Soldiers Maintaining Military Equipment

Images of soldiers performing maintenance on military gear, including tanks and aircraft, during various military operations, conveying teamwork and dedication.

Capt. Edmund B. Sullivan, Group S-2 Officer, Interrogates Crew Of Major Teubner's Boeing B-29 'Undecided'. China.

Soldiers perform maintenance on military equipment during the Vietnam War on March 13, 1967.

Glum After The Icy Reception At Ie Shima, Japaneses Made Ready To Board The American Airplane That Will Fly Them To Manila On Final Lap To Surrender Conference.

Capt. Edmund B. Sullivan, Group S-2 Officer, Interrogates Crew Of Major Teubner's Boeing B-29 'Undecided'. China.

Members of a Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress group of the 15th AAF take time out from their work to give whole blood for the benefit of their comrades-in-arms in the trenches, at their base in Southern Italy. The men line up daily to donate badly needed

Things are cozy and rather academic inside the mobile weather station, but it's likely to be rugged outside. Helmets are in order.

ENGLAND. The man on the ground receiving a plasma treatment is a pilot of the U.S. Army Air forces who has just returned from an attack on Berlin. Flak went through the co-pilot's toe and into the thigh of the pilot. The plasma treatment has brought

Aircraft, Burma, India &Troops &Paratroops

Aircraft, Burma, India & INDIA,RECREATION War

Unsmiling Japaneses, Bedecked With Swords, Carry Own Baggage. Ie Shima.

With Two Candles For Illumination, These Men Relax In Their Tent After Interrogation. Left To Right: Lt. Hart A. Rice, Williamstown, Mass., Navigator Of Boeing B-29 'Hell 'N Gone' Lt. Leslie H. Krech, Meridan, Connecticut, Co-Pilot F/O Arwyn Arnhart, Kno

Major Gilbert Talbot, Glackamos, Or, Briefs Pilots Of The 355Th Fighter Squadron, 354Th Fighter Group, Before They Take Off On A Mission Over Enemy Territory. They Are, Left To Right: Major Talbot; Lt. Robert Roberson, Chicago, Ill.; Capt. Gus Allen, San

Aircraft, Burma, India &MEDICAL, EVACUATION,Air War

Lt. John W. Wainwright Of Marshall, Texas, Who Shot Down Six Me 109S During One Mission Flying For The 9Th Air Force, Is Intervied By Bill Costello And Ian Wilson, Representatives For The British Broadcasting Company. France.

A member of the 14th Air force in China poses as a patient in a hospital ship used by Major General Claire L. Chennault's command to transport seriously ill personnel to a hospital at a rear echelon. Seated in the plane, left to right,

ENGLAND-8th AF men are given the opportunity of comparing notes with the ground forces in the combat zone. Ground force men trade souvenirs for flying clothes. A Luger pistol (item most in demand) will get a flying jacket and boots. Tank corp

Members Of The 439Th Troop Carrier Group Pack Parachutes In The Parachute Department At An Air Base Somewhere In France. 19 January 1945.

Line Personnel Of The 390Th Bomb Group Stand Around A Red Cross Clubmobile Eating Doughnuts And Consuming Hot Coffee At An 8Th Air Force Base In England. 24 October 1943.

As the early morning sun casts long shadows, 8th AF pilots prepare for the second relay on the shuttle-runs that blitzed Nazi transportation in the area ahead of the Rhine crossing Saturday, 24 March 1945. The first 78th Fighter Group pilots took off

The R.A.F. Rescue Service Crew climb into their Wellington aircraft before taking off on the search of a R.A.F. bomber crew, forced down in the Mediterranean, off the coast near Sollum, Egypt.

Members of the 57th Fighter Group pose for their picture before hopping aboard the convoy to take them to a new airbase as they continue to move ahead. Tripoli, Tripolitania, Libya.

T/5 Thomas Hertzog, Belvedere, N.J., checks the radio at a searchlight platoon command post as Sgt. Elden Vass, Hillsville, Va., provides power by turning a hand generator. Radio communication is a vital part of searchlight operations in the field.

Preparations For The Invasion Of France - Briefing Over, Members Of The 439Th Troop Carrier Group Congregate Outside The Briefing Room At An Air Base Somewhere In England. 4 June 1944.

Parapacks are loaded in racks. These hold equipment medical supplies and are dropped when troops bail out.

