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A crowd gathers on the West German side of the Berlin Wall at Potsdamer Platz to watch as the structure is dismantled
At the end of the Second World War, U.S., British, and Soviet military forces divided and occupied Germany. Also divided into occupation zones, Berlin was located far inside Soviet-controlled eastern Germany.
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Vice President George Bush looks over the Berlin Wall into East Berlin during his tour through the city. He is escorted by Governing Mayor Von Weizacker and Chancellor Kohl

Vice President George Bush looks over the Berlin Wall into East Berlin...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: West Berlin Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Camera Operator: Thomas Farr Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service ... More

East German police and West German citizens watch as a workman dismantled a section of the Berlin Wall at Potsdamer Platz

East German police and West German citizens watch as a workman dismant...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Berlin Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Camera Operator: STAFF Sergeant F. Lee Cockran Release Status: Released to Public Combined Mili... More

A crowd celebrates atop the Berlin Wall following the official opening of the Brandenburg Gate

A crowd celebrates atop the Berlin Wall following the official opening...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Berlin Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT F. Lee Corkran Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Servi... More

Richard Nixon points a finger towards Nikita Khrushchev to make a point during the so-called Kitchen Debate at the American Exhibition in Moscow's Sokolniki Park

Richard Nixon points a finger towards Nikita Khrushchev to make a poin...

Photographic Materials Public domain photograph related to German history, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description Public domain photograph related to Soviet Union history, free to u... More

An An-2 aircraft that was stolen by Polish nationals and flown to Tempelhof Central Airport

An An-2 aircraft that was stolen by Polish nationals and flown to Temp...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Berlin Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Camera Operator: Thomas Farr Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digit... More

An East German guard tower at the Berlin Wall

An East German guard tower at the Berlin Wall

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Berlin Country: West Germany (FRG) Scene Camera Operator: SPC5 Vincent Kitts Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital... More

A view of a C-54 Skymaster aircraft, left, and a C-47 Skytrain aircraft on display in a hangar at Tempelhof Central Airport for the 40th anniversary of the beginning of the Berlin Airlift. Skytrain aircraft were used extensively to move material during the airlift

A view of a C-54 Skymaster aircraft, left, and a C-47 Skytrain aircraf...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: West Berlin Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digi... More

A crowd gathers on the West German side of the Berlin Wall at Potsdamer Platz to watch as the structure is dismantled

A crowd gathers on the West German side of the Berlin Wall at Potsdame...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Berlin Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Camera Operator: STAFF SGT. F. Lee Corkran Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military... More

East German policemen watch visitors wander through a newly created opening in the Berlin Wall at Potsdamer Platz

East German policemen watch visitors wander through a newly created op...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Berlin Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Camera Operator: STAFF Sergeant F. Lee Cockran Release Status: Released to Public Combined Mili... More

East and West German guards converse at the newly created opening in the Berlin Wall after a crane removed a section of the structure beside the Brandenburg Gate

East and West German guards converse at the newly created opening in t...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Berlin Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Lee Corkran Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service ... More

US Embassy in Berlin, The U.S. National Archives

US Embassy in Berlin, The U.S. National Archives

The original finding aid described this item as: Caption: City Views Photographs Related to Embassies, Consulates, and Other Overseas Buildings

SGT Max Vinecke directs a T-39 Sabreliner aircraft out of a hangar at Tempelhof Central Airport

SGT Max Vinecke directs a T-39 Sabreliner aircraft out of a hangar at ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Berlin Country: West Germany (FRG) Scene Camera Operator: RAMI Harcsztark Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Ph... More

Two 58th Tactical Fighter Squadron F-15C Eagle aircraft pass hohenzollern Castle while in flight south of Stuttgart, West Germany, during a Coronet Phaser deployment. The Coronet Phaser program tests the readiness of U.S. based units to deploy to and operate in Europe

Two 58th Tactical Fighter Squadron F-15C Eagle aircraft pass hohenzoll...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Federal Republic Of Germany (FRG) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Fernando Serna Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digit... More

A C-47 Skytrain aircraft taxis along a runway at Tempelhof Central Airport as it arrives for ceremonies marking the 40th anniversary of the beginning of the Berlin Airlift. Skytrain aircraft were used extensively to move material during the airlift

