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Sergeant Norwood Dorman, Benson, North Carolina, stops to rest at the memorial to the Italian soldier of World War I. Brolo, Sicily., 08/14/1943 ARC Identifier 531164 / Local Identifier 111-SC-179879.

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Sergeant Carl Weinke and Private First Class Ernest Marjoram, Signal Corps cameramen, wading through stream while following infantry troops in forward area during invasion at a beach in New Guinea. Red Beach 2, Tanahmerah., 04/22/1944 ARC Identifier 531186 / Local Identifier 111-SC-189623.

Corporal John Simms of Bradbury Heights, Maryland, is shown bidding his wife, Ann, and their 8 month old son, John Jr., goodbye as he leaves for Korea, 1950. Washington, DC. Washington Post., 1948 - 1983 ARC Identifier 541946 / Local Identifier 306-PS-50(10792) Item from Record Group 306: Records of the U.S. Information Agency, 1900 - 2003

Troops ready to hold the railway line. Merville, France. Ypres Salient and area., 04/11/1918 ARC Identifier 533111 / Local Identifier 165-BO-717 Item from Record Group 165: Records of the War Department General and Special Staffs, 1860 - 1952

U.S. Air Force airmen search a field during a force protection patrol outside Joint Base Balad, Iraq, Oct. 17, 2009. Members of the 532nd Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron patrol to provide a security presence intended to deter anyone who would do harm to the people who live and work at the base. U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Michael B. Keller.

Service for deceased souls, 3rd Branch Camp. American prisoners of war at Airyokei, Takao Province, Formosa, ca. 1943-1944., ca. 1943 - ca. 1944 ARC Identifier 542127 / Local Identifier 319-PW-67A  Item from Record Group 319: Records of the Army Staff, 1903 - 2006

Cpl. David Bertram, Company F, 2nd Battalion, 24th Marine Regiment, hangs his head while paying his last respects to his fellow comrades that have fallen during their deployment to Iraq in a memorial service Tuesday at Lance Cpl. Torrey L. Gray Field. Nelson and Lance Cpl. Dean Opicka were killed after their vehicle struck an improvised explosive device. Photo Date Taken: 8/19/2008. Photo ByLine: Lance Cpl. Monica C. Erickson.

Around the camp-fire, men of Company A, 16th Infantry, San Geronimo, Mexico, May 27th, 1916. This photo was obtained by flashlight powder., 1922 - 1922. ARC Identifier 533143 / Local Identifier 165-CB-2938. Item from Record Group 165: Records of the War Department General and Special Staffs, 1860 - 1952.

U.S. Navy Seabee Jean Joseph cooks goat meat for dinner during a 10-day French tactical desert survival training course, May 9, 2008. Forty U.S. troops stationed at Camp Lemonier, Djibouti, volunteered for the course taught by French marines of the 5th Regiment Overseas Infantry. Joseph is assigned to the Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa. U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Jeremy T. Lock..

Oregon Volunteer Infantry on firing line, March 14, 1899., 03/14/1899. ARC Identifier 530692 / Local Identifier 111-RB-1327. NARA Photo.

U.S. Marines with Headquarters and Service Company, 3rd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment kneel at the firing line during live-fire training on the battle site zero range at Camp Bastion, Afghanistan, on Nov. 22, 2008. The Marines are required to complete the training as part of their reception, staging, onward movement and integration training.   DoD photo by Cpl. Pete Thibodeau, U.S. Marine Corps. (Released)

World War II - Aerial view of SB2C in upper landing circle showing USS YORKTOWN, below., 07/1944. NARA Photo.

PERSIAN GULF (April 2, 2008) Two F/A-18F Super Hornets assigned the "Swordsmen" of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 32 fly above the aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75). Truman and embarked Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 3 are deployed supporting Operations Iraqi Freedom, Enduring Freedom and maritime security operations. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Ricardo J. Reyes (Released)

Private First Class. Margerum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, walks the road through a peaceful forest in the Bastogne area, as he returns from the front lines. Belgium or Luxembourg., 12/27/1944. NARA Photo.

A Marine provides security for fellow Marines while they sweep palm groves for hidden weapons outside the city of Hit, March 9, 2008. Photo by Cpl. Tyler Hill, Joint Combat Camera Center.

