Soldiers in Historical Context

Photos of soldiers in action and attire from historical conflicts, particularly in Indonesia. Emphasis on individual experiences during military operations.

John Fullard who will play the *****in the fortheoring Opera. July 03, 1944.
John Fullard who will play the *****in the fortheoring Opera. July 03, 1944.
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Soldier with helmet and webbing patterns. On his back the battle bag better confesses as the "Pukkel.".
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French Colonial Fighter -- Here is a typical French Colonial soldier of the sort that France threatens to send into Spanish Morocco unless the presence of German troops there is prohibited. January 11, 1937. (Photo by Associated Press Photo).
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Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. Portrait of a second lieutenant leaning against a tree. 1947. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies
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Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Photo reportage Palembang. Two Indonesian squats. January 1947. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies, Palembang, Sumatra
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Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Tjileungsir. Portrait of a smiling Dutch soldier (corporal). July 1946. Indonesia, Java, Dutch East Indies, Tjileungsir
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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.
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Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Festivities in the transfer and withdrawal of the British troops from Indonesia. Dehip British Indian troops (Maharatta's). November 22, 1946. Batavia, Indonesia, Jakarta, Dutch East Indies
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Lt. Col. Fermy Operation Barbarossa - German Invasion of Russia, 1941 - 15th Infantary Division of the Thuringia-Kurhessen Division
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Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Pasfot photos II. 1st lieutenant kl with glasses. 1947. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies
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Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Kilima Hawaians in Pangkalan. The Kilima Hawaans were a guest at the hard-to-reach outpost Pangkalan of the 2nd inf. Brig. Group. Theo Ehrlicher on horseback. April 22, 1948. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies, Pangkalan
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Saloth Sar (May 19, 1928-April 15, 1998), better known as Pol Pot, was the leader of the Cambodian communist movement known as the Khmer Rouge and Prime Minister of Democratic Kampuchea from 1976-1979. In 1979, after the invasion of Cambodia by Vietnam, Pol Pot fled into the jungles of southwest Cambodia. Pol Pot died in 1998 while held under house arrest by the Ta Mok faction of the Khmer Rouge. The Khmer Rouge, or Communist Party of Kampuchea, ruled Cambodia from 1975 to 1979, led by Pol Pot, Nuon Chea, Ieng Sary, Son Sen and Khieu Samphan. It is remembered primarily for its brutality and policy of social engineering which resulted in millions of deaths. Its attempts at agricultural reform led to widespread famine, while its insistence on absolute self-sufficiency, even in the supply of medicine, led to the deaths of thousands from treatable diseases (such as malaria). Brutal and arbitrary executions and torture carried out by its cadres against perceived subversive elements, or duri
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The important Battle of Dien Bien Phu was fought between the Vit Minh (led by General Vo Nguyen Giap), and the French Union (led by General Henri Navarre, successor to General Raoul Salan). The siege of the French garrison lasted fifty-seven days, from 5: 30PM on March 13 to 5: 30PM on May 7, 1954. The southern outpost or fire base of the camp, Isabelle, did not follow the cease-fire order and fought until the next day at 01: 00AM; a few hours before the long-scheduled Geneva Meeting's Indochina conference involving the United States, the United Kingdom, the French Union and the Soviet Union. The battle was significant beyond the valleys of Dien Bien Phu. Giap's victory ended major French involvement in Indochina and led to the accords which partitioned Vietnam into North and South. Eventually, these conditions inspired the United States to increase their involvement in Vietnam leading to the Second Indochina War. The battle of Ðin Biên Ph is described by historians as the first tim
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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.
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Anefo photo collection. Pasfoto 290905076. 9 February 1950
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Ltz1 W.A. The Looze (1916-2000) after the presentation of the Military William Order (WMO) 4th class in Batavia on 30 Oct 1948.
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Today Frederick F. Lenzen, 24-year-old Airman First Class, U.S. Air Force, pleaded not guilty to a charge of stealing 11.45 Remington Rand automatic pistols, the property of the U.S. Government, and of breaking into the small arms store at the U.S. Air Base, Manston. He was found guilty on both charges. January 13, 1953. (Photo by Daily Mail Contract Picture).