A C-47 Skytrain aircraft taxis along a runway at Tempelhof Central Air...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: West Berlin Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digi... More

An aerial view of a segment of the Berlin Wall

An aerial view of a segment of the Berlin Wall

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Berlin Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Camera Operator: CMSGT. Don Sutherland Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Ser... More

Members of the U.S. Army's Berlin Brigade observe a segment of the Berlin Wall from the West German side. Members of the wall patrol are chosen from brigade units on a rotating basis, patrols usually including six men in two jeeps sent out daily

Members of the U.S. Army's Berlin Brigade observe a segment of the Ber...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Berlin Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Camera Operator: CMSGT. Don Sutherland Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Ser... More

East Germans fly kites as they celebrate the demolition of a section of the Berlin wall at Potsdamer Platz

East Germans fly kites as they celebrate the demolition of a section o...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Berlin Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Camera Operator: STAFF Sergeant F. Lee Cockran Release Status: Released to Public Combined Mili... More

Graffiti on the west side of the Berlin Wall expresses the desire for a unified Germany

Graffiti on the west side of the Berlin Wall expresses the desire for ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Berlin Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT F. Lee Cockran Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Servi... More

A West German man uses a hammer and chisel to chip off a piece of the Berlin Wall as a souvenir. A portion of the Wall has already been demolished at Potsdamer Platz

A West German man uses a hammer and chisel to chip off a piece of the ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Berlin Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT. F. Lee Corkran Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Serv... More

West German soldiers aboard a camouflaged Leopard I main battle tank during Exercise REFORGER '83

West German soldiers aboard a camouflaged Leopard I main battle tank d...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: REFORGER '83 Country: West Germany (FRG) Scene Camera Operator: Aerospace Av Service Release Status: Released to Public Combi... More

A C-47 Skytrooper aircraft passes the Berlin Airlift Memorial. The aircraft will be restored and put on display at the memorial

A C-47 Skytrooper aircraft passes the Berlin Airlift Memorial. The air...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Rhein-Main Air Base Country: West Germany (FRG) Scene Camera Operator: MSGT Nugent Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service D... More

SPECIALIST 4 Billy Galvin gives hot chocolate to an East German child visiting West Germany following the demolition of a section of the Berlin Wall near Potsdamer Platz

SPECIALIST 4 Billy Galvin gives hot chocolate to an East German child ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Berlin Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Camera Operator: STAFF Sergeant F. Lee Cockran Release Status: Released to Public Combined Mili... More

Standing on the West German side, East German policemen observe the newly created opening in the Berlin Wall at Potsdamer Platz

Standing on the West German side, East German policemen observe the ne...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Berlin Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Camera Operator: STAFF SGT. F. Lee Corkran Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military... More

Graffiti on the west side of the Berlin Wall offers a glimpse into East Germany

Graffiti on the west side of the Berlin Wall offers a glimpse into Eas...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Berlin Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT F. Lee Cockran Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Servi... More

Hunger, the price of defeat / World Telegram & Sun photo by Emil Reynolds.

Hunger, the price of defeat / World Telegram & Sun photo by Emil Reyno...

Photograph shows two Berliners searching for food in a garbage dump.

Reading to Children, Germany - U.S. National Archives Public Domain photograph

Reading to Children, Germany - U.S. National Archives Public Domain ph...

Original caption: Employee reads stories to a group of youngsters in the children's day room of the Amerika Haus, Hamburg. Photographs of Information Center Service Activities in Foreign Countries

Checkpoint between the French and the American sectors in Germany 1948

Checkpoint between the French and the American sectors in Germany 1948

Militär vid kontroll..tag:..Photo Nr: 2218-15.sparvagsmuseet.sl.se ( http://sparvagsmuseet.sl.se )

A view of "The Wall," which separates communist-controlled East Germany from West Germany. Graffiti marks the West Berlin side while the East side remains spotless

A view of "The Wall," which separates communist-controlled East German...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: West Berlin Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Camera Operator: MASTER Sergeant Don Sutherland Release Status: Released to Public Combine... More

A C-130 Hercules aircraft of the 7575th Operations Group flies by the Luftbruecke Memorial at Tempelhof Central Airport during ceremonies commemorating the 40th anniversary of the airlift which ended the Soviet blockade of Berlin

