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It Makes All the Difference in the World

It Makes All the Difference in the World

This illustration entitled, "It Makes All the Difference in the World", by cartoonist Clifford Berryman, which appeared in the Washington Evening Star on November 8, 1915, depicts how letters of protest sent to... More

Satellite communication antenna set up by the 1ST Combat Communications Squadron, Ramstein Air Base, Germany, is covered with a fresh layer of snow during JOINT ENDEAVOR. In the background is seen a fire truck with the letters IFOR for Implementation Forces

Satellite communication antenna set up by the 1ST Combat Communication...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: JOINT ENDEAVOR Base: Tuzla Air Base Country: Bosnia And/I Herzegovina (BIH) Scene Camera Operator: SRA Jeffrey Allen Release... More

Medium shot, right side view, front half of a parked C-130, blown snow on top of radome and covering windshield. Letters on building in background "TEAM LITTLE ROCK"

Medium shot, right side view, front half of a parked C-130, blown snow...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Little Rock Air Force Base State: Arkansas (AR) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SRA Lane Mcneal Release Status: R... More

Ashlee Smith, age 10, outlines the letters on a concrete barricade as she participates in one of the activities for the Drug Education For Youth (D.E.F.Y.) programs at Ramstein Air Base (AB), Germany

Ashlee Smith, age 10, outlines the letters on a concrete barricade as ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Ramstein Air Base State: Rheinland-Pfalz Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Jocelyn M. Broussard, USAF Release Sta... More

New York, N.Y., Dec. 14, 2012 -- Hurricane Sandy Survivor Patsy Roberts, in her daughter's guest room with the hundreds of letters she received from supportive friends, neighbors and strangers after she was displaced from her home in Belle Harbor in Rockaway, Queens

New York, N.Y., Dec. 14, 2012 -- Hurricane Sandy Survivor Patsy Robert...

The original finding aid described this as: Date Taken: 2012-12-14 00:00:00 UTC Photographer Name: Annette Foglino City/State: New York, NY Keywords: hurricane sandy ^ Rockaway Beach ^ Belle Harbor Disaste... More

Frank Moore - Receives 9000 letters concerning UFO incidents in conjunction with National Enquirer article

Frank Moore - Receives 9000 letters concerning UFO incidents in conjun...

Carter White House Photographs: Presidential Public domain photograph - White house, President of the United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Balloons with letters spelling out its name decorate the pier as the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier GEORGE WASHINGTON (CVN 73) stands ready for it christening ceremony at Newport News Shipbuilding Company. As the sixth ship of its class, the GEORGE WASHINGTON represents the most technologically advanced Nimitz class carrier

Balloons with letters spelling out its name decorate the pier as the n...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Newport News State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: PH1 Jeff Elliott Release Status: Released to Pu... More

Lance CPL. James A. Jamison reads letters in his foxhole during his unit's first mail call since the start of the ground campaign to liberate Kuwait during Operation Desert Storm. Jamison is with the 1ST Marine Division in the desert west of Kuwait International Airport

Lance CPL. James A. Jamison reads letters in his foxhole during his un...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Country: Kuwait (KWT) Scene Camera Operator: Cw02 Ed Bailey, Usnr-R Release Status: Released to Public Combined ... More

A US Navy (USN) Hospital Corpsman 2nd Class (HM2) pauses to look at letters sent to the aircraft carrier USS KITTY HAWK (CV 63) by American school children. Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

A US Navy (USN) Hospital Corpsman 2nd Class (HM2) pauses to look at le...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM. Base: Uss Kitty Hawk (CV 63) Scene Major Command Shown: USS Kitty Hawk Scene Camera Operator: PH3 Jessica G... More

Lance Cpl. Kolby Blair, postal clerk, Headquarters

Lance Cpl. Kolby Blair, postal clerk, Headquarters

Lance Cpl. Kolby Blair, postal clerk, Headquarters Battalion, sorts through incoming mail at the Combat Center Post Office Dec. 11. During the holiday season, postal Marines work twice as hard to make sure serv... More

US Marine Corps (USMC) Lance Corporal (LCPL) Shaun Rigates, 3rd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, Twentynine Palms, California (CA), writes letters home to his loved ones while at Camp Ripper, Kuwait, in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

US Marine Corps (USMC) Lance Corporal (LCPL) Shaun Rigates, 3rd Light ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Camp Ripper Country: Kuwait (KWT) Scene Major Command Shown: 3rd LAR Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Kenneth E. Madden Iii, USMC Release Status: Rel... More

