The USS Oklahoma being prepared for refloating after she had been righted at Pearl Harbor in 1943. ⚓️

The righting and refloating of the capsized battleship Oklahoma was the largest of the Pearl Harbor salvage jobs, and the most difficult. 🇺🇸

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A Marine with the 2nd Marine Division poses for the camera with his M1 Garand and the helmet that saved him from being wounded on Tarawa. 🪖

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After surviving some of their heaviest fighting during the Battle of Okinawa, five Texans of the 96th Infantry Division pose for a photo in June of 1945. 🪖

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In June of 1944, American soldiers play darts while they wait for their turn to board their ship bound for Normandy in England. 🪖

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In June of 1944, an M7 Priest of the 2nd Armored Division moves through the intersection of Holgate Street & the Paris-Cherbourg railway in Carentan. 🪖

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After WWII, Sobel returned to Chicago, married, had three sons, and worked as a credit manager for a telephone company. He also served in the Korean War. 🪖

But life after combat was difficult.

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In 1970, Sobel attempted suicide, surviving but left blind with brain damage from a gunshot wound. He spent his final years in a VA facility in Illinois.

He died in 1987, age 75. His legacy remains controversial — hated by some, credited by others for preparing Easy to survive.

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In June of 1944, a soldier with the 1st Special Service Force - AKA the “Devil’s Brigade” - holds his BAR outside of Rome, Italy. 🪖

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A look at different car brands during World War II 🚘

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81 years ago today, Lt. Audie Murphy wears his Medal of Honor at the Hohenwerfen Castle in Salzburg, Austria. 🪖

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In June of 1944, a friendly Marine gives a young boy a ride on his shoulders days after the fighting on Saipan ended. 🪖

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🚨NEW: WW2 vet Stan Stanley, who spent 14 months hiding from the Nazis in Holland, has died at 106. 🇺🇸

After his B-24 was shot down over Holland, he evaded capture with the help of Dutch civilians, moving from safe house to safe house until Canadians liberated the region. ✈️

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In June of 1945, men of the 101st Airborne Division’s 327th Glider Infantry Regiment take some photographs while in Berchtesgaden, Germany. 🪖

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In June of 1944, Pfc. Elmer Sittion is given a kiss of gratitude by a grateful Italian woman upon his arrival to Rome, Italy. 🪖

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Words of wisdom 🪖

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Advancing through the hill country of Cacina, Italy, soldiers of the 92nd Infantry Division move toward the front lines during the Italian campaign. 🪖

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83 years ago today, an F6F-3 Hellcat of VF-1 is catapulted from the hangar deck catapult on the carrier Yorktown off Trinidad. ⚓️

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You’ll never convince me that Audie Murphy wasn’t some unlocked cheat code for WWII.

- Medal of Honor🇺🇸
- DSC 🪖
- 2 Silver Stars ⭐️
- Legion of Merit 🏆
- 2 Bronze Stars 🎖
- 3 Purple Hearts 💜
- CIB 🪖
- 4 awards from 🇫🇷 & 🇧🇪

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On Guadalcanal in 1943, a soldier of the 25th Infantry Division poses on Mt Austen with his Springfield rifle. 🪖

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Soldiers of the 34th Infantry Division clean captured German MG 42s in San Vittore del Lazio, Italy. 🪖

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In June of 1944, Pfc. Wilbur Shanklin of the 506 PIR Headquarters Compamy guards a POW in Normandy, France. 🪂

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