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Soldiers in Historical Campaigns

Footage and images of soldiers engaged in historic military campaigns, including battles and strategic operations from different decades.

1958 - Commander Howard Gilmore stands on the USS Growler as his crew swims, and flashback to his goodbye to his wife and children at Pearl Harbor, during WWII."

060115-A-4545F-010. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Bayji State: Salah Ad Din Country: Iraq (IRQ)

Pfetterhouse, Haut-Rhin, Alsace, France at the Swiss border , 1917 - Alsace - Paul Castelnau (photographic section of the armies) - (June) (French - Pfetterhouse , Haut-Rhin , Alsace , France A la frontière Suisse). Military uniform, border, front, weapon, hairy, Clothing, First World War, France, pfetterhouse, on the Swiss border

Members of the 101st Airborne Division unload their gear from a CH-47D Chinook helicopter during Operation Sand Eagle '88. Subject Operation/Series: SAND EAGLE '88 Base: Mcdill Air Force Base State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA)

The Sino-Vietnamese War (Vietnamese: Chiến tranh biên giới Việt-Trung), also known as the Third Indochina War, known in the PRC as 越自卫反击战 (duì yuè zìwèi fǎnjī zhàn) (Counterattack against Vietnam in Self-Defense) and in Vietnam as Chiến tranh chống bành trướng Trung Hoa (War against Chinese expansionism), was a brief but bloody border war fought in 1979 between the People's Republic of China (PRC) and the Socialist Republic of Vietnam. The PRC launched the offensive in response to Vietnam's 1978 invasion and occupation of Cambodia, which ended the reign of the PRC-backed Khmer Rouge. The Chinese invaded Northern Vietnam and captured some of the northernmost cities in Vietnam. On March 6 China declared that the gate to Hanoi was open and that their punitive mission had been achieved and retreated back to China. Both China and Vietnam claimed victory in the last of the Indochina Wars of the twentieth century; as Vietnamese troops remained in Cambodia until 1989 it can be said that the P

DM-SC-87-12133. Base: Beirut Country: Lebanon (LBN)

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Operation Shining Hope personnel wait patiently in line for a steak meal at the newly opened Muddy Waters Cafe. The dinning facility has been dedicated to the men and women who served the first seventeen days in muddy Tirana, Albania. Subject Operation/Series: SUSTAIN HOPE Country: Unknown

Tracked landing vehicles (LVTP-7) move along the beach during the joint US/Honduras training Exercise AHUAS TARA II (BIG PINE). Subject Operation/Series: AHUAS TARA II (BIG PINE) Country: Honduras (HND)

World War One, August 1918. German prisoners with gas masks on being escorted by Soldiers. Likely France. from an Australian military Exhibition of war photographs in natural colour

CPL Garcia and LCPL Schumacher from India Battery, 3rd Battalion, 12th Marines, Twenty-Nine Palms, California, perform a routine maintenance check, insuring an M198, 155 mm Howitzer is ready for live operations at a camp near the base of Mount Fuji. Base: Mount Fuji Country: Japan (JPN)

A soldier assigned to the 50th Engineer Company, 1ST Platoon, Camp Laguardia, Republic of Korea, ducks as a pontoon bridge section unloaded from an M945 Bridge Transporter, splashes into the Imjin River, ROK, during a bridge building training exercise on Oct. 22, 1998. Many of the participants in todays exercise are officers participating in accordance with the US Army Officer Professional Development Program, a program designed to improve team building and soldiery. Subject Operation/Series: KOREA CD Base: Imjin River Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR)

An 81 mm mortar crew from the 1ST Battalion, 19th Infantry, 25th Infantry Division, simulates cover fire for attacking troops on the east bank of the Hwachon River, during the joint South Korean/US training Exercise TEAM SPIRIT '83. Subject Operation/Series: TEAM SPIRIT '83 Base: Hwachon Country: Korea

U.S. Soldiers of 116th Regiment of the 29th Infantry Division being helped to shore after Arriving at Omaha Beach in Life Raft after their Landing Craft Vehicle, Personnel (LCVP) had been Sunk off Beachhead, Nicholas Russin (3rd from right), being dragged

