A bandage and a smile . . .
This photograph of a smiling American soldier with a bandaged arm was taken September 26, 1918, in the Argonne region of northeastern France. During World War I, the...
A fault on the line
In August 1944, Allied troops landed in the South of France during Operation Dragoon. In preparation for the landings, the Allies targeted transportation hubs to...
A real Prince of a soldier
This portrait, one of many photographs of Civil War personalities taken by the Mathew Brady studio, is of Confederate Major General Prince Polignac. A French...
Coming ashore on D-day
This World War II account was made by Company A of the 116th Infantry Regiment—one of the few companies to land where planned on D-day. The landing craft approached...
D-Day pep talk
Moments before the paratroopers of the 101st Airborne Division boarded their aircraft for occupied France, they were visited by Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower. The...
Dividing Louisiana
This map of the United States highlights in red the territory included in the Louisiana Purchase. Bought from France in 1803, the 820,000 square miles would be split...
Duty first
Lieutenant Margaret Stanfill, a member of the Army Nurse Corps, was the first American nurse to set foot on French soil. Here, she prepares a workstation on June 14,...