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This photograph was taken on May 18, 1966. 18 May 1966. These men are from the 503rd Parachute Infantry Regiment. The day before, they had taken a hill at a cost of 13 KIA and twice that many WIA. The soldier in front is PFC Toliver.
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August 16, 2025 at 9:20 PM
This photograph was taken on May 18, 1966. 18 May 1966. These men are from the 503rd Parachute Infantry Regiment. The day before, they had taken a hill at a cost of 13 KIA and twice that many WIA. The soldier in front is PFC Toliver.
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This photograph, taken on June 6, 1944 on Omaha Beach in Normandy France, an American soldier holds a group of German troops and laborers at gunpoint in a ditch during D Day operations. An American soldier wearing a bandage under his chin stands by.
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August 16, 2025 at 9:11 PM
This photograph, taken on June 6, 1944 on Omaha Beach in Normandy France, an American soldier holds a group of German troops and laborers at gunpoint in a ditch during D Day operations. An American soldier wearing a bandage under his chin stands by.
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Troops of the famed 82nd Airborne Div (3rd Batt; 504th Para. Reg.) march through snow behind tanks of the 340th Tank Bn on the way to engage Germans near the town of Herresbach during the Battle of the Bulge. Herresbach, Belgium. December 1944.
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August 10, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Troops of the famed 82nd Airborne Div (3rd Batt; 504th Para. Reg.) march through snow behind tanks of the 340th Tank Bn on the way to engage Germans near the town of Herresbach during the Battle of the Bulge. Herresbach, Belgium. December 1944.
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The Saigon fire dept's job was to collect the dead from the streets during the Tet Offensive in Vietnam. When they put the girl, killed by U.S. helicopter fire, in their truck, her brother found her. The NY Times published this photo & denied that US forces had killed her. 1968.
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May 14, 2025 at 2:21 PM
The Saigon fire dept's job was to collect the dead from the streets during the Tet Offensive in Vietnam. When they put the girl, killed by U.S. helicopter fire, in their truck, her brother found her. The NY Times published this photo & denied that US forces had killed her. 1968.
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Dead German Soldier besides the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin in April 1945.
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May 13, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Dead German Soldier besides the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin in April 1945.
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Soldiers of the Army of the Potomac are seen posing with a cannon on the battlefield either before or during the First Battle of Bull Run which took place on July 21, 1861, near Manassas Junction, Va.
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April 24, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Soldiers of the Army of the Potomac are seen posing with a cannon on the battlefield either before or during the First Battle of Bull Run which took place on July 21, 1861, near Manassas Junction, Va.
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USS Hancock burning after struck by a kamikaze attack aircraft off Okinawa, Apr 7, 1945. Fires are burning fore & aft, & TBM Avenger flying over the carrier. Photograph taken from USS Pasadena.
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April 7, 2025 at 9:51 PM
USS Hancock burning after struck by a kamikaze attack aircraft off Okinawa, Apr 7, 1945. Fires are burning fore & aft, & TBM Avenger flying over the carrier. Photograph taken from USS Pasadena.
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FM2 Wildcats of Composite Squadron VC-93 on the flight deck of escort carrier USS Petrof Bay off Okinawa, 25 Mar 1945.
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April 7, 2025 at 9:41 PM
FM2 Wildcats of Composite Squadron VC-93 on the flight deck of escort carrier USS Petrof Bay off Okinawa, 25 Mar 1945.
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FG-1D Corsairs of Marine Squadron VMF-323 flying over Okinawa, Japan, 1945
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April 7, 2025 at 9:33 PM
FG-1D Corsairs of Marine Squadron VMF-323 flying over Okinawa, Japan, 1945
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Dodge WC54 ambulances and International Harvester M-5 trucks pick up Okinawa casualties from hospital ship AH-8 USS Mercy with a 400-bed capacity, Guam, Mariana Islands, May 1945
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Dodge WC54 ambulances and International Harvester M-5 trucks pick up Okinawa casualties from hospital ship AH-8 USS Mercy with a 400-bed capacity, Guam, Mariana Islands, May 1945
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A burning Yokosuka P1Y Ginga ‘Frances’ aircraft crossing astern of escort carrier USS Ommaney Bay in the Sulu Sea, Philippines, 15 Dec 1944. Moments later, the airplane crashed into the sea.
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A burning Yokosuka P1Y Ginga ‘Frances’ aircraft crossing astern of escort carrier USS Ommaney Bay in the Sulu Sea, Philippines, 15 Dec 1944. Moments later, the airplane crashed into the sea.
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Japanese Kamikaze slamming into the side of an unnamed American aircraft carrier off the coast of Okinawa. May 1945.
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Japanese Kamikaze slamming into the side of an unnamed American aircraft carrier off the coast of Okinawa. May 1945.
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American M4 Sherman tanks giving rides to a mix of US Soldiers and German POW's in North Rhine-Westphalia. 1945.
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American M4 Sherman tanks giving rides to a mix of US Soldiers and German POW's in North Rhine-Westphalia. 1945.
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On April 12, 1945, US Forces liberated the Ohrdruf concentration camp. Generals Eisenhower, Bradley, Patton, & Manton Eddy are inspecting a cremation pyre at the camp. Over 7,000 people died in only 5 months of the camp's operation.
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April 4, 2025 at 9:29 PM
On April 12, 1945, US Forces liberated the Ohrdruf concentration camp. Generals Eisenhower, Bradley, Patton, & Manton Eddy are inspecting a cremation pyre at the camp. Over 7,000 people died in only 5 months of the camp's operation.
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Two young German snipers captured by a soldier from the 87th Infantry Division near Koblenz, 1945.
