An American infantryman takes cover from Japanese shelling during the fight for Okinawa. The soldier is armed with a Browning automatic rifle - BAR.

Battle on Okinawa

A Military Policeman direct an M5A1 tank of the 2nd Armored Division outside the French town of Le Tronquay, Normandy.

MP directing

President Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882-1945) awards the commander of the US 5th Army, Lieutenant General Mark W. Clark (1896-1984) the Distinguished Service Cross for outstanding achievements in Castelvetrano, Sicily; 1943.