U.S. Marine Private Theodore J. Miller aboard the USS Arthur Middleton after two days of brutal fighting on Engebi Island during the Battle of Eniwetok, February 1944. The haunting expression captured in this image later became closely associated with the term ‘the thousand-yard stare,’ symbolizing the physical and psychological exhaustion endured by frontline combat troops in the Pacific War.
"Si vis pacem, para bellum." — Vegetius
"Do not hurry to the sound of the guns without knowing why they are firing." — British maxim
"In war, the simplest things are difficult." — Clausewitz
"No plan survives first contact with the enemy." — Moltke
"The side that can most quickly exploit success is the side that will win." — Guderian
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I believe I read once that this same soldier died in another battle. I believe, repeat. 😪
@louis Miller was later killed in action during the invasion of Ebon Atoll on 24 March, 1944. He was 19 years old.
"Si vis pacem, para bellum." — Vegetius
"Do not hurry to the sound of the guns without knowing why they are firing." — British maxim
"In war, the simplest things are difficult." — Clausewitz
"No plan survives first contact with the enemy." — Moltke
"The side that can most quickly exploit success is the side that will win." — Guderian
Some days you’re the hammer, some days you’re the nail. 🪖🎲
Looking for a game? Challenge me here:
13 Dec 1944, San Jose, Mindoro, Philippines, US Soldier covers an area with his M1918 Browning Automatic Rifle. Note the gun’s nickname on the buttstock: "Tokyo Terror"!!
A tanker naps under his Sherman while waiting for engineers to finish a bridge in Calpenzzano, Italy.
"Si vis pacem, para bellum." — Vegetius
"Do not hurry to the sound of the guns without knowing why they are firing." — British maxim
"In war, the simplest things are difficult." — Clausewitz
"No plan survives first contact with the enemy." — Moltke
"The side that can most quickly exploit success is the side that will win." — Guderian
Some days you’re the hammer, some days you’re the nail. 🪖🎲
Looking for a game? Challenge me here:
The 69th Division, in early March, drove the Germans from dominating positions in the heart of the Siegfried Line. Answers to the soldiers' reactions to combat are as varied as the men themselves... Pvt. Raymond L. Roth, of Mogadore, Ohio, said, "I was scared to death." 4 March, 1945. Near Ramscheid, Germany.
"Si vis pacem, para bellum." — Vegetius
"Do not hurry to the sound of the guns without knowing why they are firing." — British maxim
"In war, the simplest things are difficult." — Clausewitz
"No plan survives first contact with the enemy." — Moltke
"The side that can most quickly exploit success is the side that will win." — Guderian
Some days you’re the hammer, some days you’re the nail. 🪖🎲
Looking for a game? Challenge me here:
In Ft. Benning, Georgia, a soldier posing with a variety of firepower, 1943.
View of the sunken USS Arizona three days after the Japanese attack, Dec 10, 1941.
USS Randolph (CV-15) view from the back seat of an SB2C Helldiver that has just been launched. 1945
A Jeep is loaded aboard a adapted CG-4A on Sept 1944.
Rear Admiral Frederick “Ted” Sherman (1888-1957) with his dog on USS Enterprise on their way to the US East Coast in Oct 1945.
He commanded USS Lexington (CV-2) from 1940 until her loss in the Battle of the Coral Sea on May 1942. The then Capt. Sherman was the last man to leave the sinking ship.
