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Shenandoah national park - Iron Mike

Shenandoah national park - Iron Mike

Iron Mike was installed to commemorate the Civilian Conservation Corp. Shenandoah was the first National Park to have a CCC camp

US Army (USA) paratroopers with the XVIII Airborne Corps, Ft Bragg, North Carolina (NC), board a US Air Force (USAF) C-130H Hercules cargo aircraft, 94th Airlift Wing (AW), Dobbins Air Reserve Base (ARB), Georgia (GA), on their way to the Iron Mike Drop Zone (DZ) to commemorate the 60th Anniversary of D-Day. More than 650 paratroopers jumped for the event near St Mere Eglise, France (FRA)

US Army (USA) paratroopers with the XVIII Airborne Corps, Ft Bragg, No...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Omaha Beach State: Normandy Country: France (FRA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Marie Cassetty, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combined M... More

A US Army (USA) paratrooper with the XVIII Airborne Corps, Ft Bragg, North Carolina (NC), prepares to jump from a US Air Force (USAF) C-130H Hercules cargo aircraft, 94th Airlift Wing (AW), Dobbins Air Reserve Base (ARB), Georgia (GA), over the Iron Mike Drop Zone (DZ) to commemorate the 60th Anniversary of D-Day. More than 650 paratroopers jumped for the event near St Mere Eglise, France (FRA)

A US Army (USA) paratrooper with the XVIII Airborne Corps, Ft Bragg, N...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Omaha Beach State: Normandy Country: France (FRA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Marie Cassetty, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combined M... More

US Army (USA) paratroopers with the XVIII Airborne Corps, Ft Bragg, North Carolina (NC), perform a final equipment check aboard a US Air Force (USAF) C-130H Hercules cargo aircraft, 94th Airlift Wing (AW), Dobbins Air Reserve Base (ARB), Georgia (GA), on their way to the Iron Mike Drop Zone (DZ) to commemorate the 60th Anniversary of D-Day. More than 650 paratroopers jumped for the event near St Mere Eglise, France (FRA)

US Army (USA) paratroopers with the XVIII Airborne Corps, Ft Bragg, No...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Omaha Beach State: Normandy Country: France (FRA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Marie Cassetty, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combined M... More

US Air Force (USAF) MASTER Sergeant (MSGT) Gary Patterson, Airborne Instructor, 1ST Battalion (BN), 507th Parachute Infantry Regiment (PIR), Fort Benning, Georgia (GA), on board a USAF C-17A Globemaster III cargo aircraft, checks for the drop zone (DZ) "Iron Mike" during the re-enactment of the D-Day parachute drop. This year marks the 60th Anniversary of the Normandy invasion during World War II

US Air Force (USAF) MASTER Sergeant (MSGT) Gary Patterson, Airborne In...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Amfreville State: Normandy Country: France (FRA) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Wayne Clark, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combined Milit... More

A U.S. Air Force C-130J Super Hercules prepares to

A U.S. Air Force C-130J Super Hercules prepares to

A U.S. Air Force C-130J Super Hercules prepares to drop U.S. Army Soldiers over the historic La Fiere drop zone near Sainte Mere Eglise, Normandy, France, June 7, 2015, to commemorate the 71st Anniversary of D-... More

US Air Force (USAF) SENIOR AIRMAN (SRA) Nick Seibel, Combat Controller (CCT), 321st Special Tactics Squadron (STS), RAF (Royal Air Force) Mildenhall, United Kingdom (UK), Jumpmaster for the day, searches for the 'Iron Mike' drop zone (DZ) in preparation for a jump into St Mere Eglise, Normandy, France (FRA), during the 60th Anniversary of the D-Day invasion

US Air Force (USAF) SENIOR AIRMAN (SRA) Nick Seibel, Combat Controller...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Mildenhall State: Suffolk Country: England / Great Britain (ENG) Scene Camera Operator: A1C Franklin J. Perkins, USAF Release Status: Released t... More

Two U.S. Air Force C-130Js, assigned to the 37th Airlift

Two U.S. Air Force C-130Js, assigned to the 37th Airlift

Two U.S. Air Force C-130Js, assigned to the 37th Airlift Squadron, flys over the terrain of Normandy to practice their manuauers in Northern France; June 3, 2015. This is the 71st Anniversary of the D-Day invas... More

US Army (USA) paratroopers with the XVIII Airborne Corps, Ft Bragg, North Carolina (NC), relax prior to boarding an aircraft for a jump onto the Iron Mike Drop Zone (DZ) to commemorate the 60th Anniversary of D-Day. More than 650 paratroopers jumped for the event near St Mere Eglise, France (FRA)