An Army reservist from the 430th Field Service Company watches a load of laundry being washed in a mobile laundry unit during Exercise Ocean Venture '82. Subject Operation/Series: OCEAN VENTURE '82 Base: Fort Campbell State: Kentucky (KY) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Anefo photo collection. Bernhard visits Dutch soldiers participate NATO army exercise Ferro West Germany; Bernhard (in military uniform) soldiers. September 19, 1973. Germany

A vehicle crewman from the base's ground defense force searches one of three captured Red Force aggressors during the joint South Korean/U.S. Exercise Team Spirit '91. Subject Operation/Series: TEAM SPIRIT '91 Base: Kunsan Air Base Country: Republic Of Korea(KOR)

NICOLAS CAGE and ADAM BEACH in WINDTALKERS (2002), directed by JOHN WOO.

The Royal Canadian Air Force in North Africa, May 1943 Air and ground crews of No 417 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force line up for bully and tea on a desert airfield in North Africa.

DF-ST-87-08141. Subject Operation/Series: PATRIOT PEACH '86 Base: Gulfport Air National Guard Base State: Mississippi (MS) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DA-ST-85-02348. Base: Southport State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

TOM HANKS in SAVING PRIVATE RYAN (1998), directed by STEVEN SPIELBERG.

Members of the 1ST Battalion, 35th Infantry, 2nd Brigade, 25th Infantry Division, wearing protective face masks head out from the landing zone during an airmobile combat assault. The troops are participating in the training Exercise OPPORTUNE JOURNEY 4-83 at the US Army`s Pohakuloa Training Area. Subject Operation/Series: OPPORTUNE JOURNEY 4-83 State: Hawaii (HI) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Papua, New Guinea, December 1942The 32nd Infantry Division, known as the "Red Arrow" Division and made up of units from the Michigan and Wisconsin National Guards, was mobilized on 15 October 1940. Slated to depart for Northern Ireland after World War II began, the division was diverted to the Pacific at the last minute, arriving in Australia in May 1942. Elements moved to Port Moresby, New Guinea in September 1942, in order to halt the Japanese invasion which threatened Australia. The Red Arrow's 126th Infantry Regiment went by ship; the 128th Infantry was airlifted in the first mass troop movement by air in World War II. Joining the Australians, the 32d entered combat on 16 November 1942. The Allied forces were to take heavily-fortified Japanese positions at Buna, on New Guinea's southeast coast. It proved to be one of the most difficult campaigns of the war. Fighting in the hot, steamy jungles, the 32d was desperately short of basic equipment, weapons, medicine and even foo

Ambulances line up a load "patients" for aeromedical evacuation during Exercise Reforger '81. Subject Operation/Series: REFORGER '81 Base: Nuremberg Faa Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU)

DA-ST-88-03366. Subject Operation/Series: ADVANCED CAMP Base: Fort Lewis State: Washington (WA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Two soldiers use mine detectors fitted with microcomputer circuitry to locate land mines. The new circuitry gives the detectors improved performance in desert soils. The AN/PSS-11 metallic detector is on the left and the AN/PRS-8 metallic/non-metallic detector is on the right. Base: Fort Belvoir State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Air Raid Precautions, cigarette card, British, 1938. Artist: Unknown

LEE MARVIN in THE DELTA FORCE (1986), directed by MENAHEM GOLAN.

The Royal Air Force in North Africa, 1943 A Royal Air Force armourer checking the tail fixings of 250lb bombs prior to loading.

Jaroslav Vesin (1860-1915). Czech painter. Manoeuvres, 1899. Detail. Part of the collection of Tsar Ferdinand I. National Art Gallery. Sofia. Bulgaria. Author: Jaroslav Vesin (1860-1915). Czech painter active in Bulgaria.

DA-ST-85-04874. Subject Operation/Series: GALLANT EAGLE '84 Base: Los Angeles State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Paratroop Training in Netheravon, Britain, October 1942 Two members of the Airborne Division in the cockpit of a Hotspur glider, final checks being made before the glider takes to the air. The Pegasus painted on the side of the glider is the sign of the Airborne Division.