A C-130 Hercules aircraft of the 7575th Operations Group flies by the ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Berlin Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital P... More

An East German policeman watches as visitors wander through the newly created opening in the Berlin Wall at Potsdamer Platz

An East German policeman watches as visitors wander through the newly ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Berlin Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Camera Operator: STAFF Sergeant F. Lee Cockran Release Status: Released to Public Combined Mili... More

Lamplight illuminates the Brandenburg Gate and a section of the Berlin Wall following the gate's official opening earlier in the day

Lamplight illuminates the Brandenburg Gate and a section of the Berlin...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Berlin Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT F. Lee Corkran Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Servi... More

East German guards stand atop the Berlin Wall beside the Brandenburg Gate following the official opening of the gate on December 22nd

East German guards stand atop the Berlin Wall beside the Brandenburg G...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Berlin Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT F. Lee Corkran Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Servi... More

[Adenauer at Paris Radio Station]

[Adenauer at Paris Radio Station]

[Adenauer at Paris Radio Station] - [PAR-5520] Public domain photograph related to German history, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

M-60 main battle tanks of Co. F, 40th Armor, Berlin Bde., undergo dry firing proficiency training at Tempelhof Central Airport

M-60 main battle tanks of Co. F, 40th Armor, Berlin Bde., undergo dry ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: West Berlin Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Camera Operator: Thomas B. Farr Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Servi... More

Cargo is offloaded from a C-141B Starlifter aircraft at Tempelhof Central Airport

Cargo is offloaded from a C-141B Starlifter aircraft at Tempelhof Cent...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: West Berlin Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Camera Operator: MASTER Sergeant Don Sutherland Release Status: Released to Public Combine... More

A view of the GPN-22 radar equipment in the Berlin Air Route Traffic Control Center (BARTCC) at Tempelhof Central Airport. French, British, and US servicemen at BARTCC are responsible for controlling the three corridors through which Berlin is accessible by air

A view of the GPN-22 radar equipment in the Berlin Air Route Traffic C...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Berlin Country: West Germany (FRG) Scene Camera Operator: Thomas Farr Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photog... More

Changing of the guard takes place at the 19th-century Neue Wache (New Guard House). The building, located in East Berlin, was dedicated as a "Memorial to the Victims of Fascism and Militarism" following World War II

Changing of the guard takes place at the 19th-century Neue Wache (New ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Berlin Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Camera Operator: CMSGT. Don Sutherland Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Ser... More

East Germans drive their vehicles through Checkpoint Charlie as they take advantage of relaxed travel restrictions to visit West Germany

East Germans drive their vehicles through Checkpoint Charlie as they t...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Berlin Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Camera Operator: STAFF Sergeant F. Lee Cockran Release Status: Released to Public Combined Mili... More

West German children attempt to chip off a piece of the Berlin Wall as a souvenir. A portion of the Wall has already been demolished at Potsdamer Platz

West German children attempt to chip off a piece of the Berlin Wall as...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Berlin Country: Germany (DEU) Scene Camera Operator: SSG F. Lee Corkran Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Phot... More

West Germans hold a vigil at the Brandenburg Gate as they anticipate demolition of this section of the Berlin Wall. A section of the Wall has already been demolished at Potsdamer Platz

West Germans hold a vigil at the Brandenburg Gate as they anticipate d...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Berlin Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Camera Operator: STAFF Sergeant F. Lee Cockran Release Status: Released to Public Combined Mili... More

MSGT Tom Jenkins and daughter, Christina, stroll past a section of the Berlin Wall as an artist paints a mural following Germany's reunification

MSGT Tom Jenkins and daughter, Christina, stroll past a section of the...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Berlin Country: Deutschland / Germany(DEU) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Fernando Serna Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Servic... More

Antenna Pedestal, Located in Cologne, Germany

Antenna Pedestal, Located in Cologne, Germany

Records Relating to Publications Public domain photograph of a sculpture, monument, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Geese gather on the flight line during a heavy rainfall at Tempelhof Central Airport. The birds are being photographed in support of the Bird Strike Program

Geese gather on the flight line during a heavy rainfall at Tempelhof C...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: West Berlin Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Camera Operator: Hendrik G. Pastor Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Se... More

