Colleville-sur-Mer, France, June 4, 1984: At the U.S. cemetery overlooking the D-Day beaches, 2-year-old Tommy Daniel, son of Capt. Timothy and Carol Daniel, stands at the grave of an American soldier killed during the World War II invasion of Normandy.

Madingley, England, May 26, 2003: The official party arrives Monday for the Memorial Day ceremony at the Cambridge American Cemetery in Madingley, England.

Colleville-sur-Mer, France, June 6, 2004: Rows of crosses and Stars of David stand in long rows at Normandy American Cemetery, Colleville-sur-Mer, France, decorated with American and French flags.

Yokoyama, Japan, Oct. 2, 1960: Rep. Daniel K. Inouye (D-Hawaii) bows in prayer at his great-grandfather’s grave in his ancestral village of Yokoyama, Japan.

Arromanches-les-Bains, France, May 1994: Fifty years after the allied invasion of Normandy in World War II, a visitor looks up at the remnants of one of the “Phoenix” concrete caissons used in the construction of an artificial harbor that allowed supplies to flow to the troops as they moved inland.

Netherlands, Feb. 4, 1953: A traffic sign is all that’s visible on a street inundated by floodwaters on Schouen Island.

Seoul, South Korea, November 1957: The marching band of the Republic of Korea Army parades proudly across the new bridge at ceremonies on the day it was officially opened.

Nancy, France, September 1954: Seven-year-old Jacques Loisy presents a bouquet to Sgt. Kenneth Gammons during ceremonies commemorating the 10th anniversary of the liberation of the city by Allied troops during World War II.

Binh Chau, Vietnam, August 1964: Under the watchful eye of local children, U.S. Army Special Forces Sgt. Joe E. Jasper visits a Vietnamese village while serving as an adviser to a Vietnamese Strike Force on a five-day patrol in search of the Viet Cong.

Beirut, Lebanon, August 1982: Although fighting between Israel and the PLO had torn much of the fabric of Beirut’s civilization, the owner of this pharmacy in the city’s eastern section wanted potential customers to know that it was business as usual despite the chaos and resulting sandbags.

Korea, May 1953: Two American soldiers cross the battered terrain surrounding Outpost Harry, where enemy troops regularly mounted attacks from three sides.

Omaha Beach, Normandy, France, June 6, 1944: Medics from the U.S. 5th and 6th Engineer Special Brigade (ESB) help wounded soldiers on Omaha beach, Fox Green and Easy Red sectors.

Wiesbaden, Germany, September 1963: Boston Celtics forward and future Basketball Hall of Famer Tommy Heinsohn, foreground, attends a USAFE basketball clinic.

South Vietnam, November 1968: Pfc. Carroll G. Steeve, of 3rd Platoon, A Company, 2nd Battalion, 47th Infantry, 1st Brigade, 9th Infantry Division, takes time out from the war to do some laundry, using the best substitute he could find for a clothesline.

Eagle Base, Bosnia and Herzegovina, May 6, 2002: Sgt. Michelle Flores writes letters often to her son, Emilio. At 14 months, the boy is too young to read them, but someday he’ll know his mother was thinking of him while she was deployed to Bosnia and Herzegovina.

South Vietnam, March 1967: The conductor of this symphony of dust is actually helping guide an 11th Aviation Battalion helicopter as it lands troops in War Zone C, near the Cambodian border. The dust was kicked up by the copter’s rotor blades.

Saigon, January 1966: A basket and a few feet of sidewalk make up this elderly woman’s shop as she sells strawberries in downtown Saigon.

Normandy, France, June 1994: Fifty years after allied troops landed on Utah Beach to begin the push toward Berlin that ended World War II, a boy engages in the kind of struggle beaches are more suited for — flying a kite.

Tokyo, April 26, 1975: Two future managers of championship baseball teams, Sadaharu Oh and Davey Johnson, get acquainted as teammates with Tokyo’s Yomiuri Giants.