Aircraft, Burma, India &Ceremonies& Decorations, War

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Orientation visit to the Karo-Plastte. Sumatra east coast (sock) 6 and 7 March has the Wali Negara of the Negara SOEMATERA Timaur, Dr. T. Mansoer in the company of Tengkoe Hafas and the head of the information service, Mr. orang kaya Ramli brought a orientation to part of a part of The east coast. The karo high plain. March 6, 1948. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies, Sumatra

Aircraft, Burma, India & INDIA,RELIGION War

A NINTH AIR force FIGHTER STATION, England:---Lt. Gen. George "Blood and Guts" Patton, visiting a 9th AF Mustang Fighter-Bomber base is interested in the armouring of these fast hard hitting P-51s. Gen. Patton is being shown by Sgt. Leroy Stokes

Aircraft, Burma, India &Ceremonies& Decorations, Awards, War

Hi-Yok, an American bomber crew down in the Channel is picked up by his Majesty's Air-Sea Rescue Service.

1St Lt. J.M. Smith Of Austin, Texas, Pilot Of The Boeing B-17 "Our Gang" Signs The Pre-Flight Sheet Just Before Take Off On Another Bombing Mission From His Base At Bassingbourne, England. M/Sgt. Albert P. Sokinas Of Minersville, Pa., (Extreme Left) Crew

Ordnance Men Tighten The Detonator And Adjust The Arming Wire Of "Fire Bomb", An Auxiliary Fuel Tank Which Has Been Secured To The Bomb Rack Of A Republic P-47 And Filled With A Mixture Of Gasoline Or Diesel Oil And Napalm. 333Rd Fighter Squadron, 318Th

Planning a bombing mission-target, Germany.

Recently, Shuttle Service bombers have been so busy that, at times, crews have never left their aircraft. Food was taken out to them and they ate their meals under the wings of their machines. Here are pilots of the South African Air Force taking a

Aircraft, Burma, India &Ceremonies& Decorations, War

Aircraft, Burma, India &Operations War

The Ground Crew Of A Fighter Group Based In England 'Sweat Out' The Return Of Their Planes As They Relax Among The Belly Tanks Of The Fighters. They Are, Left To Right: Sgt. John Mulcahy Of Chicago, Ill., Sgt. Travis Brooks Of Blytheville, Ark., And Sgt.

At An Air Base In India, Pilots And Crew Members Pay Strict Attention As A Pilot Explains The Choice Of Flight Line To Avoid Enemy Interception During A Raid Over A Japaneseanese Supply Base At Kamaing, Burma, In 1943.

A Red Cross Worker Services Doughnuts And Coffee To Personnel Of The 94Th Fighter Squadron, 1St Fighter Group At An Airfield Somewhere In Italy.

Aircraft, Burma, India & INDIA,ARMAMENT War

FRANCE-Photo Reconnaissance film is inspected after they return from a mission over enemy territory at a Ninth Air Force base somewhere in Europe. Left to right are: Pfc Carl A. Forsman, Olympia, Wash.; T/Sgt Arba Harper, Lawton, Okla.; and John

Clenching his hands over his face in pain, this wounded flier of the U.S. Army 8th Air force is not aware of the men around him, of their set expressions, nor of their concern for him. Flying over Berlin, he was slashed by flak fragments that hit

Truck Load Of American Prisoners Of War Arriving At Dock Area In Yokohama, Japanesean, To Be Processed Prior To Boarding Hospital Ship. September 1945.

Anefo photo collection. Military action in Indonesia. December 30, 1948. Indonesia

Two Men Of The Orderly Section, 163Rd Liaison Squadron, Cramped For Space Aboard The Uss Shelby, Use Bunk To Make Up Their Morning Report. The Squadron Is Transferring From Schofield Barracks, Oahu, Hawaiian Islands To Okinawa, Ryukyu Retto.

Members Of The 2Nd Service Group Salvage Usable Parts From A Curtiss P-40 Somewhere In Iceland. 26 August 1943.

Men At Work In Control Tower Of The 381St Bomb Group At 8Th Air Force Station 167 In England. 16 June 1943.

2Nd Service Group Members Look For Possible Salvage Parts From A Wrecked Plane. Kassos Field, Iceland, 3 July 1943.

Aircraft, Burma, India & INDIA,RECREATION War

At Kunming, China, Coolies Unload A Bomb From A Consolidated C-87. The Air Transport Command Plane Has Transported A Shipment Of Bombs And Miscellaneous Freight From Chabua, India, Over The "Hump" To The Base In China. 1943.

Crew Members Of The 458Th Bomb Group Discuss Their Bombing Mission Shortly After Returning To Their 8Th Air Force Base Somewhere In England. 31 May 1944.

