World War II Detachment 101 Operations

Photographs of Detachment 101 reveal the covert operations of Allied forces in Burma, showcasing teamwork in guerrilla warfare and intelligence gathering.

Group in uniform , Military personnel, Dogs. Samuel Chamberlain Photograph Negatives 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.

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 Stables of the 1st parade depot in Batavia. Group photo of singing soldiers, in the middle a man with guitar. 1946. 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.

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.

Soldiers with a donkey in the desert in the years unknown

Liberated British Soldiers In Japan -- These British service men are all smiles as they wait at Chitose Airfield, Hokkaido, for air transportation to Tokyo. Recently liberated from a northern Jap prison camp, They were captured at Singapore. Photo by Charles Desoria, Associated Press Photographer with the Wartime still picture pool. September 26, 1945. (Photo by Charles Desoria, Associated Press Photo).

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 Poerwokerto-Banjoemas. Banjoemas: For a number of soldiers from Ltd. 72 and 1-3 RI. At Banjoemas there was an opportunity to pronounce a personal Christmas greeting for the radio. A large group of soldiers poses on the stairs of a platform of a building with pillars. December 14, 1947. Banuymas, Indonesia, Java, Dutch East Indies, Purwokerto

Group in uniform , Military personnel, Dogs. Samuel Chamberlain Photograph Negatives Collection

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

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Sport and field post. Football match. Public, consisting of soldiers, on the stands. August 31, 1948. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

Gang Picture. 1937-05-01T00:00:00.. Department of the Interior. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Standing Rock Agency. 9/17/1947-. Photographs

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Action Exterior care 1st series. Group photo soldiers military police?. December 15, 1946. Bogor, Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. Unity of Dutch soldiers, partly in camouflage uniform, poses for a group portrait in the field. 1947. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

Photograph of Prisoners of War Aboard a Coast Guard-manned Troop Transport En Route to Internment in the United States. Mongolians Among First Normandy Prisoners to Reach U.S. They look like Japs, but they are Mongolians captured with the Nazi in Normandy. Looking not too happy about the whole affair, this group is shown aboard a Coast Guard-manned troop transport en route to internment in the United States. A Coast Guard Chief Petty Officer (left) and a Marine stand guard.

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Stables of the 1st parade depot in Batavia. Group photo of singing soldiers, in the middle a man with guitar. 1946. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

Aircraft, Burma, India &Troops &Paratroops

West Indians in Britain during the Second World War Men from British Honduras, who have volunteered for service in British forestry units, pictured after arriving by ship at Greenock, Scotland.

PC 100 Lt. (jg) John F. Kennedy (standing, far right) and crewmen of the PT-109. Solomon Islands, 1943.

German Prisoners Aboard a Coast Guard Manned Transport. War weariness and homesickness alike were evident in the faces of these German prisoners as they gather around a guitarist on the deck of a Coast Guard-manned transport. Captured in France, they face a long period of internment in the United States before they return to the homeland they're singing about.

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.

Group in uniform , Military personnel. Samuel Chamberlain Photograph Negatives Collection

Anefo photo collection. a.i.f. Ex-war prisoner caught "Cranji" means Changi. Red. Prison camp. arrived considerably month. currently receive medical care, waiting transport Australia. majority comes Victoria. October 1945. Singapore

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Bandoeng. Rekruten from the Chinese safety corps Pao An Tui. Rekruten from the Chinese safety corps PAO AN TUI in training. Sergeant Wellaterd from Cling (Zeeland) teaches the maintenance of weapons. September 4, 1947. Bandung, Indonesia, Java, Dutch East Indies

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Reporting Semarang and surroundings. Soldiers of the T-Brigade. March 1947. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

Lt. Steele and crew of the 394th Bomb Squadron, 5th Bomb Group "Bomber Barons," pose for the photographer at an air base somewhere in the Netherlands East Indies. They are, left to right: Back Row: S/Sgt. W.O. Richardson S/Sgt. N.L. Johnson

Group of Soldiers Before Deployment to Europe, WWII, HQ 2nd Battalion, 389th Infantry, US Army Military Base, Indiana, USA, 1942

Group of men in uniform , War, Soldiers, World War, 1939-1945. Samuel Chamberlain Photograph Negatives Collection

Lt. Burwell and crew of the 394th Bomb Group "Bomber Barons," pose for the photographer at an air base somewhere in the Netherlands East Indies. They are, left to right: Back Row: S/Sgt. L.E. Shafer T/Sgt. G.F. White S/Sgt. F.W. Sapp S/Sgt.