US Army (USA) paratroopers with the XVIII Airborne Corps, Ft Bragg, No...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Omaha Beach State: Normandy Country: France (FRA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Marie Cassetty, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combined M... More

US Army (USA) Sergeant First Class (SFC) Charles Cooley (right), Jumpmaster, XVIII Airborne (ABN) Corps, Ft Bragg, North Carolina (NC), performs a check on USA STAFF Sergeant (SSG) Wesley Thomas Neel (left), Jumpmaster, XVIII ABN Corps, making sure his equipment is properly attached prior to boarding an aircraft for a jump onto the Iron Mike Drop Zone (DZ) commemorating the 60th Anniversary of D-Day. More than 650 paratroopers jumped for the event near St Mere Eglise, France (FRA)

US Army (USA) Sergeant First Class (SFC) Charles Cooley (right), Jumpm...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Omaha Beach State: Normandy Country: France (FRA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Marie Cassetty, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combined M... More

A US Army (USA) Soldier salutes the flag near "Iron Mike," dedicated to the Airborne Soldiers the liberated the area, during the playing of the American National Anthem at a wreath laying ceremony held in front of the Iron Mike Monument in La Fiere, outside St Mere Eglise, France (FRA). The US military is in the Normandy region of France to participate in ceremonies commemorating the 60th Anniversary of the D-Day invasions of World War II (WWII)

A US Army (USA) Soldier salutes the flag near "Iron Mike," dedicated t...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Saint Mere Eglise State: Normandy Country: France (FRA) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Timothy Cook, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combin... More

Private First Class Derek E. Hewitt sits at the wheel of "Iron Mike", an airborne jeep used by Company C, 4th Battalion, 327th Infantry Regiment, during CELESTIAL EMPIRE '83

Private First Class Derek E. Hewitt sits at the wheel of "Iron Mike", ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: CELESTIAL EMPIRE '83 Base: Fort Richardson State: Alaska (AK) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator:... More

A sandtable of the events of D-Day overlooks Omaha

A sandtable of the events of D-Day overlooks Omaha

A sandtable of the events of D-Day overlooks Omaha Beach. Service Members of Joint Task Force D-Day 71 visited historic D-Day sites June 2, 2015, as part of the events to commemorate the 71st anniversary, one o... More

U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. Darryl Roberson, 3rd Air Force

U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. Darryl Roberson, 3rd Air Force

U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. Darryl Roberson, 3rd Air Force commander, delivers a speech during a World War II commemoration June 4, 2015, in Picauville, France. Picauville hosted the memorial commemoration to hono... More

A group of paratroopers, assigned to the 82nd Airborne

A group of paratroopers, assigned to the 82nd Airborne

A group of paratroopers, assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division, holds the colors as members of the Color Guard during a ceremony honoring the paratroopers that liberated the village in Sainte Mere Eglise, Norm... More

World War II re-enactors make final preparation to

World War II re-enactors make final preparation to

World War II re-enactors make final preparation to drive their Sherman tank to a ceremony June 4, 2015, to commemorate the U.S. Army’s efforts to liberate Montebourg, France, after the D-Day landings. More tha... More

Allied leaders salute the memorial of fallen U.S. service

Allied leaders salute the memorial of fallen U.S. service

Allied leaders salute the memorial of fallen U.S. service members at the Picauville 9th Air Force monument June 4, 2015, Normandy, France. More than 380 servicemembers from Europe and affiliated D-Day historica... More

A group of U.S. Army Soldiers, assigned to the 101st

A group of U.S. Army Soldiers, assigned to the 101st

A group of U.S. Army Soldiers, assigned to the 101st Airborne Division, present the colors as members of the Color Guard for a ceremony at Chef Du Pont, Normandy, France, June 4, 2015. Over 380 service members ... More

Antoine and Alice Fernandez, dressed in vintage World

Antoine and Alice Fernandez, dressed in vintage World

Antoine and Alice Fernandez, dressed in vintage World War II U.S. Army uniforms, attend a WWII commemoration ceremony in Sainte Laurent sur Mer, France, June 6, 2015. A formation of U.S. Army Soldiers from the ... More

A group of U.S. Army Rangers, assigned to the 75th

A group of U.S. Army Rangers, assigned to the 75th

A group of U.S. Army Rangers, assigned to the 75th Ranger Regiment, German Army Soldiers, and French civilians take a group photo together before a ceremony at Amfreville, Normandy, France; June 5, 2015. Over 3... More

The statue of Maj. Dick Winters of Easy Company, 506th

The statue of Maj. Dick Winters of Easy Company, 506th

The statue of Maj. Dick Winters of Easy Company, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division, stands as reminder of the sacrifice of the Greatest Generation near Utah Beach, Normandy, France, Jun... More

