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Gorkha Patrolman Returns after Contact with Japanese near Laya station, Burma During Second World War 1945

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Vasily Zaytsev

Vasily Grigoryevich Zaytsev (March 23, 1915 – December 15, 1991) was a Soviet sniper during World War II who between November 10 and December 17, 1942 during the Battle of Stalingrad killed 114 soldiers and officers of the Wehrmacht and other Axis armies, including 11 enemy snipers. His military rank at the time was Junior Lieutenant. By the end of the war, Zaitsev had made 242 verified kills.

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Audie Murphy

Audie Leon Murphy (June 20, 1924 – May 28, 1971) was the most highly decorated American soldier in World War II. Through LIFE magazine's July 16, 1945 issue ("Most Decorated Soldier"/cover photo), he became one of the most famous American soldiers of WWII and widely regarded as the most decorated American soldier of the war. After the war he became a celebrated movie star for over two decades, appearing in 44 films.He later had some success as a country music composer.

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Lydia Monroe

Lydia Monroe of Ringold, Louisiana, a student nurse at Provident Hospital in Chicago, March 1942.  

Tuskegee Airmen

Major James A. Ellison returns the salute of Mac Ross, as he reviews the first class of Tuskegee cadets

The Tuskegee Airmen is the popular name of a group of African American pilots who fought in World War II. Formally, they formed the 332nd Fighter Group and the 477th Bombardment Group of the United States Army Air Corps (United States Army Air Forces after 20 June 1941). The Tuskegee Airmen were the first African-American military aviators in the United States armed forces.

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The Tuskegee Airmen

Group of men playing cards. They are members of the famous "Tuskegee Airmen". This was a special air force fighter wing in World War II made up of black men.