Wartime Medical Evacuations

Historical photographs depicting medical evacuation efforts during battles, with soldiers, ambulances, and chaotic environments indicative of wartime.

Africa, algeria, algiers tamanrasset raid, before crossing the Sahara, French soldiers on trucks fiat, 1920.
Africa, algeria, algiers tamanrasset raid, before crossing the Sahara, French soldiers on trucks fiat, 1920.
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08/01/1921. Morocco in the Betrayal of the Moors Hassi Berkan camp, which was Assaulted by the Cabileños.
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Russian field artillery in a millet field, Russo-Japanese War, (1904-1905)
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Second World War. For billeting. Soviet Union. Group of villagers at the end of an alley between two farm huts
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09/18/1915. Yesterday's fire in Madrid. The Fire Service Extinguishing the Fire That Occurred in the Tram Depot, on Magallanes Street.
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Morocco, August 1909. Telephone communication with the globe. A telephone operator soldier receiving the orders given to him from above by Captain Gordejuela.
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March 1917. On the Western Front. Trenches built with sandbags before Lombaerztzyde, in the Nieuport region.
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Italian Munition Dump Captured By British - British officers inspect an Italian munition dump captured by the British Eighth Army close to the front lines at El Alamein, Egypt. Supplies included Italian and captured British shells. December 16, 1942. (Photo by Associated Press Photo).
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1860s MAY JUNE JULY 1863 UNION FORCES SIEGE OF CONFEDERATED DEFENDING VICKSBURG MISSISSIPPI USA
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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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08/31/1915. Effects of German artillery. Damage Made by Grenades in the Forts of Novo Georgiewsk. Photo: R. Parrondo.
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03/19/1909. Anniversary of the Occupation of Cabo de Agua. - Reading to the Cabileños of the letter from the general governor of the Plaza de Melilla. Photo: Lorduv.
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The Camargue - (Magazine Unit). Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and Personnel
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Australian camouflaged gun in the desert.Hiding Guns in the Tobruk area, where enemy forces have been held up by the magnificent defence by Australian and British troops. May 30, 1941.
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Four combat ready Marines from Weapons Company, 1ST Battalion, 8th Marines, are in the prone position with their M-16A1 rifles and an M-203 40mm grenade launcher attacked to the first rifle. The Marines are assaulting their objective during Operation CAX-1-2-82. Subject Operation/Series: CAX-1-2-82 Base: Mcagcc, Twentynine Palms State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)
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Soldiers of the French Foreign Legion, Syria, 20th century. The French Foreign Legion was established in 1831 as an elite unit of foreign volunteers. The Legion's primary function in the 19th and early 20th century was the expansion and protection of France's overseas territories. Syria was governed by France between the two World Wars under the terms of a League of Nations mandate. The artist is unknown.
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mongolia, raid pechino-parigi, l'itala supera i pendii scoscesi di ta-tu-mu trainata dai coolies, 1907
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Beneath the stare of the age old Sphinx, United States airmen fighting in the Middle East tour the historic "diggings" around the Pyramids on camel-back. The visit to these ancient wonders climaxed a week-end leave in Cairo, Egypt. 13 December 1942.
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Henry Fonda (standing center), on-set of the western film, "How The West Was Won", MGM, 1962
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Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Gading and Plajen, action by mountain field. Action in the direction of Gading, Plajen and Wonosari. The infantry raised at night to close the area, which gangs were signaled, the purification started in the morning. Various Kali's must be passed. March 9, 1949. Indonesia, Java, Dutch East Indies
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Royal Air Force Coastal Command- No. 247 Group Operations in the Azores, 1943-1945. Portuguese ox-carts pass a Boeing Fortress Mark II undergoing an engine test at Lagens.
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Photograph of the British army camp at Balaklava, under command of the Earl of Lucan, during the Crimean War, 1854. Date: 1941
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Land Of Genghis Khan Prepare For War -- The difficult roads at the gateway to inner Mongolia through which Japan is sending arms for frontier fortifications.During most of the-year only Camels, oxen, and sturdy horses can negotiate this difficult gateway into inner Mongolia which the Japanese army is silently penetrating and arming. Japanese diplomats say the aim is to advance an industrial programme: Japanese army men declare that is partially to render China important as a possible aid to Russia in the event of a Russo-Turkish war. October 14, 1936. (Photo by The Associated Press Of Great Britain Ltd.)
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12/31/1905. An ascent to Mont-Blanc, at the base of the Mountain. Copyright By Hutin, Trampus & Cia.
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Barrage, 1915, Egypt, by William Saunderson Cooper. Gift of Andrew Cooper, 2001.
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Royal Air Force Operations in the Middle East and North Africa, 1939-1943. Armourers of No. 154 Squadron RAF use a board propped on ammunition boxes as a workbench at Souk el Khemis ('Victoria'), Tunisia.
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MITIN EN LAS MINAS DE SERON EN ALMERIA EN 1918 - ABC. Location: HEMEROTECA MUNICIPAL. MADRID.
