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Former POW and U.S. Air Force TSGT Arthur Neil Black (Captured 20 Sep 65) waves to the crowd of well wishers upon his arrival on the C-141 Starlifter from Clark Air Base, Philippines. TSGT Black was in the first group of POWs released on 12 Feb 73 by the North Vietnamese government in Hanoi

Former POW and U.S. Air Force TSGT Arthur Neil Black (Captured 20 Sep ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: HOMECOMING Base: Travis Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator:... More

CPT David Earle Baker, U.S. Air Force, (Captured 27 Jun 72) shot down while flying his O-2 Forward Air Control aircraft and held captive by the Viet Cong until his release on February 12, 1973. He was one of twenty eight American POWs who were released during the prisoner exchange between the Viet Cong and the Americans and South Vietnamese

CPT David Earle Baker, U.S. Air Force, (Captured 27 Jun 72) shot down ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: HOMECOMING Base: Loc Ninh Country: South Vietnam Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Herman Kokojan Release Status: Released to Publ... More

Surrounded by Viet Cong medical personnel, injured American POW, CPT David Earle Baker, (Captured 27 June 72) sits in the hospital tent prior to being turned over the American authorities. CPT Baker was one of the 27 American POWs released during the exchange of POWs by the Four Power Joint Military Commission

Surrounded by Viet Cong medical personnel, injured American POW, CPT D...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: HOMECOMING Base: Loc Ninh Country: South Vietnam Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Herman Kokojan Release Status: Released to Publ... More

The location, with tents and helicopters parked, where the exchange of American and South Vietnamese prisoners for Viet Cong (VC) and North Vietnamese (NVA) prisoners took place

The location, with tents and helicopters parked, where the exchange of...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: HOMECOMING Base: Travis Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator:... More

Ex-POW U.S. Army SGG Bobby Louis Johnson (Captured 25 Aug 68), talks with a Viet Cong official after his released by the Viet Cong to the American Military. He is one of the twenty eight American POWs released by Viet Cong on February 12, 1973

Ex-POW U.S. Army SGG Bobby Louis Johnson (Captured 25 Aug 68), talks w...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: HOMECOMING Base: Loc Ninh Country: South Vietnam Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Herman Kokojan Release Status: Released to Publ... More

Two Viet Cong and a North Vietnamese Army officer with still and motion picture cameras that they will use to photograph the exchange of prisoners of war

Two Viet Cong and a North Vietnamese Army officer with still and motio...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: HOMECOMING Base: Loc Ninh Country: South Vietnam Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Herman Kokojan Release Status: Released to Publ... More

U.S. Navy CPT Jerimiah Andrew Denton, (Captured 18 Jul 65) the first of the released Prisoners of War, walks down the C-141 ramp and is greeted by MGEN John Gonge, 22nd Air Force Commander and MGEN Daniel "Chappie" James. CPT Denton was released in Hanoi by the North Vietnamese on February 12, 1973 and then flown to Clark Air Base, Philippines for a medical check-up and then to Travis

U.S. Navy CPT Jerimiah Andrew Denton, (Captured 18 Jul 65) the first o...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: HOMECOMING Base: Travis Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator:... More

At Gia Lan Airport, surrounded by North Vietnamese and American officials, the press and public, an unidentified, just released ex-POW walks with his escort to the waiting C-141 transport for the trip to Clark Air Base

At Gia Lan Airport, surrounded by North Vietnamese and American offici...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: HOMECOMING Base: Hanoi Country: Democratic Republic Of Vietnam Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Eddie P. Boaz Release Status: Rel... More

Ex-POW, U.S. Navy CPT Ernest Milvin Moore Jr., (Captured 11 Mar 67) gets a kiss and a gift from young Robert Ballentine, son of SSGT Michael G. Ballentine assigned to the 6922nd Security Squadron. Robert was one of the many well wishers who came to say goodbye to CPT Moore prior to his departure for the United States. CPT Moore was released in Hanoi by North Vietnam on 4 Mar 73

Ex-POW, U.S. Navy CPT Ernest Milvin Moore Jr., (Captured 11 Mar 67) ge...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: HOMECOMING Base: Clark Air Base State: Luzon Country: Philippines (PHL) Scene Camera Operator: CPT Frank J. Adinolfi Releas... More

Ex-POW and U.S. Air Force MAJ John Charles Blevins (Captured 8 Aug 66) shakes hands with a group of well wishers who came to say goodbye as he leaves for United States. MAJ Blevins was released in Hanoi by North Vietnam on 4 Mar 73

Ex-POW and U.S. Air Force MAJ John Charles Blevins (Captured 8 Aug 66)...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: HOMECOMING Base: Clark Air Base State: Luzon Country: Philippines (PHL) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Deal Toney Release Stat... More

