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George S. Patton (Photo: U.S. Army)
Lt. Gen. George S. Patton, Jr.

Brilliant and controversial, George S. Patton is remembered for more than World War II triumphs.

Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower gives the order of the day, "Full victory - nothing else," to paratroopers in England, just before they boarded their airplanes to participate in the first assault in the invasion on June 6, 1944.
Dwight D. Eisenhower

When the United States into WWII, Eisenhower took over the Army War Plans Division to draft a basic strategy for the war...

USS Arizona Memorial. (U.S. Navy photo by MC3  Diana Quinlan.)
On Liberty - WWII Sites

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Air Vice-Marshal Trafford Leigh-Mallory, Air Officer Commanding No 11 (Fighter) Group, at Group Headquarters, Uxbridge, Middlesex. 27 March 1942.
Trafford Leigh-Mallory

Trafford Leigh-Mallory was born on Nov. 7, 1892 in Mobberly, Cheshire. Educated at Cambridge University, he graduated with...

This graphic tells the story of how the France beachhead was supplied on "D-Day". 6 June 1944 (Photo: National Archives)
D-Day Story: William D. Townsley

I am Townsley, William D., service number 38370280. I was born August 8, 1923. I entered the armed service February 1943 at...

Wounded American soldiers are given medical treatment at a first aid station, somewhere in Korea. July 25, 1950. Pfc. Tom Nebbia. (Army)
D-Day Story: Bernard S. Feinberg

My name is Dr. Bernard S. Feinberg, and I am an American. I was born July 17, 1912 in West Hoboken, New Jersey.

Litter bearers bring back wounded during attempt to span the Rapido River near Cassino, Italy, January 23, 1944.
Rapido River Disaster

A rain-swollen river and powerful German defenses made the 36th Division's assault an exercise in futility.

General Carl A. Spaatz
Carl Spaatz

Spaatz was promoted to a permanent major in July 1920, and during the inter-war years he proceeded up the ranks of a...

Boeing B-17E (Photo: U.S. Air Force)
Boeing Country: Veterans, Like Bomber, 'Keep History Alive'

On a peaceful day in December 1941, Staff Sgt. Lee Embree took off in a Boeing B-17E for what promised to be a quiet flight...

Johannes Erwin Eugen Rommel was a senior German Army officer during World War II and was popularly known as the Desert Fox.
Erwin Rommel

Erwin Johannes Rommel was born in 1891 and he joined the German Army as a cadet in 1910.

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