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A four-horn acoustic locator, in England, 1930s. There are three operators, two with stethoscopes linked to pairs of horns for stereo listening.

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Workmen fit a set of paraboloids in a sound detector for use by anti-aircraft batteries guarding the skies England, in a factory somewhere in England, on July 30, 1940.

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Antiaircraft sound locator apparatus with searchlight and transport, 1932 [Coast Artillery Corps, USA]

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Soldiers operating an acoustic airplane locator during World War II, Trelleborg, Sweden, 1940. (Photo Carl Gunnar Rosborn]

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An aerial view of the Mauthausen area, 1943-45 [United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of NARA, College Park]

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U.S. Naval Air Station, Santa Ana, California, c. June 1945. pecialist (X) 2nd Class Marcelle Whiteman holds one of the 200 carrier pigeons based at NAS Santa Ana, circa June 1945. The birds were used to transmit communications from the air to the station when radio silence is in force. One of the occupations covered by the Specialist (X) rating was Pigeon Trainer. [Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives]

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An aerial view of Amsterdam, taken before the war for German military use, 25.08.1939. [United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of NARA, College Park]

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84844 AC - Fifth Air Force, Korea - With a photograph of a Communist gun position in front of him, Sgt James E. Kindseth moves in for a better view.  His reports of Red Flak are used in briefing fighter-bomber pilots on how best to approach heavily defended targets.  March 1952.  U.S. Air Force Photo.

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American soldier examines North-Korean anti-aircraft positions through a magnifying loupe. In the foreground is a well-equipped stereoscope. March 1952. (USAF Photo)

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1943 – Photo from a camouflage class at New York University, where men and women make models from aerial photographs and devise a camouflage scheme for a defense…

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1943 – A camouflage class at New York University, where men and women make models from aerial photographs and devise a camouflage scheme for a defense plant. This…