Military Photos, Clip Art and Images

To help you find military images, this page lists specific resources which are primarily archives of military photos, clip art, or other images.

The American Soldier, 1965: Artwork from the U.S. Army Center of Military History.

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Finding Military Photos, Clip Art and Images on the Internet

The Internet is an unprecedented resource for locating military photos, clip art and images. The pages of this Olive-Drab.com section are a guide to many of the best sites.

But don't overlook the obvious. For example, you can start with eBay especially for photos of World War II and other popular subjects. And right here on Olive-Drab.com, there are photos and other images on almost every page: for example, find wheeled vehicles, armor, helicopters and more on the Olive-Drab.com Military Vehicle Charts. For photos of firearms, see the Olive-Drab.com Military Firearms pages.

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

MB/GPW jeep loaded on a WW II vintage cargo aircraft. Engineer Aviation Battalion exhibit near the Curtiss C-46D in the World War II Gallery at the National Museum of the United States Air Force, Dayton, OH.

An Army mechanic performs a carburetor job on a truck, Fort Knox, KY, June 1942. This soldier serves as both truck driver and mechanic. In the segregated Army of the time, African-Americans were often assigned to Transportation Companies. Truck appears to be a CCKW 2 1/2-ton.

143rd Infantry Regiment, 36th Division, M10 tank destroyer, Rohrwiller, France, 4 February 1945.

M5 Stuart tanks, Northern France, summer 1944.

US-supplied jeeps carry Australian military chiefs and cabinet ministers in a visit to battle areas in Papua New Guinea, circa 1943. Air Vice-Marshall George Jones is shown in the leading vehicle during the tour.

127th Security Forces Squadron M1043 High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV), Selfridge Air National Guard Base, MI, during Operation NOBLE EAGLE, 6 February 2002. Security personnel are armed with 5.56mm M16A2 rifles and a Saco 7.62mm M60 general purpose machine gun (on the HMMWV).

The major search engines (Google, Bing, Yahoo, etc.) have specialized search capabilities for images. Some have a separate video search feature as well, in addition to sites that specialize in video like YouTube. Check the home page for each of them and look for a link to "images" or "video" and try a test search for HMMWV or army jeep. In addition, Web Places has a specialized search engine for clip art which will help you find alternatives on the web for military graphics.

Military Photos, Clip Art and Images Sources

Olive-Drab.com has organized information about many of the best sources of military photos, clip art and images, including repositories in the U.S. military, collections in libraries and universities, and commercial services. For that in-depth selection, use these links to the deeper pages of this section:

Marilyn Monroe, motion picture actress, appearing with the USO Camp Show, "Anything Goes," poses for the shutterbugs after a performance at the 3rd U.S.Infantry Division area. Korea, 17 February 1954. Photo: National Archives.

Find More Information on the Internet

There are many fine websites that have additional information on this topic, too many to list here and too many to keep up with as they come and go. Use this Google web search form to get an up to date report of what's out there.

For good results, try entering this: military clipart or photos. Then click the Search button.