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World War II Soldiers in Action

Black-and-white images of soldiers in paddy fields and trenches, showcasing intense military maneuvers during World War II.

Scottish Troops Into North Burma -- To the stirring rhythm of bagpipes, played by the Piper at the right foreground, Royal Scots Fusiliers of the British 36th Division step carefully across a half-submerged bridge as they ford a jungle stream in northern Burma. Another Piper (on bridge) carries both pipes and a shovel. The troops were moving down the Myitkyina-Mandalay railway corridor as part of a new Allied thrust against the Japanese in the north Burma area. January 3, 1945. (Photo by U.S. Office Of War Information Picture).
Scottish Troops Into North Burma -- To the stirring rhythm of bagpipes, played by the Piper at the right foreground, Royal Scots Fusiliers of the British 36th Division step carefully across a half-submerged bridge as they ford a jungle stream in northern Burma. Another Piper (on bridge) carries both pipes and a shovel. The troops were moving down the Myitkyina-Mandalay railway corridor as part of a new Allied thrust against the Japanese in the north Burma area. January 3, 1945. (Photo by U.S. Office Of War Information Picture).
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Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Training of pre-federal troops in the rehabilitation camp Ambulanu. At Djember (East Java) is the rehabilitation camp for ex-tni-ers ambulu. Under the expert guidance of a few KNIL instructors, the recruits that consist of former prisoners of prisoners and ex-tnquitors are trained for their internal task to ensure order and tranquility in the United States of the United States in the future federal army Indonesia. The recruits during an exercise for obtaining its site skills, whereby the camouflage also plays a major role. September 1949. Indonesia, Jember, Dutch East IndiesDM-SN-83-00143. Subject Operation/Series: CAX-1-2-82 Base: Mcagcc, Twentynine Palms State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)Army Printing and Stationery Section First World War CollectionThe British Army in Burma 1944 An infantry section on patrol in Burma, 1944.XNG 175 Passed by Operational Consor New Guinea 4-5-44 Wrecked Japanese planes littered Madang airstrip when Australians occupied the town. In Background can be seen Allied place on required strip. May 10, 1944.Shot taken at the sounding of an air-alarm at an advanced Allied base. This Australian light ack-ack team goes into action at the first sound of the warning. July 02, 1942.Dresden. In the fire battle, Schützenregiment No. 108WW1 - Between Ypres and Menin - Waiting to attack - 30th October 1917 Date: 1917Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC tour through West Java through the Hussars van Boreel (reproduction). Krawang: The reserve eskadron armored cars of the Hussars van Boreel regiment makes a fourteen-day exploration through West Java. March 13, 1948. Indonesia, Java, Dutch East IndiesDM-SN-88-07935. Country: UnknownWith The British Troops In Mesopotamia -- Turkish war material captured at Ramadie. July 10, 1918. (Photo by British Official).Grenadier Guards' Realistic Training -- Guardsmen armed with Tommy guns attacking an "Enemy" post. February 25, 1953. (Photo by British Official Photograph).Marines Go Everywhere -- even in tropic jungles they bring their machine-guns. March 10, 1941. (Photo by Department Der Marine In Ned-Indië).Belgian soldiers with captured German helmets in the trenches; world war one 1914Photograph of an American soldier from the First Division throws a hand grenade in battle. Dated 1943Ben Het, Vietnam: June 28, 1969 A U.S. Air Force Caribou cargo plane drops supplies under the cover of a smoke screen to besiged Green Beret Special Forces that has been under Communist attack for the past 55 days.Marshal Timoshenko - He visits a strong point in his defensive network. With him (left) is Lieutenant-General of Aviation, Pthukin. March 28, 1947. (Photo by Pictorial Press).U.S. Soldiers Examine German Bazooka -- German, Bazooka, imitations of the American anti-tank guns, are examined by two U.S. soldiers after the weapons were captured during fighting on the outskirts of Cassino in