Ex-POW and U.S. Air Force MAJ William J. Baugh (Captured 21 Jan 67) holds a welcome sign with his name on it in front of the crowd of well wishers who came to see him leave for the United States. MAJ Baugh was released in Hanoi by North Vietnam on 4 Mar 73

Ex-POW and U.S. Air Force MAJ William J. Baugh (Captured 21 Jan 67) ho...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: HOMECOMING Base: Clark Air Base State: Luzon Country: Philippines (PHL) Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Rele... More

President Gerald R. Ford Smoking a Pipe during a National Security Council Meeting to Discuss the Situation in South Vietnam

President Gerald R. Ford Smoking a Pipe during a National Security Cou...

Gerald R. Ford White House Photographs Public domain photograph of US government, White House, Office of President of the United States of America, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General George Brown at a National Security Council Meeting to Discuss the Situation in South Vietnam

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General George Brown at a Nation...

Gerald R. Ford White House Photographs Public domain photograph - United States military, propaganda free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

President Gerald R. Ford Speaking with Henry Kissinger and Vice President Nelson Rockefeller in the Oval Office Prior to a National Security Council Meeting to Discuss the Situation in South Vietnam

President Gerald R. Ford Speaking with Henry Kissinger and Vice Presid...

Gerald R. Ford White House Photographs Public domain photograph of politician, meeting, government and politics, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

AST-21-1730 - Apollo Soyuz Test Project - Apollo Soyuz Test Project, North and South Vietnam , Loas, China, Gulf of Tonkin, Hainan Island, Hue

AST-21-1730 - Apollo Soyuz Test Project - Apollo Soyuz Test Project, N...

The original database describes this as: Description: Apollo Soyuz Test Project (ASTP), North and South Vietnam,Loas,China,Gulf of Tonkin,Hainan Island, Hue. Image taken on Revolution 112. Greenwich Mean Time ... More

Marines prepare building materials at a temporary housing facilitiy for Vietnamese refugees

Marines prepare building materials at a temporary housing facilitiy fo...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Camp Pendleton State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released to Public ... More

Commandant of the Marine Corps General Robert E. Cushman Jr. speaks after touring temporary housing facilities erected for Vietnamese refugees

Commandant of the Marine Corps General Robert E. Cushman Jr. speaks af...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Camp Pendleton State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released to Public ... More

A combined services Color Guard stands at attention as pallbearers carry the flag draped casket of a former Missing In Action (MIA) person from a C-141 Starlifter aircraft to a waiting bus during a ceremony on the flight line. Fifteen former American MIAs from Southeast Asia are arriving at the base for positive identification by the Army Central Identification Laboratory

A combined services Color Guard stands at attention as pallbearers car...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Hickam Air Force Base State: Hawaii (HI) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Walter Perkins, Jr. Release Status:... More

A crewman from the combat stores ship USS SAN JOSE (AFS-7) helps Vietnamese refugees climb from their fishing boat up a Jacobs ladder to the deck of the ship. Fifty-five refugees were rescued

A crewman from the combat stores ship USS SAN JOSE (AFS-7) helps Vietn...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: South China Sea Scene Camera Operator: PH1 Bob Weissleder Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

PETTY Officer 1ST Class (PO1) Tupuola stands with some of the 55 Vietnamese refugees rescued from a fishing boat and brought aboard the combat stores ship USS SAN JOSE (AFS 7)

PETTY Officer 1ST Class (PO1) Tupuola stands with some of the 55 Vietn...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: USS San Jose (AFS 7) Country: South China Sea Scene Camera Operator: PH1 Bob Weissleder Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Serv... More

CHIEF MASTER-at-Arms James Brown, front row, right, poses for a picture with some of the 55 Vietnamese refugees rescued from a fishing boat and brought aboard the combat stores ship USS SAN JOSE (AFS 7). Boatswain's Mate 2nd Class (BM2) John Morton, a member of the SAN JOSE crew, is standing directly behind Brown

CHIEF MASTER-at-Arms James Brown, front row, right, poses for a pictur...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: USS San Jose (AFS 7) Country: South China Sea Scene Camera Operator: PH1 Bob Weissleder Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Serv... More

Artwork: Prisoners of War Art - Vietnam, "Hanoi Hilton" camp of detention for U.S. prisoners captured in Vietnam - untitled (peacock and flowers) Artist: LT David Jay Carey

Artwork: Prisoners of War Art - Vietnam, "Hanoi Hilton" camp of detent...

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

Artwork: Prisoners of War Art - Vietnam, camp of detention for U.S. pilots captured in Vietnam - untitled (ducks and lilies on water) Artist: LT David Jay Carey

Artwork: Prisoners of War Art - Vietnam, camp of detention for U.S. pi...

