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American in the war Black & White Stock Photos
RMGG2AAH–The Pacific War: American forces in Okinawa 1945 Japan - World War II Washington. National archives
RM2D4K17T–World War 1 Propaganda Photo American soldiers wash their clothes with help from French-villagers in Lucy France 16-Aug-1918. WW1 First World War France
RMFX42FD–General Robert E. Lee, Robert Edward Lee, Robert E. Lee, American general known for commanding the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia in the American Civil War
RM2HW06FN–FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT (1882-1945) American President in signs the declaration of war on Japan on 8 December 1941.
RMF7PB89–Ian Seeger (1888-1916), was an American who fought and died in World War I during the Battle of the Somme, serving in the French Foreign Legion. Seeger was the uncle of American folk singer Pete Seeger, and was a classmate of T.S. Elliot at Harvard. He is most well known for having authored the poem, I Have a Rendezvous with Death, a favourite of President John F. Kennedy. A statue modelled after Seeger is found on the monument honouring fallen Americans who volunteered for France during the war, located in Paris. He is sometimes called the 'American Rupert Brooke.
RFCCEKGP–Americans are shown using a war balloon in Mexican-American War, tethered by a rope to a steam engine that was pulled by horses.
RMFDH18J–American Civil War photograph showing Union Army Generals Wesley Merritt, Philip Sheridan, George Crook, James William Forsyth, and George Armstrong Custer. First published in Harper's Weekly, June 24 1865
RF2HG3D4E–American Civil War. 1861-1865 Soldiers from the 134th Illinois Volunteer Infantry in front of a tent at Columbus, Kentucky
RMJXX7TG–Ambrose Hillard Douglas, an African American Civil War slave, sits outside holding a cane on the Lewis plantation and turpentine still, 1940.
RM2HJCNRF–Contraband School, American Civil War era, circa 1861-65. Photo by Mathew Brady. Contraband was a term commonly used in the US military during the Civil War to describe a new status for certain escaped slaves or those who affiliated with Union forces.
RMBNGGBK–Portrait photo circa 1864 of General Robert E Lee (1807 - 1870) - iconic Confederate commander in the American Civil War.
RMF37PAD–Fancy dress ball given in honour of General William Howe, 5th Viscount Howe, a British army officer who rose to become Commander-in-Chief of British forces during the American War of Independence.
RMDC0RWR–1800s 1860s AMERICAN CIVIL WAR JUNE 1863 FIGHT IN THE CRATER DURING THE SIEGE OF VICKSBURG MISSISSIPPI USA
RM2C3JP3T–Margaret Munnerlyn Mitchell (1900-1949) was an American novelist and journalist from Atlanta, Georgia, who wrote the American Civil War-era novel Gone with the Wind, for which she won the National Book Award for Most Distinguished Novel of 1936 and the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1937.
RM2B01ATR–Vietnam/USA: A poster demanding the return of Prisoners of War (POW) and combatants Missing in Action (MIA) supposedly held in Vietnam after the American defeat in 1975. The Vietnam War POW/MIA issue concerned the fate of United States servicemen who were reported as missing in action (MIA) during the Vietnam War and associated theatres of operation in Southeast Asia. Following the Paris Peace Accords of 1973, 591 American prisoners of war (POWs) were returned during Operation Homecoming. The U.S. listed about 1,350 Americans as prisoners of war or missing in action.
RMGG2AAK–The Pacific War in Okinawa: American Marine throwing a grenade towards the Japanese lines May 6, 1945 Japan - World War II U.S. marines corps photograph
RM2E044F7–WILLYS JEEP WW2 Advertising 1942 The new Willys Saloon People’s car “The Jeep in Civies” World War II American car advertising wartime 1940’s
RMG5GMDG–1863 : Confederate soldiers pose for the camera in the early days of the American Civil War between the Southern States and the Unionist North.
RFBPEX6B–In this 1918 photo, American soldiers are shown near a barricade in the Rue du Pont, Chateau-Thierry, France. The Germans were driven from the town in the First Battle of the Marne, 1914, and again in the Second Battle of the Marne, 1918.
RMGETAD0–John Paul Jones (born John Paul; 1747-1792) was a Scottish-born American sailor and a renowned naval fighter in the American War of Independence.
