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Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima ( Japanese: 硫黄島の星条旗[citation needed][relevant?], Hepburn: Iōtō no Seijōki, lit. 'The Stars and Stripes on Iōtō') is an iconic photograph of six United States Marines raising the U.S. flag atop Mount Suribachi during the Battle of Iwo Jima in the final stages of the Pacific War.
Audie Leon Murphy (20 June 1925 – 28 May 1971) [ 1] was an American soldier, actor, and songwriter. He was widely celebrated as the most decorated American combat soldier of World War II, [ 4] and has been described as the most highly decorated soldier in U.S. history. [ 5][ 6] He received every military combat award for valor available from ...
The first four of these executions, those of Bernard John O'Brien, Chastine Beverly, Louis M. Suttles and James L. Riggins, were carried out by military officials at the Kansas State Penitentiary near Lansing, Kansas. The remaining six executions took place in the boiler room of the United States Disciplinary Barracks, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas.
He died approximately eight hours later. V-J Day in Times Square is a photograph by Alfred Eisenstaedt that portrays a U.S. Navy sailor embracing and kissing a total stranger [ 1] —a dental assistant—on Victory over Japan Day ("V-J Day") [ 2] in New York City 's Times Square on August 14, 1945. The photograph was published a week later in ...
Raising a Flag over the Reichstag (Russian: Знамя Победы над Рейхстагом, romanized: Znamya Pobedy nad Reykhstagom, lit. 'Victory Banner over the Reichstag') is a World War II photograph, taken during the Battle of Berlin on 2 May 1945. It depicts a Soviet soldier raising the flag of the Soviet Union over the Reichstag.
Kombat. (photograph) Kombat. Kombat ( Russian: Комбат, lit. battalion commander) is a black-and-white photograph by the Soviet photographer Max Alpert. It depicts a Soviet military officer armed with a TT pistol who is raising his unit for an attack during World War II. This work is regarded as one of the most iconic Soviet World War II ...
Attack on USS Franklin, by Albert Bullock. Turret lathe operator at United States home front during World War II, by Howard R. Hollem. Inmates of Ebensee concentration camp after their liberation, by Arnold E. Samuelson. Mushroom cloud from the atomic explosion over Nagasaki, by Charles Levy. USS Bunker Hill after being hit by two Kamikazes, by ...
Desmond Thomas Doss (February 7, 1919 – March 23, 2006) [ 1] was a United States Army corporal who served as a combat medic with an infantry company in World War II. Due to his religious beliefs, he refused to carry a weapon. He was twice awarded the Bronze Star Medal for actions on Guam and in the Philippines.