A view of "The Wall," which separates communist-controlled East Germany from West Germany. Graffiti marks the West Berlin side while the East side remains spotless

A view of "The Wall," which separates communist-controlled East German...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: West Berlin Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Camera Operator: MASTER Sergeant Don Sutherland Release Status: Released to Public Combine... More

A view of Checkpoint Charlie, the border crossing for diplomats and Allied personnel between East Germany and West Germany

A view of Checkpoint Charlie, the border crossing for diplomats and Al...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: West Berlin Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Camera Operator: MASTER Sergeant Don Sutherland Release Status: Released to Public Combine... More

East German police watch as visitors pass through the newly created opening in the Berlin Wall at Potsdamer Platz

East German police watch as visitors pass through the newly created op...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Berlin Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Camera Operator: STAFF Sergeant F. Lee Cockran Release Status: Released to Public Combined Mili... More

A visitor brings flowers to place at the newly created opening in the Berlin Wall at Potsdamer Platz

A visitor brings flowers to place at the newly created opening in the ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Berlin Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Camera Operator: STAFF Sergeant F. Lee Cockran Release Status: Released to Public Combined Mili... More

A West German woman attempts to chip off a piece of the Berlin Wall as a souvenir. A portion of the Wall has already been demolished at Potsdamer Platz

A West German woman attempts to chip off a piece of the Berlin Wall as...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Berlin Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Camera Operator: STAFF Sergeant F. Lee Cockran Release Status: Released to Public Combined Mili... More

A crane removes a section of the Berlin Wall beside the Brandenburg Gate

A crane removes a section of the Berlin Wall beside the Brandenburg Ga...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Berlin Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT F. Lee Corkran Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Servi... More

Veryl Goodnight's "The Day the Wall Came Down" sculpture, a seven-ton bronze creation on the Texas A&M University campus in College Station, Texas, that depicts horses jumping the collapsed Berlin Wall. The sculpture symbolizes freedom, patriotism, and the expression of human spirit

Veryl Goodnight's "The Day the Wall Came Down" sculpture, a seven-ton ...

Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Lyda Hill Texas Collection of Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and P... More

[People in three different occupations walking (marching) on the flags of Germany and Japan. The first three people are a grocer, a housewife carrying an American flag, and service station attendant carrying a tire. To inspire folks on the homefront.] [Luther Horney]

[People in three different occupations walking (marching) on the flags...

Original Artwork for World War II Posters Public domain photograph of Imperial Japan, Japanese empire, during World War Two, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Piece of the Berlin Wall displayed at the Newseum museum, Arlington, Virginia

Piece of the Berlin Wall displayed at the Newseum museum, Arlington, V...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a mural painting, architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

A view of "The Wall," which separates communist-controlled East Germany from West Germany. Graffiti marks the West Berlin side while the East side remains spotless

A view of "The Wall," which separates communist-controlled East German...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: West Berlin Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Camera Operator: MASTER Sergeant Don Sutherland Release Status: Released to Public Combine... More

A memorial on the western side of the Berlin Wall dedicated to Peter Fecter, a young man who died while attempting to flee East Berlin

A memorial on the western side of the Berlin Wall dedicated to Peter F...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: West Germany (FRG) Scene Camera Operator: Yuen-Gi "Bernie" Yee Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

A C-47 Skytrain aircraft taxis toward the main terminal at Tempelhof Central Airport as it arrives for ceremonies marking the 40th anniversary of the beginning of the Berlin Airlift. Skytrain aircraft were used extensively to move material during the airlift

A C-47 Skytrain aircraft taxis toward the main terminal at Tempelhof C...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: West Berlin Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digi... More

A West German man uses a hammer and chisel to chip off a piece of the Berlin Wall as a souvenir. A portion of the Wall has already been demolished at Potsdamer Platz

A West German man uses a hammer and chisel to chip off a piece of the ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Berlin Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Camera Operator: SSG F. Lee Corkran Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Servic... More

East German police monitor people returning to East Berlin through the newly created opening in the Berlin Wall at Potsdamer Platz

East German police monitor people returning to East Berlin through the...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Berlin Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Camera Operator: STAFF Sergeant F. Lee Cockran Release Status: Released to Public Combined Mili... More