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

Artwork: "AN entry in the Southeast Asia Sketchbook" Artist: Kenneth Webster

Artwork: "AN entry in the Southeast Asia Sketchbook" Artist: Kenneth W...

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

Portraits of US servicemen who died in Southeast Asia, placed at the base of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial on the day before its official dedication

Portraits of US servicemen who died in Southeast Asia, placed at the b...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Washington State: District Of Columbia (DC) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Mickey Sanborn Release Status: Releas... More

A combined forces color guard stands at attention as military pallbearers carry the flag-draped casket of an American serviceman from a transport aircraft. The serviceman was listed as missing-in-action in Southeast Asia

A combined forces color guard stands at attention as military pallbear...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Hickam Air Force Base State: Hawaii (HI) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT. Bert Mau Release Status: Released ... More

A combined forces Color Guard stands at attention as military pallbearers carry the flag-draped casket of an American serviceman from a transport aircraft. The serviceman was listed as missing-in-action in Southeast Asia

A combined forces Color Guard stands at attention as military pallbear...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Hickam Air Force Base State: Hawaii (HI) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Bert Mau Release Status: Released t... More

Members of the U.S. Navy Ceremonial Guard stand at attention as Boatswain's Mate 3rd Class Daniel Good holds the folded flag during funeral services at Arlington National Cemetery for LCDR James T. Ruffin. Ruffin was listed as missing-in-action after failing to return from flying a mission off the coast of North Vietnam on Feb. 18, 1966

Members of the U.S. Navy Ceremonial Guard stand at attention as Boatsw...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Arlington State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: PH3 Duane Heaton Release Status: Released to Publi... More

A member of the 3rd U.S. Infantry (The Old Guard) salutes the flag-draped coffin of LCDR James T. Ruffin, as the Navy Ceremonial Guard lifts its onto a horse-drawn caisson during funeral services at Arlington National Cemetery. LCDR Ruffin was listed as missing-in-action after failing to return from flying a mission off the coast of North Vietnam on Feb. 18, 1966

A member of the 3rd U.S. Infantry (The Old Guard) salutes the flag-dra...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Arlington State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: PH3 Duane Heaton Release Status: Released to Publi... More

The U.S. Navy Ceremonial Guard marches toward the burial site at Arlington National Cemetery during the funeral ceremony for LT. CMDR. James T. Ruffin. Ruffin was listed as missing-in-action after failing to return from flying a mission off the coast of North Vietnam on Feb. 18, 1966

The U.S. Navy Ceremonial Guard marches toward the burial site at Arlin...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Arlington National Cemetery State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: PH3 Duane Heaton Release Status:... More

A wreath laying ceremony involving all the branches of the military takes place in honor of the Unknown Soldier of the Vietnam War. The flag draped casket will be transported aboard the frigate USS BREWTON (FF 1086) to Alameda, California. Its final destination will be the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetery, Virginia

A wreath laying ceremony involving all the branches of the military ta...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Pearl Harbor State: Hawaii (HI) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Al Chang Release Status: Released to Public Combi... More

A joint service honor guard carries a casket containing the remains of an unidentified serviceman who was killed in Vietnam from a C-141B Starlifter aircraft during an arrival ceremony at the base

A joint service honor guard carries a casket containing the remains of...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Hickam Air Force Base State: Hawaii (HI) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Ssgt Laurie M. Wilson Release Status: Re... More

An honor guard with M14 rifles stands at parade rest during the funeral of Lieutenant Junior Grade (LTJG) Richard C. Sather at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific. He was one of the first American pilots to die in North Vietnam in 1964. His remains were among 26 bodies of servicemen returned to the United States in August 1985 for burial

An honor guard with M14 rifles stands at parade rest during the funera...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Honolulu State: Hawaii (HI) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: JOCS Garrison Release Status: Released to Public Comb... More

A statue commemorating Lieutenant Colonel (LTC) William G. Leftwich stands in front of the Basic School headquarters at the Marine Corps Development and Education Command.  The Marine was killed in action in South Vietnam on November 18, 1970

A statue commemorating Lieutenant Colonel (LTC) William G. Leftwich st...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Quantico State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT John Yoder Release Status: Released to Public ... More

Military personnel salute and spectators watch as the remains of 27 service members missing in action are carried from a C-141B Starlifter aircraft after being returned in the largest turnover of MIAs since meetings began with North Vietnam in 1981

Military personnel salute and spectators watch as the remains of 27 se...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Hickman Air Force Base State: Hawaii (HI) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: CMSGT Don Sutherland, USAF Release Stat... More

