PopKulture's photos with the keyword: military

Vintage advertising poster urging donations to the "USO and all Red Feather Services." Circa 1940's.

Loved ones back home could acquaint themselves with the naval fleet upon which cadets might find themselves stationed.

You'd doubtfully see an image like this today on a piece of military merchandise; they'd likely forego the rifle and bayonet imagery and try to emphasize our 'peacekeeping' ability and hi-tech humanitarianism.

After decades of service, will marriage finally spell the end of the vaunted Blackhawk squadron? Blackhawk - Issue No. 155, December 1960. Cover art by Dick Dillin.

My mother had three brothers that served in World War II. Pictured above is my Uncle Mugs at Hickam Field, next to a plane which bears the name 'Beth' handwritten just above his head. I don't know what type of plane that is, but I bet some aviation buff will know instantly! Have a safe and festive holiday.

My mother had three brothers that served in World War II. Pictured above is my Uncle Jake in the barracks somewhere on Oahu. I don't know what he did to earn his stripes, and now no one's around to ask. I might just research it someday. Have a safe and festive holiday.

My mother had three brothers that served in World War II. Pictured above is my Uncle Dugan on what I'd guess is a vintage Harley Davidson motorcycle. If anyone can hazard a guess as to the make or model, I'd appreciate your input. Have a safe and festive holiday.

As storied and entrenched in history firma as the Civil War now stands, it's hard to believe it was ever just "happening." Somehow, these epochal events seem now so compartmentalized that it's difficult to imagine what it must have been like as they were unfolding, as everyday news, trickling down to the masses in a secondhand manner. No radio, no television, certainly no internet, and many Americans too poor or illiterate to lay witness to the tales of the day. Instead, word-of-mouth accounts, hearsay, or public readings from newspapers kept a populace appraised of the daily mire; accounts, mind you, which relied heavily on weary carriers or the sporadic telegram, and as such lagged days - if not weeks - and often well after the dust had settled and history had turned, as it did so often on the whim of the weather or the resolve of a beleaguered brigade or two. The American well-to-do followed events in lavishly illustrated newspaper magazines like the one pictured above, bearing a date one hundred fifty years to the day. While the battles at Gettysburg and Antietam justly echo in the annals of our history, the gallant exploits of Captain William E. Strong of the Second Wisconsin Volunteers survive only in obscurity - surviving in great part to the coverage afforded here, in the September 28, 1861 edition of Harper's Weekly.

Blackhawk - No. 72, January 1954 issue.

Blackhawk - No. 170, March 1962 issue.

Blackhawk - No. 171, April 1962 issue.

As gritty and "in-your-face" cover as you'll find on any war comic title! Man Comics - Issue No. 15, June 1952. Cover pencils likely by Russ Heath.