A member of 1ST Bn., 505th Infantry Regt., 82nd Airborne Div., looks through the tracker of an M-47 Dragon medium anti-tank weapon field handling trainer during an exercise at the National Training Center. Base: Fort Irwin State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Seabees of Construction Battalion Unit 402 (CBU 402) prepare ground for installation of a boat ramp at Sherman Cove Marina. Base: Naval Air Station, Pensacola State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA)

The first Dutch marines run on the bridge over the Nhar River Al Kaburt from Turkey to Iraq. This commitment was in the context of operation Provide comfort.

France, Normandy, Pointe du Hoc. Strategic point for German fortifications along the Normandy coast. Men in vintage US uniform. Shot on 66th Anniversary of D-Day.

NIKOLAJ COSTER-WALDAU in AGAINST THE ICE (2022), directed by PETER FLINTH.

Two medics transport a wounded soldier on a stretcher to an ambulance, somewhere in Korea. Buildings appear to the left and in the background. A barrel positioned on a wooden stand appears beside one of the buildings behind the men .

Spanish artillery soldiers during a volley of gunfire

MASTER SGT. Arvel Jackson instructs 1ST LT. Vance Zider on the use of a tripod-mounted mortar sight to ensure the position and alignment of an 81mm mortar and its base plate during heavy weapons training at Rodriquez Range. Jackson is a Pacific Air Force 3rd Security Police Squadron heavy weapons superintendent and Zider, a 51st Security Police Squadron member. Base: Rodriquez Range Country: South Korea

DA-ST-84-07952. Subject Operation/Series: CELESTIAL EMPIRE '83 Base: Fort Richardson State: Alaska (AK) Country: United States Of America (USA)

A sentry stands guard at a site overlooking the Pilsung bombing range during Exercise TEAM SPIRIT '83. Subject Operation/Series: TEAM SPIRIT '83 Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR)

Tanks in action. By Stanley Wood, from the book The Outline of History by H.G.Wells Volume 2, published 1920.

A member of the 491st Transportation Detachment applies a bar code label to a trailer during a test of the logistics applications of automated marking and reading symbols (LOGMARS) system. The test is being conducted on vehicles and equipment being deployed to South Korea during exercise Team Spirit '84. Subject Operation/Series: TEAM SPIRIT '84 Country: South Korea

Canadian troops help themselves to a meal at the mess tent during the combined United States/Canadian NATO exercise RENDEZVOUS '83. Subject Operation/Series: RENDEZVOUS '83 Base: Camp Wainwright State: Alberta (AB) Country: Canada (CAN)

General Montgomery Decorates Men of the 50th Division, Normandy, 17 July 1944 The Roman Catholic Chaplain to 2nd Battalion, Essex Regiment, Captain the Reverend W R Thomas, receives the Military Cross from General Montgomery for gallantry during the Normandy landings.

DN-ST-89-09388. Country: Pacific Ocean (POC)

United States military personnel, part of Combined Task Force Falcon, construct a playground swing for the Mahaica Children's Home during this first combined humanitarian and civic assistance exercise conducted between the United States and Guyana. Military personnel from the Air Force, Air Force Reserve and National Guard, Army, Army National Guard and Marine Corps participated in the exercise which included engineering and medical readiness training. Subject Operation/Series: NEW HORIZON '97 Base: Mahaica Childrens Home Country: French Guiana (GUF)

The Auxiliary Territorial Service at An Anti-aircraft Gun Site in Britain, December 1942 ATS girls operating the height and range finder.

A red cross on the beach marks a medevac point and a field hospital during exercise Team Spirit '82. Subject Operation/Series: TEAM SPIRIT '82 Base: Tok Sok Ri Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR)

German soldier of the 26th Panzer Division

SPC Daniel Powers and his dog "Baron", of the 16th Military Police Brigade, at the Military Working Dog Facility. Base: Fort Bragg State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

CHERNOBYL (2019), directed by CRAIG MAZIN.

Spitfire pilots of No. 417 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force, having a meal outside a tent at Goubrine in Tunisia, April 1943. Personnel of No 417 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force having a meal outside a tent at Goubrine.

War Games - Re-enacting World War II

DA-ST-87-08445. Subject Operation/Series: BRIM FROST Country: United States Of America (USA)

CHRISTIAN BALE in RESCUE DAWN (2006), directed by WERNER HERZOG.