Mark Stephensen, Idaho state coordinator for the League of POW/MIA Families, takes a rubbing of his father's name from the Vietnam Veterans Memorial. Then-Major Mark Lane Stephensen's RF-4C Phantom II aircraft crashed into a hillside while evading SAM missiles over North Vietnam in 1967; his remains were repatriated 21 years later

Mark Stephensen, Idaho state coordinator for the League of POW/MIA Fam...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Washington State: District Of Columbia (DC) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: CMSGT Don Sutherland Release Status: ... More

Vietnamese refugees, some sporting ships caps, pose for a photograph aboard the Petroleum Tanker OVERSEAS VIVIAN (T-AOT 2006).  A total of 109 refugees were transported to Naval Base, Subic Bay after the commercial tanker, which is operating under a charter with the Navy's Military Sealift Command, rescued them from their disabled boat in the South China Sea on April 20th

Vietnamese refugees, some sporting ships caps, pose for a photograph a...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Philippines (PHL) Scene Camera Operator: PH1 Michael D. Flynn, USN Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photogr... More

Vietnamese officials meet with members of a Joint Casualty Recovery Center anthropological team who have arrived to conduct a dig. Team members will be searching for the remains of an American pilot whose A-7 Corsair II aircraft crashed on Dong Nua Mountain, Quang Binh Province.

Vietnamese officials meet with members of a Joint Casualty Recovery Ce...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Viet Nam(VNM) Scene Camera Operator: MSGT. Jose Lopez Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

Vietnam Veteran, John Hosier Jr. receives an autographed hat from Bob Hope during the National Parade Commemorating the end of World War II, held in Hawaii on V-J Day. From AIRMAN Magazine December 1995 article "Freeing the Soul"

Vietnam Veteran, John Hosier Jr. receives an autographed hat from Bob ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Waikiki State: Hawaii (HI) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Lono Kollars, Usafr Release Status: Released to P... More

In 1973 it was the first aircraft to carry POW's out of Hanoi. This C-141 Hercules aircraft still flies today, supporting operations in Kosovo and around the world. To many former POW's, tail No. 660177 represents a sort of homecoming. This image was used in the October 1999 issue of AIRMAN Magazine article "A Sort Of Homecoming"

In 1973 it was the first aircraft to carry POW's out of Hanoi. This C-...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Randolph Air Force Base State: Texas (TX) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Steve Thurow, USAF Release Status:... More

US Air Force members of the 517th Airlift Squadron, Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska, load water purification equipment onto a C-130 Hercules cargo plane for delivery to Tan Son Nhat, Viet Nam

US Air Force members of the 517th Airlift Squadron, Elmendorf Air Forc...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Legaspi Country: Philippines (PHL) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Tina Williams, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service D... More

Representative Sam Johnson (R-TX) (right), a Veteran of the Korean War and a former POW from the Vietnam War, addresses the audience during National POW/MIA recognition day outside the Pentagon, Washington, D.C., on Sept. 20, 2002.  OSD Package No. A07D-00641 (DOD PHOTO by Robert D. Ward) (Released)

Representative Sam Johnson (R-TX) (right), a Veteran of the Korean War...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Pentagon State: District Of Columbia (DC) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Robert D. Ward, CIV. Release Status: Re... More

A Maintenance Technician from the 193rd Special Operations Wing (SOW), Pennsylvania Air National Guard (PAANG), Middletown, Pennsylvania (PA), completes work on a US Air Force (USAF) EC-130J Commando Solo aircraft prop engine. The Commando Solo has a one of a kind broadcasting mission in the entire US Air Force. The 193rd SOW recently received its first J Model EC-130 replacing the E Model, an aircraft that flew in Vietnam War

A Maintenance Technician from the 193rd Special Operations Wing (SOW),...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Middletown State: Pennsylvania (PA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SRA Matt Schwartz, USAF Release Status: Relea... More

Memorial Folder of US Navy (USN) Vice Admiral (VADM) James B. Stockdale, former Naval Aviator, Vietnam prisoner of war (POW), test pilot, academic and Medal of Honor recipient, who died July 5, at the age of 81. He was a member of the US Naval Academy Class of 1947

Memorial Folder of US Navy (USN) Vice Admiral (VADM) James B. Stockdal...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: US Naval Academy, Annapolis State: Maryland (MD) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: Stockdale Scene Camera Opera... More

The Honorable Donald H. Rumsfeld, U.S. Secretary of Defense, lights incense sticks during a tour of the Temple of Literature, Vietnam's oldest University, in Hanoi, Vietnam, on Jun. 5, 2006. (DoD photo by PETTY Officer 1ST Class Chad J. McNeeley) (Released)

The Honorable Donald H. Rumsfeld, U.S. Secretary of Defense, lights in...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Hanoi Country: Viet Nam (VNM) Scene Camera Operator: PO1 Chad J. Mcneeley, USN Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digit... More

