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World War II Soldiers in Indonesia

Black and white images feature soldiers in 1947, one shirtless with a fighting hat, showcasing military life in tropical settings.

Japanese woman wearing a gas mask, Second Sino-Japanese war, from L'Illustrazione Italiana, Year LXV, No 40, October 2, 1938.

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Reportage Dajeuhkolot (Bandoeng sector). 1st lieutenant knil poses with a young dog. February 1947. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Reportage Hollandia. Soldier with fighting hat and bare above. February 1947. Hollandia, Indonesia, Dutch East Indies, New Guinea

A mechanic conducts maintenance on an American military helicopter during the Vietnam War. Proper and regular maintenance played a crucial role in ensuring the functionality and reliability of the aircraft in the challenging and demanding wartime conditions.

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.

Military staff in communication vehicle with microphone, and left a 35mm film projector.

Wounded German soldiers aboard the Swedish hospital train.

Allied Works Council - Australian War - Scenes. December 21, 1942.

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. A soldier brushes an object. 1949. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

Japanese woman wearing a gas mask, Second Sino-Japanese war, from L'Illustrazione Italiana, Year LXV, No 40, October 2, 1938.

The Story of a Royal Marine. during January 1943, Royal Marine Barracks, Stone House, Plymouth. the Story of Richard D Emerson. The first letter home.

Banzai and Yo Ho! I'm on My Way to Tokyo. This pretty pinup of a toothy, eye-glassed samurai, who drapes the rising sun about his lean loins, is not a natty Nipponese warrior, but just a Yankee boy who made good at Saipan. Meet Coast Guardsman Robert L. Vollten, Seaman First Class, of Bethesda, Maryland, who is adorned with the loot of a successful Pacific invasion. The "So Solly" grin is Vollten's; the hat, the specs, and the flag were once the property of a Jap, now scratched out of the war.

Sgt. Harry Williams Of Trenton, Kentucky Shaves Out In The Open, Using His Tin Hat For A Wash Basin At An Airbase At Kent, England. 29 May 1944.

Traffic Control (N.S.W. Police) - Police. August 03, 1939.

Information office radio broadcaster Dutch Guinea. Hard makes stomach hungry ship own "lung cream", "somewhere" wanted. December 1953. Guinea

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Visit by Professor Romme to Medan. Dr. C.P.M. Romme (in light shirt), with a lieutenant of the 4th battalion regiment. February 1947. Indonesia, Medan, Dutch East Indies, Sumatra

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.

Civilian Conservation Corps Publicity Photo showing a typical CCC enrollee. Photo by W.J. Mead

Donzere-Mondragon (Vagn Hansen). Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and Personnel

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Tangerang. Soldiers are smiling at a uniformed man at a jeep. July 1947. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies, Tangerang

Information office radio broadcaster Dutch Guinea. Text disappeared board. ... device - fish detector visloupe - rests cathode ray principle. help divided scale, arranged detector's "cat og" detector transmitted switching device, depth coveted booty located. September 1954. Guinea

Sen. Dan Quayle, R-IN, delivers the keynote address at the commissioning of the guided missile cruiser USS VINCENNES (CG-49). Base: Pascagoula State: Mississippi (MS) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Well-Deserved Slumber. Back in his bunk aboard a Coast Guard-manned assault transport, this wounded crew member is taking a well-earned rest from the work of ferrying American troops to French beaches.

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.

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Reportage Hollandia. Cleaning the weapons. February 1947. Hollandia, Indonesia, Dutch East Indies, New Guinea

George Finey. December 28, 1951.

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.

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.

S/Sgt. William W. Fleming, A Waist Gunner From Jenkins, Kentucky, Views The Pile Of Clothing Which An Airman Must Wear Before Going Out On A Bombing Mission. Molesworth, England, 6 July 1943.

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.

Rest for the Weary. Two Coast Guard Buddies - Clyde Rosenberg, Seaman First Class, of Rock Island, Ill. And "Guns," mascot of a Coast Guard Combat Cutter - hit the sack together after standing a long night watch. "Guns" finds a comfortable pillow on his chum's arm as they take off for slumber land.

