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

[BravoZulu]

British paratroopers boarding a RAF Blackburn B-101 Beverley heavy transport in the 50s

 

[Conhoon]

Indonesian prisoners photographed in Kopeng-Salatiga area, Central Java, October 1947.

 

[santana]

U.S. Army Bell UH-1D helicopters airlift members of the 2nd Battalion, 14th Infantry Regiment from the Filhol Rubber Plantation area to a new staging area, during Operation "Wahiawa", a search and destroy mission conducted by the 25th Infantry Division, northeast of Cu Chi, South Vietnam, 1966./ James K. F. Dung, SFC, Photographer

 

[Conhoon]

Dutch Marines and TRI personnel near Surabaya, 30 October 1946.

 

[santana]

Võ Thi Thang smiling after being sentenced to 20 years hard labor in a prison camp by the South Vietnamese government. After being sentenced she reportedly smiled at the judge and said "20 years? Your government won't last that long." - 1968

She was released on 7 March 1974 under the Paris Peace Accords, having served less than six years of her sentence.

 

[Conhoon]

Ranu Klakah, Lumajang, ca. 22 July 1947. A sentry with an M1 Garand rifle during Operation Product (Agresi Militer Belanda I)

Photographed by Vrugt, JA (Mariniersbrigade)

 

[santana]

UH-1D Helicopter moves 4th Infantry Div troops across the river. Taken in South Vietnam 1966-67

 

[santana]

U.S. Marine Larry Hilton with a custom 40-round M14 magazine, Vietnam.

 

[santana]

4th Infantry Division Taken in South Vietnam 1966-67

 

[santana]

4th Infantry Division, Vietnam

 

[santana]

4th Infantry Division Resting during an all day patrol. Taken in South Vietnam 1966-67

 

[santana]

French Kit in Indochina

 

[santana]

US Army Troops in Vietnam

 

[santana]

Aug 7, 1974 - South Vietnamese troops inspect a destroyed Communist tank near the village of An Dien here recently. Communist troops seized a key district capital near Da Nang in the first major Red attack of a drive against the outskirts of the city. | Location: Ben Cat, South Vietnam.

 

[santana]

US Air Force Bell UH-1P helicopters from the 20th Special Operations Squadron fly into Cambodia, around 1970.

 

[santana]

101st Airborne Division, 327th Infantry Regiment, 1970

 

[santana]

Armed Huey

 

[Connaught Ranger]

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Armed Huey

A bird from the 1st Air Cav Regiment.

 

[santana]

A Sikorsky CH-54 Tarhe lifting off behind a 1st Cavalry UH-1 Huey

Made by Sikorsky. The CH-54 Tarhe is an twin-engine heavy-lift helicopter. It was named after Tarhe, an 18th-century chief of the Wyandot Indian tribe whose nickname was "The Crane"

 

[Chazman]

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A Sikorsky CH-54 Tarhe lifting off behind a 1st Cavalry UH-1 Huey

Made by Sikorsky. The CH-54 Tarhe is an twin-engine heavy-lift helicopter. It was named after Tarhe, an 18th-century chief of the Wyandot Indian tribe whose nickname was "The Crane"

The remaining CH-54s are now used to fight forest fires.