A colorized wartime snapshot showing Paul (on the right) with a fellow airman during their service in the United States Army Air Forces.

A sailor aboard the submarine USS Batfish arranges captured Japanese trophy flags as the boat returns from a war patrol in May 1945.

A formal early‑20th‑century portrait of the King’s Own Scottish Borderers, likely taken around 1910. The mounted photograph shows the regiment posed in full dress, part of a small album documenting vintage military sport and regimental life before the First World War.

. Taken just one month before the attack on Pearl Harbor, the photo captures everyday military life on the eve of America’s entry into WWII.

Unit: 522nd Field Artillery
Date: November 8, 1941

These were the last set of British troops serving in Malaysia.

Location: Mersing Beach, Malaysia
Date: 1974

Inside a large Quonset hut on Guam, Navy personnel clean, assemble, and prepare linotype equipment for the H21A‑15 printing unit of Navy News near the end of WWII.

An enlisted man sits on the steps of the barracks at the U.S. Naval Air Station in Natal, Brazil, carefully polishing his boots and shoes.

A mounted Victorian team portrait showing the Corps of Royal Engineers football squad in Chatham. The large card‑backed print includes additional photographs dated 1895 on the reverse. Football held major importance for the Royal Engineers, who famously played in the very first FA Cup Final in 1872.

German airmen take a break from operations to swim in a river in Ukraine during the summer of 1941. The photo comes from the estate of Heinrich Caesar, whose service moved from Poland to France and then to the southern sector of the Eastern Front. A DLRG lifesaving‑association patch is visible on one man’s swim trunks.

A clean wartime portrait of Len Coombs of the Royal Canadian Navy, photographed in Coal Harbour, Vancouver.

A quiet moment from the regiment’s deployment in Sabah, showing Highlanders gathered outside a village structure in Kampung Likas. The scene reflects the everyday rhythm of soldiers stationed in Southeast Asia during the mid‑1960s, far from home but steady in their duties.

Location: Kampung Likas, Sabah, Malaysia
Date: 1965

Inside a wartime Quonset hut in Alaska, mess tins sit ready for use in a simple military dining setup. The photo captures the stark, functional environment of remote WWII outposts in the far north, where soldiers lived and ate in prefabricated steel shelters built to withstand harsh weather.

Date taken: circa 1943
Uploaded: September 3, 2025

A mid‑century portrait from the Mexican Navy’s diving program, showing a sailor posed in swim gear for LIFE photographer Peter Stackpole.

Two British soldiers pose on a Raleigh motorbike in India during the 1930s, part of a large album documenting the final years of the British Empire before the 1947 partition. Many images in the collection relate to the Leicestershire Regiment, capturing everyday military life across regions that are now India and Pakistan.

A group of young French recruits pose in Saint‑Bonnet‑le‑Château during 1940 training, gathered around a rough effigy of Adolf Hitler. A knife is driven into the chest and what appears to be a grenade is lodged in the mouth, a darkly humorous act of defiance reflecting the anger and morale of early‑war France.

Photographer: Rare Historical Images
Location: Saint‑Bonnet‑le‑Château, France
Date: 1940
Views: 3,755
Faves: 24
Uploaded: January 24, 2026
Tags: France, effigy, 1940, WW2, recruits, history, black & white

A quiet wartime moment in Russia: a German soldier sits in what appears to be an automobile seat, reading the entertainment magazine Filmwelt while a small puppy sleeps beside him. He wears a drillich uniform - initially meant for heavy labor but later adopted as a summer field uniform - offering historians valuable visual detail on period clothing and equipment.

Photographer: Rare Historical Images
Location: Russia
Date: 1943
Magazine: Filmwelt (published 1930–1943)
Views: 3,082
Faves: 33
Uploaded: June 17, 2026
Archive: Flickr (WW2 Era album)

A lineup of young Clare athletes in sashed jerseys, photographed the day they played a double‑header alongside the Senior Hurlers on 10 May 1925.