Veterans' Events

Images from events honoring military veterans, featuring formal gatherings and speeches highlighting service and dedication.

MASTER SGT. (Ret.) Gary R. Rome is the first recipient of the Levitow Award. He talks with John L. Levitow (left) at the AIRMAN Leadership School Graduation. Base: Fairchild Air Force Base State: Washington (WA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Anefo photo collection. 65 former conscript soldiers who demonstrated in uniform on November 21. Ron Den Harink hands Harry van der Bergh (right, chairman of the Second Chamber Committee of Defense, PvdA) the statement. December 8, 1981. The Hague, South Holland

COL Ruth Anderson, the U.S. defense and air attache to Hungary, discusses political events with Wing Commander Olly Knight, British air attache. Base: Budapest Country: Hungary(HUN)

Presentation of a painting of the Pearl Harbor Memorial for President Kennedy, with Naval Aide to the President Captain Tazewell T. Shepard, Jr. and Representative Daniel K. Inouye (Hawaii). Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell T. Shepard (center), accepts a painting of the USS Arizona Memorial at Pearl Harbor for President John F. Kennedy. The painting, signed by Francis Loui, is a gift from the Pearl Harbor Association and its president, William D. Bennett. Representative Daniel K. Inouye (Hawaii) stands at left, and an unidentified man stands at right. East Wing Lawn, White House, Washington, D.C.

DN-ST-85-05621. Base: Pascagoula State: Mississippi (MS) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Fire Control Technician 3rd Class Michael Rossi, left, conducts a tour of the bridge of the guided missile destroyer USS TATTNALL (DDG-19). The TATTNALL is one of eight Navy ships taking part in Navy Appreciation Week, which is being sponsored by the local Navy League chapter. Base: Port Everglades State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DF-ST-87-08948. Base: Fussa City Country: Japan (JPN)

Trip to South America: Bogotá, Colombia, arrival, 10:50AM. Visitors gather at El Dorado Airport in Bogotá, Colombia for the arrival of President John F. Kennedy and First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy. White House Photographer Captain Cecil Stoughton stands in center (with cameras hanging from his neck); White House Stenographer, Jack Romagna (left) and White House Army Signal Agency (WHASA) officer, John J. Cochran (right), sit at table.

Survivors of the attack on Pearl Harbor, Mr. V.C. Clinnard and Mr. Hank A. Lachenmayer pose for a photograph at the at the USS Arizona Memorial Visitor Center, Pearl Harbor, HI. Both men were onboard the USS MARYLAND during the Pearl Harbor attack. Base: Pearl Harbor State: Hawaii (HI) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Office of the Secretary - Seafarer's Union and U.S.S. Bellatrix in Harvey, Louisiana New Orleans

Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne to Gettysburg National Military Park, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, where he participated in ceremonies commemorating the 144th anniversary of Lincoln's Gettysburg Address, conversed with National Park Service staff and visitors, and toured the Park, including the construction site for the new Visitors Center

S99-16057 (28 December 1999) --- Astronaut Curtis L. Brown Jr.,misison commander, signs autographs during a crew return ceremony at Ellington Field.

Captain-Lieutenant at sea T. Herkemij, commander of Hr.Ms. Jan van Brakel.

060525-N-0696M-372. Base: Arlington State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DN-SN-87-00167. Base: Naval Station, Norfolk State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DF-ST-87-13227. Base: Rhein-Main Air Base Country: West Germany (FRG)

Anefo photo collection. House of Representatives, emergency debate about broadcast soldiers to Lebanon; Minister Gardeniers. February 1, 1979. The Hague

First Casualty - Media Coverage of the war in Iraq

Marine Safety Unit - 26-HK-133-44. Hurricane Katrina

President Bush departs the White House to speak to soldiers about his new policy in Iraq

Home and welcome to Den Helder in March 1989 from the mine hunter Hr.Ms. Urk (1986-) After a mission in the Persian Gulf.

