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Overcoming adversity, US Army Photo

Henry Ossian Flipper was commissioned an Army lieutenant after his graduation from West Point in 1873. Flipper was then assigned to the 10th Cavalry at Fort Sill, Okla., and later became the Assistant Commissar More

US Navy (USN) Rear Admiral (lower half) (RDML) Ann E. Rondeau, Commander, Navy Region Midwest/Commander, Naval Service Training Command, salutes the National ENSIGN after presenting it to Sala Marilyn Steinbach, daughter of William Sylvester White, one of the Navys first 13 African-American officers. Dubbed "The Golden 13", he was one of the Navys first 13 African-American officers. Mr. White, 79, served in the Navy from 1943-1946, earning the rank of Lieutenant Junior Grade (LTJG). Following his commission at Naval Training Station, Great Lakes in 1944, he served as a Public Affairs Officer (PAO) at both Ninth Naval District and in Washington, D.C. A 1937 graduate of the University of...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: [Complete] Scene Caption: US Navy (USN) Rear Admiral (lower half) (RDML) Ann E. Rondeau, Commander, Navy Region Midwest/Commander, Naval Service Training More

US Navy (USN) Sailrs, Naval Statin (NS) Great Lakes Funeral Detail fld the Natinal ENSIGN in hnr f William Sylvester White. Dubbed "The Glden 13", he was ne f the Navys first 13 African-American fficers. Mr. White, 79, served in the Navy frm 1943-1946, earning the rank f Lieutenant Junir Grade (LTJG). Fllwing his cmmissin at Naval Training Statin, Great Lakes in 1944, he served as a Public Affairs Officer (PAO) at bth Ninth Naval District and in Washingtn, D.C. A 1937 graduate f the University f Chicag Law Schl, White served as an Illinis Appellate Curt Judge in the last years f his career. He returned t Great Lakes several times including fr the dedicatin...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: [Complete] Scene Caption: US Navy (USN) Sailors, Naval Station (NS) Great Lakes Funeral Detail fold the National ENSIGN in honor of William Sylvester Whit More

Towns and Cities: Occupied - District of Columbia

Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Lucious Bryant, an 87-year-old native of Carlsbad,

Lucious Bryant, an 87-year-old native of Carlsbad, Calif., sits in his chair before being awarded the Congressional Gold Medal by Maj. Gen. Ronald Bailey, the commanding general of 1st Marine Division, here, Se More

BENJAMIN BANNEKER - ASTRONOMER-CITY PLANNER

Benjamin Banneker - with biographical paragraphs. Artworks and Mockups for Cartoons Promoting the War Effort and Original Sketches by Charles Alston

PVT A. V. Anderson of Series 10a, Company K, spends many hours pressing her uniforms along with other recruits at the Marine Corps Recruit Depot. PVT K. D. Blaver and PVT R. Exhevarria are hard at work behind her

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Usmc Recruit Depot,Parris Island State: South Carolina (SC) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: CPL Tibbetts Release More

Artwork: "Untitled" Artist: Norton Rock, USAF Art Collection

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

Soldiers in an M-113 armored personnel carrier participate in a downrange training exercise. An M-2 .50-cal. machine gun is mounted on the APC

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Fort Carson State: Colorado (CO) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released to Public Combi More

ENSIGN Matice Wright, the Navy's first black female naval flight officer, poses for a photograph. Wright is assigned to Fleet Air Reconnaissance Squadron 3 (VQ-3)

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

Military Photographer of the Year Winner 1997 Title: Solitude Category: Portrait/Personality Place: 3rd Place Portrait/Personality Exact Date Shot Unknown Caption: PHOTO taken after STAFF SGT. Art Jones won National Champion Lifter for the bench press with a lift of 529 lbs

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Tucson State: Arizona (AZ) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: MASTER SGT. Thomas Meneguin Release Status: Released t More

Soldiers of 3rd Brigade, 82nd Airborne Division, stand at parade rest during a ceremony commemorating the deactivation of the 555th Parachute Infantry Battalion and the integration of the unit, in December 1947, into 3rd Brigade, 82nd Airborne Division. The 555th is recognized as the first African-American unit to be integraded into the United States Army

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Fort Bragg State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: PFC Aaron Robert Kughen Release Status: Rel More

