Military Support Operations

Historical scenes of military personnel engaged in support tasks, including radio operations, supply actions, and document processing during wartime.

We Chart The Seas Of The World - The Chart Room-where all the information gathered during the survey is co-ordinated (L to R) The - Navigating Officer Lieut H. R. Hatfield, RN., Constructing the Plotting Sheet on which positions of all marks used in the survey are accurately plotted; Cmdr E.G. Irving, OBE, RN.; A/B Prigmore typing a list of positions; Lieut-Cmdr Lowry, R.N. inking-in soundings on a Sounding Board; A/B Carter reading the soundings from the Sounding Book; and Lieut H.F. Vaughn calculating the positions of marks to be plotted on the Plotting Sheet. September 18, 1951.

Work in the Photo Detail, F 2, 1939 Development of photographs on the photo detail at F 2 Roslagens Flight Fleet.

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC RadioPortage. Technicians in the studio. June 1947. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

The Unknown Girl Behind the Sea Battle- the work of the Women's Royal Naval Service, 1942 Wren Unknown collects towels, shoes, shoe brushes and a tie from the Supply Ship at HMS EAGLET. The Supply Assistant checks her 'purchases'. Another Supply Assistant can be seen making notes whilst naval ratings queue up to wait their turn.

Photo impression of the training to radio-depositionpoiler plot (RAP training) at the navigation combat information school (NAVGIS) in Den Helder. Also called the Radar Distance Speecher Plotter Training (RAP-P). Tactical plotts. Is part of Object series AVDKM 540117 to 540127 and 540133.

Americans in Britain- the Training of the Civilian Technical Corps at RAF Radio School, Cranwell, England, 1941 Paul Hand, from Woodhaven, Long Island, New York, at work on a radio as part of his training at No. 1 Radio School, RAF Cranwell.

Dover Naval Base. 1941. In the wireless room at Dover.

Anefo photo collection. Diamond cutter. Diamond cutter. November 8, 1945

We Chart The Seas Of The World - The Chart Room-where all the information gathered during the survey is co-ordinated (L to R) The - Navigating Officer Lieut H. R. Hatfield, RN., Constructing the Plotting Sheet on which positions of all marks used in the survey are accurately plotted; Cmdr E.G. Irving, OBE, RN.; A/B Prigmore typing a list of positions; Lieut-Cmdr Lowry, R.N. inking-in soundings on a Sounding Board; A/B Carter reading the soundings from the Sounding Book; and Lieut H.F. Vaughn calculating the positions of marks to be plotted on the Plotting Sheet. September 18, 1951.

The Royal Navy during the Second World War The Air Staff officer of HMS BATTLER briefing observers in the air plot room before they set out on an anti-submarine patrol.

Wrns at Work. 1940, at a Naval Signalling Station. Taking telephone messages.

Military administration in 1948.

World War Two: French soldiers at a communications centre, inside a tunnel deep inside the fortifications within the Maginot Line, France 1940

The Women's Royal Naval Service on the Home Front, 1917-1918 WRNS clerks at work on board HMS ESSEX while based at Devonport during the First World War.

Germany, Gold Reserve & Art Treasures - German War File. August 16, 1945.

The Royal Navy during the Second World War Three ashipmates of HMS ANSON write letters during a rest time.

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Post for the X brigade. Field post office. February 1947. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Cheribon. Parade, various topics. Cheribon. The radio room of the connecting service at the Merdeka hotel in Cheribon. Soldier Bot from Hoogkarspel is "in the air". October 1947. Cirebon, Indonesia, Java, Dutch East Indies

Anefo photo collection. Repatriation Camp Rheine (Germany). Repatrants are being investigated medical by a Dutch doctor. 1945. Germany, Rheine

John Alcock (1892-1919) and Arthur Whitten Brown (1886-1948), British aviators, 1919. Artist: Unknown

John William Alcock (1892-1919) and Arthur Whitten Brown (1886-1948) British aviators. First men to fly Atlantic non-stop, 14 June 1919.

The Women's Royal Naval Service during the Second World War Wren writers working on board the training ship HMS DEFIANCE at Devonport, with Royal Navy personnel.

Anefo photo collection. Repatriation Camp Rheine (Germany). Repatrants are being investigated medical by a Dutch doctor. 1945. Germany, Rheine

Pilot Champion of Benigni The Commander of the 8th Corps with General Stabel Lieutenant Dobretzberger and Adjutant.

Sweden, Blekinge, Blekinge, Karlskrona, Karlskrona, external marina (depicted, town).Sweden, Blekinge, Blekinge, Karlskrona, Karlskrona, External War Gogs (depicted, City)

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.

