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US Soldiers in Vietnam and Beyond

Historic imagery of US soldiers during various missions, including airlifting, setting refugee camps, and medical assistance in Vietnam and other regions.

US soldiers give medical care to children in underprivileged countries and help build in the 1960s.
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An airman helps a "downed pilot" during a chemical warfare training exercise. A UH-1 Iroquois helicopter is in the background. Base: Kirtland Air Force Base State: New Mexico (NM) Country: United States Of America (USA)An Air Liaison Officer (ALO) watches as an A-10 Thunderbolt II aircraft makes a low-level turn during a training exercise. The ALO is an Air Force officer responsible for directing air strikes in support of Army ground forces. Country: UnknownU.S. Army paratroopers from the 82nd Airborne Division stand up in preparation for parachuting from a U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III during an air-drop exercise at the Sicily drop Zone. Fifty-five tons of heavy cargo and 204 paratroopers were successfully air-dropped from six C-17's to demonstrate the utility of the U.S. Air Force's newest airlifter to meet the Army's brigade air-drop requirement. Base: Fort Bragg State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA)San Salvador - Chancery Office Building - 1982, United States photographs Related to Embassies, Consulates, and Other Overseas BuildingsLance CPL. Gregory B. Cruz, left, and 1ST SGT. Charles M. Tonn of the 1ST Marine Division sit on a captured Iraqi ZPU-4 14.5mm anti-aircraft gun following the cease-fire that ended Operation Desert Storm. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Country: Kuwait (KWT)Marines from Battalion Landing Team 36, Morehead City N.C., embark or wait to embark the USS AUSTIN (LPD-4) for deployment to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. The team will be augmenting the existing security force in Guantanamo Bay in anticipation of the arrival of Cuban refugees from Panama. Subject Operation/Series: SEA SIGNAL V Base: Morehead City State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA)DN-SC-87-09972. Subject Operation/Series: SOLID SHIELD Country: Atlantic Ocean (AOC)Airmen latch sections of a tent together after the tent is inflated. The airman are members of the 352nd Evacuation Hospital participating in an aeromedical evacuation training exercise. Base: Travis Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)Commencement Address at the US Naval Academy, Annapolis, Maryland, 11:04AM. President John F. Kennedy departs from the South Lawn of the White House en route to the commencement ceremony at the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland. Naval Aide to the President Commander Tazewell T. Shepard assists Under Secretary of the Navy Paul B. "Red" Fay out of the helicopter. President John F. Kennedy (holding a hat) stands behind Commander Shepard.rnrnrnHeaters are set up during exercise Brim Frost. Subject Operation/Series: BRIM FROST Base: Clear Creek State: Alaska (AK) Country: United States Of America (USA)SSGT Ronald Helms instructs a group of technicians on the armament of an F-105 Thunderchief aircraft. Base: Indian Head State: Maryland (MD) Country: United States Of America (USA)DF-ST-88-05625. Base: King Salmon State: Alaska (AK) Country: United States Of America (USA)Soldiers from the 3rd Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division ride a train car at Pier 8 at the Port of Pusan, Republic of Korea, Oct. 24, 1998. The soldiers are the drivers of the tracked vehicles that are loaded on the railhead. They are escorting their vehicles to Camp Humphreys where upon their arrival they will link up with the remainder of their contingent to continue their mission in Exercise Foal Eagle '98. Subject Operation/Series: FOAL EAGLE '98KOREA CD Base: Pusan Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR)DA-SC-86-08863. Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR)DN-ST-87-02901. Subject Operation/Series: NORTHERN WEDDING '86 Country: Norway (NOR)The Royal Air Force in Malta, June 1943 The Commander of No 23 Squadron, Royal Air Force, Wing Commander John B Selby, DSO, DFC, and his observer looking at their De Havilland Mosquito II aircraft `P-Peter' while other members of the squadron watch from atop the blast wall at the Dispersal Point. The four 20mm cannon are corked to prevent dirt damaging them.U.S. Army soldiers operate an M-151A1 light vehicle fitted with an M-60 machine gun. Country: UnknownAs the members of a local marching band applaud them, Marines from the 4th Marine Expeditionary Brigade (4th MEB) cross the pier to board transportation for Marine Corps Base, Camp Lejeune, N.C. The Marines of the 4th MEB are returning to Camp Lejeune after their deployment aboard amphibious ships in the Persian Gulf region for Operation Desert Shield and Operation Desert Storm. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORMDESERT SHIELD Base: Morehead City State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA)Toy soldiersMembers of the 41st Combat Support Hospital instruct Honduran soldiers in proper litter handling procedures during the Ahuas Tara II (Big Pine) operation. The helicoper in the background is a UH-60 Blackhawk air ambulance. Subject Operation/Series: AHUAS TARA IIBIG PINE Base: Comayagua Country: Honduras (HND)Off to the Fishing Grounds, Stanhope Alexander Forbes, 1886,Prestwick Airfield, Scotland, 1944 A Royal Air Force anti-fire bowser with a fireman wearing an asbestos suit in the foreground at Prestwick.Crewmen carry a pallet of batteries away from a CH-47B Chinook helicopter. They will be used for Commando Triumph, the installation and operation of an Air Combat Maneuvering Instrumentation (ACMI) range. Country: South KoreaDF-ST-85-13219. Subject Operation/Series: REFORGER Base: Bellenhausen Country: West Germany (FRG)World War II Re-enactment, Reading, PAArtwork: "Peacekeeper" Artist: Judy Manzelman. Country: UnknownA member of a U.S. Navy construction battalion operates a backhoe. State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)CAZADOR LLEGANDO A LA MESA DEL JURADO - FOTO AÑOS 60. Location: CACERIA. PROVINCIA. Guadalajara. SPANIEN.East German police and West German citizens watch as a workman dismantled a section of the Berlin Wall at Potsdamer Platz. Base: Berlin Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU)Airmen and Kurdish refugees unload food supplies from a CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter during Operation Provide Comfort, an Allied effort to aid the refugees who fled the forces of Saddam Hussein in Northern Iraq.GEN. Hansford T. Johnson, U.S. commander-in-chief, Transportation Command and commander-in-chief, Military Airlift Command, departs from a mess facility while touring U.S. Air Force base camps during Operation Desert Shield. MAJ. GEN. Gerald A. Daniel, commander, 16th Air Force, U.S. Air Forces, Europe, is accompanying Johnson. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELD Country: Saudi Arabia (SAU)Airmen and Kurdish refugees unload food supplies from a CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter during Operation Provide Comfort, an Allied effort to aid the refugees who fled the forces of Saddam Hussein in Northern Iraq. Subject Operation/Series: PROVIDE COMFORT Country: Iraq (IRQ)Army troops of the 502nd Supply and Transportation Battalion arrive at the base to participate in the exercise Golden Thunder. Subject Operation/Series: GOLDEN THUNDER Base: Ramstein Air Base State: Rheinland-Pfalz Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU)A Marine from Battalion Landing Team, 2nd Bn., 8th Marines (BLT 2/8), mans the M-2 .50-caliber machine gun mounted on the roof of an M-923 5-ton cargo truck as the truck passes through the city. Troops from the U.S. and other coalition nations are in Dahuk for Operation Provide Comfort, a multinational effort to aid Kurdish refugees in southern Turkey and northern Iraq. Subject Operation/Series: PROVIDE COMFORT Base: Dahuk Country: Iraq(IRQ)U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Nicholas Partik, a field artillery cannoneer with 2nd Battalion, 11th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, checks his surroundings while backing up a Medium Tactical Vehicle Replacement for staging on a flightline at March Air Reserve Base, California, April 20, 2022. The M777 howitzers and munitions are part of a Presidential Drawdown of security assistance to meet urgent Ukrainian needs. The United States will continue to utilize all available tools to support Ukraine's Armed Forces in the face of Russian aggression.DM-ST-83-09693. Subject Operation/Series: COLD WINTER '83 Country: Norway (NOR)Trip to Western States: San Diego, California, Marine Corps Recruit Depot, tour of barracks, inspection of recruits, and address at Hall Field. President John F. Kennedy (left, back to camera) views combat training exercises during a visit to the Marine Corps Recruit Depot (MCRD) in San Diego, California; two recruits (wearing helmets) spar with pugil sticks at center.Soldiers marching in a street of the capital during the days of the putsch. Addis Abeba (Ethiopia), settember 1974.DA-SC-88-03521. Base: Fort Belvoir State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)Decorated with menacing teeth, a LARC-5 amphibious cargo carrier crosses a beach on the Persian Gulf during Operation Desert Shield. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELD Country: Saudi Arabia (SAU)View of seven crewmen conducting maintenance operations on the guns of a North American F-51D Mustang. Four men stand around a table upon which are various parts and equipment. Three more men work behind them. An additional man appears walking away from the table. Barrels and a revampment are visible in the background. A wooden box appears in the foreground, and two buildings are visible to the side.. View of seven crewmen conducting maintenance operations on the guns of a North American F-51D Mustang. Four men stand around a table upon which are various parts and equipment. Three more men work behind them. An additional man appears walking away from the table. Barrels and a revampment are visible in the background. A wooden box appears in the foreground, and two buildings are visible to the side..FAENAS DE PESCA. Location: EXTERIOR. JAPAN.1975 - Navy medical officers tour temporary housing facilities erected for Vietnamese refugees. Marines vehicles are boarded on a civilian ship for transport to Norway T.B.v Winter training of the corps.MISILES - FOTO AÑOS 60. Location: DESFILE MILITAR. MADRID. SPANIEN.