A former member of the 555th Parachute Infantry Battalion, "Triple Nickels," signs a poster, at the 82nd Airborne Division museum, that commemorates his unit. The 555th is recognized as the first African-American unit to be integrated into the Army. It joined the 3rd Brigade, 82nd Airborne Division in December 1947

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Fort Bragg State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: PFC Aaron Robert Kughen Release Status: Rel More

Alford L. McMichael, 14th Sergeant Major of the Marine

Alford L. McMichael, 14th Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps retired, was the first African-American Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps on July 1, 1999. He later served as the senior enlisted advisor to NATO in More

Coast Guard People - U.S. Coast guard photo

Alameda, CA (Jan. 16) -- A U.S. Coast Guard female Phadra Jones. Photo illustration by PA1 Pete Milnes & PA3 Greg Folkins

US COAST GUARD CSPI PROGRAM

Jackson, MS (Mar. 23)--CSPI (College Student Pre-Commissioning Initiative) students lookover a Toogaloo College brochure. The students are a part of the Coast Guard's CSPI (College Student Pre-Commissioning In More

US COAST GUARD CSPI PROGRAM

Jackson, MS (Mar. 23)--CSPI (College Student Pre-Commissioning Initiative) student stands at front gate of Toogaloo College. She is apart of the Coast Guard's CSPI (College Student Pre-Commissioning Initiative More

US COAST GUARD CSPI PROGRAM WASHINGTON DC

Washington, DC (Jun 10)--Ltjg Hope Lampkin, a graduate of Toogaloo College and the CSPI (College Student Pre-Commissioning Initiative) program, poses proudly with her diploma and cap and gown. She is a part of More

U.S. Marine Gunnery Sgt. Daniel Sullivan, the enlisted

U.S. Marine Gunnery Sgt. Daniel Sullivan, the enlisted conductor of the U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Pacific, Band, leads his musicians in a performance before a Congressional Gold Medal ceremony honoring former S More

President Barack Obama bestows the Medal of Honor to

President Barack Obama bestows the Medal of Honor to Army Sgt. William Shemin, accepting on his behalf are his daughters Elsie Shemin-Roth (middle) and Ina Bass (left), in the East Room of the White House, June More

Army veteran Medgar Wiley Evers a foot Soldier in struggle for justice

Medgar Wiley Evers (July 2, 1925 – June 12, 1963) was an African American civil rights activist and World War II veteran.

New York State Military Museum librarian James Gandy

New York State Military Museum librarian James Gandy holds one of more than 10,000 Regimental Personnel Cards containing information on New York National Guard Soldiers who enlisted or reenlisted in the 369th I More

Children wait to cheer the Soldiers of the 369th Infantry

Children wait to cheer the Soldiers of the 369th Infantry Regiment as they parade up Fifth Avenue in New York City on Feb. 17, 1919 during a parade held to welcome the New York National Guard unit home. More th More

Cpl. William Roper, US Army Photo

Photo of Cpl. William Roper, grandfather of Maj. Gen. A.C. Roper, Deputy Commander of the U.S. Army Reserve. Cpl. Roper fought in the Meuse-Argonne Offensive of 1918 while assigned to Company F, 366th Infantry More

Morehouse graduate promoted to general, director of Marine Corps Intelligence

Master Gunnery Sgt. Carroll W. Braxton (Ret.) stands next to Melvin G. Carter during a ceremony in which he was promoted to brigadier general in the United States Marine Corps at the National Museum of the Mari More

Mark Peterson of Lakewood, Wash., an African-American

Mark Peterson of Lakewood, Wash., an African-American actor with the theater company, Living Voices, plays a role of an 11 year old who joined the revolutionary war during the Joint Base Lewis-McChord Black His More

One team, one fight: African-Americans in the Marine Corps

Marines, following the rapid Japanese retreat northward on Okinawa, pause for a moment's rest at the base of a Japanese war memorial during the Battle of Okinawa, April 12, 1945. They are (on steps) Pfc. F. O. More

This is the first African-American flight crew from the 126th Air Refueling Wing, Scott AFB, Illinois, to fly a mission together. This Illinois Air National Guard (IANG) crew flew a KC-135E Stratotanker (Spirit of Harry Caray) to transport IANG members to Savannah, Georgia. From left to right: Captain (CAPT) Ralph Delatour, USAF, Co-Pilot, CAPT Jerome Cole, USAF, Pilot, SENIOR MASTER Sergeant (SMSGT) Maurice Bridges, USAF, Crewchief, STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Arie Latimer, USAF, Boom Operator, and MASTER Sergeant (MSGT) Steve Butler, USAF, Boom Operator

