Soldiers of the 182nd Infantry Regiment of the US Army, awarded the Purple Heart medal after fighting for and getting wounded on the strategic location of Hill 260 on Bougainville Island, of the Solomon Islands group; 1944.
From left to right - Edward Monohan, William Joyce, and Daniel Ramsey.

Heroes with a Heart

An American soldier of the US 3rd Infantry Division inspects one of two wrecked and burned out German tanks (Pz.Kpfw. VI Tiger) as advancing troops file by in the vicinity of the city of Cori, a short distance to the south-east of Rome, Italy. The tanks were disabled by Allied aircraft on May 24, 1944.

Wrecked Tigers

An American soldier with a flamethrower fires at a Japanese field fortification on Saipan Island, Marianas; June 17, 1944.