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German tank destroyed by artillery at El Guettar, on the highway from Gafsa to Gabes. El Guettar was the first time the Big Red One, fighting as a...

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USS Coconino County (LST-603) earned one battle star for World War II service as LST-603, and seven campaign stars and two awards of the Meritorious...

Participated in the Battle of Guadalcanal. He was shot in combat and contracted a severe form of malaria, with a high probability of fatality. After...

the Sight Seein' Sixth Casualties Total battle casualties: 2,370 Killed in action: 410 Wounded in action: 1,957 Missing in action: 3 ...

As the raider skirmish line maneuvers cautiously through the coconut groves and keeps an eye out for snipers in the treetops, it is also wary of...

Hurtgen Forest December 1944

Elements of the U.S. 83rd Infantry Division liberated Langenstein-Zweiberge, a sub-camp of the Buchenwald concentration camp system, on April 11,...

join the U.S. Marine Corps at age 17 and served two and a half years in the Pacific Theater during World War II. Upon his return, he attended Kenyon...

Soldiers disembark after crossing the Rhine in small boats

Here the Marine M4A3R3 Sherman tank - nicknamed the 'Zippo' by troops goes into action in Iwo Jima in March 1945

Ulster boys checking out one of the recently arrived American soldiers (February 25, 1942). Americans were posted to Ulster to free up British...

The national guard after being called in to monitor the Rath Packing Company strike in 1948. Rath Packing Company The years following World War...

The Battle of Saipan was a battle of the Pacific campaign of World War II, fought on the island of Saipan in the Mariana Islands from 15 June to 9...

Ethiopian army radioman in 1961, armed with a M1 Garand. This was two years before the first large import, so this particular M1 was almost certainly...

Teamsters wildcat strike, 1970