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Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. Portrait of a British Indian soldier. November 1946. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies
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Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Visit Minister Romme to Grote Oost Makassar, Menado, Ambon, Flores, Surabaya. Makassar. Dr. C.P.M. Romme, left, poses with the mayor of Makassar, Abdul Hamid. January 24, 1947. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies
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Edgar 'Pop' Buell was a farmer from Steuben County, Indiana, but following the death of his wife in 1958 he joined the International Voluntary Services, a precursor to the Peace Corps, which offered him a job as an agricultural adviser in Laos. Buell worked in Laos through the Laotian Civil War, organizing relief aid to refugees and isolated villages, before he was forced to flee Laos in the mid-1970s. He is widely regarded as having been the CIA's main contact with the Hmong anti-communist forces during the Laos 'Secret War' (1964-1973). Vang Pao (Hmong: Vaj Pov; 8 December 1929 - 6 January 2011) was a Lieutenant General in the Royal Lao Army and leading figure in the American 'Secret War' in Laos (1964-1973). He was a leader in the Hmong American community in the United States.
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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.
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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.
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Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Medan. Captured British India. August 1947. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies
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P.O.W. arrives from Singapore. September 18, 1945.
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Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. Portrait of an Indonesian boy in uniform. 1947. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies
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A member of a crew belonging to a British ***** in Sydney. March 27, 1938.
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Red Army Woman Soldier Guards The Allied Front on The Elbe -- Karuma Galemua, a young Soviet police woman from Astrakhan, on guard over the pontoon bridge at Torgau-on-the-Elbe, where the Americans joined up with the Red Army, cutting Germany in two. Karuma fought in many battles, including Stalingrad, and has killed 42 Germans. May 5, 1945. (Photo by Planet News Ltd.).
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Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Borneo (1947 February). Portrait of an unknown knil soldier with baby on his arm. February 1947. Borneo, Indonesia, Kalimantan, Dutch East Indies
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Liu Bocheng (1892 - 1986) Chinese Communist military commander and Marshal of the People's Liberation Army.
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Ren Bishi in Northern Shaanxi. On December 7th, the Provisional Central Government of the Chinese Soviet Republic decided to set up the Sino-British Revolutionary Military Commission, with Mao Zedong, Zhu De, Zhou Enlai, Zhang Guoshou, Peng Dehua, Ren Bishi and He Long as the members of the presidium.
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Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. Inland military reads the magazine Saudara Seperdoangan. He also likes the magazine Weapon Budders while with his foot on a tree shelf of a leg truck. 1947. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies
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Egyptian Army. January 10, 1955.
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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.
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Xu Xiangqian (1901 - 1990) Chinese Communist military leader and one of the Ten Marshals of the People's Liberation Army.
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Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC prisoners of war. Portrait of the prisoners of war Japanese Fuku Yeio (Alias Ali Hamani). February 1948. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies
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Anefo photo collection. Mn Merchant Navy / Anefo London series. Indonesian crew Dutch passenger ship. 1943. Britain
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Separated -- American Army Sergeant Lorenzo Gamboa, of Filipino Parentage, and his Australian wife, Gamboa, who is stationed in Tokio, has been refused permission by the Australian authorities to visit his wife and two children, who live in Melbourne. March 19, 1949.
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Hồ Chí Minh, born Nguyễn Sinh Cung and also known as Nguyễn Ái Quốc (19 May 1890 - 3 September 1969) was a Vietnamese Communist revolutionary leader who was prime minister (1946-1955) and president (1945-1969) of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (North Vietnam). He formed the Democratic Republic of Vietnam and led the Viet Cong during the Vietnam War until his death. Hồ led the Viet Minh independence movement from 1941 onward, establishing the communist-governed Democratic Republic of Vietnam in 1945 and defeating the French Union in 1954 at Dien Bien Phu. He lost political power inside North Vietnam in the late 1950s, but remained as the highly visible figurehead president until his death.
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The ***** Kossey is decorated with the Order of the Liberation has to be distinguished Kufra. July 14th.Free French Syrian soldiers. December 07, 1942.
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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.
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Gets Soviet Support - Russia today announced recognition of the anti-French Viet-Nam republic in Indo-China, control of which is claimed by guerilla forces of Ho Chi-Minh (above). The area includes the costal provinces of Tonkin, Annam and Cochin China. Meanwhile, the governments of Britain and the United States are expected to recognize the Indo-chinese government of Bao Dai, former emperor of Annam. January 31, 1950. (Photo by AP Wirephoto).
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Japanese Pow (Sydney). October 13, 1945. (Photo by Official U.S. Navy Photograph).;Japanese Pow (Sydney).