West German children applaud as an East German man drives through Checkpoint Charlie and takes advantage of relaxed travel restrictions to visit West Germany

West German children applaud as an East German man drives through Chec...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Berlin Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Camera Operator: STAFF Sergeant F. Lee Cockran Release Status: Released to Public Combined Mili... More

An East German policeman motions to the crowd as the Berlin Wall is dismantled at Potsdamer Platz

An East German policeman motions to the crowd as the Berlin Wall is di...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Berlin Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Camera Operator: STAFF Sergeant F. Lee Cockran Release Status: Released to Public Combined Mili... More

A newly created opening provides a view of activities on both sides of the Berlin Wall near the Brandenburg Gate

A newly created opening provides a view of activities on both sides of...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Berlin Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Lee Corkran Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service ... More

U.S. Ambassador Vernon Walters presents a now obsolete checkpoint sign to former President Ronald Reagan as Nancy Reagan looks on. The Reagans are stopping at Tempelhof Central Airport during a visit to Germany following the country's reunification

U.S. Ambassador Vernon Walters presents a now obsolete checkpoint sign...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Berlin Country: Deutschland / Germany(DEU) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Fernando Serna Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Servic... More

US Embassy in Berlin, The U.S. National Archives

US Embassy in Berlin, The U.S. National Archives

The original finding aid described this item as: Caption: City Views Photographs Related to Embassies, Consulates, and Other Overseas Buildings

Bookmobile, Heidelberg, Germany

Bookmobile, Heidelberg, Germany

Original caption: The bookmobile is eagerly greeted by the youngest citizens in German towns where free library for children is unknown, where many are seeing books and films about the United States for the fir... More

Volkswagen Bus Serves as Bookmobile, Stuttgart, Germany

Volkswagen Bus Serves as Bookmobile, Stuttgart, Germany

Photographs of Information Center Service Activities in Foreign Countries Public domain photograph of a car, automobile, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A right side view of an OV-10 Bronco aircraft from the 601st Tactical Air Support Group, Sembach Air Base, West Germany, in flight during Exercise Reforger '81

A right side view of an OV-10 Bronco aircraft from the 601st Tactical ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: REFORGER '81 Base: Hanau Army Air Field Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Bill Thompson Relea... More

An aerial view of Tempelhof Central Airport

An aerial view of Tempelhof Central Airport

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: West Berlin Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Camera Operator: MASTER Sergeant Don Sutherland Release Status: Released to Public Combine... More

A C-47 Skytrooper aircraft taxis along the flight line. The aircraft will be restored and put on display at the Berlin Airlift Memorial

A C-47 Skytrooper aircraft taxis along the flight line. The aircraft w...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Rhein-Main Air Base Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Camera Operator: MSGT Nugent Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military ... More

Air force personnel man the GPN-22 radar equipment in the Berlin Air Route Traffic Control Center (BARTCC) at Tempelhof Central Airport. French, British, and US servicemen at BARTCC are responsible for controlling the three corridors through which Berlin is accessible by air

Air force personnel man the GPN-22 radar equipment in the Berlin Air R...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Berlin Country: West Germany (FRG) Scene Camera Operator: Thomas Farr Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photog... More

A C-47 Skytrain aircraft touches down on a runway at Tempelhof Central Airport as it arrives for ceremonies marking the 40th anniversary of the beginning of the Berlin Airlift. Skytrain aircraft were used extensively to move material during the airlift

A C-47 Skytrain aircraft touches down on a runway at Tempelhof Central...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: West Berlin Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digi... More

A view of a C-47 Skytrain aircraft parked near the base control tower during ceremonies marking the 40th anniversary of the beginning of the Berlin Airlift. Skytrain aircraft were used extensively to move material during the airlift

A view of a C-47 Skytrain aircraft parked near the base control tower ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Rhein-Main Air Base Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Camera Operator: SGT John E. Lasky Release Status: Released to Public Combined Mil... More

West German children display a banner as they welcome East German visitors driving through Checkpoint Charlie. The East Germans are taking advantage of relaxed travel restrictions to visit the West

West German children display a banner as they welcome East German visi...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Berlin Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Camera Operator: STAFF Sergeant F. Lee Cockran Release Status: Released to Public Combined Mili... More

