Operation Killing Zone, 1959
50 miles north of Seoul, South Korea, October 1959: Republic of Korea First Army infantrymen, gas masks on and bayonets at the ready, break through a simulated poison gas cloud.
50 miles north of Seoul, South Korea, October 1959: Republic of Korea First Army infantrymen, gas masks on and bayonets at the ready, break through a simulated poison gas cloud.
Oct. 14, 1964, Tokyo: Billy Mills, a U.S. Marine, wins the gold medal in the 10,000 meters at the Tokyo Olympics in 1964.
FOB Summerall, Iraq, July 18, 2008: U.S. Army 1st Lt. Ben Juvinal does his best to hold back the tide during a one-sided soccer match between U.S. and Iraqi troops commemorating the American departure from Forward Operating Base Summerall.
Con Thien, South Vietnam, Aug. 15, 1968: Pvt. 1st Class Richard M. Topeka of B Company, 1st Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division walks along the dirt road of Con Thien Marine base, his M60 resting on his right shoulder.
Mosul, Iraq, Aug. 20, 2010: An American soldier patrols at sunset outside of Mosul.
Tokyo International Airport, Japan, Dec. 10, 1960: Sir Edmund Hillary, mountaineer and explorer, addresses gathered journalists at Tokyo International Airport, Dec. 10, 1960.
Incirlik Air Base, Turkey, July 7, 1964: Cameraman A1C Andrew M. Davaca from Canton, Ohio, focuses on graphics to be used in AFTV Channel 3’s programming.
Mosul, Iraq, Aug. 20, 2010: Sgt. Ryan Carlson, left, shows an Iraqi soldier how to raid a home at Checkpoint 3, a small base outside Mosul.
Saigon, South Vietnam, February 1962: Military supplies are offloaded from the freighter Hawaiian Educator February 1962 at the port of Saigon.
Kandahar, Afghanistan, Nov. 8, 2010: Players scrimmage in preparation for the upcoming season of the Kandahar Hockey League at Kandahar Air Field in southern Afghanistan.
Vicenza, Italy, March 30, 2006: Jen Dean greets her husband, Capt. Joel Dean of 2nd Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade, back to Vicenza, Italy.
Tikrit, Iraq, May 20, 2010: Men detained during an April 23 security sweep in Tikrit wait behind concertina wire at an Iraqi police station.
Tokyo, April 10, 1961: Princess Michiko admires a fountain built in front of the Tokyo Imperial Palace in honor of her second wedding anniversary.
Livorno, Italy, April 8, 2005: U.S. Army trucks from previous wars are stored outdoors at Field Support Battalion-Livorno, Italy, until they are sold to other governments.
Mykolaiv region, Ukraine, July 14, 2018: U.S. and Ukrainian Marines provide security near a Ukrainian BTR-80 armored transporter during a company-level attack at the land portion of Exercise Sea Breeze.
Washington, D.C., Jan. 18, 2009: Folk music legend Pete Seeger and Bruce Springsteen team up to sing “This Land is Your Land” during President Obama’s Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, held two days before the actual inauguration on Jan. 20.
USS Curtis Wilbur, Yellow Sea, April 3, 2010: Sailors on the USS Curtis Wilbur drop a ladder to passengers waiting in a raft below.
Baumholder, Germany, Nov. 1, 2003: Ramstein football players celebrate their 7-6 victory over Wiesbaden in the DODDS Division I Football Championship game in Baumholder, Germany.
Mogadishu, Somalia, Jan. 3, 1993: A U.S. Marine guarding the gate to the port in Mogadishu loses his temper with a Somali trucker hauling grain donated by relief organizations.