Three Air Force F-105 Thunderchief pilots enroute to bomb military target in Vietnam pull up to a flying Air Force "gas station." The refueling aircraft is an Air Force KC-135 Stratotanker., 01/1966.

The Mediterranean Sea (Apr. 2, 2003) -- An F/A-18 Hornet assigned to the ‘Silver Eagles’ of Marine Fighter-Attack Squadron One Fifteen (VMFA-115) conducts in flight refueling exercises with a KC-135 Stratotanker over Iraq. USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) and CVW-3 are deployed conducting combat missions in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, the multi-national coalition effort to liberate the Iraqi people, eliminate weapons of mass destruction, and end he regime of Sadaam Hussein. U.S. Navy photo. (RELEASED)

An Air Transport Command plane flies over the pyramids in Egypt. Loaded with urgent war supplies and materials, this plane is one of a fleet flying shipments from the U.S. across the Atlantic and the continent of Africa to strategic battle zones., 1943. NARA Photo.

A B-1B from the 28th Bomb Wing at Ellsworth Air Force Base, S.D., flies over the pyramids in Egypt during Bright Star '99. Four B-1s from Ellsworth were among the 396 coalition aircraft that flew more than 3,000 sorties during the joint and combined coalition exercise involving 11 countries. (Photo by Staff Sgt. James Varhegyi)

"Officers quarters at Ft. Rawlins, Wyoming, May 7, 1877." Two men and a woman holding a baby sit in front of the crude structure. 111-SC-98367. NARA Photo.

Buckner Circle at McClellan is a group of officers quarters that have been renovated and sold to private owners as part of the redevelopment of the former Fort McClellan, Ala. Other housing at the former base has also been redeveloped for sale and rental. Photo by Samantha L. Quigley.

Airman Finds Piece of Family History at Lackland

Heaven's Above in flight, circa World War II. (Courtesy photo)

The "Heaven's Above" B-17 sits as a static display at the parade grounds at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas. (U.S. Air Force photo/Meredith Canales)  Read Story

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STATIC-LINE JUMP

NARA Photo - About to step into thin air, a paratrooper of the 187th Regimental Combat Team pauses momentarily while the man below clears the area, ca. 09/1951

Pararescuemen from the 31st Rescue Squadron perform a static-line jump out of a C-130 Hercules over water Aug. 29 near Kadena Air Base, Japan. The 18th Wing and the 353rd Special Operations Group conducted an exercise to test their rescue and emergency care capabilities. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Steven Nabor)

Korean War - North American F-86 Sabre in Korea. (U.S. Air Force photo)

A line of U.S. F-16 Fighting Falcons from the 80th Fighter Squadron taxi down the flightline during Exercise Max Thunder on Kunsan Air Base, South Korea, June 19, 2008. The bilateral training exercise aims to improve interoperability between U.S. and South Korean military forces.   U.S. Air Force Photo by Staff Sgt. Araceli Alarcon.

Vietnam. Private First Class David Sletten, medic, Company B, !st Battalion, 27th Infantry, 25th Infantry Division, paddles a three-man assault boat down the canal toward a breaking point during Operation Tong Thang I., 05/13/1968 NARA Photo...

HADITHA, Iraq (Dec. 20, 2007) A Riverine patrol boat attached to Riverine Squadron (RIVRON) 2 patrols the water ways of the Haditha dam Forward operating base. Haditha's dam and surrounding waterways denying their use to insurgence which in turn provides security to local fisherman. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Kirk Worley (Released)

"Take off from the deck of the USS HORNET of an Army B-25 on its way to take part in first U.S. air raid on Japan." Doolittle Raid, April 1942. 80-G-41196. NARA Photo...

A B-2 Spirit and B-52 Stratofortress fly in formation over Shreveport, La., May 10 during the open house and air show at Barksdale Air Force Base, La. The air show featured modern day bombers, and commemorated the 75th anniversary of the base. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Samuel Rogers) 

WW II - "Chow is served to American Infantrymen on their way to La Roche, Belgium. 347th Infantry Regiment." Newhouse, January 13, 1945. 111-SC-198849. NARA Photo...