"Spug" Santa - Political cartoon, public domain image

"Spug" Santa - Political cartoon, public domain image

Berryman Political Cartoon Collection Public domain photograph - Merry Christmas or Happy New Year, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A sailor touches up the hull letters on one of the utility boats aboard the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS THEODORE ROOSEVELT (CVN 71)

A sailor touches up the hull letters on one of the utility boats aboar...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) Scene Camera Operator: PHAN Pugh Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

Balloons with letters spelling out its name decorate the pier as the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier GEORGE WASHINGTON (CVN 73) stands ready for it christening ceremony at Newport News Shipbuilding Company. As the sixth ship of its class, the GEORGE WASHINGTON represents the most technologically advanced Nimitz class carrier

Balloons with letters spelling out its name decorate the pier as the n...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Newport News State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: PH1 Jeff Elliott Release Status: Released to Pu... More

Mary Therese, WMAZ, CBS broadcasting affiliate, anchor in Macon, Georgia (GA), presents US Air Force (USAF) Brigadier General (BGEN) Erwin F. Lessel III, Commander, 86th Air Wing (AW), Ramstein Air Base (AB), Germany, letters from grade school students in Georgia during the USOs (United Service Organization) Operation Seasons Greetings tour

Mary Therese, WMAZ, CBS broadcasting affiliate, anchor in Macon, Georg...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Ramstein Air Base State: Rheinland-Pfalz Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Major Command Shown: USAFE Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Justi... More

US Navy (USN) Rear Admiral (RDML) Jay Cohen (left), CHIEF of Naval Research, and Dr. D. (Nanda) Nandagopal, Deputy CHIEF Defense Scientist (Systems) Corporate Leader Maritime, sign letters of cooperation in Naval Science of Technology between the US Office of Naval Research (ONR) and the Australian Defense Science and Technology Organization (DSTO)

US Navy (USN) Rear Admiral (RDML) Jay Cohen (left), CHIEF of Naval Res...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Arlington State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: John F. Williams, CIV, Usn Release Status: Release... More

Corporal Erika Cruz, left, official mail noncommissioned

Corporal Erika Cruz, left, official mail noncommissioned

Corporal Erika Cruz, left, official mail noncommissioned officer in charge, and a native of Colorado Springs, Colo., stands next to Sgt. Christopher Rogers, center, postal dispatch chief and assistant operation... More

American Library Association - Preparing Books for the Blind - Magazines and books blind soldiers can "read". Blind woman putting pages together before binding them into magazines or books which are printed for blind soldiers. The soldiers read by feeling the shape of the letters

American Library Association - Preparing Books for the Blind - Magazin...

Date Taken: 7/26/1918 Photographer: W.N.U. Photo Service American Library Association - Preparing Books for the Blind

Inspecting Depth of Engraved Letters, Washington, D.C

Inspecting Depth of Engraved Letters, Washington, D.C

Original caption: Left to right, Bureau of Engraving and Printing Photoengraver and Graver Plate Finisher, Mr. Charles Bongard inspecting depth of engraved letters, Mr. George Alces – Bureau of Engraving and Pr... More

Top Gun, the nickname of the Navy Fighter Weapons School, painted in large letters on the line shack. The school provides air combat maneuvering (ACM) training for Navy and Marine Corps pilots

Top Gun, the nickname of the Navy Fighter Weapons School, painted in l...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Naval Air Station, Miramar State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: JOC Kirby Harrison Release Stat... More

The flight line at Moi International Airport, Mombasa, Kenya. In the foreground is a left side rear view of a M988 High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV) that is being used as a US Air Force Security Police vehicle. In the background is a left side front view of a Soviet made Ilyushin IL-76 cargo plane with the United Nations color scheme, plus large UN letters on the side and the tail section. This is part of Operation Provide Relief, which is in direct support of Operation Restore Hope

The flight line at Moi International Airport, Mombasa, Kenya. In the f...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: RESTORE HOPEPROVIDE RELIEF Base: Mombasa International Airport Country: Kenya (KEN) Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release S... More

Medium shot, left rear view, soldiers in jump gear, from the 1/508th Infantry (Airborne Battalion Combat Team), from Vicenza, Italy, lined up in two columns behind a C-130E, Hercules, 37th Airlift Squadron, Ramstein Air Base, Germany. Aircraft has "RS" tail letters, 86th Airlift Wing, Ramstein Air Base, Germany. Not shown: Troops will be dropped into Grafenwohr, Germany 9 August 2000, Exercise Lion Drop 12

Medium shot, left rear view, soldiers in jump gear, from the 1/508th I...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: LION DROP 12 Base: Ramstein Air Base State: Rheinland-Pfalz Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Camera Operator: A1C ... More

As winds carry sand and smoke across their area Marines from the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) write letters and work on crossword puzzles at the edge of the Khandahar International Airport, Khandahar, Afghanistan during OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM

As winds carry sand and smoke across their area Marines from the 26th ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Kandahar International Airport Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Major Command Shown: 26th MEU (SOC) S... More

[Severe Wildfire Threat] Shawnee, OK,  January 14, 2006 -- Thank you letters from Oklahoma children are posted in the Incident Command Post. Wildfires have been burning in Oklahoma and Texas for almost two months.  Bob McMillan/ FEMA Photo

[Severe Wildfire Threat] Shawnee, OK, January 14, 2006 -- Thank you l...