Western Italy. The bazooka was developed in the United States as an infantryman's anti-tank weapon. March 20, 1944.Members of Company C, 1ST Battalion, 35th Infantry, 25th Infantry Division, capture enemy soliders during the joint US/South Korean training Exercise TEAM SPIRIT '82. Subject Operation/Series: TEAM SPIRIT '82 Base: Geon Cha Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR)Battle of Changsha, China, World War II, c1939-c1944. Artist: UnknownA Marine machine gunner and his assistant are in position to defend their perimeter. The weapon they are using is an M-60 machine gun. They are taking part in the Marine Rifle Squad Competition at Marine Corps Development and Education Command. Base: Marine Corps Base, Quantico State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)German POWs captured during the Allied assault on Walcheren Island in Holland, November 194408/31/1909. The Rif campaign. The Telegraphic Accounts of the Different Combats Taken to Date Evidence the Effectiveness of the Machine Guns, Which Have Taken Part in All of them. This engraving reproduces a photograph obtained during one of the Last Encounters at the moment when the Soldiers were Carrying one of the Machine Guns, mounted on its tripod, on their shoulders from one point to another of the scene of the fight.Second World War. For billeting. Soviet Union. Group of Wehrmacht members in front of a farmhutThe Italian Army during the First World War Italian infantry soldier in full marching order, 24 November 1917.Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. A Dutch officer observes the site with binoculars. 1947. Indonesia, Dutch East IndiesMarines operate communications equipment outside a bunker at Beirut International Airport. Base: Beirut Country: Lebanon (LBN)10/01/50--SOUTH KOREA: During heavy fighting, U.S. Marines snatch a moment's rest behind a wall in the streets of Seoul.Coast Guardsmen Search for Enemy in Greenland.A Coast Guard landing party goes ashore on Greenland in recent action which led to the capture of 60 Germans and the destruction of enemy radio-weather stations. The men are, from the left: Allen J.Elmergreen, seaman 1/c (with Gun), of 1166 Superior Ave., Sheboygan, Wis.; John Baker, soundman 3/c, of 1661 Robinwood Ave., Lakewood, O.; Walter D. Harris, Yeoman 1/c, of Isabella, Tenn., and George English, Motor Machinist's mate 2/c (Back to camera), ofCheck-Up : British Military police check up on a battle-happy hun captured by Montgomery's men in their drive across Germany. March 30, 1945. (Photo by Gaiger, Planet)DN-SN-87-09955. Subject Operation/Series: SOLID SHIELD Base: Marine Corps Base, Camp Lejeune State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA)Tarawa Island - Military. August 01, 1945.Photo moment of repeat exercise in Doorn / Veluwe of an Infantry Bataljon of the Marines Corps. Is part of Object series AVDKM 53146 to 53165.A Day With The 25th (Tenth-End of Set) - More than just this one day's fighting is over for this GI, who is lifted on a stretcher aboard a tank to be taken back to a field Hospital in the Rear. February 3, 1951. (Photo by ACME).Women Fight with men in Huesca Front - A Fair Spanish Amazon photographed firing on the enemy from their position on the hill near Huesca. Taking up a position in the cemetery of Loporzano, near the mountain top, Government army troops carried out a long attack on National Rebel troops entrenched behind a castle on the summit of Monte Aragon. Owing to the height of the castle they were forced to ***** artillery. Women fighting for the Government cause knelt shoulder to shoulder with the men and fired on the enemy. November 16, 1936. (Photo by Keystone).Mud and debris flying skyward gives a realistic battle effect when Australian sapper advance, in the face of mock shell, somewhere in Australia. Clods of solid mud, up to six inches in diameter, are liable to lob anywhere toughening the soldier for the real thing. November 9, 1942.The Chindits Brigadier 'Mad' Mike Calvert (left) gives orders to Lieutenant-Colonel Shaw, while Major James Lumley stands with M1 carbine under his arm, after the capture of Mogaung in Burma during the second Chindit expedition, June 1944.Ejército, servicio militar. Artillería, maniobras en Lluçanes, Barcelona. Años 70.Luxembourg Troops Fight With United Nations- Training With the Belgian Army in England, UK, 1943 Soldiers from Luxembourg march with their rifles along the sea front, during a training session with the Belgian Army on the coast, somewhere in England.Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC farewell hunters on ereveld tjililitan. Batavia. The 1st bat. Hunters, last classified by the U-Brigade and before Batavia, took goodbye to his deaths from 3 May 1948 in the early morning of 3 May 1948, before going to Holland before going to Holland before going to Holland before going to Holland before going to Holland. Gene. Major van Dijk, Adjudant General Netherlands, who is precisely in a inspection trip through Indie and who founded the battalion as a captain in 1945, laid a wreath, as well as the B.C. Major Den Ouden. May 3, 1948. Batavia, Indonesia, Jakarta, Dutch East IndiesExercise..Japs Surrender At Bataan - A serpentine column of surrendering Japanese soldiers cross a green rice paddy as they approach waiting 38th Div. troops. Fifty officers and 400 men, all that remained of more than 6,000 enemy troops, surrendered at Orion and Bagac, Bataan. They are shown moving along the same trail over which Americans made the infamous "death march" in 1942. This enemy force, under Col. Nagayoshi was completely defeated in battle by veteran 38th Div. troops in their reconquest of historic Bataan peninsuls. April 9, 1945. (Photo by U.S. Army Photo).British Occupation of Java One of two fatal casualties suffered by the 36th Indian Brigade from sniper fire at the Poentjak Pass during an operation to clear the northern road between Batavia and Bandoeng of Indonesian nationalist snipers and ambush squads.Italian trench in Plava, Slovenia, World War I, from L'Illustrazione Italiana, Year XLIV, No 7, February 18, 1917.War In Korea -- A bazooka team fires against enemy tanks in the battle for South Korea.2.36-inch Rocket Launcher "Bazooka". July 5, 1950. (Photo by U.S. Army Photograph).08/04/1936. A moment of the combat in the Sierra de Guadarrama.Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Photo reportage Kebon Selada and Kota Batoe (2nd and 3rd Cion of 4-10 R.I. and 3 grid). Patrol gang. December 1946. Indonesia, Dutch East IndiesWorld War II, U.S. soldiers along the shore, circa 1940-1946.Anefo photo collection. Military Training Camp in Bloemendaal (Visit General Curls). February 25, 1946. Bloemendaal, Noord-HollandThe last stand of a group of Italian Gunners. June 12, 1940.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.Egypt and Palestine 1914 - 1918 The Advance through Palestine and the Battle of Megiddo: Men of the 2nd Battalion Black Watch in a trench on Brown Ridge after the action at Arsuf on 8 June 1918.A Marine jumps into a water-filled fighting hole while taking part in a live-fire exercise on the transition range. Base: Marine Corps Base, Camp Hansen State: Okinawa Country: Japan (JPN)12/31/1936. Assault Guards Shooting at a Group of National Soldiers on One of the Fronts.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.1950s THREE MEN AMERICAN US ARMY SOLDIERS MANNING A FOXHOLE ON TOP OF HILL DURING KOREAN WAR IN REPUBLIC OF SOUTH KOREA10/31/1914. The War in the East. Japanese Soldiers in a Trench Line Firing at the Enemy. Photo: Berliner Illustrations -Approximate date.Anefo photo collection. Netherlands Brigade maneuvers. Firing 3 "Mortar Princess Irene Brigade Exercises. Vuren 3" Mortier. July 1943. BritainMembers of Weapons Platoon, Co. C, 1ST Bn., 5th Marines, set up an M-29 81mm mortar during an amphibious assault training exercise at Delmar Beach. Base: Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)Photograph of American Marines Giving First Aid Treatment to a Wounded Comrade. Jap Snipers Knock Down a Marine at Saipan. American Marines give first aid treatment to a wounded comrade as a Coast Guard combat photographer moves in with the attackers to catch the action at Saipan in the Marianas. Sniper fire met the invaders as they hit the beach and plunged into the thickets.The Dutch army is practicing in La Courtine. Pay attention! The above description is a generic series description based on the information stated by the army film and photo service. In the long term, this global description will be