2nd Marines E/2/2 Reenacted

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During a five-day patrol southwest of Hue, South Vietnam, April 1968, a paratrooper from A Company, 101st Airborne, sign...
04/16/2026

During a five-day patrol southwest of Hue, South Vietnam, April 1968, a paratrooper from A Company, 101st Airborne, signals a medical evacuation helicopter through dense jungle foliage, as fellow soldiers assist their injured comrades.

Major Aloysius S. McGonigal, a Catholic chaplain, offers last rites to a wounded U.S. Marine during the Battle of Huế, F...
04/16/2026

Major Aloysius S. McGonigal, a Catholic chaplain, offers last rites to a wounded U.S. Marine during the Battle of Huế, February 1968. The moment was captured by photographer John Olson.

Australian infantry advance under fire as they assault a fortified Japanese pillbox, supported by an M3 Stuart light tan...
04/14/2026

Australian infantry advance under fire as they assault a fortified Japanese pillbox, supported by an M3 Stuart light tank, during the fierce fighting at Giropa Point, Papua New Guinea, 1943.

02/24/2026

1940 Dunkirk Evacuation

02/24/2026

Battle of Dunkirk 1940

photo of USS Wyoming (AG-17) off the Norfolk Navy Yard, June 1943.-SOURCE: www.navsource.org
06/13/2025

photo of USS Wyoming (AG-17) off the Norfolk Navy Yard, June 1943.
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SOURCE: www.navsource.org

The badly damaged US Navy destroyer USS Selfridge (DD-357) after the Battle of Vella Lavella. Her bow had been blown off...
05/20/2025

The badly damaged US Navy destroyer USS Selfridge (DD-357) after the Battle of Vella Lavella. Her bow had been blown off by a torpedo from a Japanese destroyer during the engagement. Note the 5-inch/38-caliber twin gun mount in the remains of the forward turrret. Alongside is USS O'Bannon (D-450), which damaged her bow in a collision with USS Chevalier (DD-451) during the action.
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source: Naval History and Heritage Command photo catalog #: 80-G-274873

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