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

American Red Cross - I thru M - Elizabeth McWilliams of Summerville, N.J. who sailed from New York in October as a Red Cross nurse's aid and died of pneumonia just as the ship reached the British port. She is buried not far from Red Cross Headuarters in London. There was an outbreak of influenza on the ship in which Miss McWilliams sailed. She worked hard all the first day scrubbing out the influenza-infected baggage room to provide a temporary hospital. That night she worked as an emergency cook for three hours and then until midnight wrote letters for the influenza patients. Next morning she herelf was stricken. Her last words were "I am happy because I've tried to be a real American."

American Red Cross - I thru M - Elizabeth McWilliams of Summerville, N...

Photographer: American Red Cross American Red Cross - I thru M Public domain photograph related to the United States in World War One, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Vice President Walter Mondale presents letters of condolence to the family of Michael Hammer, killed in San Salvador while assigned there as AFL-CIO labor specialist for the State Department

Vice President Walter Mondale presents letters of condolence to the fa...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Fort Myer, Arlington State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Mickey W. Sanborn Release Status: Relea... More

US Air Force (USAF) AIRMAN First Class (A1C) Ambria White, Postal Worker, sorts letters at Postal Center located at the Baghdad International Airport (IAP) during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

US Air Force (USAF) AIRMAN First Class (A1C) Ambria White, Postal Work...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Baghdad International Airport Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: AMC Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Lisa M. Zunzanyika, USAF Release St... More

Photograph of during Ceremonies at the National Archives, Archivist Wayne Grover Presenting the Ambassador Visutr Arthayukti with a Bound Volume of Copies of Letters between President Abraham Lincoln and the King of Siam

Photograph of during Ceremonies at the National Archives, Archivist Wa...

Historic Photograph File of National Archives Events and Personnel Public domain photograph of politician, government and politics, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Phil Rodonski, of the deployed information management team, takes in hundreds of letters that 4th Air Expeditionary Wing members mail home to loved ones. SSGT Rodonski is stationed at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, North Carolina, and is part of the 4th Air Expeditionary Wing deployed to Doha, Qatar, during Operation SOUTHERN WATCH. SOUTHERN WATCH enforces the United Nations Security Council Resolution 688 that establishes a no-fly zone over Southern Iraq below the 32nd parallel

STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Phil Rodonski, of the deployed information manag...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: SOUTHERN WATCH Base: Doha Country: Qatar (QAT) Scene Camera Operator: SRA Frank Rizzo, USAF Release Status: Released to Publ... More

Lance Cpl. Kolby Blair, postal clerk, Headquarters

Lance Cpl. Kolby Blair, postal clerk, Headquarters

Lance Cpl. Kolby Blair, postal clerk, Headquarters Battalion, retrieves incoming mail at the Combat Center Post Office Dec. 11. During the holiday season, postal Marines work twice as hard to make sure service ... More

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Dalvin Stewart, a postal

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Dalvin Stewart, a postal

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Dalvin Stewart, a postal clerk with Headquarters and Support Battalion Post Office shares his unique experience working with Marines and locals and how it impacts him and the commun... More

Luis Franco has boxes of memorabilia, including old pictures, letters, newspaper clippings and his prisioner of war card and photo (top right). This photograph is part of the article "Beating the Demons", AIRMAN Magazine, September 1999 issue

Luis Franco has boxes of memorabilia, including old pictures, letters,...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: March Air Reserve Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Mark Borosch, USAF Release Sta... More

US Marine Corps (USMC) Colonel (COL) Larry Brown (center), Assistant CHIEF of STAFF, G-3, I Marine Expeditionary Force (MEF), presents COL Rob Gerlaugh, Out-going Commander, Marine Corps Logistics Base (MCLB) Barstow, California (CA) with letters from the Commandant of the Marine Corps, and Commanding General of Marine Corps Logistics Command, during a Retirement Ceremony at Marine Corps Logistics Base (MCLB) Barstow, California (CA). Pictured right is Sergeant Major (SGM) T.T. Niusulu, (MCLB) Barstow

US Marine Corps (USMC) Colonel (COL) Larry Brown (center), Assistant C...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: USMC Logistics Base, Barstow State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Curtis Lambert, CIV Release S... More

Photograph of Ceremonies at the Presentation of a National Archives Certificate of Appreciation to Charles Kohen of Washington for His Donation of Two Letters from John Rush, Winner of the Congressional Medal of Honor

Photograph of Ceremonies at the Presentation of a National Archives Ce...

