Two Japanese Imperial Marines who committed hari-kari by shooting themselves rather than surrender to a U.S. Marine. Tarawa, Gilbert Islands. 1943. - History Education Network

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A soldier from the 1st Polish Armoured Division letting a Dutch girl ride on his BSA M20 motorcycle during the liberation of Breda, The Netherlands. October 1944

Two Japanese Imperial Marines who committed hari-kari by shooting themselves rather than surrender to a U.S. Marine. Tarawa, Gilbert Islands. 1943.

Raymond Theodore Robinson, a disfigured man from Pennsylvania, became an urban legend due to his nighttime walks. At age eight, in 1919, he was severely injured by an electrical line while climbing a pole, losing his eyes, nose, and right arm.

French civilians made a memorial for an American soldier who died liberating France from Nazis. Carentan, France. June 17, 1944.

Two Japanese Imperial Marines who committed hari-kari by shooting themselves rather than surrender to a U.S. Marine. Tarawa, Gilbert Islands. 1943.

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