Operation Enduring Freedom: Soldiers are treated to food from Outback Steakhouse on June 13 at Forward Operating Base Salerno, Afghanistan. Photo by Sgt. Matthew Clifton, USA...

Republic F-84B in flight. (U.S. Air Force photo) 

During a test mission on July 25, 2002, this F-22 became the first Raptor to fire an air-to-air missile at supersonic speed when it fired an AIM-9 Sidewinder. This aircraft is now on display at the National Museum of the United States Air Force. (U.S. Air Force photo) 

Australia. Capt. E. H. Lowe, the first black graduate from OCS in the SWPA, pins insignia on 2nd Lt. James B. Morris, Des Moines, Iowa at OCS graduation exercise held at Camp Columbia, Brisbane, Australia.  (29 Jun 43) Signal Corps Photo: GHQ SWPA SC 43 7037  (T/4 Harold Hoffman) 

Steven Mason pins gold bars on his son, U.S. Marine 2nd Lt. Matthew Mason, during the Norwich University graduation ceremony in Northfield, Vt., May 10, 2008. U.S. Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Marine Gen. James Cartwright administered the oath of office to more than 100 newly commissioned officers.   Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Adam M. Stump...

File Photo (Feb. 7, 1943) - USS Wahoo (SS 238) returns to Pearl Harbor following the Gato-class submarine’s third war patrol, circa Feb. 7, 1943. On Oct. 11, 1943, nearly a month into the seventh patrol, a multi-hour combined sea and air attack involving depth charges and aerial bombs sunk the submarine. Adm. Gary Roughead, commander, U.S. Pacific Fleet, declared that the sunken submarine recently discovered by divers in the Western Pacific is the World War II submarine USS Wahoo (SS 238). U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the Naval Historical Center. Note: the forward radar mast, mounted in front of the periscope shears, had been censored out of this photograph. (RELEASED)

DIEGO GARCIA (May 8, 2008) Chief Boatswain's Mate Gerald W. Partridge joins the crew of the fast-attack submarine USS Dallas (SSN 700) to guide the submarine into Navy Support Facility Diego Garcia to conduct a Voyage Repair Period. Dallas is on a scheduled six-month deployment to the European Command and Central Command areas of responsibility. U.S. Navy photo (Released)

Vietnam War: Lance Corporal Ralph H. McWilliams and his scout dog, "Major.", 11/1967 NARA Photo...
Iraq War: A soldier assigned to the 2nd Infantry Division and his military working dog clear a building in Diyala Province, Jan. 10, 2008. U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Sean Mulligan...

CC  44261 - OPERATION "MACARTHUR" - Companies B and C, 1st Bn, 8th Inf, 1st Bde, 4th Inf Div, assemble on top of Hill 742, located five miles northeast of Dak To, prior to moving out. A purple smoke bomb is ignited in the background to guide in a helicopter. 14-17 November 1967. Photo Courtesy of - U.S. Army Center of Military History...

May 01, 2008 - No Dilly-dallying Here - Photo by Spc. Luke Thornberry. Soldiers from 1st Platoon, Company A, 3rd Battalion, 187th Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division, run to a Black Hawk helicopter after conducting a search for weapons caches in Albu Issa, Iraq.

World War II - "Infantrymen of the 255th Infantry Regiment move down a street in Waldenburg to hunt out the Hun after a recent raid by 63rd Division." 2d Lt. Jacob Harris, April 16, 1945. 111-SC-205778. NARA Photo...

Iraq War - U.S. Marines conduct a twilight patrol through the deserted streets of Husaybah, Iraq, on Oct. 31, 2006. The Marines are attached to 3rd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 7, I Marine Expeditionary Force (Forward).   DoD photo by Cpl. Brian M. Henner, U.S. Marine Corps. (Released)

"Two anti-tank Infantrymen of the 101st Infantry Regiment, dash past a blazing German gasoline trailer in square of Kronach, Germany." T4c. W. J. Rothenberger, April 14, 1945. 111-SC-206235. NARA PHOTO...

