Military training and instruction

The map only displays records that have geographic information. Switch to the grid view to see all records.

Map is loading...
Timeline is loading...

The timeline only displays records that have date information. Switch to the grid view to see all records.

Desert landscape, California
Photograph, landscape. Vegetated desert landscape, as seen from the inside of a GMC AKX-352; a large mountain range is...
Director's HQ after tents housing at San Luis Obispo, California on 27 March 1944.
1047. '3-27-44. Hussey. Director's HQ after tents housing L to R Msg. Cen., G-4, G-2, and Brig. Gen. Marcus B. Bell...
Division commander talking to scouting party at Fort Benning, Georgia on 11 October 1944
1722. '11 Oct 44. Paik. Maj Gen Eugene Landrum, 71st Div Commander talking to scouting party from 2d Bn 65th Reg before...
Division procession marching in front of officers' reviewing stand at San Luis Obispo, California in1944.
839. Division procession marching in front of officers' reviewing stand. 'It's 'Eyes Right' for members of the 81st...
Division troops in front of officers' reviewing stand a tSan Luis Obispo, California in1944.
844. Division troops in front of officers' reviewing stand. 'General Mueller addresses the 81st Div. Training Bn at...
Dozens of ships head toward an unknown invasion site, presumably during training exercises of the 40th Infantry Division in June 1944
From Volume 1: South Pacific Theater. Dozens of ships head toward an invasion site, presumably during training...
Drum and tuba section of the 106th Infantry Division Band at a demonstration given at Camp Atterbury, Indiana on 11 August 1944
1987. '11 Aug 44. Barry. Drum and tuba section of the 106th Inf. Div. Band which played between phases of the Infantry-...
Dummy portraying a dead Japanese soldier on a combat course at Fort Benning, Georgia on 9 October 1944
1709. '9 Oct 44. DuTiel. 'Dead' Jap is passed by on the 5th Inf combat course at Ft. Benning, Ga. 168-L-44-16430.' Army...
Dynamite being exploded to simulate firing by M-7 during mountain maneuvers near Camp San Luis Obispo, California on 30 March 1944
1081. '3-30-44. Thompson. Dynamite being exploded to simulate firing by M-7 during mountain maneuvers near Camp San...
Early Eureka boats filling with men coming ashore during a training exercise in the 1940s
Early Eureka boats filling with men coming ashore during a training exercise in the 1940s. Early Eureka boats filling...
Electrical substation at Camp Polk, Louisiana on 13 May 1941
Electrical substation at Camp Polk, Louisiana on 13 May 1941
Elements of the 40th Infantry Division heading to shore in LCVPs during amphibious training at Guadalcanal in June 1944
From Volume 1: South Pacific Theater. Elements of the 40th Infantry Division heading to shore in LCVPs [Landing Craft...
Elements of the 40th Infantry Division heading to shore in LCVPs during amphibious training on 9 March 1944 off Guadalcanal
From Volume 1: South Pacific Theater. Elements of the 40th Infantry Division heading to shore in LCVPs during...
Elmer Porris posing for a photograph, 1943
Photograph. Elmer Porris posing outside in his enlisted OD dress uniform with a pipe in his mouth; barracks are in the...
Elmer Porris posing for a photograph, 1943
Photograph. Elmer Porris posing outside in his enlisted OD dress uniform with a pipe in his mouth; barracks are in the...
Elmer Porris posing for a photograph, Chanute Field, 1943
Photograph. Elmer Porris posing in a winter uniform with flak vest and helmet on a plank walkway in front of a barrack...
Elmer Porris posing for a photograph, Chanute Field, 1943
Photograph. Elmer Porris posing in a winter uniform with flak vest and helmet on a plank walkway in front of a barrack...
Elmer Porris posing with a F4F Wildcat, 1943
Photograph. Elmer Porris posing with a parked Grumman F4F Wildcat. “201” development stamp and 1 February 1943 Nepho...
Elmer Porris posing with a F4F Wildcat, 1943