US Navy (USN) ENSIGN (ENS) James Zumwalt (left), assigned to the USN Safeguard Class Salvage Ship USS SALVOR (ARS 52), uses a crayon to make a drawing for children during a community relations project at Thien Binh Orphanage, Tam Phuoc Village, Vietnam (VNM). During their visit at the orphanage the SALVOR Sailors painted a multi-purpose room and the group also installed mosquito nets and cabinet shelves around the dining area. Visits to Vietnam by USN ships symbolize the continuation of relations between the two nations

US Navy (USN) ENSIGN (ENS) James Zumwalt (left), assigned to the USN S...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Tam Phuoc Village Country: Viet Nam (VNM) Scene Camera Operator: MC2 John L. Beeman, USN Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Ser... More

An MC-130E Combat Talon I flies over the flightline

An MC-130E Combat Talon I flies over the flightline

An MC-130E Combat Talon I flies over the flightline during an aircraft retirement ceremony at Cannon Air Force Base, N.M., June 22, 2012. This particular Talon I was the lead aircraft that performed a Prisoner ... More

160816-N-WI365-017 (August 16, 2016) USAG KWAJALEIN

160816-N-WI365-017 (August 16, 2016) USAG KWAJALEIN

160816-N-WI365-017 (August 16, 2016) USAG KWAJALEIN ATOLL – Spc. Theodore Archacki, a diver assigned to 7th Engineer Dive in Oahu, Hawaii, inspects dive tank tubes prior to inspecting a seaplane wreck site with... More

Former Marine, Phil Downer speaks to the Marines and

Former Marine, Phil Downer speaks to the Marines and

Former Marine, Phil Downer speaks to the Marines and Sailors of 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing on hardships and resiliency during an operational pause on Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, N.C., July 3, 2018. Ove... More

181022-N-HP188-0077
WASHINGTON, D.C. (October 22, 2018)

181022-N-HP188-0077 WASHINGTON, D.C. (October 22, 2018)

181022-N-HP188-0077 WASHINGTON, D.C. (October 22, 2018) Rear Adm. James Goldrick, Royal Australian Navy (Ret.), first place winner in the Professional Historian category, accepts his award from the Chief of Nav... More

Elijah Palmer, Deputy Director of Education at the

Elijah Palmer, Deputy Director of Education at the

Elijah Palmer, Deputy Director of Education at the Hampton Roads Naval Museum, leads a tour of the new exhibit spaces under construction at the naval museum for museum volunteers. The museum’s new exhibit “The ... More

Members of the Tidewater Officers Spouses Association

Members of the Tidewater Officers Spouses Association

Members of the Tidewater Officers Spouses Association (TOSA) visited the Hampton Roads Naval Museum on the opening day of their new exhibit. The immersive new exhibit, “The Ten Thousand-Day War at Sea: the US N... More

Katie Rubin, a scientific recovery expert, attached

Katie Rubin, a scientific recovery expert, attached

Katie Rubin, a scientific recovery expert, attached to Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) sets up excavation equipment during a recovery mission in Quang Binh Province, Vietnam, Oct. 25, 2019. DPAA person... More

Frederick Ryan (front) treasures the memories of his

Frederick Ryan (front) treasures the memories of his

Frederick Ryan (front) treasures the memories of his 5th Special Forces group “brothers,” many of whom never made it home from Vietnam.

160816-N-WI365-037 (August 16, 2016) USAG KWAJALEIN

160816-N-WI365-037 (August 16, 2016) USAG KWAJALEIN

160816-N-WI365-037 (August 16, 2016) USAG KWAJALEIN ATOLL – U.S. Army Sergeant 1st Class Jeramy Bays, a master diver assigned to Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA), provides a pre-dive safety brief prior ... More

Staff Sgt. Humberto Santiago, who is assigned to the

Staff Sgt. Humberto Santiago, who is assigned to the

Staff Sgt. Humberto Santiago, who is assigned to the 7th Engineer Dive Detachment, uses stopwatches to keep track of how long a pair of divers have been underwater during a recovery mission near Nha Trang, Viet... More

Retired New York Army National Guard Maj. Patrick Chaisson,

Retired New York Army National Guard Maj. Patrick Chaisson,

Retired New York Army National Guard Maj. Patrick Chaisson, now an author and historian, gives a presentation on the combat service of the New York Air National Guard in the Vietnam War at the New York State Mi... More

Jim Leuci, MCPO, USN (Ret.), a volunteer at the Hampton

Jim Leuci, MCPO, USN (Ret.), a volunteer at the Hampton

Jim Leuci, MCPO, USN (Ret.), a volunteer at the Hampton Roads Naval Museum, shows sailors some of the artifacts stored at the museum’s special collections and archives facility aboard Naval Station Norfolk. The... More