U.S. Soldiers attend a memorial ceremony for Pfc. Charles

U.S. Soldiers attend a memorial ceremony for Pfc. Charles

U.S. Soldiers attend a memorial ceremony for Pfc. Charles DeGlopper, a paratrooper who died on D-Day during World War II on June 5, 2015, Normandy, France. More than 380 service members from Europe and affiliat... More

Soldiers assigned to the historic 507th Parachute Infantry

Soldiers assigned to the historic 507th Parachute Infantry

Soldiers assigned to the historic 507th Parachute Infantry Regiment pose for a picture after a ceremony. The worst misdrop on D-Day happened to the Soldiers of the 3rd Battalion, 507th Parachute Infantry Regime... More

U.S. Army veteran Sgt. 1st Class Richard Yates, center

U.S. Army veteran Sgt. 1st Class Richard Yates, center

U.S. Army veteran Sgt. 1st Class Richard Yates, center right, of the 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division, talks to U.S. Army paratrooper Brig. Gen. Brian Winski the 82nd Airborne Division ... More

"In a few hours I'm going to take the best company

"In a few hours I'm going to take the best company

"In a few hours I'm going to take the best company of men in the world into France. We'll give the bastards hell. Strangely, I'm not particularly scared. But in my heart is a terrific longing to hold you in my ... More

George Shenkle, World War II veteran and former U.S.

George Shenkle, World War II veteran and former U.S.

George Shenkle, World War II veteran and former U.S. Army Soldier with the Easy Company, 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division, watches as a U.S. Air Force C-130J Super Hercules from the 37t... More

French military re-enactors dressed as U.S. Army Soldiers

French military re-enactors dressed as U.S. Army Soldiers

French military re-enactors dressed as U.S. Army Soldiers from the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) prepare to post the colors during a ceremony at the Currahee Memorial in the Normandy region June 3, 2015... More

German army soldiers render honors during the playing

German army soldiers render honors during the playing

German army soldiers render honors during the playing of the U.S. national anthem while at the La Cambe German War Cemetery in the Normandy region of France June 5, 2015. U.S. Army paratroopers from the 173rd A... More

U.S. Army veterans Cpl. George Shenkle, center right,

U.S. Army veterans Cpl. George Shenkle, center right,

U.S. Army veterans Cpl. George Shenkle, center right, of the 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division and Sgt. Isaac Phillips, center left, of the 4th Infantry Division, salute the flag June 4,... More

With STAFF Sergeant Barton Bosarge, as Iron Mike, the Knights of the 21st Space Wing, Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado, celebrate the start of GUARDIAN CHALLENGE 2001 with a cheer. The cheer is led by Brigadier General Robert Kehler, (left), 21st Space Wing commander, and Lieutenant Colonel Michael Peel, (center) 21st Space Wing project officer, at Vandenberg Air Force Base, California. GUARDIAN CHALLENGE, the world's mier space and missile competition, is a four-day event hosted annually at Vandenberg AFB, CA "to recognize the best and demonstrate the commands warfighting skills. GUARDIAN CHALLENGE creates competition-tough crews; improves readiness and combat capabilities through...

With STAFF Sergeant Barton Bosarge, as Iron Mike, the Knights of the 2...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: [Complete] Scene Caption: With STAFF Sergeant Barton Bosarge, as Iron Mike, the Knights of the 21st Space Wing, Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado, celebra... More

Colonel Steve Lanning, USAF, 30th Space Wing commander, greets STAFF Sergeant Barton Bosarge, USAF, as Iron Mike, mascot for the 21st Space Wing Knights of Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado, as he and his unit arrive at Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, for GUARDIAN CHALLENGE 2001. GUARDIAN CHALLENGE, the world's premier space and missile competition, is a four-day event hosted annually at Vandenberg AFB, CA "to recognize the best and demonstrate the commands warfighting skills. GUARDIAN CHALLENGE creates competition-tough crews; improves readiness and combat capabilities through preparation, innovation and sharing; enhances esprit de corps and strengthens teamwork across all...

Colonel Steve Lanning, USAF, 30th Space Wing commander, greets STAFF S...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: [Complete] Scene Caption: Colonel Steve Lanning, USAF, 30th Space Wing commander, greets STAFF Sergeant Barton Bosarge, USAF, as Iron Mike, mascot for the... More

Major General William Looney, 14th Air Force commander, and Major General H. J. "Mitch" Mitchell, Air Force Space Command Director of Operations, greet STAFF Sergeant Barton Bosarge, USAF, as Iron Mike, mascot for the 21st Space Wing Knights of Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado. Brigadier General Robert Kehler, 21st Space Wing commander, of the Knights follows his mascot as they arrive at Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, for GUARDIAN CHALLENGE 2001. GUARDIAN CHALLENGE, the world's premier space and missile n, is a four-day event hosted annually at Vandenberg AFB, CA "to recognize the best and demonstrate the commands warfighting skills. GUARDIAN CHALLENGE creates...

