Our Nation’s Heroes: Through the Wars
Soldiers of the 16th Infantry Regiment, wounded while storming Omaha Beach, France, wait by the chalk cliffs for evacuation to a field hospital for treatment on D-Day, June 6, 1944. Army photo
Our Nation’s Heroes: Through the Years
Sabot Round
An ammunition specialist carries a 105 mm armor-piercing, discarding sabot round, to be used in an M1 Abrams tank, during Desert Shield. Army photo by Sgt. Brian Cumper
Imminent Thunder
Marines assigned to the 2nd Marine Division’s Charlie Company, 1st Battalion, move out on a mission after disembarking from a CH-46E Sea Knight helicopter during Exercise Imminent Thunder, part of Operation Desert Shield. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. H. H. Deffner
Kuwait City Flightline
Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Curney Russell assists former prisoner of war Army Spc. Shoshana Johnson in Kuwait City, April 13, 2003, during Operation Iraqi Freedom. Johnson endured 22 days in captivity in Iraq. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Michael Leitenberger
Iraq Mission
Army Sgt. Stephen Edwards secures the end of a team’s assault formation before entering a house during a cordon, search and seizure mission in Iraq, Aug. 21, 2004. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Scott Reed
Combat Medic
Army Pfc. Kristina Batty dons a headscarf to meet with female Afghan villagers in Afghanistan’s southern Ghazni province, May 5, 2012. Batty, a medic for a female engagement team, is assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division’s 1st Brigade Combat Team. Army photo by Sgt. Michael J. MacLeod
Machine-Gun Crew
A machine-gun crew assigned to the 24th Infantry Regiment, one of the original Buffalo Soldier units, man a machine gun in Songimbong, South Korea, in February, 1951. U.S. Army Center of Military History photo
Vietnam Veteran
Harvey Pratt in Da Nang, Vietnam. Pratt, the designer whose concept was selected to create the Smithsonian’s National Native American Veterans Memorial for the National Museum of the American Indian, is a Cheyenne and Arapaho tribal member. R.D. Pratt photo courtesy of Harvey Pratt
Guitar Player
Operation “Yellowstone” Vietnam: Following a hard day, a few members of Company A, 3rd Battalion, 22nd Infantry Regiment (Mechanized), 25th Infantry Division, gather around a guitar player and sing a few songs. National Archives photo
Canal Crossing
During Operation Bang Dong, Army Pfc. Fred L. Greenleaf, Company C, 3rd Battalion, 7th Infantry Regiment, 199th Light Infantry Brigade, crosses a deep irrigation canal along with other members of the company who are en route to a Viet Cong-controlled village. National Archives photo
Sabot Round
An ammunition specialist carries a 105 mm armor-piercing, discarding sabot round, to be used in an M1 Abrams tank, during Desert Shield. Army photo by Sgt. Brian Cumper
Imminent Thunder
Marines assigned to the 2nd Marine Division’s Charlie Company, 1st Battalion, move out on a mission after disembarking from a CH-46E Sea Knight helicopter during Exercise Imminent Thunder, part of Operation Desert Shield. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. H. H. Deffner
Kuwait City Flightline
Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Curney Russell assists former prisoner of war Army Spc. Shoshana Johnson in Kuwait City, April 13, 2003, during Operation Iraqi Freedom. Johnson endured 22 days in captivity in Iraq. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Michael Leitenberger
Iraq Mission
Army Sgt. Stephen Edwards secures the end of a team’s assault formation before entering a house during a cordon, search and seizure mission in Iraq, Aug. 21, 2004. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Scott Reed
Combat Medic
Army Pfc. Kristina Batty dons a headscarf to meet with female Afghan villagers in Afghanistan’s southern Ghazni province, May 5, 2012. Batty, a medic for a female engagement team, is assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division’s 1st Brigade Combat Team. Army photo by Sgt. Michael J. MacLeod
Soldiers of the 16th Infantry Regiment, wounded while storming Omaha Beach, France, wait by the chalk cliffs for evacuation to a field hospital for treatment on D-Day, June 6, 1944. Army photo
Navajo Code Talkers Marine Corps Cpl. Henry Bake Jr. and Pfc. George H. Kirk use a portable radio near enemy lines to communicate with fellow Marines in December 1943. The Navajo language proved to be an unbreakable military code that assisted Navy and Marine operations in the Pacific during World War II. National Archives photo
U.S. Army Air Forces nurses make their way down the ramp of their landing craft infantry amphibious assault ship on the Mediterranean island of Pantelleria, Italy, in 1943. The 34th Station Hospital on the island became the first Army Air Forces hospital truly attached to an Army Air Forces unit. National Archives photo