Bottom of the lottery barrel was scraped in Sydney today by R. Bates, of the Auditor- General's department, who crawled inside to make sure no marbles remained when wooden spheres were checked. A check is made every two years. October 21, 1953.

Secretary of Defense Melvin Laird, Assistant Secretary of the Navy John Warner, and Dr. Norman Vincent Peale presenting at a ceremony in 1969. The exact location and purpose of the ceremony are not specified in the provided information.

DN-SN-88-00908. Base: USS Nassau (LHA 4)

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.

Wehrmacht Military is in the sun., 1941 - 1942 photograph A Wehrmacht military sits on a chair in front of an open door in the sun. To his right a plant and on the left a cupboard with books on it. He is bare. Netherlands photographic support gelatin silver print occupation ~ war. recreation ~ the soldier off duty Netherlands

Rescue Worker is Covered in Oil

DN-SN-85-11357. Base: Makassar Strait Country: Indonesia (IDN)

Repair Operations Aboard the Sub-sinking Campbell. Repair operations aboard the sub-sinking CAMPBELL, call for daring action. Coast Guardsman Colon Swindell, Firemen 1c, of Wanchese, North Carolina, prepares to swim under the icy Atlantic waters with a messenger line and cork in his mouth. If the cork can be shoved through the hole in the side of the Coast Guard cutter, caused by ramming a Nazi U-Boat, it will bob up inside the ship. A stronger line will be fastened to the messenger line and a plug on the outside of the ship can be pulled tight from within to close a hole. The Coast Guard cutter routed six subs within 12 hours. The Campbell was brought to an unnamed East Coast port for repairs.

Private Bath - G.I. Style. A Coast Guard combat photographer came upon this American soldier using his steel helmet for a bath-tub for his daily ablutions during a lull in the invasion of Noemfoor Island. Undismayed at the lack of privacy, he goes about removing the grime of battle in apparent glee. Note laundry in the background.

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Flag parade and sport on 30-4-1948 by the T-Brigade in Salatiga. Salatiga. On the occasion of the birthday of H.K.H. Princess Juliana was held by the T-Brigade a large flag parade, after which the further day was filled with sports competitions. April 30, 1948. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies, Salatiga

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.

Naval Diver Petty Officer R. Foord recovering after his struggle against a strong tide which prevented him clearing a blockage from he intake water tunnel to Bunnerong power-house. February 24, 1952.

05/31/1913. After the tragedy of "General Concha." The stoker Del "Concha", José Fernández, who was taken prisoner and has been rescued.

Fourth Engineer Bruce Miels and George Fisner, deck by on the torpedoed Australian ship, enjoys a smoke after being landed in port. Thirty-seven sailors lost their lives when the ship sank in 30 seconds. June 4, 1942.

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Arrival of packages with KLM devices. Japanese prisoners of war pick up the bags from the plane. December 7, 1946. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. Airport. Portrait of Dutch soldier with bare topl. 1947. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

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.

Blind Soldiers Airmen - War File. August 04, 1952.

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Kilima Hawaans in Pangkalan. The Kilima Hawaans were a guest at the hard-to-reach outpost Pangkalan of the 2nd inf. Brig. Group. During this tiring trip, a warn along the road, where Mary Buijsman used a mug of lukewe tea. April 22, 1948. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies, Pangkalan

Gallan Inspects shell showings. September 04, 1940.

"The Sleepless Port" - (Magazine Unit). Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and Personnel

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.

Alf Pinnington. Target Practice at *****. April 16, 1949.

Saved From The Sea - Willing hands haul oil-covered James F. McIntyre of Fall River, Mass., aboard the carrier Wasp after the apprentice seaman of the USS Hobson was plucked from the sea following the April 26 collision between the two ships in mid-Atlantic. A total of 61 men were saved from the Hobson and 176 lost their lives. May 3, 1952. (Photo by U.S. Navy Photo).

