Military Camp Settings

Historical photographs capturing military camps and installations, featuring tents, personnel, and operational areas during the Civil War and World War II.

When The Boeing B-29 (A/C/ No. 263395) Of The 468Th Bomb Group, Xx Bomber Command, Returning To Its Home Base In China After Bombing Enemy Installations At Muken, Manchuria, Was About Thirty Feet From The Runway, The Plane Dropped Almost Straight Down To

Camp of 10th U.S. Colored Infantry. Civil War Photograph Collection , No. 4319. African Americans, Military service, 1860-1870, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Military facilities, Union.

General View Of Cub Field #10 On Okinawa, Ryukyu Retto, Looking Northwest. Vultee L-5's Of The 163Rd Liaison Squadron, Attached To The 10Th Army, Operate From This Field.

Gasoline Dump Of The 410Th Bomb Group At 9Th Air Force Station A-58 In France. 22 October 1944.

When The Boeing B-29 (A/C/ No. 263395) Of The 468Th Bomb Group, Xx Bomber Command, Returning To Its Home Base In China After Bombing Enemy Installations At Muken, Manchuria, Was About Thirty Feet From The Runway, The Plane Dropped Almost Straight Down To

Petersburg, Virginia. Earthworks in front of Petersburg. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 . United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

Photo collection First World War. The British Advance in The West. Big Guns Ready to Move On. 1914-1918}

Photo collection First World War. The British Advance in The West. Once The Railway Station at Guillemont. 1914-1918}. France, Guillemont

Aircraft, Burma, India &Fields & Installations, War

Aircraft, Burma, India &Troops & PARATroops,MEIKTILA War

Interior views of Fort Brady, James River, Virginia near Dutch Gap Canal. No. B689, Title from item, Mounted with 5 other photographs showing different views of the same location, Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, United States, Virginia.

Aircraft, Burma, India &Fields & Installations,CONSTRUCTION,BUILDINGS War

A Protestant Service on the flight line for a Fighter Group is conducted by Chaplain Henry W. Opperman, somewhere in England.

Aircraft, Burma, India &Fields & Installations, War

Bomb Damage In Yokohama, Japan.

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Poerwokerto - Banjoemas - Wirasaba. At the Wirasaba airport at Banjoemas, the genius has been created by the genius, so that heavier aircraft can now also land on this field. January 1948. Banjoemas, Indonesia, JVA, Dutch East Indies

Aircraft, Burma, India & INDIA,Transportation War

Aircraft, Burma, India &Fields & Installations,CONSTRUCTION,Air Fields War

How Bombs, Rockets And Strafing Guns Of First Tactical Air Force'S Medium And Fighter-Bombers Helped Pave The Way For The Armies Advancing Across The Upper Rhine Is Revealed By This Scene Showing Rail Cuts And Wrecked Rolling-Stsock In The Marshalling Yar

Filipinos, supervised by men of the 836th Engineer Aviation Battalion, lay coconut palms before putting the steel mat into place on the strip under construction at Lingayen Strip, Luzon, Philippine Islands.

Direct Hits By Rockets From Fighters Of The Mataf Wreck And Burn This House Which Was Reported To Be Occupied By German Troops Opposing The British 8Th Army Northwest Of Imola, Italy. Mataf Aircraft Have Cooperated Closely With Allied Ground Forces In Wi

8Th Air Force Rescue Demonstration At Okinawa, Ryukyu Retto, 27 January 1946. Commanding General, 8Th Af, And His Staff In Right Hand Bottom Corner Of Photo, As R-6 Helicopter Comes In With 'Survivor'.

Charleston, South Carolina (vicinity). Interior of Fort Putnam on Morris Island. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 . United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Pankelan at Krawrang. A light plane rises or lands. March 13, 1948. Indonesia, Java, Krawang, Dutch East Indies

Theatre #19-Cape Gloucester, New Britain. Brave Japanese dummies in bold view were "manning" guns when North American B-25s attacked Cape Gloucester again on 16 October 1943. Dummies are realistic but did not fool camera. "Personnel" at upperleft

Countless parafrags settle on Bettys (foreground), other aircraft and installations in Vunakanau field.

Instrument Shop Trailer And Quonset Hut Of The 13Th Air Service Group On Yontan Strip. This Outfit Serviced Planes For The 7Th Air Force, Okinawa, Ryukyu Retto, 9 August 1945.

This photograph illustrates a 240 m.m. trench mortar from the Trench Warfare Section of the Ordnance Department during World War One. The image showcases both the projectile and cartridge cases used in the mortar. The photograph was taken on May 2, 1918. Classified as 111-SC-12127 and recorded by Photographer RECO.

Aircraft, Burma, India &Fields & Installations, Storm Damage War

Ministry of Information First World War Official Collection

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.