Soldiers assigned to the U.S. Army 3rd Squadron, 89th Cavalry Regiment, Headquarters Headquarters Troop, 4th Brigade, 10th Mountain Division patrol past the facade of a demolished building in Baghdad, Iraq, on March 27, 2008. DoD photo by Staff Sgt. Jason T. Bailey, U.S. Air Force. (Released)

"Dynamic static. The motion of its props causes an `aura' to form around this F6F on USS YORKTOWN. Rotating with blades, halo moves aft, giving depth and perspective." November 1943. 80-G-204747A. WW II Photo - NARA...

ATLANTIC OCEAN (April 4, 2008) Aviation Boatswain's Mate (Equipment) 2nd Class Daniel Stettmier stands by for approval to launch an E-2C Hawkeye assigned to the "Bear Aces" of Carrier Airborne Early Warning Squadron (VAW) 124. Roosevelt is conducting tailored ship's training availability and final evaluation problem. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Michael Cole (Released).

Provider unloading U.S. Marines at Calu, South Vietnam. On this airlift, 13 C-123s delivered 475 troops and over 12,000 lbs of equipment. (U.S. Air Force photo) 

Soldiers from the Army's First Stryker Brigade at Fort Wainwright, Alaska, board a C-17 Globemaster III at Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, that will transport them and their equipment, including two Stryker vehicles, to South Korea in support of a Foal Eagle exercise. The C-17 and its crew are from the 517th Airlift Squadron at Elmendorf AFB, Alaska. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Eric T. Sheler) 

"Lt. Col. Lyle Bernard, CO, 30th Infantry Regiment, a prominent figure in the second daring amphibious landing behind enemy lines on Sicily's north coast, discusses military strategy with Lt. Gen. George S. Patton. Near Brolo." 1943. 111-SC-246532.

April 04, 2008 Lt. Gen. Lloyd J. Austin III, commanding general, Multi-National Corps-Iraq, visits a patrol base in Mosul April 1. Cpt. William Nance, 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment points out the location of past attacks. Photo by Staff Sgt. Jason R. Krawczyk

Courtesy of National Archives Photographs - World War II Collection -- "American howitzers shell German forces retreating near Carentan, France." Franklin, July 11, 1944. 111-SC-191933.

Picatinny’s Excalibur round debuts in Afghanistan. Pvt. Corey Rodriguez pulls the lanyard on the M-777A2 during the first firing of the Army\'s new GPS-guided Excalibur Round Feb. 25 at Camp Blessing, Afghanistan. Photo by U.S. Army Photo by Sgt. Henry Selzer March 20, 2008 "Photo Courtesy of U.S. Army"....

Natl. Archive Photo: "Landing on the coast of France under heavy Nazi machine gun fire are these American soldiers, shown just as they left the ramp of a Coast Guard landing boat." CPhoM. Robert F. Sargent, June 6, 1944. 26-G-2343.

PERSIAN GULF (March 11, 2008) Landing Craft Air Cushioned (LCAC) 8 approaches the well deck of the amphibious assault ship USS Tarawa (LHA1). Operations in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility are focused on reassuring regional partners of the Coalition's commitment to help set conditions for security to help promote regional stability and global prosperity. U.S. Navy Photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Bryan Niegel (Released)

USS Philippine Sea (CV-47) Flight deck scene, looking aft from the island, as the carrier is enveloped in a snowstorm off the Korean coast, 15 November 1950. Planes on deck include Vought F4U-4B "Corsair" fighters and Douglas AD "Skyraider" attack planes. Note men on deck, apparently tossing snowballs, and what may be a toppled snowman just in front of the midships elevator. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.

PACIFIC OCEAN (March 20, 2008) Sailors aboard the aircraft carrier USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63) conduct a foreign object damage walk-down during night flight operations. Debris left on the flight deck can be sucked into an aircraft's engine and cause damage. Kitty Hawk is conducting training exercises in the U.S. 7th fleet area of responsibility. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman John J. Mike (Released)

Infantry, walking, desert, sand; some things never change! American Soldiers cross the Arid Plaines south of Columbus, New Mexico, 1916 (Mexican Border Service Photo Collection). Photo by USAMHI March 30, 2008.....

Sun sets on Long Knife Brigade, rises on Highlanders. Photo by Spc. Bradley J. Clark March 06, 2008. Soldiers from the 4th BCT, 1st Armd. Div., march past the review stand during a reflag ceremony at Noel Field, Wednesday....