020624-D-9880W-008. Base: Pentagon State: District Of Columbia (DC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Men presenting photograph to man in mask , Military personnel, Masks, Awards. Records of U.S. Army Operational

060823-N-4965F-004. Base: Naval Station, Pearl Harbor State: Hawaii (HI) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DF-ST-87-07860. Subject Operation/Series: BLUE HORIZON Base: Guayaquil Country: Ecuador (ECU)

DM-ST-89-04512. Base: Quantico State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DN-ST-90-04638. Base: Naval Air Station, Oceana State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DF-ST-87-08046. Base: Charleston Air Force Base State: South Carolina (SC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Anefo photo collection. City guards Dordrecht. City guards. February 6, 1989. Dordrecht, South Holland

DA-SD-05-00575. Base: Fort Mcnair State: District Of Columbia (DC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Mercury astronauts John Glenn, second from left and Scott Carpenter look around at the dismantled Complex 14 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. Glenn and Carpenter launched from the pad on Atlas rockets inside Mercury capsules in 1962. The two astronauts, part of the original class of seven astronauts chosen by NASA, were taking part in events celebrating 50 years of Americans in orbit, an era which began with Glenn's Mercury mission MA-6, on Feb. 20, 1962.Glenn's launch aboard an Atlas rocket took with it the hopes of an entire nation and ushered in a new era of space travel that eventually led to Americans walking on the moon by the end of the 1960s. Glenn soon was followed into orbit by Carpenter, Walter Schirra and Gordon Cooper. Their fellow Mercury astronauts Alan Shepard and Virgil "Gus" Grissom flew earlier suborbital flights. Deke Slayton was grounded by a medical condition until the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project in 1975.

960909-A-4605G-004. Subject Operation/Series: JOINT ENDEAVOR Base: Novo Sarajevo Country: Bosnia And/I Herzegovina (BIH)

030402-M-5865P-004. Base: Mcas, Cherry Point State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DN-SN-86-06973. Base: San Francisco State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne to Gettysburg National Military Park, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, where he participated in ceremonies commemorating the 144th anniversary of Lincoln's Gettysburg Address, conversed with National Park Service staff and visitors, and toured the Park, including the construction site for the new Visitors Center

030321-D-9880W-019. Base: Pentagon State: District Of Columbia (DC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

060827-F-0193C-010. Base: Fort Greely State: Alaska (AK) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Cuban rebel soldiers, leaving Santiago de Cuba for Matanzas. Shortly after Fidel Castro's victorious entry into Havana, his rebels began the transition to become the Cuban Revolutionary Armed Forces. Jan. 20, 1959.

The IV. Federal Congress of the DKP-affiliated Socialist German Workers' Youth (SDAJ) on 19.5.1974 in the Niedersachsenhalle in Hanover. Soldier of the Bundeswehr, Germany, Europe

030220-M-2917M-012. Base: Mcas, Cherry Point State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DN-SC-88-05688. Base: Bath State: Maine (ME) Country: United States Of America (USA)

A Purple Heart Commemorative Envelope Ceremony takes place at the Pentagon with Secretary of the Army, John O. Marsh Jr., as the host. Base: Arlington State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

060929-F-5586B-249. Base: Portoroz Country: Slovenia (SVN)

010621-D-9880W-101. State: District Of Columbia (DC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

(left to right) Mr. Richard Sklar and Mr. Jock Covey, Office of High Representative (OHR) CHIEF of STAFF, one of many organizations comprising the Joint Operations Election Center (JOEC) at the Allied Rapid Reaction Corps near Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, locate a polling station being discussed by US Navy Admiral T. Joseph Lopez, Allied Forces Southern Europe, United States Naval Forces Europe and Implementation Forces Commander and UK Army Lieutenant General Sir Michael Walker, Allied Rapid Reaction Corps Commander. Key leaders or representatives of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina (Bosnian), Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina (Croatian), Republic of Srpska (Serbian), .... Complete Scene Caption: (left to right) Mr. Richard Sklar and Mr. Jock Covey, Office of High Representative (OHR) Chief of Staff, one of many organizations comprising the Joint Operations Election Center (JOEC) at the Allied Rapid Reaction Corps near Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, locate a polling s

A female Naval petty officer 2nd class poses for a picture in her office. Country: Unknown

World War II Veterans and representatives of those who could not be in attendance receive a challenge coin at the Eternal Heroes Monument in Normandy, France, June 2, 2022. World War II Veterans and representatives of the 82nd Airborne Division and 101st Airborne Divisions (Air Assault) came to honor fallen Paratroopers who liberated Ravenoville in June of 1944.

