Christmas in Uniform: A Collection of Christmas Images from U.S. Military History
6th Armored Div. GIs decorate a Christmas tree in Saarbrücken, Germany, 1944.
Despite being away from their families in unfamiliar countries, America’s service members have found ways
to celebrate Christmas, no matter where they are stationed. From makeshift decorations in trenches to Santa
Clause arriving on tanks, this collection of images captures moments of joy, celebration, and fellowship as U.S.
military personnel found ways to bring the Christmas spirit to wherever duty called.
Christmas in Uniform historical photograph collection.
Images from this story
U.S. soldiers and Santa at Forward Operating Base Clark, Afghanistan, in 2013.Sgt. Hiram Prouty of US 175th Infantry Regiment dressed as Santa Claus, arriving on a M3 medium tank, Perham Down, England, 5 December 1942.Specialist Hernandez Lorie from the 4th Infantry Division of the US army sets lights on a Christmas decoration at her base in Tikrit. 23 December 2003.Troops with the 32nd Division receive Red Cross Christmas packages on Christmas Eve 1917.U.S. service members deliver boxes of drinks, snacks, and stockings filled with gifts to service members deployed in support of Combined Joint Task Force – Operation Inherent Resolve (CJTF- OIR) in eastern Syria. Dec. 23, 2019.A Christmas card sent home from France in WWI.U.S. military members celebrate Christmas early with Romanian children. 12/19/2015.US soldiers celebrate Christmas on the Lexington aircraft carri- er in late World War II.Hundreds of U.S. Marines gather at Camp Commando in the Kuwait desert during a Christmas eve visit by Santa Claus on Dec 24. 2002.Nicholas Phillips with beer can Christmas tree, Korean War.F7F-3N XMas 1950 Korea.Men of Co “B”, 4th Signal Bn, X US Corps, prepare to decorate the Christmas tree at Bn HQ. Korea. Dec. 11, 1951.Homer Litzenberg Addresses Marines on Christmas Day, 1950.Soldiers decorating a Christmas tree in a trench during Vietnam War, 1969.1967 Vietnam. Merry Christmas from the 22nd Infantry Regiment, nickname “Boonies.”US soldiers resting on Hill 875 with a Christmas tree during the Vietnam War against bombed forests.Santa Claus (Sgt Robert Youmans, Advanced Airborne School) lands at Fort Campbell. 16 December 1963.US Marines deliver Christmas gifts for children during Vietnam War.Vietnam, December 25, 1967. Soldiers from the 9th Infantry Division, William Dowell and Ronald Hull, observe a 24-hour Christmas truce.
