Clip Art, Maps, Screensavers, Graphics
If you are new to web graphics, the US Army has this page of Frequently Asked Questions for DoD webmasters with ideas about software to use, other techniques, and where to get clipart and other resources. And this similar page from the Pentagon Library has a long list of resources.
The Ad*Access Project, funded by the Duke Endowment "Library 2000" Fund, presents images and database information for over 7,000 advertisements printed in U.S. and Canadian newspapers and magazines between 1911 and 1955. There is a special category for World War II with many well-known and obscure ads from that period.
The Air War College has prepared this excellent page which is the Gateway to Military Clip Art & Multimedia resources.
Animation Factory has many military GIFs in their index. Try War, then Transportation for planes and helicopters, Flags for military flags, and Misc. which has sub-headings for Cannons and Guns, among others.
Army Awards has a "Rack Builder" listing of images of US Military Decorations, Good Condust, Service (Campaign) Medals and Service and Training Ribbons, and more.
Get these Army recruiting screensavers and wallpaper from the US Army. They also have war games.
Bayonet.net has clipart images and photos related to the U.S. Army to be used in preparing briefings, reports, or other training materials.
Doc's Military and Patriotic Clipart page has many images and links to lots more.
Digital Vector Maps sells royalty-free downloadable and editable digital maps in Adobe Illustrator or PDF format. All maps have fully-editable layers, graphics and text. Their wide selection includes blank and high-detail world maps, US and other country maps, individual US state maps and specialized maps such as the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR). Order on-line and download instantly.
The Federal Clip Art Collection is electronic artwork illustrated on a computer by expertly trained artists for use by desktop publishers competing in the federal arena. Federal Clip Art has 14 collections of over 7,800 computer illustrations hand-drawn to government specifications. Topics range from military insignia and combat art to foreign and domestic maps, flags and coats of arms.
The Federation of American Scientists US Land Warfare Systems page has an index of scores of vehicles, armor, and other systems with links to a page for each one that often includes a line drawing, photo or other graphics. Also has a list of further resources including clip art libraries.
Graphic Maps is an excellent source for maps and related art. Continents, countries, flags, globes etc.
Grunt's Military Site has very complete sets of insignia, medals, and ribbons plus other military reference material.
Quartermaster Clip Art has insignia and images related to the units and mission of the Quartermaster Corps.
The S-2 Company has a set of "dissemination and presentation" files designed for intelligence professionals which include vehicle graphics, sets of symbols, images, and fonts.
DefenseLink has a comprehensive set of pages listing U.S. Military Service Ribbons and Awards. They provide the graphics of the decorations and awards, as well as the order of precedence for wearing individual decorations and awards.
The US Army Ft. Sill, OK web site has an extensive clip art library of vehicles, armor, and weapons systems. Includes drawings and photos.
US Navy CPO insignia and cartoons from The Goat Locker, the Chief Petty Officers site.
WallpaperSuggest.com has a big collection of Military Wallpaper for your computer screen. Many other topics are available as well.
Find More Information on the Web
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 posters. Then click the Search button.
