An American soldier searches a prisoner of war from the 2nd SS Panzer Division "Das Reich"; Normandy, France, August 1944.

An officer POW

Baseball-great Joe DiMaggio (left) stands at attention with his fellow US Army recruits after receiving his uniform on Feb. 18, 1943.

You're in the Army, now...

Soldiers of the 244th Infantry Regiment, of the US 70th Infantry Division receive letters in the French commune of Wingen-sur-Moder, after recapturing it from German troops; January 7, 1945.