Original caption: General U. S. Grant III, speaks to guests from his seat. Seated in the first row (l to r) are: Hon. Louis A. Johnson, former Secretary of Defense; Gen. Lewis B. Hershey, Director, Selective Se... More

Vice President Walter Mondale presents letters of condolence to the family of Michael Hammer, killed in San Salvador while assigned there as AFL-CIO labor specialist for the State Department

Vice President Walter Mondale presents letters of condolence to the fa...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Fort Myer, Arlington State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Mickey W. Sanborn Release Status: Relea... More

Crew members spell out "Ranger Thanks America" on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS RANGER (CV-61) to thank all the people who sent letters and cards to the ship. The mail was the result of a letter which appeared in the newspaper column "Dear Abby."

Crew members spell out "Ranger Thanks America" on the flight deck of t...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: PH2 Wimmer Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

Western front. Unloading letters and packages from home

Western front. Unloading letters and packages from home

German Military Activities and Personnel Public domain photograph - German army, military forces during World War One, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Jimmy Carter - With letters supporting his stand on energy

Jimmy Carter - With letters supporting his stand on energy

Carter White House Photographs: Presidential Public domain photograph - White house, President of the United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Balloons with letters spelling out its name decorate the pier as the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier GEORGE WASHINGTON (CVN 73) stands ready for it christening ceremony at Newport News Shipbuilding Company. As the sixth ship of its class, the GEORGE WASHINGTON represents the most technologically advanced Nimitz class carrier

Balloons with letters spelling out its name decorate the pier as the n...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Newport News State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: PH1 Jeff Elliott Release Status: Released to Pu... More

Medium long shot, left side view, (Extreme long shot, second aircraft), two F-15C Eagles from the 1ST Fighter Wing (aircraft has FF tail letters), Langley Air Force Base, Virginia, simultaneously launch two (one from each aircraft) AIM-7 Sparrow air-to-air missiles, somewhere over the Gulf of Mexico, 4 February 1999. Exercise Combat Archer, Tyndall AFB, Florida

Medium long shot, left side view, (Extreme long shot, second aircraft)...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: COMBAT ARCHER Country: Gulf Of Mexico Scene Camera Operator: SRA Matthew Simpson Release Status: Released to Public Combined ... More

A heavy M1097 High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV) cargo/troop carrier, rigged for airdrop on a flatbed "K" loader behind a C-130E Hercules. Aircraft has "RS" tail letters, 86th Airlift Wing, Ramstein Air Base, Germany. Not shown: Vehicle is to be dropped at Bunker Hill Drop Zone, Grafenwohr, Germany, in Exercise Lion Drop 12, 9 August 2000. The 37th Airlift Squadron, Ramstein Air Base, Germany, dropped members of the 173rd Airborne Brigade, 1/508th Infantry (Airborne Battalion Combat Team), from Vicenza, Italy

A heavy M1097 High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV) cargo...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: LION DROP 12 Base: Ramstein Air Base State: Rheinland-Pfalz Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT... More

Long shot, right side view, F-16C Fighting Falcon, "SP" tail letters (52nd Fighter Wing, Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany) wing tip mounted AIM-120 AMRAAM, on taxi strip, mountain side in background. A 52nd Fighter Wing F-16C arrives with the 23rd Fighter Squadron at Nellis AFB, Nevada to participate in the last Green Flag exercise

Long shot, right side view, F-16C Fighting Falcon, "SP" tail letters (...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: GREEN FLAG Base: Nellis Air Force Base State: Nevada (NV) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: A1C... More

Medium long shot, left side view, F-16C Fighting Falcon on take off, nose wheel off runway, aircraft is armed with wing tip mounted AIM-120 AMRAAM and has "SP" tail letters (52nd Fighter Wing, Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany), second aircraft and mountain side in background. A 52nd Fighter Wing aircraft flies with the 23rd Fighter Squadron at the last Green Flag exercise, Nellis AFB, Nevada

Medium long shot, left side view, F-16C Fighting Falcon on take off, n...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: GREEN FLAG Base: Nellis Air Force Base State: Nevada (NV) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: A1C... More

Photograph of Ceremonies at the Presentation of a National Archives Certificate of Appreciation to Charles Kohen of Washington for His Donation of Two Letters from John Rush, Winner of the Congressional Medal of Honor

Photograph of Ceremonies at the Presentation of a National Archives Ce...

