19 April 2012 - Canadian Rangers, riding snowmobiles, move over the high arctic tundra on a sovereignty patrol near Baring Bay, Nunavut, during Operation NUNALIVUT 2012.
The John Steele Monument, Sainte-Mère-Église
John Steele was a paratrooper of the 505th PIR who on D-Day jumped into Sainte-Mère-Église and like so many other troopers that morning ended up landing in a rather unlucky spot. Instead of landing on the ground (or even a tree), Steele found himself caught on the spire of the town’s church and could only observe the fighting that went on below him. Instead of panicking or attempting to cut himself loose, Steele successfully hung there limply for two hours pretending to be dead before the Germans, realizing Steele was alive, took him prisoner.
Later, Steele escaped from his German captors and rejoined his division when the 3rd Battalion, 505 PIR attacked the village he’d been hiding in—capturing thirty Germans and killing another eleven. For his actions, Steele was awarded the Bronze Star and the Purple Heart.
They won’t understand why we do it. They won’t understand that it’s about the men next to you, and that’s it. That’s all it is.
Delta Sgts. Gary Gordon and Randy Shughart were the first soldiers to receive the Medal of Honor posthumously since the Vietnam War.
Australians photographed approaching a German-held strong point under the protection of a heavy smoke screen somewhere in the Western Desert, in Northern Africa on November 27, 1942
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The dog of slain Marine Jon Tumilson refused to leave his side during the Navy SEAL’s funeral earlier this week in Rockford, Iowa. The heartbreaking photo taken by his cousin, Lisa Pembleton, shows Tumilson’s dog Hawkeye lying by the casket. (via The Daily Treat: Animal Planet)