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Confederate Prisoners, awaiting transport to detention at the Chattanooga, TN, railroad station. A hospital car is among the US Military Railroad boxcars, available to transport prisoners to a US Civil War POW prison (BSLOC_2019_2_3)
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Anefo photo collection. Dutch army exercises in La Courtine, France; practice. August 7, 1970. France, La Courtine
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Field work, hard and blister-producing though it is, infinitely preferable to office work for girls brought up in the country. This line of Land Army recuits were hoe-ing their way through a root-field below the Sussex Downs, on land worked by East Sussex Agricultural College, Plumpton. 1939
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Black and white photograph of the Korean War (1950-1953); a flag with the UN colours flies over an airfield.
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The British Army in North Africa, January 1943 Men of a reconnaissance company carry out physical training drill. Three Arabs (right) are 'competing' with the men.
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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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Photograph of the port of Tánger during the Spanish Civil War. Dated 1937
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The 1948 Palestinian exodus, known in Arabic as the Nakba (Arabic: النكبة‎, an-Nakbah, lit.'catastrophe'), occurred when more than 700,000 Palestinian Arabs fled or were expelled from their homes, during the 1947-1948 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine and the 1948 Arab-Israeli War. The exact number of refugees is a matter of dispute, but around 80 percent of the Arab inhabitants of what became Israel (50 percent of the Arab total of Mandatory Palestine) left or were expelled from their homes. Later in the war, Palestinians were forcibly expelled as part of 'Plan Dalet' in a policy of 'ethnic cleansing'.
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Mao Tse Tung.
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When Helicopters Landed In A Valley On The Headwaters Of The Red River Of China's Western Frontier Region In A Rescue Mission, Several Hundred Chinese Farmers From The Adjoining Area Flocked Over To View The Strange Mechanical Birds. Shown Are Two Of The
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Anefo photo collection. Destruction: Zandvoort. June 5, 1945. Noord-Holland, Zandvoort
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The white heaps on the slooping hill at Don Martin Island is the much coveted guano. It is invaluable for agriculturists all over the world. July 11, 1951. (Photo by Camera Press).
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Mexican crossing to U.S. at Ojinaga
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An aerial view of a Marine Corps combat service support area near Al-Kibrit during Operation Desert Storm. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Country: Saudi Arabia (SAU)
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People's hero Sava Kovacevic ca. 1942.
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Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Natural shots. Soldier overlooks a valley. July 1947. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies
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Anefo photo collection. Remembrance Day at honorary cemetery in Overveen, journey through the dunes. May 4, 1966. Overveen
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10/04/1964. Aviation accident in Granada. A French Dc 6 crashes on the Sierra Nevada drip peak. Remains of one of the Plane Engines.
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Bomana war cemetery outside Port Moresby This is the biggest New Guinea War Ceretery and about 4000 Austn sleep here. There have been brought from various theatres of battle. The other cemetery is at Lae where close to 3.000 Austn are buried. November 11, 1949.
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Poll photo collection. Two men in uniform at a rock formation that shows similarity with the Sphinx at the death temple of Chefren in Egypt. undated. Israel, Tiberias
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Atomic Bomb Test Ground -- Gen. Leslie R. Groves (Foreground), Chief of Manhattan Engineering District -- otherwise known as the Atomic Bomb, walks over the scorched earth which was crystallized by Detonation of the Test Bomb prior to its use against Japan. At left is remains of Foundations of Tower from which bomb was exploded. September 10, 1945. (Photo by AP Wirephoto).
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Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Large purification action in the W-Brigade area. Middle Java. Purification campaign in the field of the W-Brigade. 1-11 R.I. Did 2 weeks out. By Kali's, over shaky bridges and by abandoned Kampongs. For example, the infantryman shows what it is worth. A shaky bamboo bridge over a bustling waterfall. March 15, 1948. Indonesia, Java, Dutch East Indies
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Information office radio broadcaster Dutch Guinea. Dutch governments officials Baliem Valley. January 1955. Baliem, Guinea
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Anefo photo collection. Jamboree 1963 in Marathon Greece. Protection against heat under the trees. August 12, 1963. Greece
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Atomic Bomb Test Ground -- Gen. Leslie R. Groves (Foreground), Chief of Manhattan Engineering District otherwise Known as the Atomic Bomb walks over the scorched earth which was crystallized by Detonation of the Test Bomb prior to its use against Japan. At left is remains of Foundations of Tower from which bomb was exploded. September 10, 1945. (Photo by AP Wirephoto).
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Allied Force Lands On SpitzbergenNorwegians and their luggage embarking from Spitzbergen. December 04, 1941. (Photo by British Official Photograph).
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Some of the 70,000 sheep field in stone of *****. January 05, 1944. (Photo by Barry Newberry/Fairfax Media).
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Anefo photo collection. Jamboree 1963 in Marathon Greece. Scottish bagpipes blowers. August 12, 1963. Greece
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The Men Without Names: Early 20th century postcard of members of the French Foreign Legion in action. Military, Army, Soldier, Infantry, Weapon, Rifle
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Photographs depicting military activities in France, May - June 1940. Included photographs of Rommel, Guderian, Dreuz, Bottcher, Italian General Garaboldi, Lucie Rommel, shots of Rommel with Hitler. Photographs of equipment and troops arriving and in action, from the personal collection of Rommel.