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These are the Marines that earned victory in the Pacific and they carry the tools of their trade. The M1 was the finest rifle of the World War II era...

Airman 1st Class Jacob Wilson rests with his M1 Garand with a fixed bayonet during U.S. Air Force Honor Guard drill team training Jan. 13, 2015, at...

By the end of training, recruits felt that their rifles were almost part of their own anatomy. With its eight-shot clip and high degree of accuracy,...

Private First Class Oscar E. Nelson, 20, son of Mr. And Mrs. Fred B. Nelson, of 4360 Toledo Avenue, Robbinsdale, Minnesota, a scout and observer...

A FAMILIAR POSE- -Marine Technical Sergeant John E. Boitnott. Who won fame as a sniper who shot nine of the enemy with nine shots in Korea, takes a...

Detroit Burning: Photos From the 12th Street Riot, 1967

D-Day on Tarawa – 20 November 1943. Infantrymen of Landing Team 2/8 come ashore onto the charnel house of Red Beach 3, pausing to regroup near the...

National Guard clear streets in Pittsburgh during race riot, 1968.

Talking with the woman that cuts my hair it came up in conversation that her father was A WW2 Vet. Me: Where did he serve? Candy: Burma I think....

Merrill's s Marauders Date taken: 1944 Photographer: Bernard Hoffman

Marine Pfc. Douglas Lightheart (right) cradles his .30 caliber M1919 Browning machine gun in his lap, while he and Marine Pfc. Gerald Thursby Sr....

Marines Date taken: June 1941 Photographer: Dmitri Kessel

Peleliu: Black Marines Black Marines find cover near the front line. Peleliu, September 1944. Source: National Archives (127-N-96331) My...