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Two young German snipers captured by a soldier from the 87th Infantry Division near Koblenz, 1945.
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1) Louis-Joseph de Montcalm tried to stop Natives from attacking British soldiers & civilians as they leave Fort William Henry after the Battle of Fort William Henry. Aug 10, 1757
2) A British officer negotiates the surrender of Fort William Henry with French General Montcalm 2/2
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2) A British officer negotiates the surrender of Fort William Henry with French General Montcalm 2/2
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March 20, 2025 at 4:15 PM
1) Louis-Joseph de Montcalm tried to stop Natives from attacking British soldiers & civilians as they leave Fort William Henry after the Battle of Fort William Henry. Aug 10, 1757
2) A British officer negotiates the surrender of Fort William Henry with French General Montcalm 2/2
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2) A British officer negotiates the surrender of Fort William Henry with French General Montcalm 2/2
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On Aug 10, 1757, after the Battle of Fort William Henry, British forces surrendered to the French, who promised safe passage. Tragically, their native allies attacked the retreating British. 200 were killed, & many captives were taken. A dark chapter of the French & Indian War. 1/2
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March 20, 2025 at 4:10 PM
On Aug 10, 1757, after the Battle of Fort William Henry, British forces surrendered to the French, who promised safe passage. Tragically, their native allies attacked the retreating British. 200 were killed, & many captives were taken. A dark chapter of the French & Indian War. 1/2
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The death of Maj. Gen. Edward Braddock at Battle of the Monongahela, July 9, 1755, during French & Indian War (1754-1763).
British couldn't take Fort Duquesne from French. Due to forest terrain Braddock also died. British were routed. Fort Duquesne was French for 4 more years.
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British couldn't take Fort Duquesne from French. Due to forest terrain Braddock also died. British were routed. Fort Duquesne was French for 4 more years.
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March 20, 2025 at 3:07 PM
The death of Maj. Gen. Edward Braddock at Battle of the Monongahela, July 9, 1755, during French & Indian War (1754-1763).
British couldn't take Fort Duquesne from French. Due to forest terrain Braddock also died. British were routed. Fort Duquesne was French for 4 more years.
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British couldn't take Fort Duquesne from French. Due to forest terrain Braddock also died. British were routed. Fort Duquesne was French for 4 more years.
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William Johnson is seen saving French Commander Baron Dieskau at the Battle of Lake George (Sept 8, 1755), during the French & Indian War, 1755.
The British forces were victorious, comprised of American provincials & Mohawk Indians. Britain took control of the Hudson River Valley.
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The British forces were victorious, comprised of American provincials & Mohawk Indians. Britain took control of the Hudson River Valley.
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March 20, 2025 at 2:26 PM
William Johnson is seen saving French Commander Baron Dieskau at the Battle of Lake George (Sept 8, 1755), during the French & Indian War, 1755.
The British forces were victorious, comprised of American provincials & Mohawk Indians. Britain took control of the Hudson River Valley.
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The British forces were victorious, comprised of American provincials & Mohawk Indians. Britain took control of the Hudson River Valley.
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Parachutes open overhead as waves of paratroops land in Holland during operations by the 1st Allied Airborne Army. September 1944
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March 1, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Parachutes open overhead as waves of paratroops land in Holland during operations by the 1st Allied Airborne Army. September 1944
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German prisoners of war escorted by American soldiers in Cherbourg, 1944.
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March 1, 2025 at 8:20 PM
German prisoners of war escorted by American soldiers in Cherbourg, 1944.
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The US Army 2nd Infantry Division troops march up the bluff at the E-1 draw in the Easy Red sector of Omaha Beach, Normandy, France on D+1, June 7, 1944. They are passing the German bunker, Widerstandsnest 65 (WN 65), that defended the route to Ruquet Valley to St-Laurent-sur-Mer.
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March 1, 2025 at 8:18 PM
The US Army 2nd Infantry Division troops march up the bluff at the E-1 draw in the Easy Red sector of Omaha Beach, Normandy, France on D+1, June 7, 1944. They are passing the German bunker, Widerstandsnest 65 (WN 65), that defended the route to Ruquet Valley to St-Laurent-sur-Mer.
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Troops in an LCVP landing craft approaching "Omaha" Beach on "D-Day", 6 June 1944. Note helmet netting; faint "No Smoking" sign on the LCVP's ramp; and M1903 rifles and M1 carbines carried by some of these men.
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March 1, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Troops in an LCVP landing craft approaching "Omaha" Beach on "D-Day", 6 June 1944. Note helmet netting; faint "No Smoking" sign on the LCVP's ramp; and M1903 rifles and M1 carbines carried by some of these men.
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Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower addresses paratroopers from Co. E, 502nd Parachute Inf. Reg't (Strike) of 101st Airborne Div.,before D-Day. Gen. Eisenhower gives order of the Day. 'Full victory- nothing less' to the troops in England before the invasion of the continent of Europe began.
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March 1, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower addresses paratroopers from Co. E, 502nd Parachute Inf. Reg't (Strike) of 101st Airborne Div.,before D-Day. Gen. Eisenhower gives order of the Day. 'Full victory- nothing less' to the troops in England before the invasion of the continent of Europe began.
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"The Bottisham Four", four U.S. Army Air Force North American P-51 Mustang fighters from the 375th Fighter Squadron, 361st Fighter Group, from RAF Bottisham, Cambridgeshire (UK), in flight on 26 July 1944.
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March 1, 2025 at 8:08 PM
"The Bottisham Four", four U.S. Army Air Force North American P-51 Mustang fighters from the 375th Fighter Squadron, 361st Fighter Group, from RAF Bottisham, Cambridgeshire (UK), in flight on 26 July 1944.
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