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Pearl Harbor Attack, National Memorial - Galley bowls

Pearl Harbor Attack, National Memorial - Galley bowls

Bowls from the galley on the USS Arizona resting in silt and surrounded by sea sponges

Agnes Moore - National Parks Gallery

Agnes Moore - National Parks Gallery

Real "Rosie" Agnes Moore, volunteer at the Visitor Education Center at the Rose the Riveter/WWII Home Front National Historical park. Agnes Moore Worked: Kaiser Shipyard #3; Richmond, CA Position: Welder... More

U.S. Marines with Marine Rotational Force Europe 17.1

U.S. Marines with Marine Rotational Force Europe 17.1

U.S. Marines with Marine Rotational Force Europe 17.1 pose for a group photo during a tour of Hegra fortress near Stjørdal, Norway, July 20, 2017. The Marines walked the area and participated in guided discussi... More

WWII urban warfare demonstration at Camp Lee

WWII urban warfare demonstration at Camp Lee

The 13th Quartermaster Training Regiment demonstrates the principles of urban warfare at Camp Lee during WWII in 1943. After the demonstration, the "ghost" of each man who "died" told student observers the mist... More

Retired Master Chief Petty Officer Samuel Kirton dedicated

Retired Master Chief Petty Officer Samuel Kirton dedicated

Retired Master Chief Petty Officer Samuel Kirton dedicated more than 20-years to the U.S. Navy. Kirton circled the Equator, the Atlantic Ocean, the Arctic Circle and thousands of miles of deep blue seas numerou... More

Touring the site with a ranger.

Touring the site with a ranger.

Visitors tour the site with a ranger and learn about the site.

National parks: Quonset - public domain image

National parks: Quonset - public domain image

Kalaupapa and Kalawao Settlements, Kalaupapa National Historical Park. This Quonset was one of four that were constructed in 1946. The easy and inexpensive construction made them ideal for housing and storage ... More

(Left to right) 94th Training Division Chief Executive

(Left to right) 94th Training Division Chief Executive

(Left to right) 94th Training Division Chief Executive Officer Vivek Kshetrapal, 94th Infantry Division Historical Society Secretary John Clyburn, 94th Training Division Assistant Division Commander Col. John A... More

Servicemembers and civilians meet with Dr. Harry Quinton

Servicemembers and civilians meet with Dr. Harry Quinton

Servicemembers and civilians meet with Dr. Harry Quinton at the US Army’s Transportation Museum at Fort Eustis, Virginia. Quinton, one of the original Tuskegee Airmen, enlisted in the US Army during WWII; and w... More

U.S. Marines with Marine Rotational Force Europe 17.1

U.S. Marines with Marine Rotational Force Europe 17.1

U.S. Marines with Marine Rotational Force Europe 17.1 enter Hegra fortress near Stjørdal, Norway, July 20, 2017. The NCOs toured the area ahead of time and analyzed the site’s WWII history so they could lead th... More

(Left) 94th Infantry Division Historical Society Secretary

(Left) 94th Infantry Division Historical Society Secretary

(Left) 94th Infantry Division Historical Society Secretary John Clyburn hands a Memorandum of Agreement to 94th Training Division Assistant Division Commander Col. John Aarsen at the division's headquarters at ... More

Servicemembers and civilians meet with Dr. Harry Quinton

Servicemembers and civilians meet with Dr. Harry Quinton

Servicemembers and civilians meet with Dr. Harry Quinton at the US Army’s Transportation Museum at Fort Eustis, Virginia. Quinton, one of the original Tuskegee Airmen, enlisted in the US Army during WWII; and w... More

U.S. Marines with Marine Rotational Force Europe 17.1

U.S. Marines with Marine Rotational Force Europe 17.1

U.S. Marines with Marine Rotational Force Europe 17.1 pose for a group photo during a tour of Hegra fortress near Stjørdal, Norway, July 20, 2017. The Marines researched the history of the site to tie lessons l... More

Servicemembers and civilians meet with Dr. Harry Quinton

Servicemembers and civilians meet with Dr. Harry Quinton

Servicemembers and civilians meet with Dr. Harry Quinton at the US Army’s Transportation Museum at Fort Eustis, Virginia. Quinton, one of the original Tuskegee Airmen, enlisted in the US Army during WWII; and w... More

U.S. Marines with Marine Rotational Force Europe 17.1

U.S. Marines with Marine Rotational Force Europe 17.1

U.S. Marines with Marine Rotational Force Europe 17.1 walk through the tunnels of Hegra fortress near Stjørdal, Norway, July 20, 2017. The NCOs conducted a battle study and led their junior Marines through guid... More

Servicemembers and civilians meet with Dr. Harry Quinton

Servicemembers and civilians meet with Dr. Harry Quinton

Servicemembers and civilians meet with Dr. Harry Quinton at the US Army’s Transportation Museum at Fort Eustis, Virginia. Quinton, one of the original Tuskegee Airmen, enlisted in the US Army during WWII; and w... More

A performer at the 2019 Sioux Falls Air Show, Power

A performer at the 2019 Sioux Falls Air Show, Power

A performer at the 2019 Sioux Falls Air Show, Power on the Prairie, visits with spectators at the WWII living history camp. The two-day weekend event was packed full of activities for attendees of all ages. (U.... More