DA-SC-07-44741. Base: Pentagon State: District Of Columbia (DC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Author James Michener attends an observance commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. Base: Pearl Harbor State: Hawaii(HI) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DF-ST-89-05399. Base: Falcon Air Force Station State: Colorado (CO) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Former Secretary of the Navy William A. Ball III, left, Sarah L. Ball, center, and Patricia A. Ball, ship's sponsor, stand in front of the platform prior to the launch of the guided missile cruiser SHILOH (CG-67) at the Bath Iron Works Corp. shipyard. Base: Bath State: Maine (ME) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Straight on medium shot as from left to right, Jeff Collett, Area Director for Carillion Construction, US Air Force Colonel (COL) Irv Halter, 48th Fighter Wing Commander Royal Air Force Lakenheath, United Kingdom, Boris Hayklan, Chairman of the Municipal Housing Corporation, and Jean Hay, Mayor of Thetford hand over a key to COL Halter at the 13 July 2000 grand opening of the first house. Five hundred and seventeen more houses are currently under construction in support of the leased-build initiative. The houses will be occupied by military members stationed at Royal Air Force Bases Lakenheath, Mildenhall, and Feltwell. The new housing units are located at the Lynn Wood Estate, Thetford, .... Complete Scene Caption: Straight on medium shot as from left to right, Jeff Collett, Area Director for Carillion Construction, US Air Force Colonel (COL) Irv Halter, 48th Fighter Wing Commander Royal Air Force Lakenheath, United Kingdom, Boris Hayklan, Chairman of the Municipal Housing Corporati

030413-F-6449C-009. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Mihail Kogalniceanu Air Base Country: Romania (ROM)

060325-N-9013W-128. Base: Norfolk State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: Naval Station Norfolk

Damsimultaneous between Ton Sijbrands and a number of (conscript) soldiers in the Protestant military home in Ede.

Anefo photo collection. VVDM board members at Ministry of Defense, v.L.n.R. Creek, Turks and Huisman. August 16, 1973

Dennis Schmidt, Warmingland, Greenland

050403-F-3177P-187. Base: Davis-Monthan Air Force Base State: Arizona (AZ) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DF-ST-87-09638. Subject Operation/Series: TEAM SPIRIT Base: Song Tan Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR)

DN-SN-89-03324. Base: Los Angeles State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

CNN Coverage of the war in Iraq

020105-F-5035E-004. Base: Portland Air National Guard Base State: Oregon (OR) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: ANG/ACC

Members of the "Golden Thirteen" prepare to cut a cake during a Black History Week celebration aboard the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS CARL VINSON (CVN-70). Country: Unknown

A personal photo of Sergeant 1st Class Jared C. Monti, the first Soldier recipient for actions in Afghanistan/Operation Enduring Freedom.

Rep. Darrell Issa (CA-48- R) signs the Triangle K t-wall following their visit Jan. 7, 2024 to an undisclosed location in the U.S. CENTCOM area of responsibility. The bi-partisan group, containing eight congressional members, visited troops in the USCENTCOM area of responsibility.

special forces soldiers team in urban environment making tactical assault action

Italian Air Force Brigadier General (Ret) Formo Missarino proudly wears the Legion of Merit during a ceremony at Aviano Air Base, Italy. The Legion of Merit was presented to the Missarino, and was signed by United States Secretary of Defense William Cohen. BGEN Missarino was the Aviano Airport Commander from July 1994 til September 1996, and an intricle force behind the establishment of Aviano Air Base, Italy. Base: Aviano Air Base State: Pordenone Country: Italy (ITA)

060406-N-0696M-067. Base: Pentagon State: District Of Columbia (DC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Office of the Deputy Secretary (David Sampson) - Deputy Secretary Sampson's Visit to Morocco

Anefo photo collection. Drs. Bolkesteyn press conference attached Defense Minister, headers. September 24, 1988

DN-ST-85-10719. Base: Naval Base, Pearl Harbor State: Hawaii (HI) Country: United States Of America (USA)

The participants in the official keel laying ceremony for the Arleigh Burke class Aegis guided missile destroyer USS MUSTIN (DDG 89) pose for a photograph. They are (left to right) Row 1 Vice Admiral (VADM) Henry M. Mustin, USN (Ret) and Lieutenant Commander (LCDR) Thomas M. Mustin, USN (Ret) grandson of the ships namesake; Row 2 Jean Mustin, Ships Sponsor; Doug St. Denis, Ships Sponsor; Dale St. Denis, husband of Doug St. Denis; Commander (CDR) Ann Phillips, USN, PCO; Captain Philip Johnson, USN, Supervisor of Shipbuilding, Pascagoula; Row 3 CDR Steve Metz, Aegis Area Commander/Destroyer Projector Officer; Dave Wright, President, Ingalls Shipbuilding; Mark Broadus, welding work leaderman.... Complete Scene Caption: The participants in the official keel laying ceremony for the Arleigh Burke class Aegis guided missile destroyer USS MUSTIN (DDG 89) pose for a photograph. They are (left to right) Row 1 Vice Admiral (VADM) Henry M. Mustin, USN (Ret) and Lieutenant Commander (LCDR) Thomas M

DA-SD-05-00671. Base: Fort Myer, Arlington State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

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