Lebanon, August 1958: Thanks to typical American ingenuity, soldiers from the 1st Airborne Battle Group, 187th Infantry’s supply and transportation platoon were able to enjoy a nice shower during Operation Blue Bat, a mission to back the beleaguered Lebanese government.
Poland held a state burial Monday for more than 700 victims of Nazi Germany’s World War II mass executions, whose remains were recently uncovered in the so-called Valley of Death in the country’s north, decades after their deaths.
Sirens wailed and a memorial bell tolled during an observance in the town of Wielun, the first civilian target of German bombing in the small hours of Sept. 1, 1939.
Kadena Air Base, Japan, Aug. 27, 2008: Josh Roberts, 26, of Morris, Ala., races around the track at Ryukyu Middle School on Kadena Air Base.
Demilitarized Zone, South Korea, December 1956: The 24th Division DMZ Police Company’s PFC Winston Mullinax (left), acts as observer on a patrol with SP3 Robert A. Bianchi, radio operator, and PFC Jerome Gillmore, patrol leader.
Mannheim, Germany, Sept. 7, 2004: Jennifer LeVier, a first- and second-grade teacher at Mannheim Elementary School, welcomes students lining up for class on the first day of school.
Man Ray sat chain-smoking cigarettes in a big Paris studio crammed with his circus works and shook his curly gray head about the state of the art in the world. He thinks it fails to do anything new.
Paris, Sept. 22, 1965: Artist Man Ray — photographed in his Paris studio — stands before some of his works.
Till’s brutal killing shocked the world and helped galvanize the civil rights movement. But misconceptions of the events leading to his death have persisted, and the FBI has reopened the case several times - most recently in 2017.
Kuwait City, Kuwait, February 1991: Graffiti marks an overturned Iraqi truck outside of Kuwait City on the road to Basra and Baghdad.
Somewhere near the DMZ, South Korea, December 1950: Two I Corps soldiers use the traditional Korean A-frame — also known as a jige — to carry supplies up to the front near Munsan-ni, South Korea in December 1950.
Frankfurt, Germany, Oct. 15, 1948: John Foster Dulles, right, U.S. delegate to the United Nations, talks to reporters on his arrival at the Rhein-Main airport.
Strong Point Alizi, Afghanistan, Aug. 27, 2011: Officers with the Afghan National Civil Order Police speak with an Afghan woman during Operation Steel Lion III at Strong Point Alizi in Kandahar Province, Afghanistan.
In 1945, the United States dropped atomic bombs on Japan, killing thousands of people. While the damage in Japan has been well documented, the story of New Mexico downwinders and the health effects that resulted from Trinity Test fallout is relatively unknown.
Seoul, South Korea, Sept. 22, 2001: The Yongsan Falcons stand in line to hear the national anthem prior to kickoff against the Osan Cougars at Seoul American High School, Seoul Korea.
Forward Operating Base Hanson, Afghanistan, Oct. 17, 2012: First Lt. James Mauch, left, and Corpsman Christopher Coughlin, both of 3rd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, pause while working in Marjah district, Helmand province, Afghanistan.