Graffiti on the west side of the Berlin Wall depicts the transition toward a unified Berlin

Graffiti on the west side of the Berlin Wall depicts the transition to...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Berlin Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Camera Operator: STAFF Sergeant F. Lee Cockran Release Status: Released to Public Combined Mili... More

A large kite bearing the shared colors of the East and West German flags is flown on the west side of the Berlin Wall at Potsdamer Platz to celebrate the demolition of a section of the wall

A large kite bearing the shared colors of the East and West German fla...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Berlin Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Camera Operator: STAFF Sergeant F. Lee Cockran Release Status: Released to Public Combined Mili... More

A crowd of West German citizens gathers at the newly created opening in the Berlin Wall at Potsdamer Platz

A crowd of West German citizens gathers at the newly created opening i...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Berlin Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Camera Operator: STAFF SGT. F. Lee Corkran Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military... More

East German guards take photographs as a crane removes a section of the Berlin Wall beside the Brandenburg Gate

East German guards take photographs as a crane removes a section of th...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Berlin Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT F. Lee Corkran Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Servi... More

East German guards watch as a crane prepares to remove a section of the Berlin Wall beside the Brandenburg Gate

East German guards watch as a crane prepares to remove a section of th...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Berlin Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT F. Lee Corkran Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Servi... More

Members of the 11th Armored Cavalry deploy from an M113A1 armored personnel carrier during an exercise at the border between East and West Germany. On the right is an M551 Sheridan light tank and in the background is an observation post

Members of the 11th Armored Cavalry deploy from an M113A1 armored pers...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: West Germany (FRG) Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

A right side view of a C-141B Starlifter cargo aircraft as it is deiced at Tempelhof Central Airport

A right side view of a C-141B Starlifter cargo aircraft as it is deice...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: West Berlin Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Camera Operator: Thomas B. Farr Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Servi... More

A view of the Brandenburg Gate, with East Berlin in the background

A view of the Brandenburg Gate, with East Berlin in the background

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Berlin Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Camera Operator: Thomas Farr Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digit... More

A long-range radar display in the Berlin Air Route Traffic Control Center (BARTCC) at Tempelhof Central Airport shows the activity in the three corridors through which the Berlin is accessible by air. BARTCC is jointly operated by French, British, and US servicemen

A long-range radar display in the Berlin Air Route Traffic Control Cen...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Berlin Country: West Germany (FRG) Scene Camera Operator: Thomas Farr Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photog... More

The Berlin Airlift Memorial rises above attendees at the airlift 40th anniversary ceremonies, and a restored C-47 Skytrain aircraft of the type that ran the Soviet blockade

The Berlin Airlift Memorial rises above attendees at the airlift 40th ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Rhein-Main Air Base Country: West Germany (FRG) Scene Camera Operator: SGT Paul Tubridy Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Serv... More

East Berliners cross over to the West as a crane is used to dismantle the Berlin Wall at Potsdamer Platz

East Berliners cross over to the West as a crane is used to dismantle ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Berlin Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Camera Operator: STAFF SGT. F. Lee Corkran Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military... More

A West German man uses a hammer and chisel to chip off a piece of the Berlin Wall as a souvenir. A portion of the Wall has already been demolished at Potsdamer Platz

A West German man uses a hammer and chisel to chip off a piece of the ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Berlin Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT. F. Lee Corkran Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Serv... More

An East German policeman monitors traffic returning to East Berlin through the newly created opening in the Berlin Wall at Potsdamer Platz

An East German policeman monitors traffic returning to East Berlin thr...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Berlin Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Camera Operator: STAFF Sergeant F. Lee Cockran Release Status: Released to Public Combined Mili... More

An East German Trabant, a small car with a two-cylinder engine, is parked on the Ku'damm in West Berlin. East Germans are visiting the West following demolition of sections of the Berlin Wall

An East German Trabant, a small car with a two-cylinder engine, is par...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Berlin Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Camera Operator: STAFF Sergeant F. Lee Cockran Release Status: Released to Public Combined Mili... More

West German citizens display a banner as they maintain a vigil for the demolition of the Berlin Wall at the Brandenburg Gate. A portion of the Wall has already been demolished at Potsdamer Platz

