Birthday Update
Yesterday was the 244th birthday of the United States Marine Corps and today, of course, is Veteran’s Day. I was looking for an appropriate photo… Read More »Birthday Update
Recent Updates
A Car for James
James Miller, a combat-wounded veteran of C/1/24, gets a special privilege from the city of Oakland.
“I never had any idea that it would get home.”
“I just bent down low to take a drink and my picture was taken.”
PFC T. Ellis Underwood on the photos that would have made him famous.
Lost On Patrol: TSgt. Arnold Ross Richardson
Ross Arnold Richardson was born in Salem, Massachusetts on the tenth day of July, 1919. He grew up in Essex County (with his parents, Ross… Read More »Lost On Patrol: TSgt. Arnold Ross Richardson
Lost On Patrol: PFC Lawrence Elmer Knight
Lawrence Elmer Knight was born in the small city of Parkin, Arkansas on 19 April 1923. He spent most of his childhood in the communities of Parkin, where he attended school, and Tyronza, where his father Elmer farmed cotton,
Lost On Patrol: PFC Davis Vernon Kruse
Davis Vernon Kruse was born in the small town of Little Rock, Iowa, on 29 January 1919. He was the eighth child of Kreen and… Read More »Lost On Patrol: PFC Davis Vernon Kruse
Lost On Patrol: PFC Frank Roscoe Hester
Frank Roscoe Hester was born on 26 June 1925, the seventh child of Jim and Rhonda Ruth Hester of Muscadine, Alabama. Shortly after his birth,… Read More »Lost On Patrol: PFC Frank Roscoe Hester
A Niche In History
The New York Daily News ran this photograph on 17 April 1945. Eli Plotnick was a kid from Queens, a son of Solomon and Anna… Read More »A Niche In History
Graphic Images
The unseen war is preserved in a series of shoebox-sized containers. It’s easy to imagine them in storage at the National Archives & Records Administration… Read More »Graphic Images
Concluding Flintlock
Volunteers with shovels turned out early on February 5, 1944. They faced a long day in the cemetery. Most were eager to get to work,… Read More »Concluding Flintlock