Major General William Looney, 14th Air Force commander, and Major Gene...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: [Complete] Scene Caption: Major General William Looney, 14th Air Force commander, and Major General H. J. "Mitch" Mitchell, Air Force Space Command Direct... More

First Lieutenant Ryan Collins, USAF, (left), as mascot "The General" for the "Fighting 50th," Schriever Air Force Base, Colorado, and STAFF Sergeant Barton Bosarge, USAF, as mascot "Iron Mike" for the "Knights," 21st Space Wing of Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado, engage in a spot of friendly swordplay. The impromptu battle took place during a break in the chef safety competition during GUARDIAN CHALLENGE 2001 at Vandenberg Air Force Base, California. GUARDIAN CHALLENGE, the world's premier space and missile competition, is a four-day event hosted annually at Vandenberg AFB, CA "to recognize the best and demonstrate the commands warfighting skills. GUARDIAN CHALLENGE creates...

First Lieutenant Ryan Collins, USAF, (left), as mascot "The General" f...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: [Complete] Scene Caption: First Lieutenant Ryan Collins, USAF, (left), as mascot "The General" for the "Fighting 50th," Schriever Air Force Base, Colorado... More

The statue "Iron Mike" located in front of the Training and Education Command building, on Marine Corps Base (MCB), Quantico, Virginia

The statue "Iron Mike" located in front of the Training and Education ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: 012-0203-04 Base: Marine Corps Base, Quantico State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Oper... More

US Air Force (USAF) "Iron Mike," or STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Jason Hand, mascot from the 21st Space Wing (SW), Peterson Air Force Base (AFB), Colorado (CO), motivates his team as they land at Vandenberg AFB, California (CA). Guardian Challenge is the world's premier space and missile competition, a four-day event hosted annually at Vandenberg AFB, CA

US Air Force (USAF) "Iron Mike," or STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Jason Hand, ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Vandenberg Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: AFSPC Scene Camera Operator:... More

Iron Mike, US Air Force (USAF) STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Jason Hand, the mascot for the 21st Space Wing (SW), at Peterson Air Force Base (AFB), Colorado (CO), cheers the 21st SW for its Guardian Challenge awards during a closing ceremony for Guardian Challenge. Guardian Challenge, the world's premier space and missile competition, is a four-day event hosted annually at Vandenberg Air Force Base (AFB), California (CA)

Iron Mike, US Air Force (USAF) STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Jason Hand, the m...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Vandenberg Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: AFSPC Scene Camera Operator:... More

Retired Marine Col. George Biszak, president of the

Retired Marine Col. George Biszak, president of the

Retired Marine Col. George Biszak, president of the Parris Island Historical and Museum Society briefs cyclists and walkers participating in the fifth annual Iron Mike Bike Tour on Parris Island, April 16. The ... More

Iron Mike: Who is he? - A statue of a man holding a gun

Iron Mike: Who is he? - A statue of a man holding a gun

Iron Mike, officially known as Monument to U.S. Marines, stands 8-feet tall at the intersection of Boulevard De France and Santo Domingo Street. Iron Mike has watched over Parris Island for almost 87 years.

Maj. Gen. Colt re-enlists Staff Sgt. Chavez

Maj. Gen. Colt re-enlists Staff Sgt. Chavez

U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Jeffrey Colt, XVIII Airborne Corps deputy commanding general, re-enlists Staff Sgt. Alonzo Chavez, Colt's enlisted assistant, at Fort Bragg, N.C., April 11, 2013. (U.S. Army photo by Staff ... More

The Excelsior High Desert Young Marines hike up ‘Iron

The Excelsior High Desert Young Marines hike up ‘Iron

The Excelsior High Desert Young Marines hike up ‘Iron Mike,’ a hill outside the gates of Marine Corps Logistics Base Barstow, Calif., April 12. The Young Marines spent the weekend here to have fun, receive mili... More

Selflessly serving after service

Selflessly serving after service

Col. Brian Winski, chief, Office of the Chief of Legislative Liason stands to congratulate and award the Iron Mike Gold Star Award to Marvin Razin at Fort Bragg’s Memorial Hall, July 29. Razin was nominated for... More

Lt. Gen. John A. Toolan, center, U.S. Marine Corps

Lt. Gen. John A. Toolan, center, U.S. Marine Corps

Lt. Gen. John A. Toolan, center, U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Pacific commander, speaks with his Marines shortly before a dedication ceremony, June 9, 2015, aboard Camp H. M. Smith, Hawaii. Toolan reminded the ser... More

SOCCENT hosts Egyptian Armed Forces for scenario-based information exchange

SOCCENT hosts Egyptian Armed Forces for scenario-based information exc...

