William Merrill Corry Jr.
William Merrill Corry Jr. — Lieutenant Commander U.S. Navy Interim 1920 - 1940 near Hartford, Connecticut, USA
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William Robert Lawley Jr.
William Robert Lawley Jr. — First Lieutenant U.S. Army Air Corps World War II over Leipzig, Germany
William Russell Huber
William Russell Huber — Machinist's Mate U.S. Navy Interim 1920 - 1940 Norfolk Navy Yard, Virginia, USA
Battle of Gettysburg
Gettysburg brought the Army of Northern Virginia and the Army of the Potomac into a three-day battle shaped by terrain, reinforcement, and local decisions. This overview connects the opening encounter, both flanks, Cemetery Ridge, the cavalry actions, and the human aftermath.
Dale Merlin Hansen
The ridge ahead looked less like a battlefield and more like a shattered hillside of rock, clay, and smoke. It was early May 1945 on Okinawa, and the Marines of Company E had stalled below Hill 60. Japanese machine guns chattered from hidden bunkers. Mortar rounds crashed into the slope, showering the men with dirt and splinters of coral. Every attempt to move up the ridge drew a fresh burst of fire that pinned them
First peacetime draft registration
With war raging in Europe and Asia, but before the United States formally entered the conflict, the government took a historic step by registering millions of men for possible military service under a new Selective Service law.
Francis B. Wai
The ramps drop into waist-deep surf and chaos. It is the morning of October 20, 1944, on a stretch of shoreline the maps call Red Beach. Ahead lies a narrow band of sand, beyond it a low palm grove and flooded rice paddies. Somewhere in that green fringe, Japanese guns have the approaches bracketed. As the first waves of soldiers tried to cross, the beach turned into a killing ground.
John C. Sjogren
The ridge near San Jose Hacienda rose steep and stubborn out of the jungle, a wall of earth and rock that dominated the valley floor. Somewhere up there, hidden in spider holes—small, camouflaged fighting pits—and pillboxes, Japanese soldiers waited behind interlocking bands of machine-gun fire. To reach the crest, Company I of the 160th Infantry Regiment had only one narrow approach, a trail that funneled men into a
Radar picket operations at Okinawa
A story of small ships on lonely stations, taking the worst hits so the Okinawa invasion could hold together under fire.
Selective Training and Service Act signed into law
As war raged overseas but before the United States formally entered the Second World War, political leaders grappled with how to prepare a peacetime democracy for potential conflict.
Alexander "Sandy" Bonnyman Jr.
Alexander "Sandy" Bonnyman Jr. — First Lieutenant U.S. Marine Corps Reserve World War II Betio Island, Tarawa Atoll, Gilbert Islands
Allan Masaharu Ohata
Allan Masaharu Ohata — Sergeant U.S. Army World War II near Cerasuolo, Italy
Archie van Winkle
Archie van Winkle — Staff Sergeant U.S. Marine Corps Reserve Korean War near Sudong, Korea
Arthur Murray Preston
Arthur Murray Preston — Lieutenant U.S. Naval Reserve World War II Wasile Bay, Halmahera Island, Moluccas, Indonesia
Carlos James Lozada
Carlos James Lozada — Private First Class U.S. Army Vietnam War Hill 875, near Dak To, Kontum Province, Republic of Vietnam
Charles L. McGaha
Charles L. McGaha — Master Sergeant U.S. Army World War II near Lupao, Luzon, Philippine Islands
Charles N. Deglopper
Charles N. Deglopper — Private First Class U.S. Army World War II Merderet River at La Fiere, France
Clarence Milville Condon
Clarence Milville Condon — Sergeant U.S. Army Philippine Insurrection near Calulut, Luzon, Philippine Islands