Photos From Korea to the Falkland Islands - colourised images of conflicts after World War II.

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Dutch Marines of the 3rd Infantry Battalion, Mariniersbrigade, A-Division questioning a captured Indonesian nationalist in Buduran, Sidoarjo, East Java, 15 July 1946.

 

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1966, An Khe, Vietnam
Men from the 1st Air Cavalry Division (Air Mobile), ready for a "Search and Destroy" Operation, around their base of An Khe, in the Center of Vietnam, between Pleiku (west) and Qui Nhon (east). The 1st Air Cav arrived in South Vietnam by 1965, composed of 3 Brigades and 435 helicopters. The one in the photo is an UH-1E Huey.

 

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Three Dutch MPs and a Naval officer pictured here chatting with two women in Batavia (Jakarta), December 1946.

(Photo Courtesy of Nationaal Archief)

 

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NVA soldier, c.a. 1968

 

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An airman and a sailor rejoicing over the news in Times Square, New York City in March 1953.

 

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4/4/1968-Near Khe Sanh, South Vietnam- First cavalry men, many with head wounds, wait to be evacuated from a hilltop along route #9, during their advance toward Khe Sanh.

 

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Private Wally Walacott and Ian 'Aussie' Thompson of 8 Platoon C Company, 3rd Bn The Parachute Regiment ( 3 PARA) pose for a impromptu photo. Estancia House area, Falklands.
Date between late May early June 1982.

photographer- Unknown
Info kindly provided by Tony Bojko ( 3 PARA)

 

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Marine riflemen in the background stand by while their 3.5 bazooka man puts a round into a Communist position down the Hill.
This action took place in mopping-up operations in Korea, September 1950.
(Original Caption)

Photographer- Unknown
Photosource-(COLL/3948) Marine Corps Archives & Special Collections.

 

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Perfect photo from Ken Burns documentary (2017) Duc Soldier, Thanh Hoa's hometown. A wounded man named Gong. Photo taken in Cambodia, 1970.

Color restoration: Tri Minh Duong

 

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NVA soldiers, Road No. 9-South Laos 1971. Author unknown.

 

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Members of U.S. Navy Seal Team One during operations in south of Saigon, January 1969

 

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Soldier from the 25th Infantry Division, Cu Chi 1967

 

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In the picture, a soldier from the foreign legion with a bandage on his wrist, pauses to smoke a cigarette near a trench during the Indochina War.

 

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A flight of three RAF Canberra in formation during the 1950s.

 

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A Centurian MK V/1 Tank,with the call sign 24C of A Squadron,1st Armoured Regiment(1AR) Royal Australian Armoured Corps(RAAC) on route 44 near the Long Hai Hills,which are visible in the background, with its gun ( OQF 20 pounder 84mm) trained towards the hills.
The tank is part of a small column of Australian vehicles that is checking for enemy movement in the area. Vietnam, 26 December 1969.

Photosource--Australian War Memorial
(AWM) P01669.004.
Photographer- James, Leslie A K

 

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Operation Lam Son 719 February 8th - 25th March 1971.

South Vietnamese Army Forces are dropped off by US UH-1's (Huey's)
Mission goal was to distrupt the Communist supply and filtration network along route 9(Ho Chi Minh Trail) adjacent to the two Northern provences of South Vietnam,The operation was supported by American Forces.

 

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US Marines of 1st Marine Division watch F4U
Corsairs drop napalm on Chinese positions
Near Chosin Reservoir, December 26th,1950.

 

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40cm (16.1") turret from Japanese battleship IJN Mutsu, salvaged in 1970

 

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Soviet soldier, Afghanistan, mid 1980's

 

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A colourised image of a Dutch Marine with two serious-looking boys in Surabaya, Dutch East Indies on January 22, 1947.