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Report for assembly "The Dutch soldier in Medan". Reporting area Belawan. Tjipoenegara at Indramajoe: a peloton of the 3rd Cie. From 3-1 RI. poses for the camera .. April 5, 1948. Belawan, Indonesia, Medan, Dutch East Indies, Sumatra

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Eature Welfare officers in building Spelderholt in Batavia. Group portrait of the new officers. November 14, 1946. Batavia, Indonesia, Jakarta, Dutch East Indies

U-boat Crew Dunked Right Out of the War. This image depicts a group of captured German sailors aboard a Coast Guard cutter.

Józef Huma with his colleagues sitting at the table in a military tent unknown

Holiday Camps Get Going Again -- The entertainments staff of Butlinis has many demobilised men, will hate vacancies for many more. The job is hard and hours of work long but the staff enjoy it. It is up to them to see that campers have a jolly time. All the men pictured here were in the forces, now we the red blazer and flannel trouser uniform of the camp. Girl in bathing dress is ex-A.T.Thousands before the war spent their holidays in the rowdy, cheerful atmosphere of a holiday camp. The war ministries found these camps ideal for training purposes and they were all taken over. September 11, 1951. (Photo by British Official Photograph).

Evert Ingemansson - submarine images..

Marine Commando Men Get Ready For Korea -- Cheerful members of the Commando at Plymouth to-day (Thursday).Now completing preparations at Plymouth is the Royal Marine Commando unit which is to be flown out to the Far East for special duties Korea.The unit is to be commanded by 33-year-old Lieutenant-Colonel D.B. Drysdale, ***** of Haslemere, Surrey. August 02, 1950. (Photo by Reuterphoto).

Aircraft, Burma, India & Training

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.

September 1936. Legion officers testing the troop ranch.

San Fernando (Cádiz), 1937 (Ca.) The sailors of the Marine Infantry, cheering the Republic, during the act of republican fraternity in honor of the Vice Admiral of the Naval Base and Rear Admiral of Arenal.

Medical, Special Service And Barber Personnel Of The 6Th Aircraft Repair Unit (Floating) Pose For The Photographer Aboard Ship Somewhere In The Pacific. 7 September 1945.

Jam Session in South Pacific. Aboard a Coast Guard-manned assault transport somewhere in the Pacific, American fighting men lighten the hours of waiting before combat with a jam session on deck. The Coast Guardsmen and troops are on their way to battle Japs in the South Pacific.

Lew Ayres and Buddies on Leyte Island. Former movie star Lew Ayres, now a Corporal in the U.S. Army (in foreground with helmet on), is seen talking with his buddies. After the beachhead was established. Cpl. Ayers has been overseas eight months, and has 2 1/2 years in the Army. He is attached to the medical unit. This photo was taken of Red Beach at Leyte Island in the central Philippines.

All smiles and glad to be alive. 2nd Liets. John A Wheeler of Spokane, Wa. And Charles O Rainwater of Dandridge, Tn. Pictured above awaiting means of transportation back to their home base, after spending five days in the dense jungles of Panama.

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.

A group of South Africans near Sidi Omar in the Western Desert, all rugged up ready to go on patrol. March 02, 1942. (Photo by A.I.F. Photograph).

Physical jerks; exercise on board HMS 'Devonshire', 1937. Artist: Unknown

Dutch air force soldiers, the so-called interpreters, 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 No. 1521.

