“Technical Sgt. R.W. Greenwood, a Marine, sits in the cockpit of a Grumman Wildcat fighter plane, based at Henderson Field, Guadalcanal, that is credited with shooting down 19 Japanese aircraft, as illustrated by the number of Japanese flags on his plane.”
Audio taken from American tank communications during the Battle of Iwo Jima, on February 22, 1945
“Prime Minister Winston Churchill chalks the message ‘A Present for Hitler’ onto a shell which he then fired from a 9.2mm gun at the eastern edge of Goch, Germany, on 5 March 1945.”
A burial at sea for two sailors, victims of the attack on the USS Liscome Bay
Please take a moment today to remember all those who did not make it home.
“Over 200 volunteers spent Wednesday planting flags for Memorial Day on the grounds of Boston Common in downtown Boston in honor of those who served and died for our country. The 33,000 flags represent all of the fallen soldiers from Massachusetts who have died since the civil war.”
The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.
Arlington National Cemetery - May, 1943.
This Memorial Day, we took a look back at how the U.S. soldier has evolved over the years. Did you know camouflage wasn’t introduced until the end of World War II?
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“A soldier of the 25th Infantry Division, coated with sweat and grime, patrols thick jungle near the Cambodian border, Nov. 26, 1966.”
“A relative of a Palestinian victim cries at the morgue in the Al-Shifa hospital on January 5, 2009 in Gaza City, Gaza.”
“Eli Azran father of Irit Shitrit, a mother of four, leans over her dead body as he mourns during her funeral on December 30, 2008 in Ashdod, Israel. Shitrit was killed by a Hamas rocket in Ashdod, Israel, after hearing a warning siren and taking shelter in a roadside bus stop.”