Luzon, Philippine Islands, December 26, 1941While the main attention of the beleaguered U.S. forces in the Philippines was focused on Japanese columns streaming inland from the Lingayen Gulf in the west, another enemy force came ashore on the east coast of Luzon at Lamon Bay. Company C 194th Tank Battalion from Salinas, California, was attached to a Filipino Army regiment near the town of Lucban. The 2d Platoon was ordered to make a show of force that would take it down a narrow trail. As the tank, commanded by SSgt Emil C. Morello, rounded a sharp curve it came face-to-face with an enemy roadblock. Without any hesitation, the tank smashed into the roadblock and the Japanese gun behind it. Before being hit, Morello's tank fired on other gun positions. After pretending to be dead, Morello and his crew escaped the next morning only to be either killed or captured, along with the other members of the 192d and 194th Tank Battalions, at Bataan. These two battalions were National Gu

DF-ST-85-11228. Subject Operation/Series: BRIM FROST '85 Base: Fort Wainwright State: Alaska (AK) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DF-ST-88-08706. Subject Operation/Series: NOMAD THRUST Base: Eglin Air Force Base State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Soldiers stand guard near US Capitol, during 1968 riots following the assassination of Martin Luther King. April 8, 1968.

Military tank with armed forces in a battlefield

The South African Air Force in the North African Desert, April 1943 Pilots of the South African Air Force play volley ball between attacks on the Mareth Line.

A CH-47 Chinook helicopter awaits last minute preparations before flight during Exercise Reforger '81. Subject Operation/Series: REFORGER '81 Base: Giessen Army Air Field Country: West Germany (FRG)

DEU, Germany: The historical slides from the times 84-85 r years, Bergen. Bundeswehr, manoeuvres ca. 1984-5

Military use of horses, Thüringisches Husaren-Regiment Nr. 12, 1906, Landkreis Nordsachsen, Torgau, Thüringisches Husaren, Regiment Nr. 12, In Parade, Germany

CAZADORES - FOTO AÑOS 60. Location: CACERIA. PROVINCIA. Guadalajara. SPANIEN.

An old man passes Thai army officers gathered to take photographs during the joint Thai/US combined exercise THALAY THAI '89. Subject Operation/Series: THALAY THAI '89 Country: Thailand (THA)

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Cristian Cornelio, left, a light armored vehicle crewman, and Sgt. Troy Harris, a rifleman with 4th Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 4th Marine Division, participate in an endurance course during a Basic Jungle Skills Course at the Jungle Warfare Training Center on Camp Gonsalves, Okinawa, Japan, Jan. 12, 2024. BJSC teaches Marines basic jungle survival skills, tactical rope suspension techniques, and jungle warfare tactics to enhance lethality in harsh jungle environments. 4th LAR Battalion is forward deployed in the Indo-Pacific as part of the 3d Marine Division Unit Deployment Program. Cornelio and Harris are natives of California.

MAVERICK (1994), directed by RICHARD DONNER.

United States: 1967 An Army instructor shows a recruit how to deactivate a trip wire used by the Viet Cong in Vietnam.

DANNY WEBB, CHRISTIAN BALE and IAN HOLM in HENRY V (1989), directed by KENNETH BRANAGH.

LEE MARVIN in THE DIRTY DOZEN (1967), directed by ROBERT ALDRICH.

A beachmaster signals the craftmaster of an Assault Craft Unit 4 air cushion landing craft (LCAC) as the craft approaches the shore during an amphibious exercise in the Mediterranean area. Country: Unknown

Air Force Military Training School (Limos) Camouflage exercise in the field.

BOB BALABAN, GEORGE CLOONEY, JOHN GOODMAN, BILL MURRAY and MATT DAMON in THE MONUMENTS MEN (2013), directed by GEORGE CLOONEY.

Women at War 1939 - 1945 Auxiliary Territorial Service: ATS girls at the Royal Artillery Experimental Unit, Shoeburyness, Essex recover shells from the mud flats at low tide.

The Auxiliary Territorial Service at An Anti-aircraft Gun Site in Britain, December 1942 An ATS spotter with binoculars at the anti-aircraft command post. A 3.7 inch anti-aircraft gun can be seen in the background.

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