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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82 years ago today, American and Allied soldiers liberate Rome 🇺🇸

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Soldiers of the US 1st Army prepare to meet the enemy in the Hürtgen Forest. 🪖

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Mass during the liberation of Manila. 🇺🇸

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82 years ago today, history was made in more ways than one.

General Theodore Roosevelt Jr. landed with the first wave on Utah Beach at age 56, the oldest man in the invasion & the only general to storm ashore that day. Despite a cane, heart issues, & landing off-target, he rallied his men: “We’ll start the war from right here!”🪖

His son, Capt. Quentin Roosevelt II, hit Omaha Beach in the first wave. 🪖

The only father-son duo to land together on Normandy’s beaches. True American grit. 🇺🇸

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The American Cemetery in Normandy… Their name liveth for evermore. 🇺🇸

D-Day, 82 years ago today 🪖

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Prior to their combat jump on D-Day with the Filthy 13, Pvt. Clarence Ware puts the final touches on Pvt. Charles Plaudo’s war paint in England, 82 years ago today. 🪂

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82 years ago today, an aerial view of Utah Beach during the Normandy invasion. 🪖

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82 years ago today, casualties of the 4th Infantry Division are attended to by Corpsmen and await evacuation by the sea wall at Utah Beach. 🪖

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