Grafenwoehr, Germany, June 3, 1950: Five tanks roll passed the review stand at Grafenwoehrs’s parade grounds.

Kandahar Province, Afghanistan, Aug. 27, 2011: Sgt. Ramone Villablanca of Company C, 1st Battalion, 32 Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division uses a “minehound” to check for improvised explosive devices.

Berlin, Sept. 7, 1994: Sgt. Brett Hickman (left), Sgt. David Rogers and Sgt. Alton Henderson from the Berlin Brigade perform the final retreat ceremony for the American flag at Clay Headquarters, marking the departure of U.S. troops from Berlin.

Kabul, Afghanistan, Jan. 15, 2015: Crowds watch a buzkashi match on the outskirts of Kabul.

A huge batch of a GI’s wartime letters to the “girl of my dreams” has been given anonymously to the USO in Arlington, Va.

Somewhere in Vietnam, Nov. 30, 1966: Infantrymen of the 2nd Battalion, 35th Infantry bandage wounded soldier after US mortar round fell short and exploded in the midst of the men of B company.

Mykolaiv region, Ukraine, July 14, 2018: Lance Cpl. Dwight Weatherford, an assaultman with the Marines 2nd Battalion, 25th Marine Regiment, fires a LAW rocket at a target while training with Ukrainian Marines during Exercise Sea Breeze.

Demilitarized Zone, South Korea, April 17, 2002: A North Korean military officer takes a peek from the North Korean recreation building at the truce village of Panmunjom, north of Seoul.

Bad Kreuznach, Germany, May 30, 1998: The youngest American Indian dancer of the Native American Association of Germany danced his heart out during the afternoon Powwow at Intercamp 98’ in Bad Kreuznach, Germany.

Khost province, Afghanistan, Aug. 17, 2013: Sgt. Joshua Sutherland, left, helps 2nd Lt. George Fletcher up a waterfall as Sgt. Damon Miers looks on.

South Korea, 1958: A group of MPs grabs a bite of chow, protected by camouflage netting, while on field assignment.

Paris, France, November 1992: Inside the Sainte-Chapelle, a small medieval chapel tucked away in the courtyard of a government building on the Ille de la Cite.

Saigon, Vietnam, May 5, 1968: Army of the Republic of Vietnam soldiers guard a captured and blindfolded Viet Cong fighter in a jeep.

Lajes Field, Azores, Portugal, July 24, 1985: A construction worker is silhouetted as he works on part of the enormous building program underway at Lajes Field in the Azores.

Somewhere in the mountains, South Korea, Jan. 5, 1962: Privates First Class Robert Andalis (front) and John Barnes of A Company, 2nd Battle Group, 12th Cavalry Regiment check and defuse landmines found on the road.

Tokyo, Japan, July 24, 1964: Young guests and visitors drink and chat in the cocktail lounge of the Sanno Hotel in Tokyo, Japan.

Philadelphia has hosted a ceremonial groundbreaking for “The Tun” as part of a project to re-create the historic tavern known to every Marine as the service’s birthplace.