U.S. and Egyptian Armed Forces taking part in a scenario-based information exchange focused on military information support and civil affairs operations, Sept. 16, at Fort Bragg, N.C. The personnel took a momen... More

Retired U.S. Marines, museum technicians, G-3 Museum,

Retired U.S. Marines, museum technicians, G-3 Museum,

Retired U.S. Marines, museum technicians, G-3 Museum, Headquarters and Service Battalion, Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island, salute as the National Anthem during the rededication ceremony for the statue ... More

U.S. Army and German paratroopers visit the Iron Mike

U.S. Army and German paratroopers visit the Iron Mike

U.S. Army and German paratroopers visit the Iron Mike Memorial together, June 3, 2016, La Fière, France. To pay tribute to the numerous American paratroopers and infantry men who lost their lives in this area, ... More

Iron Mike Normandie, Normandy, France

Iron Mike Normandie, Normandy, France

U.S. Army and German paratroopers visit the Iron Mike Memorial together, June 3, 2016, La Fière, France. To pay tribute to the numerous American paratroopers and infantry men who lost their lives in this area, ... More

Commandant of the Marine Corps Gen. Robert B. Neller,

Commandant of the Marine Corps Gen. Robert B. Neller,

Commandant of the Marine Corps Gen. Robert B. Neller, left, speaks with Sheikh Khaled bin Hamad Al-Khalifa, at Marine Corps Base (MCB) Quantico, Quantico, Va., June 7, 2017. Neller visited MCB Quantico to speak... More

Mike Mervosh, right, is greeted by friends, former

Mike Mervosh, right, is greeted by friends, former

Mike Mervosh, right, is greeted by friends, former Marines and Sailors, to celebrate his 93rd birthday with friends at the Pacific Views Event Center on Camp Pendleton, Calif., June 14, 2017. Mike Mervosh, bett... More

From left, Wendell W. Webb, national commandant of

From left, Wendell W. Webb, national commandant of

From left, Wendell W. Webb, national commandant of Marine Corps League, Commandant of the Marine Corps Gen. Robert B. Neller, and Ian W. Staples, legislative assistant, pose for a photo at the Modern Day Marine... More

Paratroopers of the 82nd Airborne Division and other

Paratroopers of the 82nd Airborne Division and other

Paratroopers of the 82nd Airborne Division and other military units listen to Col. (ret) Kenneth Nightingale at a memorial June 5, 2018 at Utah Beach along the coast of France. During the staff ride, the paratr... More

The Combat Infantryman's Association honored both the

The Combat Infantryman's Association honored both the

The Combat Infantryman's Association honored both the Oklahoma Army National Guard and the 45th Infantry Brigade Combat Team with statuette of the famed "Follow Me" statue, also known as "Iron Mike," that stand... More

U.S. Army Soldiers parachute over the historic La Fiere

U.S. Army Soldiers parachute over the historic La Fiere

U.S. Army Soldiers parachute over the historic La Fiere drop zone near Sainte Mere Eglise, Normandy, France, June 7, 2015, to commemorate the 71st Anniversary of D-Day. More than 380 U.S. service members from E... More

A U.S. Air Force C-130J, assigned to the 37th Airlift

A U.S. Air Force C-130J, assigned to the 37th Airlift

A U.S. Air Force C-130J, assigned to the 37th Airlift Squadron, flys over the coast of Normandy to practice their manuauers in Northern France; June 3, 2015. This is the 71st Anniversary of the D-Day invasion o... More

"In a few hours I'm going to take the best company

"In a few hours I'm going to take the best company

"In a few hours I'm going to take the best company of men in the world into France. We'll give the bastards hell. Strangely, I'm not particularly scared. But in my heart is a terrific longing to hold you in my ... More

A U.S. Army soldier from the 101st Airborne Division

A U.S. Army soldier from the 101st Airborne Division

A U.S. Army soldier from the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) renders honors June 4, 2015, during the playing of the U.S. national anthem while at a ceremony at the Rex Combs Memorial in the Normandy regio... More

George Shenkle, World War II veteran and former Soldier

George Shenkle, World War II veteran and former Soldier

George Shenkle, World War II veteran and former Soldier with the Easy Company, 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division, reacts as U.S. Army Soldiers parachute on to the historic La Fiere drop ... More