West German citizens display a banner as they maintain a vigil for the...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Berlin Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Camera Operator: STAFF Sergeant F. Lee Cockran Release Status: Released to Public Combined Mili... More

East German police and West German citizens watch as a workman dismantles a section of the Berlin Wall at Potsdamer Platz

East German police and West German citizens watch as a workman dismant...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Berlin Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Camera Operator: STAFF Sergeant F. Lee Cockran Release Status: Released to Public Combined Mili... More

East German guards stand atop the Berlin Wall beside the Brandenburg Gate following the official opening of the gate on December 22nd

East German guards stand atop the Berlin Wall beside the Brandenburg G...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Berlin Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT F. Lee Corkran Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Servi... More

Following Germany's reunification, a couple reads grave markers of East Germans who died in an effort to escape over the Berlin Wall to the West

Following Germany's reunification, a couple reads grave markers of Eas...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Berlin Country: Deutschland / Germany(DEU) Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Ph... More

General Dwight D. Eisenhower, Supreme Allied Commander, talks with Major Gen. Matthew B. Ridgway, CG, 18th Corps, at a headquarters in Germany, during General Eisenhower's tour of the western front

General Dwight D. Eisenhower, Supreme Allied Commander, talks with Maj...

U.S. Army photograph. KTO HQ-45-25686. Public domain photograph related to Nazi Germany, World War Two, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Accentuating the division / World Telegram & Sun photo by Jack Chitham.

Accentuating the division / World Telegram & Sun photo by Jack Chitham...

Photograph shows British military police erecting a sign to mark the division of British and Russian sectors of Berlin.

Members of the 11th Armored Cavalry guard the border between East and West Germany in an M551 Sheridan light tank

Members of the 11th Armored Cavalry guard the border between East and ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: West Germany (FRG) Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

Civilian airlines are authorized to land at the Tempelhof Central Airport when bad weather prevents them from landing at the primary airport at Tegel. The Rosinen Bomber is the first plane from the right

Civilian airlines are authorized to land at the Tempelhof Central Airp...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Berlin Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Camera Operator: Thomas Farr Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digit... More

A West German visitor to the Berlin Wall uses a hammer and a chisel to chip off a piece of the Wall as a souvenir. A portion of the Wall has already been demolished at Potsdamer Platz

A West German visitor to the Berlin Wall uses a hammer and a chisel to...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Berlin Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Camera Operator: SSG F. Lee Corkran Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Servic... More

East German guards stand atop the Berlin Wall beside the Brandenburg Gate following the official opening of the gate on December 22nd

East German guards stand atop the Berlin Wall beside the Brandenburg G...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Berlin Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT F. Lee Corkran Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Servi... More

Members of the German military carry lit torches in honor of General (GEN) Charles L. Donnelly Jr., departing commander in chief, US Air Force Europe, and Allied Air Forces Central Europe. The Soldiers are participating in the"Grand Tatoo,"one of the West Germany military's highest honors

Members of the German military carry lit torches in honor of General (...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: NOMAD THRUST Base: Ramstein Air Base Country: West Germany (FRG) Scene Camera Operator: MSGT Patrick Nugent Release Status: ... More

A crowd gathers by a section of the Berlin Wall following Germany's reunification

A crowd gathers by a section of the Berlin Wall following Germany's re...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Berlin Country: Deutschland / Germany(DEU) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Fernando Serna Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Servic... More

During a tour, United States Air Forces in Europe Outstanding Airmen of the Year look over the Berlin Wall into East Berlin

During a tour, United States Air Forces in Europe Outstanding Airmen o...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: West Berlin Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Camera Operator: Thomas Farr Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service ... More

A1C David Smith (right) and Steven Freeman, both security policemen from the 7350th Air Base Group, salute a passing vehicle at Checkpoint Charlie, the allied entry point into East Berlin

A1C David Smith (right) and Steven Freeman, both security policemen fr...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Berlin Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Camera Operator: Thomas Farr Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digit... More

A sign indicates where the British sector ends at "The Wall," separating communist-controlled East Germany from West Germany

A sign indicates where the British sector ends at "The Wall," separati...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: West Berlin Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Camera Operator: MASTER Sergeant Don Sutherland Release Status: Released to Public Combine... More

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