Germany - Banking Sharply Where The Saar Bends Westward, The F-5 Finds A Freight Train Southbound Toward Wiltingen. "Dicing" Or Low Level Photo And Visual Reconnaissance Mission Flown By Capt. Robert J. Holbury, 10Th Photo Group Of The 9Th Af.

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.

Aircraft, Burma, India &Fields & Installations, War

Mess Hall Of The 2Nd Air Base Group At Patterson Field, Iceland, 8 June 1942.

Direct Hits By 500-Lb Bombs Knocked Out Old, Wide Highway Bridge Near Orvieto, Italy.

Camouflaged shelter on the edge of airport (Fliegerhorst) Schiphol.

Personnel Of The 303Rd Bomb Group Removing Bombs From Truck To Supply Dump. England 21 Feb 1945.

Enlisted Men Transfer Gasoline From Drums Into Fuel Trucks At An Airfield Somewhere In Germany. 20 April 1945.

Baja railroad bridge across Danube, 90 miles south of Budapest, Hungary looked like this to dicing "Droopsnoot" Lockheed P-38 after strike by 15th AF Consolidated B-24's, 21 Sept. 44. MAAF played big roles in strangling German escape routes

Open Air Dispensary Of The 2Nd Air Base Group At Patterson Field, Iceland. 22 June 1942.

Aerial View Of Airbase In England Showing Destruction Caused By The Explosion Of 500 Pound General Purpose Bombs While Being Loaded Into A Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress". 28 May 1943, England.

The Second Boer War, 1899-1902 Column of South African settlers with their cattle moving across the savannah.

Without The Convenience Of Modern Equipment, Natives Lay Concrete During Construction Of A Runway At Ondal Army Air Base In India. The Project Was Under The Supervision Of The 305Th Service Group. 1943.

From their advanced base in North Africa, Martin B-26 "Marauders" head for the Tunisian coast and their Italian target.

A Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" Of The 379Th Bomb Group Crashed As It Came In For A Landing At Its 8Th Air Force Base In England.

Aviation Engineers At Work Building A Landing Field At Salerno, Italy, Pause Briefly To Wave At The Pilot Of The First P-38 To Take Off From The Strip. This Landing Field Was Completed In 24 Hours.

Anefo photo collection. Water shortage 1953 .. First auxiliary troops to Land Stavenisse. February 5, 1953. Stavenisse, Zeeland

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.

Centreville, Virginia Fort on the heights, with Quaker guns. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 , Selected Civil War Photographs, 1861-1865. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Military facilities, Forts & fortifications, Quaker guns, United States, Virginia, Centreville.

Colonial Office Collection View showing main German positions from Hill Fort, Mora Mountain, Cameroons.

Supplies Are Unloaded At Haggi Hill Dump, Iceland, 6 August 1941.

A Couple Of Men Of The 41St Bomb Group, 47Th Bomb Squadron, Are Shown As They 'Balanced' The Wings On The Mk-13 Torpedoes To Give Correct Flight Angle. 30 July 1945, Okinawa.

Africa, September 1942. World War II. Battle of Marmarica. In the image, Italian advanced positions. In the background you can see the effects of the Italian artillery.

undefined. 1913 - 1921. NARA's Pacific Alaska Region (Seattle, WA). Negative. Department of Commerce. Bureau of Fisheries. Division of Alaska Fisheries. 1913-7/1/1939. Pribilof Islands Glass Plate Negatives

Atlanta, Georgia. Confederate fortifications (Shown is George N. Barnard, photographer and his dark room). Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 . United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

Completed High Explosive Magazines at the Naval Air Station at Squantum, Massachusetts. Squa X No. 1657. Date 13 Nov 1943. Made for Pub. Wks Base. Subject: Pub. Wks Noy 6932. H.E. Magazines & Access Roads looking S.W. after completion of repairs to same. Confidential.. 1943-11-13T00:00:00.

Japanese anti-aircraft position, right foreground, photographed by low-flying bombers of the U.S. Army 5th AF in a garden near Wewak, New Guinea, which supplied fresh vegetables for Japanese officers.

The Demolished Remains Of A Lockheed P-38 (Ac #42-12575) Which Crashed Somewhere In Iceland. 2Nd Service Group, 25 April 1943.

Knatchbull M (capt the Hon) Collection Y Battery R. H. A, at gun drill: Alexandria, Egypt, April 1915.

Bomb crater, 1929, France, maker unknown.

Kuma class cruiser taking...

A Detail Of Okinawans Digs Potatoes In A Field Near The American Military Government Hospital On Okinawa, Ryukyu Retto. 15 June 1945.

Transmitter building and antennae for 2nd Army Airways Communication Wing radio station at Cairo, Egypt.

Bombing of Los Negros...

