General Douglas MacArthur in 1944
In December 1944 Douglas MacArthur was promoted to General of the Army. He is one of only five people to achieve that rank, along with George Marshall (1944), Dwight...
Get Hot—Keep Moving
This undated poster from World War II delivered a message—the need to increase industrial output—common to wartime information efforts. Poster creators used...
Getting shipshape
Recruit Fred Roberts from Greenville, Tennessee, received his first “G.I.” haircut in this World War II-era photograph, dated September 28, 1943. Roberts enlisted...
Getting the message out
During World War II, the Morale Operations Branch attempted to lower morale among Axis troops and increase civilian resistance to the Nazi and Japanese regimes by...
“Go for Broke!”
Staff Sergeant James Kawashime stands guard in Charmois, France, in October 1944. Kawashime was a member of the 442nd Regimental Combat Team, made up exclusively of...
"His actions were outstanding"
In this affidavit Ralph E. Baker describes how Private First Class Desmond Doss continued to give medical assistance after he was wounded himself. This event on May...
Hitler's all ears
This World War II poster shows a specter of Hitler listening to the party conversation of men from three branches of the military service. Careless talk, including...