Soldiers

Small group of soldiers in the act of igniting something in a field. Full identification written in foreign language. Handwritten on back: "Friends of Soldiers League has more than a million members." Believed to be Polish location.

Group of children in school uniform intermingled with soldiers and either watching or participating in an event. Identification in foreign language. Believed to be Prague, Czechoslovakia. Identified as "Svet V Obrazech, No. 18, Prag, 9. Mai 1953 (Czech illustrated).

Exterior view of three unidentified young men running on an unknown road with guns in their hands. Photograph includes two identifications. (1) "Czech Union for Cooperation with the Army has about 600,000 members. Here are members participating in combination cross-country run and shooting competition." Other identification reads: "On the 21 and 22 of June 1952, organi[zed] by the Union for cooperation with the army. Shooting competition of a 3-man patrol."

View of four unidentified Czech soldiers with communication devices in hand. Identified as: "Equipment as well as training of satellites is, according to Allied authorities, constantly improving. Here Czech troops are advancing with field radio-phones."

Group of military soldiers lined up in formation and holding their guns, perhaps marching in a parade. Identified as an illustration, "Imagini militare", August 1953. Location probably Romania or a country behind the Iron Curtain.

Expansive, exterior view of militia groups in formation in a stadium area. Identified as: "Aside from Army, a Security Police, Czechoslovakia has 150,000 men organized in People's' Militia. Photo shows People's Militia on Parade in Prague." Illustration for publication "Svet v Obrazech" for February 28, 1953.

Group of eastern European soldiers lined up outside in uniform including one soldier holding a flag. Identification not in English language.

View includes tanks and soldiers on the street participating in a parade to honor the Hungarian National Holiday. Identification with photograph reads: "Tank parade on the occasion of the Hungarian National Holiday 4 April 52."

Exterior view of two soldiers identified as Caldea Teodor and Mira Constantin, both crawling through the snow with their guns. Appears to be part of a military training exercise and may be an illustration for a publication noted as "Imagini Militare," 1953. Believed to be located in an East European Iron Curtain country, probably Romania.

Exterior view of a nighttime military exercise with soldiers dressed in white and laying on the snow with their guns. May be an illustration used in a publication and identified as "Imagini Militare," 1953. Believed to be located in an Iron Curtain country.