Cpl. Bob MacDonald, a rifleman with headquarters, 9th Marine Regt, takes time out to relax. For MacDonald, happiness is a cool mountain stream, an easy chair and his favorite magazine. 1968.

Anefo photo collection. Walcheren: Repair Nollegat in the Zeedijk and other places in Walcheren. Barracks (donated by Switzerland). October 1945. Walcheren

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.

Royal Air Force 1939-1945- Fighter Command A pilot demonstrates the new 'K'-type one-man dinghy in the unlikely surroundings of Watford Public Baths, 19 May 1941.

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC For article "Hasty urgency". Inland population, starving and under the swear. July 29, 1947. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

Information office and radio broadcaster Dutch New Guinea. Some moments for the opening of the trailing slope in Manokwari, Mr. Homyer, representative of the Amsterdam Ballast Maatschappij in New Guinea, a few words to the guards. May 1957. New Guinea

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.

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Tengaran Complex (with the article 'Van No no man's land to protected area' in the magazine Werkbroeders). Soldier in underpants at a sort of waiting or lookout. November 22, 1947. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

U.S. Coast Guardsman Wounded in Africa. Coast Guardsman Richard L. Bucheit, of 301 Brussels St., St. Marys, Pennsylvania, who was strafed by enemy airplane machine gun bullets as he landed troops in the attack on the African coast, is shown smiling with a V. for Victory at an East coast hospital. He was returned to this country on a troop transport manned by Coast Guardsmen that took part in the African campaign.

Uncaptioned. Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and Personnel

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.

Modane Wind Tunnel. Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and Personnel

"Doc Sunshine" Makes His Rounds (3 of 3). (No. 3 om series of 3) His Best Bedside Manner - His name used to be "Half Hitch" but the wounded boys started calling him "Doc Sunshine" and the name stuck. "Doc" assigned himself to cheer up duty in the morale-upping division aboard a Coast Guard-manned troop transport. His ship brings back casualties from Europe's battlefields and "Doc" strolls from bunk to bunk, shaking paws and giving all the boys that "things are getting better every day" feeling. Here, the "Doc" visits First Lieut. Leroy C. Baker, of Sawyer (near Minot), North Dakota.

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. Sporting soldier. December 1948. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

08/31/1936. A soldier communicating by telephone the Total takeover, by the Republican army, of Navalperal de Pinares (Ávila).

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Ballet Fee Wiebenga (Batavia Schouwburg). Fee Wiebenga. October 1946. Batavia, Indonesia, Jakarta, Dutch East Indies

Historic photo, duelling student corporation, injured after the fight, ca. 1910

Canadian Destroyers Sink U-Boat -- Two young German prisoners are shown in an automobile which whisked them away to a prisoner of war camp after they had been landed by the Canadian frigate "St. Catharines". Dockyard workers get a look at the Nazis through the car window as they sit blind-folded with their belongings by their side. They were rescued after having abandoned the U-boat, which eventually sank with a ring of Canadian warships around it and also the destroyer "ICARUS" of the Royal Navy. June 30, 1944. (Photo by Canadian W.I.B).

The Land Army girls are now being issued with uniforms. This one is used for work. February 17, 1943.

Photograph of a member of the Blackshirts (The Milzia Volontaria per la Sicurezza Nazionale), originally he paramilitary wing of the National Fascist Party and after 1923, an all-volunteer militia of the Kingdom of Italy. Dated 20th Century

Vintage Photograph. Man in white shirt and Navy cap holding binoculars with strap around neck in front of cloud sky background

Coast Guard Cutter Sinks Sub. Coast Guard Cutter sinks sub. A U.S. Coast Guardsman, wounded in one of the outstanding dramatic engagements of submarine warfare in this global conflict, Robert J. Croak, motor machinist's mate first class, of 118 Sunset Road, Arlington, Mass., lies in his bunk aboard the Coast Guard Cutter SPENCER. His left hand and arm painfully injured, is supported by a wire frame and pins inserted through the fingers. Coast Guardsman Croak sustained his injuries during the ensuing battle when the Cutter SPENCER crippled a Nazi undersea raider with gunfire after the sub had been forced to the surface by a depth charge.

