What was the Korean War? And why was America involved in such a far away conflict? Was the United States’ sacrifice–35,000 killed, over 100,000 wounded–worth it?
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Image of the Day: 6 June 2016
June is PTSD Awareness Month…
Although the vetrans of WWII considered it “taboo” to speak anything about the war they experienced, we know today that escaping the everyday battles of #PTSD (aka shell shock, 1,000 yard stare, and so on) was as probable as it is for post 911 vets.
I’d like to pay tribute to those warriors of the greatest generation our nation has seen who quietly lived with their inner battles long after the fires in Europe and the Pacific were extinguished.
Semper Fi, Grandpa
A Visual History of D-Day
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June 6, 1944: Operation Neptune
On June 6, 1944, 160,000 Allied troops landed on the beaches of Normandy in the coordinated invasion of occupied France known as D-Day.
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Find more on Operation Neptune and the images from the day here
Maiden on the Midway 
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