RF2HG3D75–World War I. Vintage photo of American soldiers on the West Bank of the Rhine in the occupied region, Germany. 1917-1918
RMJXXFRC–Half portrait of an African American World War I solder, wearing a double-breasted jacket and helmet, neutral facial expression, 1920.
RM2BE101M–Wood engraving of an escaped slave who has joined the Union army in the American Civil War. Black 'refugee' soldiers, runaway slaves, were deemed 'contraband of war' by the north, in a declaration by General Benjamin Butler in May 1861. They fought with Northern troops.
RMBNFR0B–Portrait photo circa late 1860s of General Robert E Lee (1807 - 1870) - iconic Confederate commander in the American Civil War.
RM2HCRK4K–A late 19th Century portrait of George Henry Thomas (1816-1870), a United States Army officer and a Union general during the American Civil War. He won one of the first Union victories in the war, at Mill Springs in Kentucky, and followed with a dramatic breakthrough on Missionary Ridge in the Battle of Chattanooga. In the Franklin–Nashville Campaign of 1864, he achieved one of the most decisive victories of the war, destroying the army of Confederate General John Bell Hood, his former student at West Point, at the Battle of Nashville.
RM2F787H1–1940s COMPOSITE IMAGE OF STATUE OF LIBERTY WITH DRAMATIC CLOUD BEHIND AND 48 STAR AMERICAN FLAG OVERLAY IN FOREGROUND - h1437 HAR001 HARS NYC PATRIOT NEW YORK CITIES OVERLAY PATRIOTIC STARS AND STRIPES WORLD WAR 2 GUSTAVE EIFFEL NEW YORK CITY SYMBOLIC COPPER DEMOCRACY FRAMEWORK FREDERIC AUGUSTE BARTHOLDI PATRIOTISM RED WHITE AND BLUE STATUE OF LIBERTY BLACK AND WHITE FOREGROUND HAR001 ICONIC OLD FASHIONED
RMW3NTX2–William Frederick Friedman (1891-1969) was a pioneering American cryptologist who became the chief cryptoanalyst in the Signal Intelligence Service of the War Department, notably leading the teams during WWII that broke various Japanese codes, including ultimately the Purple machine cipher initiated by Japan in 1939. Friedman was married to another notable pioneering cryptologist, Elizebeth Smith Friedman.
RM2B00MTE–Vietnam: African-American soldier on patrol, c. 1966. The Second Indochina War, known in America as the Vietnam War, was a Cold War era military conflict that occurred in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia from 1 November 1955 to the fall of Saigon on 30 April 1975. This war followed the First Indochina War and was fought between North Vietnam, supported by its communist allies, and the government of South Vietnam, supported by the U.S. and other anti-communist nations. The U.S. government viewed involvement in the war as a way to prevent a communist takeover of South Vietnam.
RMGG2CE7–American marines in Guantanamo 1898 Cuba - Spanish-American War Washington, National archives
RM2HK7781–WW2 Winston Churchill British wartime Prime Minister raises his hat in salute during an inspection of the 1st American Squadron of the Home Guard at Horse Guards Parade in London, 9 January 1941. World War II Propaganda Morale boosting official image
RMG4GEJ4–04/09/1917 - ON THIS DAY IN 1917 - American troops in France suffer their first casualty in World War One 6th APRIL: The USA declares war on Germany and enters World War I . PA NEWS PHOTO 4/7/1917 INDEPENDENCE DAY IN PARIS: THE AMERICAN TROOPS MARCHING THROUGH THE PLACE DE LA CONCORDE TO LES INVALIDES DURING THE FIRST WORLD WAR. 1917.
RF2HN3R76–American Civil War, 1861-1865. Yorktown, Virginia. Battery No. 4 mounting 13-inch mortars. South end. USA
RMCWAAA7–World War II: American soldiers landing in Normandy, France, 1944.. Courtesy: CSU Archives / Everett Collection
RMKHCBBN–A group of young war worker-residents are shown enjoying a game of cards in the game room of the Lucy D Slowe Residence Hall, first government constructed hotels for African American women war workers, Washington, DC, 1942. From the New York Public Library.
RMERG5TB–Gibraltar during the American War of Independence. Caption reads: 'A perspective view of Gibraltar, with the disposition of the Spanish attack, and relief of the garrison by the English fleet under the command of Admiral Darby, on the 12th of April, 1781.' On 12 April 1779, France and Spain signed the Treaty of Aranjuez, agreeing to aid one another in recovering lost territory from Britain. 1782, European Magazine.