Anefo photo collection. Record flight Gloster Meteor above Ameland. August 28, 1949. Leeuwarden airbase

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Five Knights MWO and honoring gene. Meyer and wife. Semarang: gene on August 22. and Mrs. Meyer honored by the Semarangse military and civilian sports world in the stadium .. August 22, 1948. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

Photograph of British and French Troops singing the old songs of war. For the second time the British Expeditionary Force sailed to France to help their French allies. Dated 1939

Track work staff on the line between Jenny and Almvik.

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC The women's corps and Miss Meijer L.V.D.. Group portrait eight Dutch soldiers and five ladies. The ladies wear a corsage. 1946. Batavia, Indonesia, Jakarta, Dutch East Indies

Protection Against Influenza - Men gargling with salt and water after a day working in the War Garden at Camp Dix. This is a preventative measure against the epidemic of influenza which has spread to army camps. September 24, 1918. No photographer

Group celebrating the birth of Cade's baby , Soldiers, Celebrations. Jack Miller Collection

Company 'M,' commanded by Captain Elmer Hatton , Military officers, Soldiers, United States. Army. Infantry Regiment, 372nd. Jack Miller Collection

Personnel Pose In Back Of A Display Of Produce Grown In The Hydroponics Garden On Ascension Island. 4 May 1945.

Crews Of The 381St Bomb Group Entering Interrogation Room After A Mission. 8 March 1944. England.

Dellach Men making straw shoes. Photographer: 10. Armeekommando.

Undated image of World War II-era Chinese Air Force pilots.

Second World War. For billeting. Soviet Union. Wehrmachlichige in a village

Sample group for the Wehrmacht

Photograph of Adolf Hitler meeting Nazi airmen at Christmas. He addresses the personnel of an aerodrome in the vicinity of the front during his tour. Dated 1939

Russia moves first-class Red Army Reserves up to The Front -- Both the numbers and quality of the new Russian armies being moved up to reserve positions along the enormous front have evoked enthusiastic Praise from War correspondents.In this radioed picture, flawlessly transmitted, automatic riflemen are seen on parade during a review of Red Army reserves. May 01, 1942.

Palmach (Jewish underground fighters in Palestine) leaders including Yigal Allon and Yitzhak Rabin 1948

Soldiers and women standing on dock smiling

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

Souvenirs from the South Seas. Five fighting Coast Guardsmen, who participated in the initial landing on Manus Island in the Admiralties, display Japanese trophies picked up during the swift occupation of that South Pacific stronghold. Their souvenirs include a Japanese knee mortar, flags, light machine guns, rifles, and a Japanese .35 caliber "woodpecker." Left to right, the Coast Guardsmen are: Eric S. Wessborg, Jr., chief boatswain's mate, of Richland Mich.; William Knight, chief quartermaster, of Oakland Calif.; Ralph E. DeChevrieux, gunner's mate second class, of Long Beach, Calif.; John E. Schoewe, coxswain, of Milwaukee, Wis.' and Harold A Mayer, pharmacist's mate first class, of Yankton, S.D.

British Prisoners Freed By The Red Army Back Home In England -- A group of the boys displaying some of the Swastika flags and other Souvenir they brought home with them. The first batch of prisoners of war to be directly exchanged across the British and Russian lines are back home in England. They were in German prison camps in the areas liberated by the Russians. May 30, 1945. (Photo by Pix Photos).

This image was taken by Leo Halter, a serviceman stationed on Attu Island during WW II. Subjects: Halter Collection; WW II; World War II; World War Two; Military; Wildlife refuges; Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge; Aleutians; Alaska. . 1998 - 2011.

Winston Churchill Watches the Invasion of the South of France Aboard HMS Kimberley, 14 - 16 August 1944 The Prime Minister, Winston Churchill, photographed with members of HMS KIMBERLEY's crew.

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC The women's corps and Miss Meijer L.V.D.. Group portrait eight Dutch soldiers and five ladies. The ladies wear a corsage. 1946. Batavia, Indonesia, Jakarta, Dutch East Indies

Anefo photo collection. Camp Leersum. July 19, 1949. Leersum

Lt. Sisson And Crew Of The 614Th Bomb Squadron, 401St Bomb Group, At An 8Th Air Force Base In England, 11 January 1945.

