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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The cost of equipping an American GI during World War II 💰

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Members of the flight deck crew on the USS Lexington pose for a picture with the carrier’s ace, Alexander Vraciu, in his Grumman F6F Hellcat. ⚓️

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81 years ago today, incendiary bombs are dropped over the city of Kobe, Japan from American B-29 Superfortresses. ✈️

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In June of 1944, Lt. Alexander Vraciu smiles as he holds up six fingers to indicate the number of plane he shot down during the first few minutes of the First Battle of the Philippine Sea. ⚓️

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