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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.
Japanese woman wearing a gas mask, Second Sino-Japanese war, from L'Illustrazione Italiana, Year LXV, No 40, October 2, 1938.
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Portrait of two men ,. Records of U.S. Army Operational
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Anefo photo collection. Soldiers boxing in the zoo. March 11, 1949
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Sergeant of special services. Cineapple (SGTSDC) J.S. Van Haarlem is on board Hr.Ms as a KikvoSman. Rhenen (1963-1984) After making underwater ships for a film about the diving company of the Royal Navy.
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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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A conscript military rests a moment from posting at the 896 main field post office in the Utrecht Sijpesteynkazerne.
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Development of French Sudan Bamaku to Timbuctu. Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and Personnel
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Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Royal Navy. Portrait of a crew member. May 1947. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies
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Smile Of The Indomitable. This image depicts Private Melvin J. Kaplan wrapped in bandages for wounds suffered in the hell of Iwo Jima.
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Corporal Bernard Butnik, Cleveland Heights, Cleveland, Ohio, and Sergeant Richard Goodbar, Russellville, Arkansas, offer 'Agnes', their snow woman, cigarettes and a 'coke' ca. 1/17/1945.
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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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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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Said to be the smallest man in the A.I.F.- Private R. Hollow-in the officers Mess. He is 5 foot in height and is from Mornington Victoria. He fought with the British Forces in the last war. August 14, 1940.
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Battle Brings "Customer" to Sick Bay. Battle Brings "Customer" to Sick Bay. Coast Guardsman James W. Casey (right), pharmacist's mate first class, treats Joseph Karnis, Navy chief yeoman, for minor wounds suffered in a mid-Atlantic skirmish between a Coast Guard combat cutter and a German U-boat. The submarine was sunk. Casey lives at 4007 West End Avenue, Chicago Ill., and Karnis at 1204 Third Avenue, Conway, Pa. Karnis completely recovered.
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Coast Guard rescue. This image depicts Coast Guardsman John N. Garmon who was rescued from the Coast Guard cutter GRESHAM and seaman C.D. Wood who was rescued from the SS PACIFIC OCEAN.
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Dogs (Army) - Australian Military. January 9, 1943. (Photo by U.S. Office of War Information Picture).
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12/31/1944. On Bastiagueiro beach (La Coruña).
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U.S.S. Squalus Submarine - American Navy. May 25, 1939. (Photo by Acme Photo).
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United States: c. 1958 Photographers filming at an unidentified military event
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Back From The Beaches Of Normandy. Wounded when his Coast Guard-manned LCI was hit by German shellfire just 30 feet off the French mainland on D-Day, Coast Guardsman Gordon R. Arneberg, radioman, third class, of 982 Forrest Street, St. Paul, Minn., receives a cheering word from Ensign Mary Anita Cassidy in the Naval Hospital at Portsmouth, VA. The youth was among the first evacuees brought back to the United States aboard a Navy hospital ship.
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Two Down.....One To Go. If any graphic illustration of our progress in the war is needed, it can be found painted on the side of this Coast Guard-manned LCI currently operating somewhere in the Pacific. This landing craft, upon which Coast Guardsman Alex Newman, Seaman, First Class, serves, started a long time ago to whip the Axis. It participated in the campaigns in Tunisia, Sicily, Italy, France, and Germany. V-E Day has come and gone. V-J Day lies ahead and already its outline can be seen. Like this Coast Guard-manned LCI and its crew, all our men and equipment now are ready to beat the Jap into final and irrevocable submission.
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Washington Navy Yard, District of Columbia. Lewis Payne in sweater seated and manacled. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 . United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.
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Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC New Guinea series. A Dutch man builds a dyke in the surf. October 1948. New Guinea
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DN-SN-86-06879. Country: Atlantic Ocean (AOC)
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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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Robert Brown - Shot Policeman At Bond. October 16, 1954.