specified.A corporal of the Mariniers (Kplerns) as a gun granary shooter on the field of the Van Ghentkazerne (VGKAZ) to the ROTAUM. The anti-tank weapon is placed on a 7.62 mm NATO fal rifle. FAL means fusil automatique army (light automatic rifle) and is produced by the Belgian factory Fn (Fabrique National Restoration).March 1937. A group of Italian Soldiers, Taken as Prisoners by the Republicans in the Guadalajara sector.Members of Btry. L, 4th Bn., 12th Marines, load a shell into a M-198 155mm howitzer during the joint Korean-U.S. Exercise Bear Hunt '88. Subject Operation/Series: BEAR HUNT'88 Base: Uncheon Country: South KoreaMain activity on the Commonwealth front, Korea, takes place at night so Australian troops of the First Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment, spend a good part of the day sleeping. Pte Jim Fuller, C Company, of Strathfield, NSW, keeps watch by his Bren Gun while the remainder of his section catch some sleeps in their underground dug-out. July 16, 1952. (Photo by British Commonwealth Public Relation, Tokyo).U.S. Marines of Co. K, 3rd Bn., 6th Marines, are on patrol as they walk down a village street. The Marines are carrying their standard M-16A1 rifles as they participate in Operation Unitas XXII. Subject Operation/Series: UNITAS XXII Base: Aruba Country: Netherlands Antilles (ANT)Photo moment of repeat exercise in Doorn / Veluwe of an Infantry Bataljon of the Marines Corps. Is part of Object series AVDKM 53146 to 53165.DM-SN-85-08877. Subject Operation/Series: ZULU WARRIOR Base: Pohakuloa Training Area State: Hawaii (HI) Country: United States Of America (USA)Brolo, Sicily, Italy, September 23, 1943Sargent. Norwood Dorman, from Benson, North Carolina., foot-sore, tired and dirty from his march to Brolo, rests at the base of a memorial to Italian soldiers of World War I.Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC (Alloy new troops D-division "palm tree"). A junk soldiers with plunge bags stand for an alloy building. June 1946. Indonesia, Dutch East IndiesU.S. Troops Battle Snipers In Manheim -- Infantrymen of the 44th division, seventh U.S. Army, fire at snipers concealed in a building in mannhein, Germany, during mopping-up operations on the day of its capture March 29, 1945. On the far side of the street, a soldier with a bazooka gun is about to fire a rocket at the position. The city was subjected to such a heavy shelling and bombing that hardly a building remained intact. Mannheim is on the Rhine river 35 miles south of Mainz. May 10, 1945. (Photo by Richard Boyer, U.S Office War Information).FORT MCCLELLAN, Ala., August 17, 1955 - Brunswick Guardsmen firing .30 water cooled machine guns on their annual encampment. Left to right: Sergeant 1st Class Quinton Slaughter, Pvt. 1st Class Hubert Drew Jr., Pvt. Ronald Ponsell, Pvt. Leman Hutchinson all of Brunswick and are members of Company H, 121st Infantry. Guardsmen of the 48th Infantry Division are spending a very busy two weeks of training in all phases of military science.Members of the Marine 1ST Combat Engineers stand guard as a heavy equipment operator fills a hole in the road, used by their unit during Exercise Gallant Eagle '82. Subject Operation/Series: GALLANT EAGLE '82 Base: Fort Irwin State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)DA-SN-84-07977. Base: Fort Richardson State: Alaska (AK) Country: United States Of America (USA)CPL James Macon pulls himself along a rope suspended over a stream during field training. Base: Camp Schwab Country: Japan (JPN)Royal Saxon Protection Regiment No. 108British Workers Guard Their Work- the Home Guard, England, 1941 Corporal Chisholm, second from left, and colleagues line up on parade with their bayonets. They are part of the Home Guard Company for the Arms Factory at which they all work.U.S. Marines Land in Ireland - Eager for Action: A contingent of U.S. Marines, wearing new type combat helmets and carrying field equipment, moves from a dockside shed after arriving in Northern Ireland to reinforce the ex-panding A.E.F. September 7, 1942. (Photo by Interphoto News Pictures, Inc.).North Korean Lt. No Kum-Sok landed at South Korean Kimpo Air Force in a MiG on Sept. 21, 1953. While he was unaware of Operation Moolah, he still received the $100,000 reward. He emigrated to