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  2. Jun 22

    During the Battle of Okinawa, Desmond Doss saved the lives of 50–75 wounded infantrymen atop the area known as Hacksaw Ridge, carrying them one-by-one down a 400-foot escarpment. Doss refused to kill an enemy soldier or even carry a weapon due to his religious beliefs.

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  3. Jun 21

    Men of the US 1st Marine Division fighting just beyond White Beach, Peleliu. September 1944.

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  4. Jun 20

    Troops of the 3rd U.S. Army march toward the village of Lutrebois during the Battle of the Bulge. January 25th 1945.

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  5. Jun 21

    Colourised by - Captain Thomas Garahan of Easy Company, 2nd Battalion, 398th Infantry Regiment, 100th Infantry Division raises an American flag that was secretly made by a local French girl from a store in Bitche, France. March 16th 1945.

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  6. Jun 23

    A US Navy Douglas SBD-3 Dauntless of bombing squadron VB-8 on the deck of the aircraft carrier USS Hornet (CV-8) during the Battle of Midway in 1942.

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  7. Jun 19

    U.S. troops in an LCVP prepare to land on Utah Beach in Normandy, France, on D-Day, June 6th 1944.

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  8. Jun 17

    Colourised by - Members of 303 Polish Fighter Squadron return from a mission during the Battle of Britain in September 1940.

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  9. Jun 21

    B-25 Mitchell bombers aboard USS Hornet in April, 1942.

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  10. Jun 18

    Normandy beach defenses on May 6, 1944.

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  11. Jun 23

    A US pilot stands up in the cockpit of his plane on the tarmac at Midway Naval Base in 1942.

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  12. Jun 22

    is a vivid reminder of the magnitude of . Shipwrecks around the world during the Second World War. Source:

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  13. Jun 24

    A US Marine aiming his Garand M1 rifle whilst sat on Japanese ammunition crates on the Island of Iwo Jima, Japan. February 1945.

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  14. Jun 19

    British soldiers admire the Caryatids on the Acropolis while sightseeing in Athens in October 1944.

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  15. Jun 19

    I need a favor My friend/patient is a vet. He is 95 & lost his wife last year. He has been depressed. I would like to have a news station come do a segment on him. He has many stories to share.

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  16. Jun 23

    The Sturmtiger was designed to level entire buildings with a 380mm rocket launcher. That's a shell literally as big as a human.

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    An American soldier plays with his pet kangaroo at an Allied base in Northern Australia. September 1942.

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  18. Jun 24

    US 101st Airborne Division paratrooper Corporal Louis E. Laird boarding a C-47 transport during the rehersals for the Normandy invasion. Spring 1944.

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  19. Jun 23

    British troops take a break from fighting on the front line as they fight each other next to a Sherman tank in early August 1943.

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  20. Jun 18

    P-51 Mustang fighters being prepared for test flight, North American Aviation, Inglewood, California, in October, 1942.

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  21. Jun 22

    “Love gets you to the altar. Trust and respect get you through the next 70 years.” - pilot Chuck, and bride Beverly

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