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New Mexico Coast Guardsmen Serving on Patrol Frigate in Pacific. Coast Guardsmen Charlie Harrison, seaman, first class (at left) of 1428 N. Walter, Albuquerque, N.M., and Orvil Wooley, seaman, first class, of Portales, N.M., had a hard time getting "Swabby," the deck force mascot to hold still long enough to have his picture taken aboard a Coast Guard-manned patrol frigate on which they are serving in the Pacific.
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The Camargue - (Magazine Unit). Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and Personnel
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Madeleine Farm near PAU. Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and Personnel
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DN-SN-88-02232. Base: Naval Air Facility, Misawa Country: Japan (JPN)
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Sick Parade, Dentists Etc. - British Troops. February 8, 1941. (Photo by The Yaffa Syndicate).
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Gunner Of The 381St Bomb Group, Wearing Helmet Which Was Pierced By The Piece Of Flak Shown In His Hand. The Fact That The Airman Wore His Helmet, Something Which All Men Should Do, Undoubtedly Saved His Life. 22 May 1944.
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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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The Royal Navy during the Second World War Able Seaman J P Taylor of Newcastle, with Ordinary Seaman Alex MacPhee, of Campbeltown, Argyllshire, on board HMS WAVENEY at Liverpool. MacPhee is in traditional Scottish dress
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Coast Guard Invader. This image depicts Coast Guardsman Paul L. McKeen and a 40 millimetre gun on a Coast Guard-manned attack transport.
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Coast Guard Invader. This image depicts Coast Guardsman Clarence W. King on a Coast Guard-manned attack transport.
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A rehabilitation soldier does arm exercises on the military repair resort 'Aardenburg'.
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"Spar" Gets a Scrubbing - Under Protest. Her name is "Spar" and she is on sea duty as mascot aboard a Coast Guard-manned assault transport in the Far Pacific. "Spar," with doleful expression, makes no bones about her distaste for this phase of ship sanitation which requires her to submit periodically to a bucket of suds. Here, Coast Guardsman Russell J. Kearny, of North Philadelphia, PA., gives "Spar" her "Saturday Night.".
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Anefo photo collection. Three Allied soldiers (Am.-Eng.-Chin.) Conversing with each other, in Burma, where they meet after the liberation. 1945. Burma
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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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A Marine of the 1ST Marine Division uses a side-view mirror on a vehicle while shaving at Kuwait International Airport following the cease-fire that ended Operation Desert Storm. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Country: Kuwait (KWT)
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Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC prisoner of war prisoner of British Indians and Japs. Medan. One of the Indian desertics captured on North Sumatra: Mohamad Aslam from the 15th Indian Corps. August 1, 1947. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies, Sumatra
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DN-ST-89-06142. Subject Operation/Series: SHADOW HAWK / BRIGHT STAR 87 Base: Aqaba Country: Jordan (JOR)
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Marine Pose: Tough, Intimate, Sincere c.1951
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Brigadier General Gerald W. Parker, Commander of the Air Force Medical Service Center, receives instruction on the weight machine from Colonel Johnson, while participating in the Consumer Health and Education Division's Voluntary Physical Fitness Program. Base: Brooks Air Force Base State: Texas (TX) Country: United States Of America (USA)
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011004-A-8510M-004. Subject Operation/Series: JOINT FORGE Base: Camp Comanche Country: Bosnia And/I Herzegovina (BIH)
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Melanie Ransom whose father is MASTER Sergeant Jeffrey Ransom, stationed in Alaska, recieved more than $300,000 in medical care following a near paralyzing accident. TRICARE's catastrophic cap limited the out of pocket payment to a small fraction of the cost. Photograph was included with the article "Military Operations." (AIRMAN Magazine/August 1999). Base: Kelly Air Force Base State: Texas (TX) Country: United States Of America (USA)
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A guest at the launching ceremony for the nuclear-powered attack submarine USS BUFFALO (SSN-715) wears a ship's cap. Base: Newport News State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)