Admiral Chester Nimitz awarding Lieutenant Colonel Evans Carlson a gold star to his Navy Cross medal, Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, 30 Sep 1942Smoke rising from various districts of Stalingrad, Russia, 30 Sep 1942Wreckage of Hans-Joachim Marseille
Admiral Chester Nimitz awarding Lieutenant Colonel Evans Carlson a gold star to his Navy Cross medal, Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, 30 Sep 1942Smoke rising from various districts of Stalingrad, Russia, 30 Sep 1942Wreckage of Hans-Joachim Marseille's Bf 109G-6 fighter south of Sidi Abdel Rahman, Egypt, 30 Sep 1942; the vehicle in background marked the approximate location where Marseille's body landed


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George Patton, 31 May 1944


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