In June of 1944, Marines of the 2nd Marine Division pose with a captured Japanese twin 25-mm antiaircraft gun Type 96 on the island of Saipan. 🪖

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In June of 1944, American soldiers make camp within an abandoned German pillbox, using the barrel of the gun to hang their laundry in Cherbourg, France. 🪖

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German POWs with their American captors in June of 1944. 🪖

From D-Day until Christmas of 1944, German prisoners of war were shipped off to American detention facilities at a rate of 30,000 per month. 🇺🇸

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In the summer of 1944, an American soldier moves cautiously past a destroyed SdKfz 251 in Normandy, France. 🪖

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128 years since the most decorated Marine of all time was born. Don’t go to bed without wishing Happy birthday to Chesty Puller. 🇺🇸

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In June of 1944, paratroopers of the 82nd Airborne Division enjoy some of their K-rations in the hedgerows of Normandy. 🇺🇸

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The time is always right for a picture of Mighty Mo ⚓️

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Happy 100th birthday to comedic legend, Mel Brooks! 🎂

Brooks was a Pvt. with the 1104th Engineer Combat Battalion attached to the 78th Infantry Division in Europe during World War II. 🪖

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In 1943, American personnel train with the Thompson submachine gun at Daniel Field in Georgia. 🪖

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Sgt. Michael Strank…enough said

- Bronze Star 🎖
- Purple Heart 💜
- KIA on Iwo Jima 🪦
- Flag raiser on Iwo Jima 🇺🇸

Strank often told his squad, "Follow me, and I'll try to bring you all safely home to your mothers."

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Weary Marines fill canteens with water while the fighting rages on during the Battle of Saipan. 🪖

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As if being the first to break the sound barrier wasn’t impressive enough….Chuck Yeager had all the right stuff

- Air Force DSM ✈️
- Army DSM 🪖
- 2 Silver Stars ⭐️
- 2 Legions of Merit 🇺🇸
- 3 DFC 🛩
- Bronze Star 🎖
- Purple Heart 💜
- 11 Air Medals ✈️
- “Ace in a Day” 😎

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In June of 1944, Marines hurl a couple of hand grenades towards a Japanese position on Saipan. 🪖

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Soldiers of the 29th Infantry Division take up a position in a Norman hedgerow, near Saint-Lô, France.🪖

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The evolution of the Thompson Submachine Gun series…..tough choice, but you gotta pick one. 😎

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Two Marines fire a captured .50 calibre Japanese machine gun at Japanese planes during the Battle of Guadalcanal in 1942. 🪖

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During the Normandy Campaign, armored infantry of the 2nd Armored Division stand guard over German prisoners at the entrance to the Rue des Fossés Plisson in Domfront, France. 🪖

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An aircraft graveyard at Walnut Ridge, Arkansas in 1945. ✈️

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The Iron Mike Memorial at La Fière Bridge in Normandy 🇺🇸

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In June of 1944, a crew member is loaded down with sandwiches on the flight deck of the USS Monterey during the start of the Battle of Saipan. ⚓️

No matter how you slice it, he’s a hero 🇺🇸

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In June of 1944, Marines of the 2nd Marine Division pose with a captured Japanese twin 25-mm antiaircraft gun Type 96 on the island of Saipan. 🪖

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