Air Corps And Ground Forces Personnel Relaxing In The May Sunshine Await Their Turn For Evacuation By Us 9Th Af Douglas C-47 Troop Carriers. The Men, Many Imprisoned Since November 1942, Said Their Rations Consisted Of Three Potatoes Per Man Per Day And

AIR TRANSPORT COMMAND SPEEDS U.S. EIGHTH AAF ON ITS WAY. Flying Air Transport Command routes and using Air Transport command facilities, the U.S. Eighth Air Force is on its way to Japanesean, via the United States. This picture, taken

Aircraft, Burma, India & INDIA,Transportation War

A couple of moments off duty enables a few members of a U.S. Air Force Bombardment Squadron to sit in the shade made by the wing of the North American B-25 medium bomber. Shown are: T/Sgt. A.C. Graham, Galena Park, Texas; T/Sgt. J.A. Grigsby

Message being broken down by Crypto machine, M-209 convertor. This machine codes and deciphers all messages. Code can be broken in seven hours, thus code is changed often. 26 April 1945.

Members of the 94th Fighter Squadron, 1st Fighter Group relax in their quarters at an air base in Corsica.

Port Moresby, New Guinea-A hoist is hooked to one engine on a Boeing B-17 which was shot up during a mission and ran out of control while landing.

Sheet Metal Workers Patch The Underside Of A Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" Wing At The 91St Bomb Group Base In Bassingbourne, England On 7 August 1943.

Being Needed For Rescue Work In The India-Burma Theatre A Yr-4 Helicopter Was Flown From Wright Field Ohio, In A Douglas C-54. It Was Subsequently Used To Land Near Inaccessible Wrecked Aircraft. 1St Lt. Irwim C. Steiner, 7845 Cornhill Ave., Chicago, Illi

Squadron Medic Treating Two Men Who Were Shot By The Guard They Were To Relieve. Okinawa, Ryukyu Retto.

Royal Air Force, the Rhodesian Air Training Group in Southern Rhodesia, 1941-1945. Newly-arrived RAF cadets get to know each other in a billet at the Initial Training Wing, Bulawayo.

Former Prisoners Of War Flown From Front -- American And British Prisoners Of War Freed By Swift Allied Advances Are Being Flown Back From The Front In Douglas C-47 Cargo Planes Of The 9Th Troop Carrier Command. The Short Road Back Starts From This Airfi

Fusing bombs.

Aircraft, Burma, India & INDIA,Transportation War

The white star turns red. This symbolic paint job is performed by a native workman, substituting the Russian for the American star on a Douglas A-20 before it is turned over.

American And British Prisoners Of War Freed By Swift Allied Advances Await Evacuation By Planes Of The 9Th Troop Carrier Command At An Airbase Somewhere In Germany. 27 April 1945.

ENGLAND-T/Sgt Daniel C. Redd, 24, Dayton, Ohio, practices with the heating bag to familiarize himself and partner, T/Sgt Christopher J. Smith, 22, Brooklyn, N.Y., who acts as patient.

Mr. & Mrs. Michael O'Hara And Children Of Philadelphia, Pa., Liberated From A Prison Camp At Manila, Luzon, Philippine Islands, Are Interviewed By An Army Representative Before Boarding An Amtrack For New Bilibid Prison Where They Will Receive Food And Sh

Aircraft, Burma, India & INDIA,RECREATION War

Men Of Co. D Det., 555Th Signal Air Wing, 386Th Bomb Group Stand In Line And Wait Their Turn To Be Served By Mess Personnel At Their Base In Great Dunmow, Essex, England On 8 May 1944.

Cairo, Egypt-Tires being loaded aboard U.S. Army Transport to be rushed to our fighting forces in the desert of the Middle East.

American Crew Members Of A Consolidated B-24 Liberator Of The 15Th Air Force Have Their K-Ration Lunch In Lyons, France, After Flying Gas And Supplies From A Base In Italy To This Base In France. 13 September 1944.

Russian pilots arrive by plane at Abadan to take over U.S. planes. On homeward trip, pilots land at Teheran where a large number of Russians are stationed. At Abadan there are only a few Russian officials, mostly inspectors.

BELGIUM--"Here's where you'll land, and the ambulances will be there to meet you," says 1st Lt. Edgar G. Smith, 519 Winfield Ave., Upper Darby, Pa., as his pilots prepare to pick up front-line stretcher cases and bring them back to hospitals

An Officer Speaks At V-J Day Celebration At 1391St Aaf Base Unit, Santa Maria, Azores 15 August 1945.

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Departure from the ship Volendam to the Netherlands. An older knil lieutenant. June 21, 1947. Batavia, Indonesia, Jakarta, Dutch East Indies, Tandjong Priok

China-Pilot and S-2 Officer watch as photo-interpreters pick negatives for rush printing for first phase interpretation.