Field Marshall Montgomery -- O.F.S.L. In his very sumter like office F.M. Montgomery holds conference U.S. Air Staff. L. to R. COL. Richardson U.S. Air Force, Major General Henry-Augustin Lorillot French Army. Admiral George the, Italian Navy,Major General Llewyn Wsps Brough Jones, British Army. The Shape H.Q. are some 14 miles outside Paris Mr. Versailles. January 10, 1955.

Civilian Conservation Corps - Utah. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Exhibit , Ordnance industry, Armories, Exhibitions, Watertown Arsenal Mass.. Records of U.S. Army Operational

Sweden, Blekinge, Blekinge, Karlskrona, Karlskrona, external marina (depicted, town).Sweden, Blekinge, Blekinge, Karlskrona, Karlskrona, External War Gogs (depicted, City)

Registry of the Sacred Chief, General Staff Because, 16. Korpskommando.

Serving meals in the Air Force Framework School.

Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945. RAF and WAAF intelligence officers and their staff at work in the Map Section in the Operations Block at Headquarters, Bomber Command, near High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire.

Royal Air Force- 2nd Tactical Air Force, 1943-1945. Pilots of No. 56 Squadron RAF relax in their dispersal hut between sorties at B80/Volkel, Holland. They are, (group at left); Flight Lieutenant J G Mansfield, Pilot Officer K Watts, Pilots Officer H Shaw and Flight-Sergeant A M L Kennaugh: (group at table); Flight Lieutenant A R Moore, Flight Lieutenant J H Ryan, Flying Officer R J Rothwell and Flying Officer I N MacLaren, with (standing) Warrant Officer D S MacKenzie.

Interrogation room at 4th Army Headquarters Interrogation room; Russia, Volhynia; photographer: Kriegsvermessung 4.

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Welfare service at Laan Hölle. Captain busy creating outline lists for the distribution of stocks?. November 1946. Batavia, Indonesia, Jakarta, Dutch East Indies

A Collection of RAF Bombs

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Welfare care Madioen. Soldiers relaxing in a canteen. April 22, 1949. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Service Welfare. Welfare service office. December 1946. Batavia, Indonesia, Jakarta, Dutch East Indies

Trip to Europe: Arrival in Vienna, Austria 10:50AM; White House Army Signal Agency (WHASA) staff in Vienna. White House Army Signal Agency (WHASA) staff prepare communications equipment for a summit between President John F. Kennedy and Soviet Union Premier Nikita Khrushchev in Vienna, Austria. WHASA officer Oscar N. Smith stands at right.

Command of the artillery measuring point 506.

Personnel at the Telegram Expedition, Stockholm C.

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Service Welfare. Office with sign tables from Welfare service. December 1946. Batavia, Indonesia, Jakarta, Dutch East Indies

The Unknown Girl Behind the Sea Battle- the work of the Women's Royal Naval Service, 1942 Now fully enrolled after two weeks training, Wren Unknown collects her travel warrant and Draft Orders from the officer in charge of the depot. These documents tell her to which base she will be sent.

Great Lakes Naval training station radio class, circa 1909-1920

Anefo photo collection. Julianakamp Kijkduin (VHK) Lieutenant Vennix. October 14, 1948. The Hague, Kijkduin

Radio Operators At Work In The Mobile Communications Truck Of The 9Th Af Tactical Air Liaison Section With The Us 3Rd Army. The Section Coordinates And Directs The Use Of Republic P-47 Thunderbolts Of Major General Hoyt S. Vandenberg'S 9Th Af In Eliminat

Exhibition of war painters War painters in discussion; probably Klagenfurt. Photographer: 10. Armeekommando.

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.

Life in An Air Raid Shelter, South East London, England, 1940.

DN-SN-85-12793. Base: Naval Station, Sima State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Great interest of Z.K.H. Prins Bernhard and Commodore Vlieger observer H.A. Maurenbecher for a visit to an MFPU during the annual aerial photo exploration competition Royal Flush IV for NATO countries that was held in the Netherlands for the first time and this time at the Eindhoven airbase. Ground photo archive Klu no. 1521.

V 5720. Thule (depicted name)

Atomic water supply , Ordnance industry, Armories, Exhibitions, Watertown Arsenal Mass.. Records of U.S. Army Operational

Hoffmann Photographs 1933 Adolf Hitler's official photographer, and a Nazi politician and publisher, who was a member of Hitler's intimate circle.

Excursion from the staff of the Martial History section to the Landdrukkerij in The Hague.

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Reporting Hollandia. Canteen in a Quonsetloods. February 1947. Hollandia, Indonesia, Dutch East Indies, New Guinea

Kitty Hawk' is Returned to America -- In front of the 'Kitty Hawk', Mr. George Tomlinson, Minister of Education, makes the speech in which he handed the plane back to the care of the United States. Left of Dais is Attache L. Satterthwaite, (glasses).Kitty Hawk', first powered-plane in the world to fly, was gently lowered from her berth in her roof of the Science Museum, South Kensington, on the first stage of her return to her native America, where she will arrive in good time for the 45th anniversary of her history-making flight on December 17.Watching were Britain's Minister of Education, Mr. George Tomlinson, and the American Civil air Attache, L. Satterthwaite. October 18, 1948.

