Title
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Artist
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Medium & Support
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Creation Date
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French Expeditionary Forces training in Africa. The units use American equipment.
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Allen, William C.
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Vintage wire photograph on paper
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c. 1943
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Free French forces
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Rodger, George
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Vintage gelatin silver print on paper
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c. 1941
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U.S. Marines man a camouflaged machine gun position at the base of Mt. Siribachi, as they play defenders during Marine maneuvers
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Smith, W. Eugene
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Vintage wire photograph on paper
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September 1956
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From Canada’s motor factories to the Rocky Mountain foothills, these universal carriers are moved quickly to prepare men for active service
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Terry, Michael
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Vintage ferrotyped gelatin silver print on paper
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June 1942
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American infantrymen splashing ashore from a landing craft during what was possibly their last practice maneuver before the actual invasion of Sicily
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United States Army Signal Corps Photographer
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Vintage wire photograph on paper
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July 1943
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President Roosevelt watches the incinerating blast of a flame-thrower at jungle training unit in Hawaii
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United States Army Signal Corps Photographer
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Vintage ferrotyped gelatin silver print on paper
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1944
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The aircraft carrier USS Lexington transited the Panama Canal recently, to take part in war games in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba
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United States Navy Photographer
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Vintage ferrotyped gelatin silver print on paper
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January 1939
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Manchurian warships, seized when Japan captured Manchuria from China. The ships are on maneuvers at the junction of the Sungari and Amur Rivers between Manchuria and Siberia
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Unknown Photographer
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Vintage ferrotyped gelatin silver print on paper
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July 1945
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Slapton Sands, Devon: American troops practice for D-Day landings with live ammunition, resulting in soldiers shooting each other
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Unknown Photographer
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Wire photograph on paper
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June 1944 (printed November 14, 1987)
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Sudeten Germans and Czechs clashed today. Czech soldiers firing from cover during recent exercises, Czechoslovakia.
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Unknown Photographer
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Vintage ferrotyped gelatin silver print with applied pigment on paper
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September 1938
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The shattered Polish Army is reforming in France to fight the Germans with the Allied Forces. Here, Polish infantrymen train in France.
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Unknown Photographer
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Vintage wire photograph (radio photograph) on paper
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c. late 1939
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Alive to the dangers surrounding it, neutral Turkey is busy training its eligible youth for military service. Photo shows cadet artillery officers in field training.
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Unknown Photographer
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Vintage ferrotyped gelatin silver print on paper
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February 1942
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Turkish troops are undergoing intensive maneuvers near the Bulgarian frontier in Eastern Thrace. Turkish troops advancing to the attack.
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Unknown Photographer
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Vintage ferrotyped gelatin silver print on paper
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August 1939
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The destroyer Kocatepe (above) and the cruiser Yavuz (below) in maneuvers, as Turkey responds to reports of Russian troop movements in the Caucasus
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Unknown Photographer
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Vintage wire photograph on paper
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October 1939
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Members of an antiaircraft gun crew of the Dutch Army pause for lunch during recent maneuvers in Amsterdam
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Unknown Photographer
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Vintage wire photograph with applied pigment on paper
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April 1939
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A pretty picture in peace time, as U.S. Army light tanks use flares to light the way during an advance on enemy positions during maneuvers
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Unknown Photographer
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Vintage ferrotyped gelatin silver print on paper
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October 27, 1938
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Garters Battery, 7th Field Artillery, 1st Division, from Fort Ethan Allen, Vermont, with camouflaged 75mm guns, operating near Disco, New York
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Unknown Photographer
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Vintage ferrotyped gelatin silver print with applied pigment on paper
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August 1939
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Somewhere in Louisiana, troops manning anti-aircraft guns while repelling an airplane attack by the “enemy”
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Unknown Photographer
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Vintage ferrotyped gelatin silver print with applied pigment on paper
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September 1941
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At Fort Bragg, North Carolina, parachutists and air landing troops of the Army Ground Forces’ Airborne Command get intensive training
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Unknown Photographer
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Vintage ferrotyped gelatin silver print with airbrushing on paper
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September 1942
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Troops advance in a barrage of white phosphorus during a demonstration of chemical warfare at an eastern arsenal
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Unknown Photographer
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Vintage ferrotyped gelatin silver print on paper
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November 1943
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Uncle Sam’s soldiers really travel on their stomachs during war maneuvers along a sandy stretch of beach, California
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Unknown Photographer
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Vintage ferrotyped gelatin silver print on paper
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February 1942
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Plowing through water with their rifles held ready, “raiders” pass through an archway, East Coast training center
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Unknown Photographer
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Vintage ferrotyped gelatin silver print on paper
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September 1942
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Gas attack during a sham battle at Fort Dix
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Unknown Photographer
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Vintage ferrotyped gelatin silver print on paper
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April 1941
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U.S. troops at Camp Blanding, Florida make night landing from “invasion craft,” during maneuvers on Kingsley Lake
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Unknown Photographer
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Vintage ferrotyped gelatin silver print on paper
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August 1942
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Cadets move into “battle position” as smoke bombs simulate a gas attack, San Antonio Aviation Cadet Center, Texas
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Unknown Photographer
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Vintage ferrotyped gelatin silver print on paper
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May 1943
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