11th Air force North American B-25 casts its shadow on Japanese installations on Torishima, Retto Island in the Kuriles, a target strafed by the Mitchells while bombs were saved for more importatnt targets. This island is just off the east coast

With Japaneseanese Air Superiority Gone, Aircraft Clutters Up Atsugi Airdrome Near Tokyo, Japanesean.

A Military Policeman examines a pill box, one of the millions which the Japs erected to defend Manila, Luzon, Philippine Islands, to be sure that no Japs are hiding in it. Experts say that Manila's defenses were the most elaborate ever seen.

The summer detachment of U.S. military personnel board a special train on the siding at Poltava Airbase, one of the shuttle bombing mission bases in the U.S.S.R. In the foreground their baggage is transferred from trucks to the railway cars.

Lockheed P-38 of the 1st...

Europe - Fighter Control Center Of A Tac Headquarters Sets Up Missions Often At The Request Of The Ground Forces, Who Want A Target Demolished Behind The Enemy Lines. Fcc Turns Over Control To Radar, Usually By Teletyping The Controller At A Signal Aircr

City Point, Virginia. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 . United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

Historic photographs of the Norfolk Naval shipyard located in the Fifth Naval District. Operating under the Department of Defense and the Department of the Navy.

Enlisted Man Fills Fuel Tank From A Gas And Oil Truck At Meeks Field, Iceland, 2Nd Service Group, 23 April 1943.

Captured German Guns And Other Equipment At An English Salvage Dump, Hammam Lif, Tunisia.

Mobile Range-Station Of Aacs. Pictured Is One Of The Mobile Range-Stations Of The Army Air Forces Airways And Air Communications Service Used To Broadcast Radio Beams Which Serve As Highways In The Air For Aaf Planes. Such Units As This Was Used During

This grave is that of 1st Lt. Ober N. Leatherman, 79th Fighter Group, USAAF. The 79th at that time was part of the Desert Air Force in the Tunisian Campaign. Lt. Leatherman was shot down by enemy ground-fire while on a mission near the Wadi Akarit

North Africa-With last bolts and connections severed, high outer wing of a B-25 is removed from main inner section with aid of the mobile crane, later to be placed in stock for reissue.

A "duck," carrying cases of .50 cal. Ammunition, heads for the shore during landing operations near Gela, Sicily, in July 1943.

Construction Of An Airfield By Men Of The 834Th Engineer Aviation Battalion At St. Laurent, France.

Charleston, South Carolina (vicinity). Interior view of Fort Moultrie. (Sullivan's Island). Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 . United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

Tunis, Tunisia-Axis planes...

New Armaments for France. Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and Personnel

Tuan Son bridge, French Indo-China is shown before attack on 16 Feb 44.

Kamikaze Pilots At Shrine. This Scene Is From A Production Sequence Re-Enactment Of The Kamikaze Ceremony At Chofu, Japan, For The United States Strategic Bombing Survey Motion Picture Project 'Strategic Attack'. Nov. 1945.

The Mobile Radio Truck Of The 9Th Af Tactical Air Liaison Section Cooperating With The Us 3Rd Army. When Armor Or Infantry Of The 3Rd Army Is Halted By A Strong Point, Ground Commanders Ask For Air Cooperation. Minutes After The Request, Air Liaison Offi

Troops Near The Command Post Watch A 1St Air Commando Republic P-47 Make A Strafing Pass On A Japaneseanese Position.

Kuma class cruiser taking...

2Nd Service Group Anti-Aircraft Gun Installation With Protective Covering At An Air Base Somewhere In Iceland. 14 September 1943.

Four Days After The Japaneses Left The Nanning Airbase In China With Its Bomb Craters, Ditches And Landmines, The 14Th Af Aviation Engineers Had Rounded Up Close To A Thousand Coolies And By The End Of The Week The Ditches Were Filled And The Bomb Craters Neut

Poll photo collection. Reporting soldiers. A military exercise. A river must be crossed. A Loyd Carrier passes the landscaped pontoon bridge. 1945

Exterior view of the radio transmitter station at Poltava Airbase, a shuttle misison base in Russia. 6 January 1945.

A Tropical Typhoon Damaged The Quonset Hut Of The 7Th Air Force Commanding General On Okinawa, Ryukyu Retto. 11 October 1945.

War album 108, picture 33153.

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Palembang. Amphibious landing vehicles along the MoSi River (Musi). July 1947. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies, Palembang, Sumatra

This Japanese light bomber "Dinah" was found in a parking area on the northern dispersal loop of Licanan airdrome, Mindanao, in the Philippine Islands. It was flyable only after major repairs. Note how the Japs had attempted engines from the weather.

Petersburg, Virginia. Confederate fortifications at "Gracie's Salient". Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 . United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

Presentation Ceremony Of The 2Nd Service Group At An Airfield Somewhere In Iceland. 20 August 1942.

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.

General Hospital at City Point, Virginia. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 . United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

Rock from the river, placed by hand, ofrms the base of this superbomber runway in China.

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