James Schueler was barely out of high school when he

James Schueler was barely out of high school when he

James Schueler was barely out of high school when he was drafted to go to Vietnam. During his tour, he worked as a welder, helping to build National Highway 1, and to repair and upgrade vehicles and equipment d... More

Former Human Engineering Laboratory Director Dr. John

Former Human Engineering Laboratory Director Dr. John

Former Human Engineering Laboratory Director Dr. John Weisz (left) awards the Meritorious Service Medal to Maj. Dave Yensan upon his retirement from the Army at the former Human Engineering Laboratory at Aberde... More

KANDAHAR AIRFIELD, Afghanistan (Sept. 15, 2018) ---

KANDAHAR AIRFIELD, Afghanistan (Sept. 15, 2018) ---

KANDAHAR AIRFIELD, Afghanistan (Sept. 15, 2018) --- U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Erica Robedo, a wheeled vehicle mechanic assigned to Company G, 1st Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team, ... More

181012-N-HP188-0112
WASHINGTON (October 12, 2018) The

181012-N-HP188-0112 WASHINGTON (October 12, 2018) The

181012-N-HP188-0112 WASHINGTON (October 12, 2018) The Navy's birthday cake on display during a visit of Honor Flight Bay Area (California) to the National Museum of the U.S. Navy. Naval History and Heritage Com... More

During his visit to the Air Force Memorial May 27.

During his visit to the Air Force Memorial May 27.

During his visit to the Air Force Memorial May 27. Retired 2nd Lt. Richard Kappel, Army Air Corps describes his first mission during World War II when he was shot down and became a prisoner of war for 13 months... More

Members of the U.S. Army Band, “Pershing’s Own,” and

Members of the U.S. Army Band, “Pershing’s Own,” and

Members of the U.S. Army Band, “Pershing’s Own,” and the 3d U.S. Infantry Regiment (The Old Guard) march down Bradley Drive during a graveside service in Arlington National Cemetery, June 17, 2015, in Arlington... More

Some of the artifacts on display at the Hampton Roads

Some of the artifacts on display at the Hampton Roads

Some of the artifacts on display at the Hampton Roads Naval Museum’s Annex building and Special Collections facility aboard Naval Station Norfolk. Artifacts include original uniforms, uniform insignias, and lar... More

160816-N-WI365-143 (August 16, 2016) USAG KWAJALEIN

160816-N-WI365-143 (August 16, 2016) USAG KWAJALEIN

160816-N-WI365-143 (August 16, 2016) USAG KWAJALEIN ATOLL – U.S. Army Sergeant 1st Class Jeramy Bays, a master diver assigned to Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, awaits the ascension of divers inspecting a se... More

U.S. Army Spc. Bryon Goodman, diver, 7th Engineer Dive

U.S. Army Spc. Bryon Goodman, diver, 7th Engineer Dive

U.S. Army Spc. Bryon Goodman, diver, 7th Engineer Dive Detachment, stationed out of Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, prepares to dive during a Defense POW/MIA Accoutning Agency (DPAA) mission to search ... More

Lt. Col. John Young’s grandson, Alexander, takes the

Lt. Col. John Young’s grandson, Alexander, takes the

Lt. Col. John Young’s grandson, Alexander, takes the pilot's seat of a CV-22 Osprey during a Veterans Tour at the 138th Fighter Wing, on Nov. 19, 2015. World War II, Korean and Vietnam veterans toured a static ... More

The traveling Vietnam Wall Memorial is on display during

The traveling Vietnam Wall Memorial is on display during

The traveling Vietnam Wall Memorial is on display during the annual Texas Military Department Open House and American Heroes Air Show at Camp Mabry in Austin, Texas, April 16-17, 2016. The annual community even... More

Robert Etchberger, brother of Chief Master Sgt. Richard

Robert Etchberger, brother of Chief Master Sgt. Richard

Robert Etchberger, brother of Chief Master Sgt. Richard L. Etchberger, stands in front a monument in honor of his brother and eleven others at the 50th Anniversary memorial service of Lima Site 85, on Gunter An... More

U.S. Air Force Col. (Ret.) Danny Davis reads from a

U.S. Air Force Col. (Ret.) Danny Davis reads from a

U.S. Air Force Col. (Ret.) Danny Davis reads from a scripture during the funeral for Navy Reserve Cmdr. James B. Mills, killed during the Vietnam War, June 24, 2019 at the Fort Myer Memorial Chapel, on Fort Mye... More