Original caption: Mr. Kohen speaks to invited guests. Partially hidden are Commissioner Duncan and Mr. Boutin. Mr. Knott is at the right. Historic Photograph File of National Archives Events and Personnel

US Navy (USN) Boatswain's Mate 3rd Class (BM3) Caroline Martinez, assigned to the USN submarine tender USS EMORY S. LAND (AS 39), paints letters for a new sign to be displayed at the Jean Felix Tchicaya Primary School during a Community Relations (COMREL) project, at Pointe Noire, Congo (COG)

US Navy (USN) Boatswain's Mate 3rd Class (BM3) Caroline Martinez, assi...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Pointe Noir Country: Congo (COG) Scene Camera Operator: PH2 Jonathan Kulp, Usn Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digit... More

Lance Cpl. Basem Bakhtan, postal clerk, Headquarters

Lance Cpl. Basem Bakhtan, postal clerk, Headquarters

Lance Cpl. Basem Bakhtan, postal clerk, Headquarters Battalion, sorts through incoming mail at the Combat Center Post Office Dec. 11. During the holiday season, postal Marines work twice as hard to make sure se... More

American Red Cross - N thru W - Mrs. Floyd Van Kuren, Philadelphia, Pa., American Red Cross representative in recreation hut at Base Hospital No. 6, near Bordeaux, is showing a wounded American soldier a telegram just received telling him that all is right at home. One of his friends here, in bed for several months suffering from serious wounds, has bad no news from home for months. Mrs. Van Kuren cabled hoome for him and telegraphed to Tours, secured his mail and cheered him up with a batch of 19 letters. It will help his recovery materially

American Red Cross - N thru W - Mrs. Floyd Van Kuren, Philadelphia, Pa...

Photographer: American Red Cross American Red Cross - N thru W Public domain photograph related to development of telegraph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Photograph of Ceremonies at the Presentation of a National Archives Certificate of Appreciation to Charles Kohen of Washington for His Donation of Two Letters from John Rush, Winner of the Congressional Medal of Honor

Photograph of Ceremonies at the Presentation of a National Archives Ce...

Original caption: Commissioner Duncan speaks to invited guests. Seated at the speakers table are Mr. Kohen, Mr. Boutin, and Mr. Knott. Copies of supporting documents and photographs and the two Rush letters mat... More

Photograph of Ceremonies at the Presentation of a National Archives Certificate of Appreciation to Charles Kohen of Washington for His Donation of Two Letters from John Rush, Winner of the Congressional Medal of Honor

Photograph of Ceremonies at the Presentation of a National Archives Ce...

Original caption: Mr. Kohen shows a photograph of the U. S. steam sloop Richmond, on which Rush served, to (l to r) Hon. Louis A. Johnson, General Lewis B. Hershey, Luther Skaggs, and John S. Mayfield. Historic... More

Long shot, right side view, F-16C Fighting Falcon, "SP" tail letters (52nd Fighter Wing, Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany) wing tip mounted AIM-120 AMRAAM, on taxi strip, control tower in background. The Fighting Hawks of the 23rd Fighter Squadron arrive at Nellis Air Force Base to participate in the last Green Flag exercise

Long shot, right side view, F-16C Fighting Falcon, "SP" tail letters (...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: GREEN FLAG Base: Nellis Air Force Base State: Nevada (NV) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: A1C... More

[Hurricane Katrina] Lake Charles, LA, December 6, 2005 - Artwork and letters from local students adorn the walls at the newly opened Calcasieu Parish Long-Term Community Recovery Center in Lake Charles, Louisiana.  The Louisiana Recovery Authority and FEMA have coordinated this long term recovery storefront operation to offer a place for citizens, businesses and organizations to gather, meet and obtain information on what opportunities exist to recover and rebuild the parish with focus on infrastructure, environment, housing and local economy.  Robert Kaufmann/FEMA

[Hurricane Katrina] Lake Charles, LA, December 6, 2005 - Artwork and l...