RM2BE0GTM–Wood engraving of an escaped slave who has joined the Union army in the American Civil War. Black 'refugee' soldiers, runaway slaves, were deemed 'contraband of war' by the north, in a declaration by General Benjamin Butler in May 1861. They fought with Northern troops.
RMM2BT5D–American goods including nylon stickings for sale in London after world war two rationing ends in 1954
RM2HCRK3W–A late 19th Century portrait of Philip Henry Sheridan (1831-1888) aka Fightin' Phil, a Union general in the American Civil War, noted for his rapid rise to major general and his close association with General-in-chief Ulysses S. Grant, who transferred Sheridan from command of an infantry division to lead the Cavalry Corps of the Army of the Potomac in the East using scorched-earth tactics. In 1865, his cavalry pursued Gen. Robert E. Lee and was instrumental in forcing his surrender at Appomattox Courthouse. In 1883, Sheridan was appointed general-in-chief of the U.S. Army.
RMM657RG–1700s ENGRAVING OF 1763 INDIAN ATTACK ON FORT PITT DURING PONTIAC'S WAR IN WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA COLONIAL NORTH AMERICA - i6011 LAN001 HARS NATIVE AMERICAN 1763 FIREARM MALES MID-ADULT MID-ADULT MAN MONONGAHELA YOUNG ADULT MAN 1700s ALLEGHENY B&W BIOLOGICAL WARFARE BLACK AND WHITE CAUCASIAN ETHNICITY FORT PITT FRENCH AND INDIAN INDIGENOUS JUNE 22 LENAPE OLD FASHIONED PERSONS PITTSBURGH PONTIAC'S WAR RIVERS SEVEN YEARS' WAR SHAWNEE SIEGE SMALLPOX
RMW3WH11–William Frederick Friedman (1891-1969), pictured in 1924, was a pioneering American cryptologist who became the chief cryptoanalyst in the Signal Intelligence Service of the War Department, notably leading the teams during WWII that broke various Japanese codes, including ultimately the Purple machine cipher initiated by Japan in 1939. Friedman was married to another notable pioneering cryptologist, Elizebeth Smith Friedman.
RMT3G63M–Major General Zachary Taylor, Seated Portrait in Uniform during Mexican-American War 1846-48, Engraving, C.M. Bell, 1870's
RM2PYXMJK–BATTLE OF THE BULGE WW2 American soldiers slog through the mud and snow during the Battle of the Bulge in December 1944. It was the coldest winter in 50 years in Europe and developed into the biggest battle with Nazi Germany Occupation on the Western Front during World War II.
RMG7D2MK–It's a hundred years since the American Civil War broke out and this picture illustrates the changes in firepower that have occurred between 1861 to 1961. On the left is a tripod-mounted Gatling gun of 1861 that was cranked by a blue-coated infantryman. On the right is a Gatling-type Vulcan 20mm canon mounted in a 1,500mph Lockheed Starfighter (background), Nato's chosen intercepter. The Vulcan, which is powered electrically, can unleash 10 times the firepower of machine guns of a WWII fighter, such as a Hurricane. The pressure-suited pilot (r) contrasts the garb of the supersonic fighting
RMC2H4NY–James Brewerton Ricketts was a career officer in the United States Army during the American Civil War.
RMD95K8R–American Civil War: Dead soldier lying in road at Fredericksburg. Photographed by Matthew Brady 3 May 1863
RM2MFADDM–A torpedo exploding under the Montauk in the Ogeechee River during the American Civil War, 1863
RM2D69KGR–Buffalo soldiers of the 24th U.S. Infantry in Cuba during the Spanish American War, c.1898
RMKWDJD5–American soldiers graves in Cuba, c. 1898. From May 1898 until April 1899, US forces experienced 968 battle casualties and 5,438 deaths from disease in the Spanish American War (BSLOC 2017 10 60)
RMKK99K4–Black and white photograph of a group of African-American Emergency Defense Office, a United States federal emergency war agency set up to coordinate state and federal measures for protection of civilians in case of war emergency, construction workers pulling on a rope, Washington, DC, December, 1941. From the New York Public Library.
