When freedom and democracy were in peril, an entire generation answered the call. Our grandfathers and grandmothers put aside their hopes and dreams to save the world less than a lifetime ago and still refuse to be called heroes. The least you can do is post a photo in their honor!
@AnHistoricEdu
Combat
Contributors
annielaurieI hollered "lordy, lordy, have mercy on me."
driftingfocusThings of Interest
maynrdColin M.
antiquiteai understood that reference!
historicalawesomenessHistorical Awesomeness
iamacowI am a Cow.
oliveandjudeOlive and Jude
thedurdydozenThe Ultimate Trollvenger
History On Tumblr
Propaganda
European Theater
Pacific Theater
-
View high resolution
More Jungle Swagger. These guys mean business…and take their style pretty seriously!
-
Jungle Swagger as portrayed by Merrill’s Marauders in Burma
-
View high resolution
Rare color photo of the 5th Rangers on the morning of the D-Day Normandy invasion.
Add your World War II color photos today
-
View high resolution
The 6th Ranger Battalion. They invaded Leyte and famously saved the POWs at Cabanatuan.
-
Several of the Flying Tiger pilots as photographed for Life Magazine by George Rodger. The pilots were raised early in the war from the various branches’ air corps. They received $500 a month and a $500 bounty for every Japanese plane shot down.
They all wear shoulder holsters
1 of 13
Next Page
© 2010–2012 greatest generation