Submitted Photo by Clay Farrington. Chief Petty Officer

Submitted Photo by Clay Farrington. Chief Petty Officer

Submitted Photo by Clay Farrington. Chief Petty Officer Selects from the Nay Talent Acquisition Group-Pittsburgh compete in the cadence and guidon competition during the 19th Annual CPO Heritage Days. The event... More

The UH-34D helicopter lands in the parking lot in front

The UH-34D helicopter lands in the parking lot in front

The UH-34D helicopter lands in the parking lot in front of the National Museum of the Marine Corps on Nov. 8, 2013. The helicopter was donated to the Museum by the Marine Helicopter Squadron 361 Veterans Associ... More

160816-N-WI365-246 (August 16, 2016) USAG KWAJALEIN

160816-N-WI365-246 (August 16, 2016) USAG KWAJALEIN

160816-N-WI365-246 (August 16, 2016) USAG KWAJALEIN ATOLL – U.S. Army Sergeant 1st Class Jeramy Bays, a master diver assigned to Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, returns from inspecting a seaplane wreck site ... More

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt.Toan Pham, linguist, attached

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt.Toan Pham, linguist, attached

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt.Toan Pham, linguist, attached to Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) digs during a recovery mission in Quang Binh Province, Vietnam, Nov. 25, 2019. For two months DPAA personnel and ... More

World War II veteran Frederick Clinton holds photos

World War II veteran Frederick Clinton holds photos

World War II veteran Frederick Clinton holds photos of himself of when he was in the Army, at the World War II Memorial, Washington, D.C., Dec. 7, 2018. In the photo on the left, Clinton is pictured on the righ... More

Ms. Claire Long, right, a State Regent from the Kentucky

Ms. Claire Long, right, a State Regent from the Kentucky

Ms. Claire Long, right, a State Regent from the Kentucky Society Daughters of the American Revolution presents a certificate to Spc. 4 Jack Little a U.S. Army veteran from the 3rd Battalion, 187th Infantry Regi... More

U.S. Marine Corps Master Sgt. Michael Whitener, right,

U.S. Marine Corps Master Sgt. Michael Whitener, right,

U.S. Marine Corps Master Sgt. Michael Whitener, right, an explosive ordnance disposal technician deployed by the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA), takes a flag to mark a metal hit from U.S. Army Capt. E... More

Submitted Photo by Matthew Bodenner. Chief Petty Officer

Submitted Photo by Matthew Bodenner. Chief Petty Officer

Submitted Photo by Matthew Bodenner. Chief Petty Officer Selects from the Naval Special Warfare Development Group (DEVGRU) compete in the cadence and guidon competition during the 19th Annual CPO Heritage Days.... More

At the intersection of Lejeune Boulevard and Montford

At the intersection of Lejeune Boulevard and Montford

At the intersection of Lejeune Boulevard and Montford Landing Road in Jacksonville, is a place where the people in Jacksonville and Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune come together to remember and reflect on events... More

Submitted Photo by Matthew Bodenner. Chief Petty Officer

Submitted Photo by Matthew Bodenner. Chief Petty Officer

Submitted Photo by Matthew Bodenner. Chief Petty Officer Selects from area commands present their guidon for judging during the 19th Annual CPO Heritage Days Event. Judging the event this year was Laura Orr (le... More

Submitted Photo by Clay Farrington. Staff members from

Submitted Photo by Clay Farrington. Staff members from

Submitted Photo by Clay Farrington. Staff members from the Curator of Navy Ship Models, within the Office of the Curator of Models at the Naval Surface Warfare Center’s Carderock Division in Bethesda, Maryland ... More

Members of a Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA)

Members of a Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA)

Members of a Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) recovery team and local Cambodian workers share a meal after screening and sifting through dirt during a recovery mission in Ratanakiri Province, Cambodia, ... More

More than 100 people gathered on historic Ford Island, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii (HI), for a groundbreaking ceremony for the US Navy (USN) Pacific Aviation Museum. The 75 million-dollar museum will encompass 16 acres and will tell the story of aviation during World War Two (WWII), Korean War, Vietnam War, Cold War and modern air power in general throughout the Pacific

More than 100 people gathered on historic Ford Island, Pearl Harbor, H...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Pearl Harbor State: Hawaii (HI) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: PH2 Dennis C. Cantrell, Usn Release Status: Relea... More

Viet Poster #2, Cold War American Propaganda poster

Viet Poster #2, Cold War American Propaganda poster

Propaganda Posters Distributed in Asia Public domain photograph - United States military, propaganda free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Containers of supplies are airdropped from an Air Force C-130 Hercules aircraft near the Demilitarized Zone during the largest container delivery system paradrop in aviation history

Containers of supplies are airdropped from an Air Force C-130 Hercules...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Saigon Country: Viet Nam (VNM) Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