A French military re-enactor dressed as U.S. Army Soldiers

A French military re-enactor dressed as U.S. Army Soldiers

A French military re-enactor dressed as U.S. Army Soldiers from the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) hoists the flag during a ceremony at the Currahee Memorial in Normandy, France, June 3, 2015. Over 380 s... More

World War II veteran George Shenkle talks a French

World War II veteran George Shenkle talks a French

World War II veteran George Shenkle talks a French civilian about his service during World War II at Chef Du Pont, Normandy, France, June 4, 2015. Over 380 service members from Europe and affiliated D-Day histo... More

Soldiers assigned to Joint Task Force D-Day 71 walk

Soldiers assigned to Joint Task Force D-Day 71 walk

Soldiers assigned to Joint Task Force D-Day 71 walk along the shore of Omaha Beach. Taking Omaha Beach was the responsibility of the U.S. 1st Army, 5th Corps, with sea transport provided by the U.S. Navy and el... More

Antoine and Alice Fernandez, dressed in vintage World

Antoine and Alice Fernandez, dressed in vintage World

Antoine and Alice Fernandez, dressed in vintage World War II U.S. Army uniforms, attend a WWII commemoration ceremony in Sainte Laurent sur Mer, France, June 6, 2015. A formation of U.S. Army Soldiers from the ... More

U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. Darryl Roberson, 3rd Air Force

U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. Darryl Roberson, 3rd Air Force

U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. Darryl Roberson, 3rd Air Force commander, presents a wreath during a World War II commemoration June 4, 2015, in Picauville, France. Picauville hosted the memorial commemoration to hono... More

Gravestones of fallen soldiers at the La Cambe German

Gravestones of fallen soldiers at the La Cambe German

Gravestones of fallen soldiers at the La Cambe German War Cemetery in the Normandy region of France, June 5, 2015. U.S. Army paratroopers from the 173rd Airborne Brigade along with more than 380 service members... More

Valerie Blandin, the Mayor of Gourbesville gives a

Valerie Blandin, the Mayor of Gourbesville gives a

Valerie Blandin, the Mayor of Gourbesville gives a speech June 5, 2015, during a ceremony at the Crossroads Memorial site in the Normandy region of France in Gourbesville. U.S. Army Soldiers from the 82nd Airbo... More

On June 3, 2015, the town of Carentan, France, hosted

On June 3, 2015, the town of Carentan, France, hosted

On June 3, 2015, the town of Carentan, France, hosted service members of the Joint Task Force D-Day 71. The day included a tour of the town hall and historic sites such as the Angoville Au Plain church where t... More

Re-enactors dressed in vintage World War II U.S. Army

Re-enactors dressed in vintage World War II U.S. Army

Re-enactors dressed in vintage World War II U.S. Army uniforms, participate in a parade in Montebourg, France, June 4, 2015, en route to a World War II commemoration ceremony. U.S. forces helped liberate Monteb... More

A Normandy local lowers a flag during a memorial ceremony

A Normandy local lowers a flag during a memorial ceremony

A Normandy local lowers a flag during a memorial ceremony for Pfc. Charles DeGlopper, a paratrooper who died on D-Day during World War II on June 5, 2015, Normandy, France. More than 380 service members from Eu... More

French children let balloons soar into the sky to celebrate

French children let balloons soar into the sky to celebrate

French children let balloons soar into the sky to celebrate the service of the U.S. military during D-Day June 4, 2015, Normandy, France. More than 380 servicemembers from Europe and affiliated D-Day historical... More

A wreath of flowers is placed on the ground before

A wreath of flowers is placed on the ground before

A wreath of flowers is placed on the ground before a memorial ceremony at Omaha Beach National Guard monument to pay respect to veterans who served during World War II June 5, 2015, Normandy, France. More than ... More

A group of paratroopers, assigned to the 173rd Airborne

A group of paratroopers, assigned to the 173rd Airborne

A group of paratroopers, assigned to the 173rd Airborne Brigade, march down a road in front of French citizens after a Airborne jump near the village of Sainte Mere Eglise, Normandy, France, June 7, 2015. Over ... More

World War II Veteran Richard Yates signs a book for

World War II Veteran Richard Yates signs a book for

World War II Veteran Richard Yates signs a book for a French civilian before a ceremony at Amfreville, Normandy, France; June 5, 2015. Over 380 service members from Europe and affiliated D-Day historical units ... More

