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MAY 13, 2021

Originally, the military branch was known as the United States Army Air Forces before becoming the United States Air Force we know today in 1947. The records remained at the National Air and Space Museum until their final transfer to the Still Picture Branch at the National Archives in 1998.

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

The Still Picture Branch at the National Archives and Records Administration houses a multitude of posters used during World War II by the United States Government. The messages range from the promotion of Victory Gardens to recruitment for the various branches of the military. 44-PF: World War II Foreign Posters, 1942 – 1945.

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JANUARY 10, 2023

Check out the National Archives Catalog for more digitized photographs of Camp Hale. PUBLICATION OF PHOTOGRAPHS FURNISHED BY THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES STILL PICTURE BRANCH-RRSS. Generally, copies of photographic records held by the National Archives may be published without special permission or additional fees. March 15, 1956.

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OCTOBER 20, 2022

On October 22nd, 1962, President Kennedy ordered a naval quarantine of Cuba, meaning “all offensive military equipment under shipment to Cuba” were blocked by US Naval forces. PUBLICATION OF PHOTOGRAPHS FURNISHED BY THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES STILL PICTURE BRANCH-RRSS. 210-G-C241 Credit National Archives (photo no.

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SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

9981 signed by President Truman, all branches of the military were desegregated and Montford Point was decommissioned on September 9, 1949. WRITE AND STUDY–Marines take time out to write home and study in the pleasant atmosphere of the Reference and Writing Room of Montford’s man library. ” Date: October 1944.

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NOVEMBER 9, 2017

In honor of Veterans Day and in conjunction with the opening of the National Archives’ newest exhibit, “ Remembering Vietnam ,” we’re highlighting some of NARA’s Vietnam era film footage. The images broadcast in America’s living rooms during the war were often captured by military combat photographers.

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APRIL 20, 2020

In the game, you play as a mercenary (in my case, Kassandra) navigating the political and military landscape of Greece during the Peloponnesian War between Athens and Sparta. FSU Special Collections and Archives’ ostraka were discovered in an archaeological dig of a trash heap next to a Roman military outpost in Edfu, Egypt. .

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DECEMBER 28, 2023

Upon graduation everyone was assigned a Military Occupational Specialty (MOS) and sent off to train for it. DF: Here [above] is an example of two nearly identical photos that I took and you can plainly see why one was selected to be sent forward and the other was culled. DF: That is a story in itself but I’ll keep it short.

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OCTOBER 12, 2017

In this fourth and final post of How to Research WWII photographs, we will provide an example of how researchers can search for and identify images related to a specific US Marine Corps unit. For example, another place to look is within 127-GR: Photographic Reference File, ca. Archives Branch of the Marine Corps History Division .

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MAY 25, 2021

Photograph of Researcher in the Central Search Room of the National Archives Building. Moreover, sometimes you can track down the archival institution that houses a photo you found online or in a book by simply examining what markings you can find on it. 64-PR-20-1, NAID: 74228254. Close up of 111-SC-191373.

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SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

The National Archives and Records Administration holds many documents related to the 9/11 events. Additional photographs in the series 311-MAD: Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials are found on NARA’s Access to Archival Databases (AAD). jpeg, NAID: 6640969.

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MAY 8, 2019

This map showing passes in the Sierra Nevada mountains serves as an example of the type of printed maps found in the various series related to the Transcontinental Railroad Surveys. ” Library of Congress. ” National Archives and Records Administration. Map of Passes in the Sierra Nevada. Heynen, William J.

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JULY 30, 2020

Though our research rooms remain closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, National Archives staff have been diligently working from home to make records more accessible to the public. Army Signal Corps Photographs Of Military Activity During World War II and The Korean Conflict. Examples from 242-GAP have been added to the catalog here.

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