SGT. Robert D. Gray guides a 31st Tactical Fighter Wing F-100 Super Sabre aircraft into its fortified parking place, following a close air support mission over South Vietnam. Wing pilots flew 23,069 sorties since deploying to Vietnam one year ago

SGT. Robert D. Gray guides a 31st Tactical Fighter Wing F-100 Super Sa...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Tuy Hoa Air Base Country: Viet Nam (VNM) Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Phot... More

F-105D Thunderchief aircraft are refueled on their way to North Vietnam targets by a KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft. The Thunderchiefs are being used to check the flow of North Vietnamese supplies and troops into the south. They interdict supply routes and destroy trucks and rolling stock

F-105D Thunderchief aircraft are refueled on their way to North Vietna...

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

Photograph of a Member of the 3rd Platoon Resting inside a M-133 Armored Personnel Carrier

Photograph of a Member of the 3rd Platoon Resting inside a M-133 Armor...

Original caption: On 8 Jan. 1967, "C" Co., 2nd Bn., 5th Mech Inf. Bde., 25th Inf. Div., operated as a blocking force on Operation Cedar Falls in the Filhol Plantation by the Saigon River, ten (10) miles northea... More

Photograph of General William C. Westmoreland Watching Ceremonies

Photograph of General William C. Westmoreland Watching Ceremonies

Original caption: Queens Cobra arrives in Vietnam. Gen. William C. Westmoreland, CG, MACV, watched the ceremonies on the arrival of the Royal Thai Volunteer Ret. In Vietnam. Color Photographs... More

Photograph of Soldiers Unloading from UH-1D Helicopters

Photograph of Soldiers Unloading from UH-1D Helicopters

Original caption: Members of Co D, 2nd Bn, 35th Inf, 3rd Bde, 4th Inf Div, offload from UH-1D helicopters at the LZ during a helicopter combat assault and a one day search and destroy mission in the Quang Ngai ... More

Photograph of Private Fred L. Greenleaf Crossing a Deep Irrigation Canal during Operation Bang Dong

Photograph of Private Fred L. Greenleaf Crossing a Deep Irrigation Can...

Original caption: Operation "Bang Dong". PFC Fred L. Greenleaf, Co "C", 3rd Bn, 7th Inf, 199th Light Inf Bde, crosses a deep irrigation canal along with other members of the company who are enroute to a Viet C... More

Photograph of Private Daniel R. Bauer Crossing a Deep Irrigation Canal during Operation Bang Dong

Photograph of Private Daniel R. Bauer Crossing a Deep Irrigation Canal...

Original caption: Operation "Bang Dong". PFC Daniel R. Bauer, (Los Angeles, Calif.), Cinematographer, US Army Special Photo Det, crosses a deep irrigation canal. Color Photographs... More

Fire protection specialists fight a fire as an HH-43B Husky helicopter hovers overhead to create a continuous downward air current, assisting the crew members. The crew is assigned to Detachment 8, 38th Aerospace Rescue and Recovery Squadron

Fire protection specialists fight a fire as an HH-43B Husky helicopter...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Cam Ranh Bay Air Base Country: Viet Nam (VNM) Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital... More

Yale University Resistance Rally

Yale University Resistance Rally

This photograph depicts a draft resistance rally at Yale University. This photograph was taken by James Kirby Kennedy of the New Haven Register. Photographs Taken by James Kirby Kennedy, New Haven Register 4/3/1968

Members of the 3rd Marine Division place explosives charges in trees while clearing a mountain-top site for the construction of a fire support site

Members of the 3rd Marine Division place explosives charges in trees w...

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

A U.S. Navy ZIPPO flame thrower is test fired from a patrol boat

A U.S. Navy ZIPPO flame thrower is test fired from a patrol boat

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

Marines of "D" Company, 1st Battalion, Fifth Marine Regiment, Assisted by a Young Vietnamese, Evacuate an Injured Civilian They Found During a Sweep of an Area Five Miles Northeast of An Hoa

Marines of "D" Company, 1st Battalion, Fifth Marine Regiment, Assisted...

Original Caption: HELPING HAND – Marines of "D" Company, 1st Battalion, Fifth Marine Regiment, assisted by a young Vietnamese, evacuate an injured civilian they found during a sweep of an area five miles northe... More

A view of the enlisted berthing area aboard the heavy cruiser USS BOSTON (CA-69) as Fire Control Technician Third Class (FTM3) "Mac" McDaniel takes a break, during the ships transit to Vietnam

A view of the enlisted berthing area aboard the heavy cruiser USS BOST...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: Ph1 David C. Maclean Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

Left side view of a C-7B Caribou aircraft ready for take-off

Left side view of a C-7B Caribou aircraft ready for take-off

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

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