French Army Maj. Thierry Lgbull, reads the history

French Army Maj. Thierry Lgbull, reads the history

French Army Maj. Thierry Lgbull, reads the history of the actions that paratroopers of the 82nd Airborne Division made to liberate the village of Sainte Mere Eglise, Normandy, France; June 6, 2015. Over 380 ser... More

Jim Nabors, center, an honorary Marine sergeant best

Jim Nabors, center, an honorary Marine sergeant best

Jim Nabors, center, an honorary Marine sergeant best known for playing the title character in the 1960s television show “Gomer Pyle, USMC,” speaks with Lt. Gen. Toolan, right, U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Pacific ... More

Cyclists pedal their way through Marine Corps Recruit

Cyclists pedal their way through Marine Corps Recruit

Cyclists pedal their way through Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island during the fifth annual Iron Mike Bike Tour, April 16. The Parris Island Historical and Museum Society hosted the Iron Mike Bike Tour al... More

U.S. Marine Corps Col. John M. Peck, commanding officer,

U.S. Marine Corps Col. John M. Peck, commanding officer,

U.S. Marine Corps Col. John M. Peck, commanding officer, Headquarters and Service Battalion, Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island, speaks during the rededication ceremony of the Iron Mike statue aboard Mari... More

U.S. Army and German paratroopers visit the Iron Mike

U.S. Army and German paratroopers visit the Iron Mike

U.S. Army and German paratroopers visit the Iron Mike Memorial together, June 3, 2016, La Fière, France. To pay tribute to the numerous American paratroopers and infantry men who lost their lives in this area, ... More

Commandant of the Marine Corps Gen. Robert B. Neller,

Commandant of the Marine Corps Gen. Robert B. Neller,

Commandant of the Marine Corps Gen. Robert B. Neller, left, speaks with Sheikh Khaled bin Hamad Al-Khalifa, at Marine Corps Base (MCB) Quantico, Quantico, Va., June 7, 2017. Neller visited MCB Quantico to speak... More

Laura Dietz, right, presents Mike Mervosh, left, with

Laura Dietz, right, presents Mike Mervosh, left, with

Laura Dietz, right, presents Mike Mervosh, left, with a gift during his 93rd birthday celebration at the Pacific Views Event Center on Camp Pendleton, Calif., June 14, 2017. Mike Mervosh, better known as Iron M... More

Ian W. Staples, legislative assistant, gives remarks

Ian W. Staples, legislative assistant, gives remarks

Ian W. Staples, legislative assistant, gives remarks during the Modern Day Marine Grand Banquet at the Ritz-Carlton Pentagon City, Arlington, Va., Sept. 20, 2017. Staples accepted the Dickey Chapelle Award on b... More

Paratroopers of the 82nd Airborne Division and other

Paratroopers of the 82nd Airborne Division and other

Paratroopers of the 82nd Airborne Division and other military units listen to Col. (ret) Kenneth Nightingale at the Iron Mike Memorial June 5, 2018 outside of Sainte Mere Eglise, France. Nightingale educated th... More

Col. Chris Chomosh (left), commander of the 45th Infantry

Col. Chris Chomosh (left), commander of the 45th Infantry

Col. Chris Chomosh (left), commander of the 45th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, accepts a statuette of the famed "Follow Me" statue, also known as "Iron Mike," that stands outside of the U.S. Army's infantry sc... More

Soldiers of the 5th Security Force Assistance Brigade

Soldiers of the 5th Security Force Assistance Brigade

Soldiers of the 5th Security Force Assistance Brigade stand in front of “The Infantryman” memorial at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington, following a beret donning ceremony July 16, 2019. Serving in an SFAB i... More

German soldiers parachute over the historic La Fiere

German soldiers parachute over the historic La Fiere

German soldiers parachute over the historic La Fiere drop zone near Sainte Mere Eglise, Normandy, France, June 7, 2015, to commemorate the 71st Anniversary of D-Day. More than 380 U.S. service members from Euro... More

The West Celtic Pipes and Drum Corps from Normandy,

The West Celtic Pipes and Drum Corps from Normandy,

The West Celtic Pipes and Drum Corps from Normandy, France, pause as a U.S. Air Force C-130J Super Hercules from the 37th Airlift Squadron, approaches the historic La Fiere drop zone near Sainte Mere Eglise, No... More

U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. Darryl Roberson, 3rd Air Force

U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. Darryl Roberson, 3rd Air Force

U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. Darryl Roberson, 3rd Air Force commander, salutes during a World War II commemoration June 4, 2015, in Picauville, France. Picauville hosted the memorial commemoration to honor the sacri... More

