Firing party of the USS Rutland fire weapons during burial at sea in February 1945

Firing party of the USS Rutland fire weapons during burial at sea ceremony a week after the initial invasion of Iwo Jima; Commanding Officer holds

Firing the 37mm Anti-Tank Gun at the Japanese

First 434th Bombardment Squadron air base near Ismailia, Egypt, August 1942

434th Air Base in Egyptian desert near Ismailia, Egypt. "434th First air base in Egypt August 42 [1942]. British Garrison (Modscar).

First 434th Bombardment Squadron reunion in Chicago, Illinois, 1946

Many men sitting at tables indoors; the 434th Bombardment Squadron insignia is on a wall in the background.

First actual assault wave of 43rd Infantry Division take cover behind an LVT Alligator (amphibious tank) at White Beach, Lingayen Gulf in the Philippines on 9 January 1945

"First actual assault wave of 43rd Div take cover behind alligator (amphibious tank), White Beach, Lingayen Gulf." 9 January 1945

First aid is demonstrated at a safety swimming course at Fort Benning, Georgia on 14 July 1944

1512. '14 July 44. Bradlor.

First Aid Station at the Higgins Michoud Plant Construction Site, Michoud, Louisiana

Photograph. Photograph of a first aid station at the Higgins Michoud Plant construction site, Michoud, Louisiana.

First assault waves cruising towards Iwo Jima, Japan, 1945

Photograph. LVTs [Landing Vehicle, Tracked] cruising in open water.

First bivouac at the Bulge area in Bois-et-Borsu, Belgium in 1945

"First bivouac at the Bulge area in Bois et Borsu, Belgium." Bois-et-Borsu, Belgium. 1945.

First Combat and First Patrol

First contact with the Japanese as Prisoner

First Days in Normandy