Aircraft, Burma, India &MEDICAL, EVACUATION,Air War

Aircraft, Burma, India & INDIA,RECREATION War

During An Inspection Tour Of Installations On Kwajalein, Marshall Islands, Lt. General Robert Richardson Poses With 7Th Air Force Officers. They Are, Back Row, Left To Right: General Richardson, Major General Willis H. Hale, Lt. General Robert W. Douglass

Armorers Work On A Gun Prior To Installing It In A Boeing B-29 "Superfortress" At An Air Base In China.

Aircraft, Burma, India & Training

Pilots Of The 92Nd Bomb Group Line Up At The Supply Room Counter For The Issuance Of Parachutes Prior To Taking Off On A Mission From Their Base In England. 18 March 1945.

Colonel Herring, British Officer, Briefs American Glider Pilots For Another Invasion Operation To Be Carried Out Near Myitkyina, Burma.

Aircraft, Burma, India & INDIA,EQUIPMENT War

Aircraft, Burma, India & INDIA,BOMBS War

Combat Crew Members Of The 22Nd Squadron, 479Th Anti Submarine Group, Take Time Out For A Game Of Cards At An Air Base In St. Eval England. 1943.

Gasoline Which Has Been Flown Over The Hump To This Boeing B-29 Base In China Is Poured From The Drums Into An Open Trough. It Is Then Pumped Into A Large Storage Tank. Xx Bomber Command.

1St Lt. J.M. Smith Of Austin, Texas, Pilot Of The Boeing B-17 "Our Gang" Gives His Crew Final Instructions Just Before Take Off On A Bombing Mission Over Enemy Territory From Bassingbourne, England. They Are All Members Of The 324Th Bomb Squadron, 91St B

During Interrogation, Capt. Baltrusaitis Reports On The Performance Of His Boeing B-17 During A Mission Over Enemy Territory. The Group Includes Capt. Baltrusaitis, Lt. Nudell, Lt. Murray And Colonel Fiegal; The Other Two Men Are Not Identified. 381St B

Usually combat fliers are congratulated, here it is turn-about as M/Sgt Rollin L. Davis, crew chief of Boeing B-17 Flying ofrtress, "Nine-O-Nine," is the center of attention after a combat mission. Sgt. Davis, who holds the bronze star medal in

A Barbershop Quartet, Foxhole Style, Composed Of Members Of The 443Rd Engineer Aviation Battalion Who Have Allowed Their Beards And Mustaches To Grow To Lengths Reminiscent Of The 'Gay 90'S'. Okinawa, Ryukyu Retto, April 1945.

A flak punctured rudder is mended by these four members of the sheet metal section of the Liberator Bomber Group commanded by Colonel Luther J. Fairbanks of Burt, Iowa. From left to right: Sgt Donald H. Rasor, 801 DeHaven Street, San Fernando

Pvt. Paul A. Wink of Queens Village, Long Island, of the U.S. Medical Corps, gives morphine to a wounded German prisoner who said he was 19 1/2 years old and showed surprise that he was treated instead of being shot. Later he talked freely to

Men Examine Section Of Plane Which Was Damaged By Flak During Raid Over Enemy Territory. England, 1 December 1943. 401St Bomb Group.

After; hurry up bud, I'm late for my date. This is the way that pants are pressed now. S/Sgt. Robert T. Mitchell, from Belfast, Ireland, who worked as a valet for five years, thought that the hot rocks were all right, but he had a better idea. He

Enroute to France, soldiers of the Ninth Air force Service Command rest on a deck crowded with vehicles. They are going over to repair freighters landing at newly established landing strips in France.

ITALY-This cozy home, built in six days by Sgt. Fred Robinson of Yorktown, Virginia, boasts hot and cold running water, sink, poker table and service bar. Left to right: Sgt. Fred Robinson; Maj. Elmer D. Jones, Jr., Washington, D.C.; 1st Lt. John

Lt. Schultz And Crew Of The 394Th Bomb Squadron, 5Th Bomb Group 'Bomber Barons,' Pose For The Photographer At An Air Base Somewhere In The Netherlands East Indies. They Are, Left To Right: Back Row: Lt. C.R. Bodkin, Navigator, Lt. G.I. Aneloski, Co-Pilot,

A Cargo Parachute Of The 13Th Air Cargo Re-Supply Squadron Is Laid Out Before It Is Rolled Up For Packing By Men Of The 7Th Air Force At The Edge Of Kadena Air Field On Okinawa, Ryukyu Retto. 17 August 1945.

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