Top right picture shows the cause at it all - the Black Watch kilt.Kilt (7 yards long) goes over vest sole permitted under - garment. March 2, 1951. (Photo by Tom L. Balu, Camera Press).

Two Shirtless Soldiers With Guns c.1957

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.

""It's an All-around Blessed Event"". There's some question about who seems the proudest - "Queenie," Coast Guardsman Charles Spadaro, Seaman First Class, left, of Albany, N.Y., or Corporal Robert B. Winter, Aus, of Cincinnati, Ohio. For Queenie, those two pups born in the Mediterranean aboard a Coast Guard-Manned troop transport was a blessed event. For Cpl. Winter, his presence on the ship and the birth of the pups would seem to be a super-special event. After campaigning in Europe he's returning home on rotation.

This Pin Was Worn By Men Of The American Volunteer Group, Commonly Known As The "Flying Tigers," In China.

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Bali. Balinese waiter with tray. April 1948. Bali, Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

Emergency Operation On Coast Guard-Manned LST Provides Pre-invasion Drama on Way to Iwo Jima.. This image depicts Navy Ensign Abraham Krutman after he underwent an emergency appendectomy aboard a Coast Guard-mann LST.

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Pasar Oesan. Pasar Oesan: There is no housing shortage at the boys in Indie. If new stays have to stay, a call is sufficient to the genius. The 3rd field core builds here. Genius of the U-Brigade a few new barracks in Pasar Oesan. November 27, 1947. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

Considering The Soldiers Comfort.. -- How a soldier is dressed for tests in the Arctic chamber. September 7, 1951.

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.

Sailor Looking up to The Right c.1961

Nude Roman Soldier Slays Nude Slave c.1948

Pacific Ocean: October 15, 1942 Members of the court of Neptunus Rex, Ruler of the Raging Main, convene on the deck of a U.S. Navy aircraft carrier as it approches the equator. The court is in action to convert the "pollywogs" (men who have never crossed the equator) into "shellbacks", once they have completed the rituals. Here one of the pollywogs is being shorn by another pollywog who has already suffered the indignity.

Approx. 1939,1941, training Wehrmacht, man uses Wehrmacht badge as a mirror, Ulm, Germany, Europe

Anniversary day Bi. Centenary. January 26, 1938.

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.

Indianapolis Coast Guard Hero in Hail of Nazi Invasion Fire Loses Only Seat of His Pants. Swimming in the surf through a hail of Nazi machinegun fire to carry a lifeline from his Coast Guard-manned landing craft to the Normandy beach, Coast Guardsman Gene E. Oxley, of Indianapolis, Indiana, was one of the Coast Guard heroes of the D-Day invasion of France. Standing on the beach in the hum of bullets, he held the rope while 36 soldier invaders attempted to follow the line to the shore--only six made it. On that memorable morning, Oxley was aboard three landing craft that were battered by German shellfire. He lay for hours in a shallow foxhole on the beach. The 20-year-old Indianapolis boy escaped wounds, but the seat of his pants was shot off. Back in England, he remarked "I guess I was just lucky," and his shipmates promptly called him "Lucky Ox.".

Skipper of a Coast Guard-manned Transport in the Pacific. This image depicts artwork of Coast Guard Captain C.C. von Paulsen, painted by Coast Guard Combat Artist Joseph di Gemma.

A modern reconstruction of the roman sword V. Net and T Ridetn combat by Courtesy of the Swords club, Sydney. May 8, 1954. (Photo by The Leicagraph Co. Pty. Ltd.).

(German) Atrocities War File - Germany. December 26, 1944.

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Various topics from Koeningan - Cheribon - Indramajoe - Tjikempek. A soldier with a puppy. October 1947. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

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