Gallery of Military Photos, Posters & Documents

Welcome to the Olive-Drab.com Gallery of Military Photos, Posters & Documents, an outstanding collection of military photos from World War II to the present, plus wartime posters, field and technical manuals, and many other interesting items.

Iraq War U.S. Army Medical Track 2004

Today in WW II: 22 May 1939 Fascist Italy and Nazi Germany sign the Pact of Steel, a declaration of trust and cooperation that also included secret provisions on military and economic matters.

Gallery of Military Photos, Posters & Documents

This collection was developed during years of sourcing photos and other items for the Olive-Drab.com website. It includes both well known images -- like the Iwo Jima flag raising -- along with many rare and extremely interesting items. The poster collection gathers many fine examples of war time recruiting, bond sales, and propaganda posters for your review. Documents such as Field Manuals and Technical Manuals as well as interesting items of militaria are included.

This page is a Category listing. Choose the category you are interested in from the list below, then click on it to see an array of thumbnail images of the items in that category. A randomly selected example is at the top of this page.

Military Vehicle Photos

Find additional photos and hi-res versions of military wheeled vehicles, armor and other tracked vehicles, and artillery at the Olive-Drab Military Mashup:

M113 in action at Ben Cui Rubber Plantation, August 1968. Hollow steel planking on sides of vehicle offer protection against shaped charges.

The original US Army M1 Abrams prototype main battle tank on display at the US Army Aberdeen Proving Grounds, 6 June 1987.

At the Ford River Rouge plant near Detroit, a jeep body, after being lowered, is securely fastened to the chassis and the headlights adjusted on a Ford GP prototype jeep, May 1941. About 4,500 Ford GPs were made before this model was combined with the Willys MA prototype to become the standard WW II jeep, the nearly identical Willys MB or Ford GPW.

Loading jeeps on haulaway truck, at factory near Detroit, April 1943. 3/4-ton Dodge trucks are on a flatbed truck in left background.

General MacArthur with General Ridgway, visiting the front above Suwon, Korea, 1950.

M-939A2 5-ton 6x6 truck, armed with a M-2 .50 Cal Machine Gun prepares to head across a Medium Girder Bridge at OP-5, Camp Lejeune, NC, 11 Feb 1997

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