Front page of The New York Times breaks the long awaited news on June 6, 1944...

Front page on D-Day

General William Hood Simpson (May 18, 1888 – August 15, 1980) was a senior and highly distinguished United States Army officer who served with distinction in both World War I andWorld War II. He is most notable, however, for being the Commanding General of the U.S. Ninth Army in Western Europe on the Western Front during the final stages of World War II.

Front page, LIFE magazine March 12, 1945

Painting entitled Deadly Battle in New Guinea by Kei Sato in 1943 decipting Japanese Marines in Jungle Combat with Australian Soldiers in New Guinea in the Kokoda Track.