Japanese Americans gather in Police Inspection Room to receive Packages that are being inspected at Detention Facility, Stockton, California, USA, U.S. Army Signal Corps, 1942

The first officer of Kruiser Hr.Ms. De Ruyter (C 801) Captain-Lieutenant-Ter Sea J.W. Caspers (1909-1990) behind the writing table in his cabin, 1955.

c.1943, Hawaii, Military, Varsity Victory Volunteers help with war effort.

Scots Express- Railways at War, UK, 1944 In the barber's shop at Glasgow Central Station, soldiers have a hair cut and shave before re-joining their units or travelling on to their homes.

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Military hospital to Semarang. Patient administration. July 1947. Indonesia, Java, Dutch East Indies, Semarang

Indian Arms Workers Train in Britain- War Industry at Letchworth, Hertfordshire, England, UK, 1941.

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. In a radio studio during a radio speech. 14 May 1947. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

DN-SN-85-11352. Base: Makassar Strait Country: Indonesia (IDN)

Presidium of Supreme Soviet. Stalin and Kalinin facing Camera. September 07, 1942.

Coast Guard Skipper Checks His Course on the Chart. Coast Guard Skipper. A U.S. Coast Guard skipper, somewhere in the North Atlantic on convoy escort duty, checks his course on the chart.

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC 411 Battalion Infantry (Poerwokerto, Boemiajoe, Keboomen. In the hospital in Boemiajoe, the doctor shows the boss what he can do .. February 1949. Indonesia, Middle Java, Dutch East Indies

British Service Personnel Learn New Skills For 'civvy Street' Signaller O'Gorman (left) and Driver Maidment (right) take a woodworking course under the instruction of Sergeant Charnock (centre) at the Army Education Centre in Singapore.

Radar.Sweden, Blekinge, Blekinge, Karlskrona, Karlskrona, External War Gogs (depicted, City)

Anefo photo collection. Training Marvas in Legion in America. March 17, 1949. America

The Royal Navy during the Second World War Female workers at an armament depot at a Royal Naval Cordite Factory, Holton Heath. They are armament factory clothing of coveralls and shoes and are seated around large tables. They are checking batches of cordite to ensure that each box is uniform in quality and size.

Man looking at meterorite , Meteors, Watertown Arsenal Mass.. Records of U.S. Army Operational

Stetson Hat Company manufacturing soft army hats ca. between 1909 and 1920.

Operation 'Alert' 1957 , Offices, Civil defense. Records of the Office of Civil Defense and Defense Mobilization

A corporal of the Milva behind a (dated) telex machine.

Ordnance application of titanium , Ordnance industry, Armories, Exhibitions, Watertown Arsenal Mass.. Records of U.S. Army Operational

Anefo photo collection. Police Museum in The Hague, the day before the opening. April 14, 1964. The Hague, South Holland

Sawing emblems and brushing the buyer of a couple here on the dormitory in the alloy building. On the bed a Z.G. Wolletje and on the cabinets the combat outfit.

The work of the South African Volunteer Service, London, England, 1941 Mrs Harrison (wearing a hat) help a South African member of the Royal Air Force try on some gloves in the stockroom of the South African Volunteer Service at South Africa House, London. A South African sailor in the Royal Navy tries on some large white mittens, as Mrs Thompson (seated at the desk) looks on.

Like Millions Of More Fortunate American Children, "Little Tiger Joe" Celebrated Christmas Day - The First He Has Known. His Foster Fathers, The 907Th Engineers Scoured Their Camp For Such Gifts As A Toy Christmas Tree, A Model Tank, And Best Of All -- F

Anefo photo collection. Sint Nicolaas cakes DueceKater. December 4, 1945

U.S.I.S. Reproduction and Distribution Unit ca. 1948-1954 .

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.

Anefo photo collection. Agriculture: Canadians. Series about the help that the farmers of the Canadian troops got. August 1945

05/31/1918. In a concentration camp. Three Prisoners of War Busy Building Model Ships.

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Americans in Britain- the Arrival of the Civilian Technical Corps, Bournemouth, England, 1941 New recruits to the Civilian Technical Corps (CTC) dress in the room of their billet, probably at Annerley Court Hotel, Bournemouth. Left to right they are: Henning (Champaign, Illinois), tying his shoelace; B Shapiro (Chicago), putting his trousers on; and Gates (Brooklyn, New York), looking in his kit bag.

DN-SN-88-07204. Base: USS Coronado (AGF 11) Country: Bahrain (BHR)

Staying and performance of the 3rd battalion regiment Shock troops in the Dutch East Indies. Soldiers in their alloy chamber.

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