RMKH16AW–The American Women's Hospital which comprises more than 2,000 women physicians and surgeons and is the official 'Clearing house' through which all women doctors are sent abroad for Red Cross service launched a National campaign for funds to establish a chain of hospitals, dressing stations, clinics and dispensaries in France, Italy and Serbia, manned entirely by women. This picture, made at a hospital 'Somewhere in New York,' shows the activities of the women doctors who are taking care of sick soldiers. New York, May 1918.
RMG15C5B–William Perkins Black (November 11, 1842 - January 3, 1916) was a lawyer and veteran of the American Civil War. He received the Medal of Honor for his actions at the Battle of Pea Ridge, Arkansas, in 1862. As a lawyer, Black was best known for having serv
RMM2BT0E–American goods including nylon stickings for sale in London after world war two rationing ends in 1954
RMGCCKC4–General William Howe, 5th Viscount Howe, (1729 – 1814) was a British Army officer who rose to become Commander-in-Chief of British forces during the American War of Independence.
RF2HN3R69–American troops in Paris formed impromptu parades on the streets of Paris on Armistice Day. Here they are completely surrounded by French civilians. F
RM2H11HYY–George Brinton McClellan (1826-1885), American Civil War Union General, three-quarter length seated portrait in Military Uniform, Mathew Brady Studio, 1860's
RM2J2EXAB–GRENADE THROWING WW2 American Propaganda Image 'A package for Hitler', Belvoir Virginia. Grenade throwers. An infantryman in training at Fort Belvoir, Virginia prepares to hurl a grenade. November 1942 Photographer Alfred T. Palmer World War II Second World War
RMC2H3MY–James Brewerton Ricketts (and his wife, Fannie) was a career officer in the United States Army during the American Civil War.
RMB976MJ–BATTLE OF BUNKER HILL in 1775 during the American War of Independence - see Description below
RMD991HC–World War I 1914-1918: African-American soldier seated behind table, pencil in hand and facing front, with two hats on table.
RF2A4F22T–Winston Churchill firing a tommy-gun on a military range while inspecting American troops in southern Britain
RM2T22GT9–James Lafayette. Engraving of the enslaved African American James Armistead Lafayette (born 1748 or 1760 – died 1830 or 1832) who served in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War, c. 1824
RMF2AXBN–Anti-war leaflet and petition distributed in Cleveland by American Communists in 1950. (BSLOC 2015 2 35)
RMJXXD40–Full length portrait of an African American military officer dressed in uniform, outdoors with some war machinery behind him, neutral facial expression, 1917.
RMJR31PT–A drunken cowboy shoots ip a ballroom in Leadville, Colorado. The historic American cowboy of the late 19th century arose from the vaquero traditions of northern Mexico and became a figure of special significance and legend. By the late 1860s, following the American Civil War and the expansion of the cattle industry, former soldiers from both the Union and Confederacy came west, seeking work, as did large numbers of restless white men in general. A significant number of African-American freedmen also were drawn to cowboy life, in part because there was not quite as much discrimination in the w
RMBXF29W–Colonel Theodore Roosevelt's famous regiment Rough Riders chargins San Juan Hill during the Spanish American War in 1898. Cavalry
RMF344AG–George Washington crossing the Delaware River in Trenton, New Jersey on the night of December 25–26, 1776, It was the first move in the American Revolutionary War and a surprise attack against Hessian (18th-century German soldiers hired through their rulers by the British Empire).
RMPND5XA–1920s THE SAILORS AND SOLDIERS ARCH IN GRAND ARMY PLAZA BROOKLYN NEW YORK USA - q49595 CPC001 HARS SCULPTOR CALVERT VAUX GRAND ARMY PLAZA AMERICAN CIVIL WAR BATTLES BLACK AND WHITE CIVIL WAR CONFLICTS FREDERICK LAW OLMSTED OLD FASHIONED
RMT5TFAT–Group Portrait of First African American nurses Assigned to European Theater of Operations during World War II arrive in England, August 21, 1944
RM2J2EWCM–WW2 Battle of the Bulge American Infantry vehicles stuck in deep winter snow banks on a narrow road halt military traffic in the woods of Wallerode, Belgium. 87th Inf. Div. January 30, 1945. (Army) World War II Second World War
RMG5G11J–American General John Joseph 'Black Jack' Pershing leaving a peace conference in Paris in 1919.
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