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

Postal detachment soldiers, boosting morale, one box at a time

Postal detachment soldiers, boosting morale, one box at a time

Pfc. Ryan Portela, a mail operations specialist assigned to the 350th Financial Management Company, Special Troops Battalion, Task Force Resolute, hands a package to Jovante Lynn, a civilian mail handler assign... More

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Dalvin Stewart, a postal

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Dalvin Stewart, a postal

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Dalvin Stewart, a postal clerk with Headquarters and Support Battalion Post Office shares his unique experience working with Marines and locals and how it impacts him and the commun... More

Harrison, a first grader at West Grove Elementary,

Harrison, a first grader at West Grove Elementary,

Harrison, a first grader at West Grove Elementary, located in Indianapolis, is one of many in his class to take the time to thank the Soldiers of the 1538th Transportation Company with notes and drawings. The 1... More

190308-A-A4507-002 - A group of people posing for a picture

190308-A-A4507-002 - A group of people posing for a picture

Trainees from the 3rd Battalion, 13th Infantry Regiment, left, pose with letters of encouragement written to them by volunteers of the #NoTraineeLeftBehind Facebook group. Members send letters, like those pictu... More

Spc. Jason Richmond holds a few of the letters sent

Spc. Jason Richmond holds a few of the letters sent

Spc. Jason Richmond holds a few of the letters sent to the 1538th Transportation Company, 419th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion, 10th Sustainment Brigade to tell them "thank you". Spc. Richmond, a native o... More

Lance Cpl. Xavier Kuhn, official mail clerk, and a

Lance Cpl. Xavier Kuhn, official mail clerk, and a

Lance Cpl. Xavier Kuhn, official mail clerk, and a native of South Chicago Heights, Ill., inspects a package from a palette that arrived at the post office aboard Camp Leatherneck, Afghanistan, June 20, 2014. T... More

Gunnery Sgt. Jaren Wright, Staff Non-Commissioned Officer

Gunnery Sgt. Jaren Wright, Staff Non-Commissioned Officer

Gunnery Sgt. Jaren Wright, Staff Non-Commissioned Officer in Charge, Marksmanship Training Unit, surprised his daughter during a question-and-answer event at Friendly Hills Elementary School in Joshua Tree, Cal... More

Sgt. Charles Bump, range safety officer, Marksmanship

Sgt. Charles Bump, range safety officer, Marksmanship

Sgt. Charles Bump, range safety officer, Marksmanship Training Unit, answers students’ ques-tions during a question-and-answer event at Friendly Hills Elementary School in Joshua Tree, Calif., Dec. 7, 2017. Thi... More

Lance Cpl. Kolby Blair, postal clerk, Headquarters

Lance Cpl. Kolby Blair, postal clerk, Headquarters

Lance Cpl. Kolby Blair, postal clerk, Headquarters Battalion, sorts through incoming mail at the Combat Center Post Office Dec. 11. During the holiday season, postal Marines work twice as hard to make sure serv... More

USS Abraham Lincoln arrives in Pearl Harbor

USS Abraham Lincoln arrives in Pearl Harbor

Sailors aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln man the rails as Lincoln arrives in Pearl Harbor. The USS Abraham Lincoln Strike Group is on a scheduled deployment in the U.S. 7th Fleet are... More

100,000th Afghan National Security Force literacy program graduate

100,000th Afghan National Security Force literacy program graduate

Afghan National Army basic warrior training graduate Mohammed Kahlil is awarded a certificate for being the 100,000th graduate of the ANA literacy program at Kabul Military Training Center, July 28. Kahlil, fro... More

Program begins pen-pal campaign, 'adopting' 82nd CAB soldiers serving overseas

Program begins pen-pal campaign, 'adopting' 82nd CAB soldiers serving ...

Six soldiers of the 82nd Combat Aviation Brigade are taking part in a new pen-pal program with the Highland Rivers Community Service Board in Cherry Log, Ga. The program pairs developmentally challenged adults ... More

Pfc. Vernoa Wesley, a Las Vegas native and scout for

Pfc. Vernoa Wesley, a Las Vegas native and scout for

Pfc. Vernoa Wesley, a Las Vegas native and scout for 5th Squadron, 1st Cavalry Regiment, based out of Fort Wainwright, Alaska, smiles as he reads letters he received in a care package provided by the Swimmers S... More

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Matthew Crawford, Combat Logistics

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Matthew Crawford, Combat Logistics

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Matthew Crawford, Combat Logistics Battalion 22, 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), maintenance platoon sergeant and native of Cheyenne, Wyo., reads letters sent to the Marines and U.S... More

Lance Cpl. Xavier Kuhn, official mail clerk, and a

Lance Cpl. Xavier Kuhn, official mail clerk, and a

Lance Cpl. Xavier Kuhn, official mail clerk, and a native of South Chicago Heights, Ill., writes down information from a package for his log of Transit Time Information System for Military Mail aboard Camp Leat... More

Building Numbers, Berth Numbers and Letters, Fire Districts, and Electrical Sub-Stations

Building Numbers, Berth Numbers and Letters, Fire Districts, and Elect...

