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USS Comfort, a brother, his sister, and the Purple Heart

April 1945, American cemetery on Guam. Army nurse and 1stLt Myrtle 'Onnie' Onsrud kneels at the grave of her fallen brother, Pfc Edward W. Onsrud, USMCR. With Onnie is Chaplain Fidelis M. Wieland, USN. US Navy Photo Here is a tragic photograph that brings home to me the price that Americans paid for victory in …

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The Battle for Fox Green Beach, D-Day Normandy

This magnificent oil painting by noted artist Dwight Shepler depicts the eastern sector of Omaha Beach on the morning of 6 June 1944. He accompanied the landing force to Normandy and completed this piece upon stateside after the invasion.
This magnificent oil painting by noted artist Dwight Shepler depicts the eastern sector of Omaha Beach on the morning of 6 June 1944. He accompanied the landing force to Normandy and completed this piece upon stateside after the invasion.

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