Battery C, Lawrence, Mass. , Military personnel, Massachusetts. National Guard. Field Artillery Battalion, 1st. Battery C

A bunch of sailors on the dock..

Group of men in uniform seated at table , War, Soldiers, World War, 1939-1945. Samuel Chamberlain Photograph Negatives Collection

Kneeling from left to right are: T/Sgt Dale R. Bails, aerial engineer and top turret gunner of Galion, Ohio; S/Sgt John J. Herlihy, waist gunner, of Yonkers, N.Y.; T/Sgt John B. Shallow, radio operator and nose gunner of Detroit, Michigan; S/Sgt

Central Asian Front, 1920Bolshevik leaders Grigori Sokolnikov, Lazar Kaganovich and others at the Central Asian Front of Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, and Tajikistan during the Russian Revolution.

Pilotes Alliés d'une Escadrille de "Hurricanes". 1942 - 1945. Office for Emergency Management. Office of War Information. Domestic Operations Branch. Bureau of Special Services. 3/9/1943-9/15/1945. World War II Foreign Posters

Soldiers Eating

Stokers take a break on deck (OV2023_107)

Soldiers during the eating Christmas Eve meal in the canteen unknown

Rome Italy may 1951 A group of Italian navy sailor trainees rowing in unison demonstrating teamwork and discipline in the 1950s

Dunkirk and the Retreat From France 1940 Cheerful British troops evacuated from Dunkirk pose for a photo at a railway station in the UK.

Rightist Hmong General Vang Pao is pictured holding hands with Thai Army Chief of Staff Surakij Mayalab at a site overlooking Hmong-CIA headquarters in Long Tien, Laos. To the left of Mayalab is CIA case officer Burr Smith (with shaven head). The rest of the men in the photo are Thai soldiers who served in Laos with Lao-Hmong forces. Vang Pao (Hmong: Vaj Pov; 8 December 1929 - 6 January 2011) was a Lieutenant General in the Royal Lao Army and leading figure in the American 'Secret War' in Laos (1964-1973). He was a leader in the Hmong American community in the United States.

Turkey, Istambul, Red Crescent turkich version of Red Cross student nurses parading in celebration founding of Turkich Republic from O'Brien, 1941, Red Crescent turkich version of Red Cross student nurses parading in celebration Oct. 29 at istanbul of the founding of the Turkich Republic from O'Brien, 1941

Watertown Arsenal Inspection School, specialized welding and steel courses , Armories, Ordnance industry, Students, Military officers, Watertown Arsenal Mass.. Records of U.S. Army Operational

11/30/1942. Repatriation of the Spanish Children that the Republicans Sent to Russia, by the German Troops. The Spanish Children, Upon Arrival in Madrid, Surrounded by the Hierarchies of the Falange Foreign Service.

Emergency Mass Feeding, Fort Dix, New Jersey 1954 , Civil defense. Records of the Office of Civil Defense and Defense Mobilization

Group photo of the 4-week course for the diving vein of the Marines Corps at the Diving and Demassing School at Hr.Ms. Thetis (1985-2013). Components of the course were O.A. Underwater molocument and medical aspects of diving.

Albin Ahrenberg and Otto Christell Flights Albin Ahrenberg and Otto Christell Flights.

Shootin's Good in the Schoutens. Like Johnny in the song, these G. I. Joes "got a Zero today" -- in fact, they shot down three zeros in one day with their anti-aircraft gun on the beach of Biak in the Schouten Islands. Ashore from a Coast Guard-manned assault transport, the gunners jubilantly posted the score - three down and more to go.

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC article W.B. "Along the bridge". Messtins men get cooked rice awarded. April 1947. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

Anefo photo collection. Adel breasts in Gilze-Rijen. June 6, 1948. Gilze-Rijen airbase

Boston (Massachusetts, United States), 05/30/1945. Second World War. A group of part of the 100 English women, who married American and Canadian soldiers, during World War II and who arrived by ship in Boston Harbor.

Anefo photo collection. New uniform for the roadside assistance, links uniform for hot days, also overcoat in rain. May 14, 1968

Group of men ,. Records of U.S. Army Operational

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