Photographs of the Construction and Repair of Buildings, Facilities, and Vessels at the New York Navy Yard

American Library Association - Preparing Books for the Blind - Showing how letters are raised so that the blind can easily read. The A.L.A. is now translating many popular novels into the Braille System for use of blind soldiers and others

American Library Association - Preparing Books for the Blind - Showing...

Date Taken: 1919 Photographer: American Library Association American Library Association - Preparing Books for the Blind

Lance Cpl. Xavier Kuhn, official mail clerk, and a

Lance Cpl. Xavier Kuhn, official mail clerk, and a

Lance Cpl. Xavier Kuhn, official mail clerk, and a native of South Chicago Heights, Ill., writes down information from a package while another palette of mail is brought into the loading bay at the post office ... More

Photograph of Ceremonies at the Presentation of a National Archives Certificate of Appreciation to Charles Kohen of Washington for His Donation of Two Letters from John Rush, Winner of the Congressional Medal of Honor

Photograph of Ceremonies at the Presentation of a National Archives Ce...

Original caption: Mr. Kohen, Mr. Skaggs, and Dr. Grover hold the mat of the two Rush letters. Historic Photograph File of National Archives Events and Personnel

U.S. Navy CAPT. Joseph Sensi Jr., Commanding Officer, Wasp Class Amphibious Assault Ship USS KEARSARGE (LHD 3), accepts letters of appreciation from a student of the Juan Bautista Scalabrini School in Cartagena, Colombia on Sep. 2, 2006. The crew of the KEARSARGE donated textbooks and supplies to the school as part of Project Handclasp during PANAMAX 2006.(U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication SPECIALIST SEAMAN Finley Williams) (Released)

U.S. Navy CAPT. Joseph Sensi Jr., Commanding Officer, Wasp Class Amphi...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Cartegena Country: Colombia (COL) Scene Camera Operator: MCSN Finley Williams, USN Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service D... More

Corporal Enrique Gonzalez, official mail noncommissioned

Corporal Enrique Gonzalez, official mail noncommissioned

Corporal Enrique Gonzalez, official mail noncommissioned officer, and a native of Santa Barbara, Calif., helps a Marine fill out postal forms properly aboard Forward Operating Base Sabit Qadam, Helmand province... More

Students raise their hands to ask Marines questions

Students raise their hands to ask Marines questions

Students raise their hands to ask Marines questions during a question-and-answer event at Friendly Hills Elementary School in Joshua Tree, Calif., Dec. 7, 2017. This is the first year the event took place at Fr... More

Photograph of Ceremonies at the Presentation of a National Archives Certificate of Appreciation to Charles Kohen of Washington for His Donation of Two Letters from John Rush, Winner of the Congressional Medal of Honor

Photograph of Ceremonies at the Presentation of a National Archives Ce...

Original caption: The Archivist presents the Certificate to Mr. Kohen. Historic Photograph File of National Archives Events and Personnel

Big time cheer from the USS Boxer

Big time cheer from the USS Boxer

Sailors and Marines aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Boxer spell out "Go Navy, Beat Army!" on the flight deck to cheer on the midshipmen in the upcoming 109th Army-Navy college football game. The teams of... More

Sailors aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Boxer

Sailors aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Boxer

Sailors aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Boxer (LHD 4) and Marines assigned to the 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit (13th MEU) embarked aboard Boxer, spell out Go Navy Beat Army on the flight deck to show s... More

Marines answer questions for a group of students during

Marines answer questions for a group of students during

Marines answer questions for a group of students during a question-and-answer event at Friendly Hills Elementary School in Joshua Tree, Calif., Dec. 7, 2017. This is the first year the event took place at Frien... More

Sgt. Charles Bump, range safety officer, Marksmanship

Sgt. Charles Bump, range safety officer, Marksmanship

Sgt. Charles Bump, range safety officer, Marksmanship Training Unit, answers students’ ques-tions during a question-and-answer event at Friendly Hills Elementary School in Joshua Tree, Calif., Dec. 7, 2017. Thi... More

Photograph of Ceremonies at the Presentation of a National Archives Certificate of Appreciation to Charles Kohen of Washington for His Donation of Two Letters from John Rush, Winner of the Congressional Medal of Honor

Photograph of Ceremonies at the Presentation of a National Archives Ce...

