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Welcoming Home Spanish-American War Troops, 1899
Photo Credit: Washington State Library Welcoming troops returned from Spanish-American War in Ellensburg, Washington, November 1899. The large evergreen arch was built by community and fraternal...
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Unloading at Inchon Harbor, 1950
Photo Credit: U.S. Navy Tank landing ships unload at Inchon on September 15, 1950. American forces landed in Inchon Harbor one day after Battle of Inchon began.
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Soldiers giving food to Korean children, 1952
Photo Credit: Pepperdine University Libraries Two staff sergeants with the U.S. Army passing food through a barbed wire fence to Korean children begging at the perimeter of a military camp, 1952.
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Two-horn listening device in use at Bolling Field, 1921
Photo Credit: Library of Congress A two-horn listening device/amplifiers in use at Bolling Field in Washington, D.C., in 1921, used to detect distant aircraft before the advent of radar.
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Union General Haupt in a one-man pontoon boat, 1860s
Photo Credit: Library of Congress Union General Herman Haupt, a civil engineer, moves across the Potomac River in a one-man pontoon boat that he invented for scouting and bridge inspection in an image...
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Eisenhower with his family, 1926
Photo Credit: National Archives First Lieutenant Dwight D. Eisenhower (seated on the steps) with his family on the south porch of the Eisenhower Home in Abilene, Kansas in 1926. From Left to Right:...
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Thanksgiving Day at Fort Sheridan, 1969
Photo Credit: Bess Bower Dunn Museum of Lake County A family gathered around a Thanksgiving turkey and table decor on Thanksgiving Day at Consolidated Mess at Fort Sheridan. From left to right:...
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Soldiers line up for their Thanksgiving meal, 1966
Photo Credit: Lt. Bert Pence, FO Company B, 1/7 Cavalry/Mountain West Digital Library Soldiers lined up for their Thanksgiving meal in Vietnam, 1966.
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Truman in National Guard uniform, ca. 1918
Future president Harry Truman in National Guard uniform, ca. 1918. When World War I erupted, Truman volunteered for duty. Though he was 33 years old, two years older than the age limit for the draft,...
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Flipping a coin for football kickoff, 1952
On September 13, 1952, Pvt. Cecile Brothers of Holcomb, Missouri, flipped the coin to determine the kickoff for the South Western Command and Japan Logistical Command football season. Pvt. Brothers...
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Receiving a skateboard from home, 1969
Marines are known for getting to their objectives via dozens of different transportation modes, whether by land, sea, or air. When Private First Class David. L. Troester, 18, received a skateboard...
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Decoration Day at Arlington Cemetery, 1919
Decoration Day at Arlington Cemetery on May 30, 1919. Services being held at Amphitheater, Osborn Aldread, Ass’t. Adjt. General delivering an address. At left of table sits General Peyton C. March,...
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Troops fighting in the streets of Seoul, 1950
Troops fighting in the streets of Seoul, Korea on September 20, 1950.
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Sam the Sea Lion and his trainer at the Pacific Missile Test Center, 1965
Sam the Sea Lion and his trainer Wally Ross head down the ramp at the Marine Biology Facility (at the Pacific Missile Test Center in Point Mugu, CA) for a workout in the lagoon on March 16, 1965. Sam...
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Troops practice guarding an armored car with signal tower, 1918
American troops guarding an armored car with wireless and Signal Tower attached in practice maneuvers on July 18, 1918.
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