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Scott Air Force Base State: Illinois (IL) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Franklin D. Hayes Jr., USAF Releas More

US Air Force (USAF) STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Jennifer Hilker, Medical Technician, deployed with the 78th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron (EFS), takes a patient's pulse during check-in procedures at the deployed medical clinic in tent city at Incirlik Air Base, Turkey, while deployed in support of Combined Task Force, Operation NORTHERN WATCH

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: NORTHERN WATCH Base: Incirlik Air Base, Adana Country: Turkey (TUR) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Anna Hayman, USAF Release St More

Former Tuskegee AIRMAN, Lieutenant Colonel (LCOL) Herbert E. Carter (retired), shares his life experiences with second-grade students during his visit at the Ramstein Elementary School, Ramstein Air Base (AB), Germany. During his visit to the Kaiserslautern Military Community, LCOL Carter is the guest speaker at the African-American Heritage celebration

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Ramstein Air Base State: Rheinland-Pfalz Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Camera Operator: A1C Desiree N. Pala, USAF Release Status: R More

US Air Force (USAF) STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Gregory Featherstone, stands as part of the 86th Airlift Wing Honor Guard to present the colors at the African-American Heritage Committee luncheon. The Kaiserslautern African-American Heritage Committee luncheon held at the Ramstein Air Base (AB) Officers Club, Germany as part of African-American Heritage Month

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Ramstein Air Base State: Rheinland-Pfalz Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Justin D. Pyle, USAF Release Status: R More

Guest speaker at the Kaiserslautern African-American Heritage Committee luncheon, US Air Force (USAF) Lieutenant Colonel (LCOL) Herbert E. Carter (Retired), Tuskegee AIRMAN, Inc, meets with attendees prior to the start of the luncheon. The Kaiserslautern African-American Heritage Committee luncheon held at the Ramstein Air Base (AB) Officers Club, Germany as part of African-American Heritage Month

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Ramstein Air Base State: Rheinland-Pfalz Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Justin D. Pyle, USAF Release Status: R More

US Air Force (USAF) Major (MAJ) Dwayne Jones, Chaplain, gives the opening prayer at the African-American Heritage Committee luncheon. The Kaiserslautern African-American Heritage Committee luncheon held at the Ramstein Air Base (AB) Officers Club, Germany as part of African-American Heritage Month

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Ramstein Air Base State: Rheinland-Pfalz Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Justin D. Pyle, USAF Release Status: R More

US Air Force (USAF) STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Brandon Perkins (left) and USAF MASTER Sergeant (MSGT) Edward Shepard sing the American and German national anthems during the Kaiserslautern African-American Heritage Committee luncheon. The Kaiserslautern African-American Heritage Committee luncheon held at the Ramstein Air Base (AB) Officers Club, Germany as part of African-American Heritage Month

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Ramstein Air Base State: Rheinland-Pfalz Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Justin D. Pyle, USAF Release Status: R More

Guest speaker for the Kaiserslautern African-American Heritage Committee luncheon, US Air Force (USAF) Lieutenant Colonel (LCOL) Herbert E. Carter (Retired), Tuskegee AIRMAN Inc, speaks to the attendees. The Kaiserslautern African-American Heritage Committee luncheon held at the Ramstein Air Base (AB) Officers Club, Germany as part of African-American Heritage Month

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Ramstein Air Base State: Rheinland-Pfalz Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Justin D. Pyle, USAF Release Status: R More

Guest speaker for the Kaiserslautern African-American Heritage Committee luncheon, US Air Force (USAF) Lieutenant Colonel (LCOL) Herbert E. Carter (Retired), Tuskegee AIRMAN Inc, meets with attendees and sign autographs after the luncheon. The Kaiserslautern African-American Heritage Committee luncheon held at the Ramstein Air Base (AB) Officers Club, Germany as part of African-American Heritage Month

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Ramstein Air Base State: Rheinland-Pfalz Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Justin D. Pyle, USAF Release Status: R More

Retired astronaut Dr. Guion S. Bluford, the first African-American to fly in space, greets and signs autographs for Kaleigh, Juleigh, Ashleigh, and Emaleigh Morford at Royal Air Force (RAF) Mildenhall, United Kingdom (UK). Dr. Bluford is visiting numerous bases throughout Europe as part of the Extreme Summer Tour activities organized by Air Force Services

