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Herman V. Wall (April 21, 1905 – January 13, 1997) was an American World War II combat photographer and photographic illustrator. During the June 6, 1944 D-Day landings in Normandy, France, Captain Wall was Commanding Officer of the United States Army's 165th Signal Photo Company.
The United States Army Signal Corps (USASC) is a branch of the United States Army that creates and manages communications and information systems for the command and control of combined arms forces. It was established in 1860, the brainchild of Major Albert J. Myer , and had an important role in the American Civil War .
U.S. Army Signal Corps Yalta, Crimea [s 2] Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima: 23 February 1945 Joe Rosenthal: Iwo Jima, Japan The photograph depicts the raising of the U.S. flag on Mount Suribachi during the Battle of Iwo Jima. [46] [s 1] [s 2] [s 3] [s 4] [s 6] Buchenwald: April 1945 Margaret Bourke-White Ettersberg, Germany [s 2] Inside Buchenwald ...
One of its most popular features, intended to boost the morale of military personnel serving overseas, was the weekly publication of a pin-up photograph. [ 1 ] A feature story in Parade published in 1945 noted: "Excellent war reporting and photography, serious discussions of postwar problems and the now famous Sad Sack cartoons have made Yank ...
U.S. Army Signal Corps station on Elk Mountain, Maryland, overlooking the Antietam battlefield.. The Signal Corps in the American Civil War comprised two organizations: the U.S. Army Signal Corps, which began with the appointment of Major Albert J. Myer as its first signal officer just before the war and remains an entity to this day, and the Confederate States Army Signal Corps, a much ...
Ortiz Clayton's photo as the mortar shell exploded. On July 2, 2013, Ortiz Clayton, who was then a visual information specialist with 55th Signal Company (Combat Camera), was photographing the training of Afghan National Army soldiers at Jalalabad, Laghman Province, Afghanistan. [5]
Cher Ami (French for "dear friend", in the masculine) was a male [a] homing pigeon known for his military service during World War I, especially the Meuse-Argonne offensive in October 1918. He is famous for delivering a message alerting American forces to the location of the Lost Battalion, despite sustaining severe injuries. [2]
Michelantonio Celestino Onofrio Vaccaro (December 20, 1922 – December 28, 2022) [1] was an American photographer who is best known for his photos taken in Europe during 1944 and 1945, and in Germany immediately following World War II. He subsequently became a fashion and lifestyle photographer for American magazines.