In February of 1945, soldiers of the 8th Infantry Division pass a tank destroyer on the battle-scarred streets of Düren, Germany as they enter the heart of the city. 🪖

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A lot of big names in this Carentan photo of 101st Airborne paratroopers receiving medals for their heroism in Normandy. 🪂

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On this day in 1509, a Portuguese fleet annihilates the warships of the Mamluk and Gujarat sultanates at the Battle of Diu. The victory, the first of many by Europeans in Asia, helps establish Portugal as a military and commercial power in India.

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On this day in 1933, Hitler announces his plans for the "ruthless Germanisation" of Eastern Europe. His long-standing goal of achieving "Lebensraum" or 'Living Space' will now be the official foreign policy of Nazi Germany.

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Today in 1848, the two-year Mexican-American war ends with the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo. Under its terms, the U.S. acquires more than 529,000 square miles of new territory. Arguments between pro-slavery interests and abolitionists soon erupt over the future of the region.

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SSgt. Joseph Beyrle of the 101st Airborne Division, the only American soldier who officially fought in the American & Red armies on the eastern & western fronts of WW2.

- Combat jump 🪂
- Bronze Star 🎖️
- 5 Purple Hearts 💜
- POW 🪖
- Croix de Guerre 🇫🇷
- 6 Soviet awards 🇷🇺

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The Dick Winters Leadership monument between Sainte-Marie-du-Mont and Utah beach in Normandy, France. 🇺🇸

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82 years ago today, Pvt. Richard Sorenson threw himself on a Japanese grenade on Namur Island, saving five fellow Marines. 🪖
Gravely wounded, Sorenson survived and would earn the Medal of Honor. 🇺🇸

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Clark Gable addresses the troops on the Flightline at March Field in 1938, during the filming of “Test Pilot” 😎

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81 years ago today, T/5 Wilbert Moran of the 11th Airborne Division leads a small pack mule along the Cavite Road on Luzon. 🪖

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In February of 1945, an exhausted soldier of the US 1st Army just returns from the front lines near the town of Mürringen, Belgium.🪖

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In 1944, Lt. Clarence Coggins of the 45th Infantry Division was captured by German Forces while on reconnaissance in France. 🪖

While captured, he convinced a German major that escape from the Allies was impossible, leading nearly 1000 Germans to surrender. 🇺🇸

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In February of 1945, an M24 Chaffee light tank of the 18th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron at Petit Tiers, Belgium. 🪖

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In February of 1945, after relieved from the fighting near Belvedere, a soldier of the 10th Mountain Division naps in a foxhole with his rifle nearby in Italy. 🪖

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On this day in 1985, the mayors of Rome and the town of El Djem, a Tunisian community near the site of ancient Carthage, sit down together to sign a treaty of friendship. Both claim that the meeting marks the official end of the Third Punic War of 146 BC.

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On this day in 1913, two Greek military pilots in a French-made Farman MF.7 biplane locate the Ottoman fleet as it steams through the Dardanelles. It's history's first naval air mission.

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On this day in 1941, the United Service Organizations (@The_USO) is established. By D-Day, the USO will be putting on an estimated 700 shows a day for American troops serving overseas.

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Today in 1945, Churchill, Roosevelt and Stalin meet at Yalta in Crimea to plan for the end of the war in Europe. Talks focus on the partition of Germany and the future of Poland. Within weeks FDR will be dead and Moscow soon reneges on its pledge to allow free elections in Poland

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On this day in 1917, a German U-boat sinks the American steamer SS Housatonic off the English coast. Washington responds by cutting diplomatic ties with Berlin. Two months later, the United States will declare war.

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A Marine wearing an early war Hawley helmet liner and an Army 1st Pattern Tunic, moves through a swamp near Hill 660 on Cape Gloucester, New Britain in 1944. 🪖

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