass.. Records of U.S. Army OperationalAllied Forces Celebrate Passover- Jewish Traditions in Wartime Britain, April 1944 Non-Jewish members of the Army Catering Corps serve the main fish course to Jewish service personnel during Passover celebrations in a large hall, somewhere near London. Serving the meal are (right to left): Sergeant E L Hunt, Staff Sergeant R Irvine and Staff Sergeant J E Lashmar. On the left is Quarter Master Sergeant E Lavender.Three men, one filling a cup , Soldiers. Jack Miller CollectionDN-SN-88-03275. Base: USS Okinawa (LPH 3)Members of "Fightingest Families" Aboard Coast Guard Vessel. Eighteen fighting men are represented by these three veterans of the Pacific wars who are shown here aboard a Coast Guard-manned assault transport as they trace the whereabouts of their families on battlegrounds all over the world, just before the invasion of Saipan. (From left) Cpl. Hillard R. Cook, of Reading , Pa., U.S.M.C.; Coast Guard Chief Gunner's Mate Kenneth Seeloover, of Sterling, Ill., and Pfc. Joseph Sensky, of Washington, Pa., U.S.M.C.; each has six brothers in the service, most of them overseas.Poll photo collection. War volunteers in Malacca and Indonesia. A child at the Adek camp. November 1945. Batavia, Indonesia, Indonesia, Jakarta, Dutch East IndiesFirst Anniversary of WAVES , Anniversaries, U.S. Naval Frontier Base, United States. Naval Reserve. Women's Reserve. Photographs of the First Naval DistrictDanes Take Course at NATO Defense College. Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and PersonnelThe Fifth Army in Lauro, Italy, 19 January 1944 Men of the Royal Berkshire Regiment line up for their midday meal in the front line town of Lauro, before going into battle.Liberated Russians Sheltered In Belgium -- Young Russians workers who had boon serving under the Nazi forced labor system receive a physical checkup from a Belgian doctor March 6, 1945, after being liberated from the Germans by Allied forces. They are under the care of the Belgian Government at an Allied displaced persons center at Namur, Belgium. April 23, 1945. (Photo by U.S. Signal Corps Photo).Photo collection Service army contacts Indonesia. DLC Departure Curls inspection tour Indonesia. female women's auxiliary corps (KL) dormitory. 1947. Indonesia, Dutch East IndiesPhoto collection prints Anefo Rousel. Series Print Anefo RVD Own Without Caption. Collection of photo collection prints Anefo Rousel, photo number 157-1345. 1956Men looking at plans , Armories, Ordnance industry, Military officers, Facilities, Plans, Watertown Arsenal Mass.. Records of U.S. Army OperationalJ. Miller, L. Gray, N. Walters, R. Campbell , Miller, Jack, 1924-1948. Jack Miller CollectionColonial Rest Home- Empire Accommodation at Colonial House, North Shields, County Durham, 1942 R M August plays a game of draughts with men of the British Honduras Forestry Unit at Colonial House, North Shields.