Silhouetted in the golden glory of a Pacific sunrise, crosses mark the graves of American boys who gave their lives to win a small atoll on the road to the Philippines.  A Coast Guardsman stands in silent reverence beside the resting place of a comrade.  1944. (Coast Guard)
Exact Date Shot Unknown
NARA FILE #:  026-G-3971
WAR &amp; CONFLICT BOOK #:  1350

Farewell, Friend

Photo taken at the instant bullets from a French firing squad hit a Frenchman who collaborated with the Germans.  This execution took place in Rennes, France.  November 21, 1944.  Himes. (Army)
NARA FILE #:  111-SC-196741
WAR &amp; CONFLICT BOOK #:  1347

Executed for Collaboration with Germans

Standing in the grassy sod bordering row upon row of white crosses in an American cemetery, two dungaree-clad Coast Guardsmen pay silent homage to the memory of a fellow Coast Guardsman who lost his life in action in the Ryukyu Islands.  Ca. 1945. Benrud. (Coast Guard)
Exact Date Shot Unknown
NARA FILE #:  026-G-4739
WAR &amp; CONFLICT BOOK #:  1352