"It's been humbling to be here; hearing the stories,

"It's been humbling to be here; hearing the stories,

"It's been humbling to be here; hearing the stories, seeing the sights, especially Pointe du Hoc," said Spc. Jonathan Rhodes, with 1st Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment, after he paused to look out at Omaha Beach... More

A group of U.S. Army paratroopers, assigned to the

A group of U.S. Army paratroopers, assigned to the

A group of U.S. Army paratroopers, assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division, stands in formation during a ceremony honoring the paratroopers of the 82nd Airborne Division that liberated the village in Sainte Mere... More

Flowers were placed at the Rex Combs Memorial site

Flowers were placed at the Rex Combs Memorial site

Flowers were placed at the Rex Combs Memorial site in the Normandy region during a ceremony in remembrance of the D-Day landings June 4, 2015. More than 380 service members from Europe and affiliated D-Day hist... More

German army soldiers stand at attention holding a memorial

German army soldiers stand at attention holding a memorial

German army soldiers stand at attention holding a memorial wreath during a ceremony at the La Cambe German War cemetery in the Normandy region of France, June 5, 2015. U.S. Army paratroopers from the 173rd Airb... More

Staff Sgt. Sean Rose, 1st Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment,

Staff Sgt. Sean Rose, 1st Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment,

Staff Sgt. Sean Rose, 1st Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment, listens to a presentation about the events that occurred at La Barquette Lock. On June 3, 2015, the town of Carentan, France, hosted service members of... More

"In a few hours I'm going to take the best company

"In a few hours I'm going to take the best company

"In a few hours I'm going to take the best company of men in the world into France. We'll give the bastards hell. Strangely, I'm not particularly scared. But in my heart is a terrific longing to hold you in my ... More

U.S. Army paratrooper Sgt. Tim Carpenter, center right,

U.S. Army paratrooper Sgt. Tim Carpenter, center right,

U.S. Army paratrooper Sgt. Tim Carpenter, center right, assigned to the 3rd Brigade, 82nd Airborne Division, hands flowers to a local national June 5, 2015, during at a ceremony at the Crossroads Memorial site ... More

World War II D-Day veteran, John Roman (center), a

World War II D-Day veteran, John Roman (center), a

World War II D-Day veteran, John Roman (center), a 4th Infantry Division Soldier, salutes and his wife Jacqueline (left) places here hand over her heart while the 82nd Airborne Division color guard marches into... More

U.S. Army Soldiers march through Montebourg, France,

U.S. Army Soldiers march through Montebourg, France,

U.S. Army Soldiers march through Montebourg, France, June 4, 2015, en route to a World War II commemoration ceremony. U.S. forces helped liberate Montebourg from Nazi occupation in June 1944. American, French a... More

U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Charles Whittington, 29th Infantry

U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Charles Whittington, 29th Infantry

U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Charles Whittington, 29th Infantry Division commander, and a French translator, speak at a memorial ceremony at Omaha Beach National Guard monument to pay respect to veterans who served duri... More

U.S. Soldiers from the 82nd Airborne All-American Chorus

U.S. Soldiers from the 82nd Airborne All-American Chorus

U.S. Soldiers from the 82nd Airborne All-American Chorus salute during a memorial ceremony for Pfc. Charles DeGlopper, a paratrooper who died on D-Day during World War II June 5, 2015, Normandy, France. More th... More

U.S. Army Soldiers from the 101st Airborne Division

U.S. Army Soldiers from the 101st Airborne Division

U.S. Army Soldiers from the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) salute the flag during a ceremony at the Currahee Memorial site in Normandy, France, June 3, 2015. Over 380 service members from Europe and affi... More

U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Pacific Marines salute during

U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Pacific Marines salute during

U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Pacific Marines salute during morning colors, June 9, 2015, aboard Camp H. M. Smith, Hawaii. Morning colors was followed by a MARFORPAC dedication ceremony in which three conference ro... More

World War II veteran Bernard Dargols addresses the

World War II veteran Bernard Dargols addresses the

World War II veteran Bernard Dargols addresses the audience during a WWII commemoration ceremony at Sainte Laurent sur Mer, France, June 5, 2015. Dargols is a French national who served with the U.S Army and to... More

The statue of Maj. Dick Winters of Easy Company, 506th

The statue of Maj. Dick Winters of Easy Company, 506th

The statue of Maj. Dick Winters of Easy Company, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division, stands as reminder of the sacrifice of the Greatest Generation near Utah Beach, Normandy, France, Jun... More

The names of those lost during the Battle of Graignes

The names of those lost during the Battle of Graignes

The names of those lost during the Battle of Graignes are read off and a bell is rung in rememberence after each name is called. The worst misdrop on D-Day happened to the Soldiers of the 3rd Battalion, 507th P... More

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