Battle of Midway

This is the famous picture of US Army troops storming the Normandy coastline. The photographer is standing in a landing craft taking a picture of the men as they wade through the surf in front of him.

Let’s Celebrate Remembrance Week

June 4, 2026

This is the famous picture of US soldiers wading ashore at Normandy on June 6, 1944. (This post was first...

USS Yorktown shown arriving at Pearl Harbor after the Battle of Coral Sea. The picture is taken several hundred yards away and you can see the entire ship with the bow to the right and the stern to the left.

Remembering Lt. Milton Ricketts at the Battle of Coral Sea

May 25, 2026

(1913-1942) Halftone photograph copied from Medal of Honor, The Navy. Lt. Ricketts was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for...