Original caption: After the ceremonies Mr. Kohen, General Lewis B. Hershey, and Mr. Skaggs examine the mat of the two Rush letters. Mr. Skaggs is a Congressional Medal of Honor winner of World War II. Historic ... More

Inspecting Depth of Engraved Letters, Washington, D.C

Inspecting Depth of Engraved Letters, Washington, D.C

Original caption: Left to right Bureau of Engraving and Printing Photoengraver and Graver Plate Finisher, Mr. Charles Bongard inspecting depth of Left to right, Bureau of Engraving and Printing Photoengraver an... More

Corporal Enrique Gonzalez, official mail noncommissioned

Corporal Enrique Gonzalez, official mail noncommissioned

Corporal Enrique Gonzalez, official mail noncommissioned officer, and a native of Santa Barbara, Calif., removes the protective layer of plastic from a palette of packages and letters, which arrived at the post... More

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Dalvin Stewart, a postal

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Dalvin Stewart, a postal

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Dalvin Stewart, a postal clerk with Headquarters and Support Battalion Post Office shares his unique experience working with Marines and locals and how it impacts him and the commun... More

Forward Operating Base Bernstein: A Home Away From Home

Forward Operating Base Bernstein: A Home Away From Home

The welcome sign at Foward Operating Base Bernstein in the Sah ad-Din province in Northern Iraq.

Recruit Kevin Mendeola, Platoon 3226, Company K, 3rd

Recruit Kevin Mendeola, Platoon 3226, Company K, 3rd

Recruit Kevin Mendeola, Platoon 3226, Company K, 3rd Recruit Training Battalion, reads a letter from home during "square away time," March 8, aboard Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego. During the 12 weeks abo... More

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Eddy Zawilla, 22nd Marine

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Eddy Zawilla, 22nd Marine

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Eddy Zawilla, 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) intelligence analyst and native of Chicago, reads letters sent to the Marines and U.S. Navy Sailors aboard the amphibious transport dock... More

Photograph of Ceremonies at the Presentation of a National Archives Certificate of Appreciation to Charles Kohen of Washington for His Donation of Two Letters from John Rush, Winner of the Congressional Medal of Honor

Photograph of Ceremonies at the Presentation of a National Archives Ce...

Original caption: Hon. Louis A. Johnson, Mr. Kohen, Mr. Boutin, and Mr. Skaggs hold mat of the two Rush letters. Historic Photograph File of National Archives Events and Personnel

Photograph of Ceremonies at the Presentation of a National Archives Certificate of Appreciation to Charles Kohen of Washington for His Donation of Two Letters from John Rush, Winner of the Congressional Medal of Honor

Photograph of Ceremonies at the Presentation of a National Archives Ce...

Original caption: Bernard L. Boutin, Administrator of General Services, welcomes invited guests. Seated at the speakers table are: Dr. Wayne C. Grover, Archivist of the United States; Mr. Kohen; Hon. John B. Du... More

Photograph of Ceremonies at the Presentation of a National Archives Certificate of Appreciation to Charles Kohen of Washington for His Donation of Two Letters from John Rush, Winner of the Congressional Medal of Honor

Photograph of Ceremonies at the Presentation of a National Archives Ce...

Original caption: General U. S. Grant III, Mr. Kohen, Mr. Skaggs (World War II Medal of Honor winner), and Dr. Grover examine the matted Rush letters. Historic Photograph File of National Archives Events and Personnel

Sailors aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Boxer

Sailors aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Boxer

Sailors aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Boxer (LHD 4) and Marines assigned to the 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit (13th MEU) embarked aboard Boxer, spell out Go Navy Beat Army on the flight deck to show s... More

In today’s technological world, a phone call home or

In today’s technological world, a phone call home or

In today’s technological world, a phone call home or an e-mail to a loved one can sometimes fill the void of being away during the holidays, but not quite as much as seeing your name on a package or letter. Wor... More

Recruit Nathan Eckerdt, Platoon 3226, Company K, 3rd

Recruit Nathan Eckerdt, Platoon 3226, Company K, 3rd

Recruit Nathan Eckerdt, Platoon 3226, Company K, 3rd Recruit Training Battalion, write a letter to his family and friends, March 8, during his "square away time" aboard Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego. Man... More

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Daniel Munoz, left, Combat

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Daniel Munoz, left, Combat

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Daniel Munoz, left, Combat Logistics Battalion (CLB) 22, 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), field wireman and native of Houston, and Lance Cpl. Eduardo Lumbreras, CLB-22 radio op... More

In today’s technological world, a phone call home or

In today’s technological world, a phone call home or

In today’s technological world, a phone call home or an email to a loved one can sometimes fill the void of being away during the holidays, but not quite as much as seeing your name on a package or piece of mai... More

Lance Cpl. Bhavin Patel, assistant postal operations

Lance Cpl. Bhavin Patel, assistant postal operations

Lance Cpl. Bhavin Patel, assistant postal operations chief, and a native of Schaumburg, Ill., checks the address of a package after it has been X-rayed at the post office aboard Camp Leatherneck, Afghanistan, J... More

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