the U.S. in 1954, changed his name to Kenneth H. Rowe, got married, had a family, went to college, and worked as an aeronautical engineer until his retirement in 2000. In 1996 he published a book, 'A MiG-15 to Freedom'. (BSLOC_2014_11_236)The British Army in Burma 1945 A company commander briefs his men before a patrol, 12 April 1945.Goat Welcomes Invaders to Okinawa. Coast Guard combat correspondent Herb Baumgartner (left), chief specialist, of Seattle, Wash., is greeted by a goat on the beach at Okinawa in the Ryukyus. The animal wa found by a Marine, who quickly adopted him. Baumgartner is the son of Mrs. Mary Baumgartner.The Japanese Surrender in Burma, 1945 Japanese prisoners from the 52nd Division guarded by a soldier of the 1/10th Gurkha Rifles (17th Indian Division) await their rail journey to a prisoner of war camp at Pegu.World War I 1914-1918: Removing the dead bodies from the trenches on a battlefield in France in September after the end of the War.Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Dressed by West Java of the Hussars van Boreel, W.O. Radiowagen (Film car). Two soldiers clean their weapons. March 27, 1948. Indonesia, Dutch East IndiesJack Palance, on-set of the Film, "Attack!", United Artists, 1956DN-SN-85-00794. Base: Beirut Country: Lebanon (LBN)A British soldier on the battlefield giving a German Prisoner a light for his cigarette. Date: 26th July 1916LCPL P.M. Villella, leader, 3rd Squadron, 3rd Bn., 5th Marines, aims his M-16A1 rifle at the aggressors. Base: Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)Soldiers of medical troops provide first aid to a practice injury with a knee injury.On the obstacle course over the balance beam.Photograph showing a French civilian (left) and a Canadian Sergeant examining a crashed German V-1 'Flying Bomb' rocket, France, 1944. Date: 1944Bravo, The Gunners -- Ant-aircraft "spotters" at work. Gunners of London's anti-aircraft defenses have put up a magnificent performance in smashing the mass enemy air attacks on the capital. August 14, 1942. (Photo by L.N.A.)A combat-ready Marine from 1ST Plt., Co. C, 1ST Bn., 1ST Marines, 1ST Mar. Div., runs to line up with the rest of his squad during an assault on their objective. Base: Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)Ernst Axfors collection 34 An army soldier puts a rifle lying on a hill. The man is Ernst Axfors and belonged in 4 regiment.Just before the British Army was mobilised following the outbreak of World War I, a number of London Territorial regiments were on their war to camp for their annual training when they were ordered to return and remain within reach of their headquarters. In this photograph, one of these regiments assembled under such circumstances in Dean's Yard, Westminster. A few days later, all were called up to war. Date: 1914GUNNER Bertrand Ramallard, one of 108 visiting Canadians from Battery X, 5th Light Artillery Regiment, stands by his howitzer awaiting further firing orders during a field exercise. The Canadians swapped places with Battery C, 1ST Battalion, 321st Field Artillery, who deployed to Canada for a month of training. Base: Fort Campbell State: Kentucky (KY) Country: United States Of America (USA)Photo moment of repeat exercise in Doorn / Veluwe of an Infantry Bataljon of the Marines Corps. Is part of Object series AVDKM 53146 to 53165.Rubber Dinghy Of The R.A.F. -- The Airmen clamber aboard and full the rations and other equipment in board.Since the beginning of the war the lives of many airmen whose aircraft have been forced down in the sea have been saved by the rubber dinghies with which their aircraft are equipped. In British Aircraft the rubber Dinghy is packed deflated in a case like a gladstone flag which is attached to the framework of the aircraft. Then needed the whole bundle is thrown out of the aircraft, the air-cord is pulled and the cord which attaches it to the aircraft is severed. These pictures show how the apparatus works. January 27, 1942. (Photo by British Official Photograph).Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC The occupation of Solo, advance from the V Brigade. A soldier on a bicycle. In addition to him, a seated soldier takes care of his equipment. December 21, 1948. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies