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Photograph of a captured German boy soldier enjoying a cup of coffee aboard a U.S. Coast Guard Normandy coast. Dated 1944.
Photograph of a captured German boy soldier enjoying a cup of coffee aboard a U.S. Coast Guard Normandy coast. Dated 1944.
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DF-SN-86-12903. Base: Rio Hato Military Reservation Country: Panama (PAN)
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Ministry of Information Second World War Official Collection; Major St Rling CBM1522
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Howard Ashton. January 18, 1943.
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At least 14 Japanese fighters and bombers were shot out of action when 49 enemy planes raided Darwin on March 15. Spitfires manned by the R.A.A.F. and R.A.F. went into action for the second time in Australia. In this picture Pte. F. Conlin of Sydney, Driver J. Hankin of Sydney, and Sergeant Babb of Balgownie N.S.W. are holding parts of Japanese bombs dropped during the raid. April 08, 1943.
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921 Light air target artillery department. Fire lines officer with the 'flea cabinet' at the KL / MPQ-3002 (VUXY) firing radar. There is widespread confusion about the nicknames 'vuxy' and 'waxy' for the radar systems used in the fifty and sixty in the air volin windows. In the relevant photo descriptions in the image bank of the NiMH, the following is assumed that the KL / MPS-3003 warning and detection radar was originally called 'waxy' and the KL / MPQ-3002 firing radar 'VUXY'.
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Sweinhart - Yugoslavia. April 16, 1952.
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Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Bouman and Tentara Repoeboat Indonesia. Photographer Bouman?. 1946. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies
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07/31/1914. The Tsar's army. Russian soldier on sentry duty.
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Civilian Conservation Corps - Montana. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History
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Russian Commissar Operation Barbarossa - German Invasion of Russia, 1941 - 15th Infantary Division of the Thuringia-Kurhessen Division
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Air Ministry Second World War Official Collection
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Man with drawing blocks at barbed wire barrier.
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Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Reporting Semarang and surroundings. Soldiers of the T-Brigade. March 1947. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies
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Portrait of man in uniform , War, Soldiers, World War, 1939-1945. Samuel Chamberlain Photograph Negatives Collection
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Shepherds playing flute 1898, Middle East, Israel and/or Palestine
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General John Pershing (1860-1948), Commander-in-Chief of the American Expeditionary Forces, dressed in country clothes, United States of America, First World War, photograph from the magazine L'Illustration, year 75, no 3876, June 16, 1917.
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Discovery of Hoard of Nazi-Looted Books -- A British soldier standing guard at the entrance to the Monastery.What is believed to be one of the largest assemblies of Nazi loot brought to light a vast collection of books, many of then of considerable value - has been found in the former Benedictine Monastery at Tazenburg, near Klagenfurt. The Germans ejected the monks from the building some 3 years ago. The books, stored in over 3,000 crates and otalling some million works, were housed mainly in the Church of Saint Josef of Tazenburg, Which stands on a height overlooking the Glen Valley. Among the libraries represented are the Rothschild collection at Ferrieres. The Stuz Library in Paris, and the Car's Library at Kiev, as well as private collection from Holland, Belgium and Czechoslovakia. September 10, 1945. (Photo by British Official Photograph)
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Photo collection Service army contacts Indonesia. DLC Photos article Farywell magazine Weapon Budders. Postal packages Netherlands. July 1947. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies
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Rome, Italy may 1964: Two alpine soldiers smiling and posing together for a photo in the 60s or 70s, wearing uniforms and berets
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Communication at the front, radio transmitter using optical fibres used by the German army, World War II, from L'Illustrazione Italiana, Year LXX, No 43, October 24, 1943.
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Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC GOMBONG, SOEMPIAK, chain. Chapter (N. van Poerwokerto). Many military and civil authorities were present during the commissioning of the fully recovered power plant in chain. The Soldier G. Bonouvrie from Utrecht, from OVW Bataljon 1.5 RI, the honor took the control panel by persuading a handle, because he was only at his post on 27 September 1947, with his Bren one Removed heavy attack until reinforcement showed up. It was due to his cordial that the pipeline was preserved. 19 February 1948. Indonesia, Java, Dutch East Indies
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Josef Kramer aka The Beast of Belsen, commander of Belsen concentration camp seen here under British guard in 1945.  Josef Kramer, 1906 -1945. Hauptsturmführer and the Commandant of Auschwitz-Birkenau
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15cm double scope at flakbattery 5/53.
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Second World War 1939.
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1958. Miguel Delibes, the first on the left, at a hunting stop, his favorite passion.
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Poll photo collection. Reporting soldiers. Soldier in overcoat and beret with stengun, is standing. 1945
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Bill Bennett, Wild West detective, armed with a rifle, revolver and knife. Ca. 1900.
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Civilian Conservation Corps - Montana. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History
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Reserve soldier surveying land circa 1916.
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MISC: CAMARA DE CINE.
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Rehabilitation of British Soldiers From Normandy- the work of the Robert Jones and Dame Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital, Oswestry, Shropshire, England, UK, 1944.
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Anefo photo collection. Mn Merchant Navy / Anefo London series. Caption "Members crew" crew members. June 1943. Britain
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San Francisco Coast Guardsman in Assault on Philippines. Coast Guardsman Ned Needham, Photographer's Mate First Class, of San Francisco, Calif., greets an aged Philippines native at Leyte. Needham, a Coast Guard Combat Photographer, went ashore with the first assault waves, recording on film the Americans' spectacular return to the Philippines.
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Anefo photo collection. Garders in Gala Uniforms. 1 hunter. September 9, 1948
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Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Sports competitions Easter days. Announcer. April 6, 1947. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies
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Poll photo collection. Travel to Suriname and the Netherlands Antilles. Waldrin Hassell in Winwardside. 1947. Netherlands Antilles, Saba
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The area of "Wilcze Szańc", the headquarters of Adolf Hitler - a man at the wall of one of the bunkers; from a series of photographs to the article of Mirosław Azembski "In the field of death field of harvest", "Świat" 1953, No. 49, p. 20; Prażuch, Wiesław (1925-1992); 1953 (1953-00-00-1953-00-00);
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Non-sinkable life-saving suit
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Captain kite a.g.m. (FONS) Hemmelder has completed the 1000 hours with a Northrop NF-5 Freedom Fighter.
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ED HARRIS in ENEMY AT THE GATES (2001), directed by JEAN-JACQUES ANNAUD.
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The German military cemetery. Identification of the remains of German soldiers by soldiers of the graver service.
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U.S. soldier eating doughnuts ca.  1910.
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World War II - Russian Front: German motorcycle dispatch rider. From Signal, German propaganda magazine, September 1942. Military, Soldier, Helmet, Goggles
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A soldier of women auxiliary corps (VHK) blows the cornet during the flag parade at the Princess Julianakamp to watch.
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Max Nicholson
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Description: K.8694. With the Kenya Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve. An African Quartermaster at the wheel. (Picture issued: 1945) Location: Kenya Date: 1945 kenya, navy, royal, reserve, volunteer, africa
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A Bren gunner during World War II. The Bren gun was a series of light machine guns (LMG) made by Britain in the 1930s and used in various roles until 1992.
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Military. April 05, 1943.
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Anefo photo collection. "War Winter" by Jan Terlouw Verilmd by the VARA; Pim Dikkers, as an ore bowl of the German occupation troops during recordings. March 14, 1975. Low Zuthem, Raalte
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Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Semarang. Worship at the Erekerkhof in Semarang. Saying goodbye to II-13 R.I .. on the ereveld to Semarang to the TilieMaplein a ceremony had a ceremony to take place on Sunday in connection with the departure of II-L3 R.I Battaljonscommander Lieutenant-Colonel D.A. Erdman makes the word. February 22, 1948. Indonesia, Java, Dutch East Indies, Semarang
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A Kuban Cossack -- Physically, the tall, Rugged Cossacks Dwarf the Europeans. This stalwart comes from Kuba, in the Caucasian mountains. The name Cossack derives from "Kasak," Tartar word for wanderer, and stems from the Nomadic life led by these Russians when they herded cattle and horses in the steppes. May 12, 1941. (Photo by ACME).
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Second World War. Netherlands under German crew. Relatives of the German Wehrmacht in a park with plastic of a lying deer (well with the Hague)
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Arabian army soldier in military uniform
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Los Angeles Combat Artist Covers Philippines Invasion for Coast Guard. Coast Guardsman Max Dorthy, seaman first class, of 8925 Hargus St., Los Angeles, stands on the bridge of a Coast Guard-manned LST and sketches the invasion of Leyte in the Philippines. A combat artist, Dorthy is making a pictorial record of the role of the Coast Guard in smashing the Japs.