Photograph. Elmer Porris posing with a parked Grumman F4F Wildcat. “201” development stamp and 1 February 1943 Nepho...
Emergency field operation for a ruptured spleen at Camp San Luis Obispo, California at 29 March 1944
1057. '3-29-44. Paik. Members of 2nd Bn. Medical Det., 323rd Inf, 81st Div., performing emergency field operation for a...
Emergency rifle sling applied for fractured femur at Camp San Luis Obispo, California on 30 March 1944
1056. '3-30-44. Paik. L to R: T/5 Frank Hassell, T/3 Cecil Reek, T/5 Ralph Matthews, and patient Pvt. Mason Hughes, all...
Engineering battalion unrolling wire mats after laying trees and branches over swampy ground atCamp San Luis Obispo, California on 27 March 1944
1059. '3-27-44. Paik. 3rd Pl. Co. C, 306 Eng. Bn. 323rd Inf 81st Div. unrolling wire mats after laying trees and...
Enlisted Personnel of the 81st Divisional Surgeon's office in San Luis Obispo, California on 4 April 1944
1204. '4-4-44. Griggs. Enlisted Personnel of the 81st Divisional Surgeon's office L to R T/4 W.B. Robb, T/4 N M Thomas...
Entire section under Lt. Col. F. S. Ewing, Surgeon General 81st Division in San Luis Obispo, California on 4 April 1944
1205. '4-4-44. Griggs. Entire section under Lt. Col. F. S. Ewing, Surgeon General 81st Div., Camp San Luis Obispo,...
Entire section under Lt. Col. F. S. Ewing, Surgeon General 81st Division in San Luis Obispo, California on 4 April 1944
1206. '4-4-44. Griggs. Entire section under Lt. Col. F. S. Ewing, Surgeon General 81st Div., Camp San Luis Obispo,...
Equipment and ammunition is cleared from a gun emplacement as a squad awaits orders to move forward at Camp Atterbury, Indiana on 6 September 1944
2039. '6 Sept. 44 Barry. Equipment and ammunition is cleared from gun emplacement as squad from 3rd Plat., 822nd Tank...
Everything goes by mule in the 71st on mountain maneuvers at Hunter Liggett Military Reservation on 24 March 1944
1852. '3-24-44. J. P. Johnson. Everything goes by mule in the 71st L. Div. on Mtn. Man. In HLMR. Here is a pack mule...
Examining paint on rifle barrels in San Luis Obispo, California on 29 March 1944
1169. '3-29-44. Riley. T/5 Joseph Langone, armorer, T/5 Bernard Winter, armorer, examine barrels of rifles Cal 30...
Exercise featuring Lt. Col. Lonsdale MacFarland in which Americans are dressed as Germans on stage during WWII at Indian Town Gap, Pennsylvania
Exercise featuring Lt. Col. Lonsdale MacFarland in which Americans are dressed as Germans on stage, map of Italy in...
Exercise with Americans dressed as Germans on stage possibly demonstrating a surrender ceremony during WWII at Indian Town Gap, Pennsylvania
Exercise featuring Lt. Col. Lonsdale MacFarland in which Americans are dressed as Germans on stage, map of Italy in...
Explosion during a demonstration at Camp Gruber, Oklahoma on 15 June 1944
1244. '6-15-44. D. Wallis. Explosion on a make shift pill box is set off by demolition squad of 42nd Rainbow Division...
Explosive damage shown during training at Fort Benning, Georgia on 9 October 1944
1682. '9 Oct 44. Johnson. Experiment by TPS Demolition School, Ft Benning, Ga, shows effect of charge from rocket head...
Explosive damage shown during training at Fort Benning, Georgia on 9 October 1944
1683. '9 Oct 44. Johnson. Experiment by TPS Demolition School, Ft Benning, Ga, using rocket head without composition C2...
Explosive device used during training at Fort Benning, Georgia on 9 October 1944
1676. '9 Oct 44. Johnson. Demolition School, TPS, Ft Benning, Ga experiment using Rocket head HEAT M6A3, fired in...
Explosive device used during training at Fort Benning, Georgia on 9 October 1944
1677. '9 Oct 44. Johnson. Demolition School experiment, T.P.S., using Rocket head H.E.A.T. M6A3 at Ft. Benning, Ga....
Explosive device used during training at Fort Benning, Georgia on 9 October 1944
1678. '9 Oct 44. Johnson. Demolition School, TPS, Ft Benning, Ga experiment using Rocket head H.E.A.T. M6A3 with and...

Pages