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Mildenhall State: Suffolk Country: England / Great Britain (ENG) Scene Camera Operator: Tsgt Michael D. Morford, USAF Release Status: Released t More

US Air Force (USAF) AIRMAN from Travis Air Force Base (AFB), California (CA), chat with former "Oakland A's" and San Francisco Giants baseball player Vida Blue, during the African-American Heritage luncheon in the Delta Breeze Club at Travis Air Force Base (AFB), California (CA)

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Travis Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: CIV Kristina P. Cilia, USAF Release More

[Hurricane Katrina] Baker, LA October 7, 2005 - Evacuees who became friends at the Red Cross shelter in Baton Rouge located their new trailers at the new 573-unit park in Baker. There will be 2,000 evacuees housed there when it is full. Photo by Greg Henshall / FEMA

Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

U.S. Coast Guard LT. j.g. Jeanine McIntosh, Pilot, the first female African-American to successfully complete flight training, stands in front of a U.S. Coast Guard HC-130H Hercules patrol aircraft on Jan. 2, 2006, that she will pilot on service missions throughout the Pacific region, while stationed at Coast Guard Air Station Barbers Point, Oahu, Hawaii. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Public Affairs SPECIALIST 2nd Class Jennifer Johnson) (Released)

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Cgas Barbers Point, Oahu State: Hawaii (HI) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: PA2 Jennifer Johnson, Uscg Release St More

Towns and Cities: Occupied - District of Columbia

Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Towns and Cities: Occupied - District of Columbia

Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Towns and Cities: Occupied - District of Columbia

Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Spc. Darnell Crater, from Lynwood, Ill., and member

Spc. Darnell Crater, from Lynwood, Ill., and member of the 4th Infantry Division band, delivers the 'I Have a Dream' speech during the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., commemoration service at the division chapel, More

Capt. Christee Cuttino, Headquarters and Headquarters

Capt. Christee Cuttino, Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 703rd Brigade Support Battalion, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, personnel office, sings a spiritual song to the audience at the Af More

Sgt. Charles Smith, mortar sergeant for Bravo Company,

Sgt. Charles Smith, mortar sergeant for Bravo Company, 63rd Signal Battalion, on Feb. 24, in Mosul delivers an informative lecture about "The Willie Lynch Letter and the Making of a Slave," an early American "h More

Advertising photo shoot, San Diego, California

YN3 Elisha Moody participates in an advertising photo shoot to highlight females in the Coast Guard. The Coast Guard is the one branch of the armed forces that has no job restrictions for women. (Photo by Petty More

Advertising photo shoot, San Diego, California

Boatswain's Mate Second Class Andrea Toledo and YN3 Elisha Moody participate in an advertising photo shoot to highlight females in the Coast Guard. The Coast Guard is the one branch of the armed forces that has More

Advertising photo shoot, San Diego, California

YN3 Elisha Moody participates in an advertising photo shoot to highlight females in the Coast Guard. The Coast Guard is the one branch of the armed forces that has no job restrictions for women. (Photo by CWO S More

Advertising photo shoot, San Diego, California

YN3 Elisha Moody participates in an advertising photo shoot to highlight females in the Coast Guard. The Coast Guard is the one branch of the armed forces that has no job restrictions for women. (Photo by Petty More

Advertising photo shoot, San Diego, California

YN3 Elisha Moody participates in an advertising photo shoot to highlight females in the Coast Guard. The Coast Guard is the one branch of the armed forces that has no job restrictions for women. (Photo by Petty More

Advertising photo shoot, San Diego, California

YN3 Elisha Moody participates in an advertising photo shoot to highlight females in the Coast Guard. The Coast Guard is the one brach of the armed forces that has no job resctrictions for women. (Photo by CWO S More

"Boots-on-the-deck" review

Rear Adm. Kevin M. Quinn, commander of Naval Surface Force greets Capt. Sam Howard, commanding officer of the amphibious assault ship USS Bataan, during a Naval Aviation Enterprise "Boots-On-The-Deck" review. " More

Georgia Governor Sonny Perdue shares a laugh with two

Georgia Governor Sonny Perdue shares a laugh with two of the state's history makers; Brig. Gen. Maria Britt (right) and Brig. Gen. Joseph M. Wells. Britt, the first female general officer and the first female c More