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Sir Wilfred Patrick Thesiger, CBE, DSO, FRAS, FRGS (3 June 1910 24 August 2003) was a British explorer and travel writer born in Addis Ababa, the capital of Ethiopia. In 1933 Thesiger mounted an expedition, funded in part by the Royal Geographical Society, to explore the course of the Awash River. During this expedition, he became the first European to enter the Aussa Sultanate and visit Lake Abbe. Afterwards, in 1935, Thesiger joined the Sudan Political Service stationed in Darfur and the Upper Nile. He served in several desert campaigns with the Sudan Defence Force (SDF) and the Special Air Service (SAS) with the rank of major. In World War II, Thesiger fought with Gideon Force in Ethiopia during the East African Campaign. He was awarded the DSO for capturing Agibar and its garrison of 2,500 Italian soldiers. Afterwards, Thesiger served in the Long Range Desert Group during the North African Campaign. In 1945, Thesiger worked in Arabia with the Desert Locusts Research Organisation. M
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On Board a Battleship, November 1942 A naval rating with rifle and fixed bayonet practises for fighting ashore. (Possibly HMS KING GEORGE V).
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Poll photo collection. Kazerne Rosenborg. Soldier poses in front of a wall. March 11, 1954. Denmark, Copenhagen
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Poll photo collection. Portrait of Israeli Soldate with the rifle in hand. undated. Israel
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British Arctic Air Route Expedition: Courtauld immediately after emerging from top of tent. Rymill in hole over tent behind Courtauld. May 29, 1931. (Photo by Mr. F. S. Chapman, British Arctic Air Route Expedition Photograph).
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Columbus Photographer Covers War for Coast Guard. Coast Guardsman Charles E. Collins, photographer's mate second class, of 204 E. Duncan Street, Columbus, O. Ohio, is making a pictorial record of the Coast Guard's role in clearing the road to Tokyo. Stationed aboard a Coast Guard-manned LST, Collins recently photographed the invasion of the Philippines.
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A photograph of David Wrigh posed in his army uniform. Wright produced a series of over 160 illustrations or 'pin-ups' for 'The Sketch' during the 1940's. David Wright's 'Lovelies' proved hugely popular and adorned practically every military mess, bunker, dormitory or club room in the country during World War II.
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Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Harrevelds. Funeral J. van Harreveld and wife on the plow for civilian cases in Menteng Poeloe. Trumpeter. October 31, 1946. Batavia, Indonesia, Jakarta, Dutch East Indies
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Californian Paints Invasion for the Coast Guard. This image depicts a photo of Coast Guard Combat Artist Omar G. Dawson.
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Original caption: "ECW San Manuel - Alfred Marcus ". 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
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American sky trooper from 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile) keeping track of time he has left on his "short time" helmet, while participating in Operation Pershing, near Bong Son, Vietnam, U.S. Army Signal Corps, 1968
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A U.S. soldier applying the insecticide DDT to kill mosquitoes that spreads malaria and lice that carry typhus. Ca. 1945.
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Scott & Webley 22 calibre (Target pistol). March 14, 1952.
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War Prison exchange in Trelleborg.
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National Women's Defense League ca. between 1909 and 1923.
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Second World War. Front pictures. Soviet Union. German soldier when lifting a castle trail
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Bugler J.J. Miller leaves with N.S.W. ***** Rifles for Camp from Central.September 26, 1932.
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Head photographer of the Perth "Daily News", D.J. Burton, sights through the telescopic view-finder of the "Bazooka". Daily News head photographer D.J. Burton looking through the telescopic view-finder of the "Bazooka". November 11, 1952.
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Republican soldier in Bilbao, during the Spanish Civil War
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Germany, Siebenbrunn, Staff Sergeant Pete Vazquez holding up newspaper with headline 'War Ends'
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Tacoma Coast Guardsman on Duty in Alaska. Coast Guardsman Alfred H. Treleven, Photographer's Mate First Class, of Tacoma, Wash., has served for more than a year at a Coast Guard base in Alaska as a Coast Guard Combat Photographer. Treleven has kept his camera lens clicking in icy weather which sometimes dropped to 40 and 50 degrees below zero. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Treleven, 921 North "G" Street.
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Illustration of a Red Guard. Red Guards were a transitional military force of the collapsing Imperial Russian Army and the base formations of Bolsheviks during the October Revolution and the first months of the Russian Civil War
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Jewry Freeman. February 12, 1940.
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Edmun Spengler, Arrested After Assassination of Lincoln
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The Sudeten German Day, here in Nuremberg on 1. 6. 1971, was a mixture of demonstration, rally and camp life for the youth, Germany, Europe
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