He'd never met Hopper, but after speaking with several people, he was convinced she was due the added status of being a flag officer. The bill was approved by the House, and at the age of 76, she was promoted to commodore by special presidential appointment. Her rank was elevated to ...
As one of the most identifiable pictures in history,The Simpsonshas referenced the famed flag-raising picture from Iwo Jima several times. Photojournalist Joseph Rosenthal was with the US Marines who captured the island of Iwo Jima in 1945, privy to the raising of the flag atop...
Yevgeny Anan'evich Khaldei (Russian: ЕвгенийАнаньевичХалдей) (23 March [O.S. 10 March] 1917 – 6 October 1997) was a Red Army naval officer and photographer, best known for his World War II photograph of a Soviet soldier Raising a flag over the Reichstag,...
Forty years after Associated Press cameraman Joe Rosenthal snapped his renowned picture on Feb. 23, 1945, the raising of the American flag at Iwo Jima remains the most famous symbol of the U.S. Marine Corps--and perhaps of American servicemen in battle anywhere. The Corps receives more corres...
In memory of the soldiers and this operation, theD-day landing beachesnow houses many memorial sites people from all over the world come to see. Among the most visited sites: Utah Beach, Omaha Beach and the American military cemetery as well as the Pointe du Hoc. ...
More American women have fought and died in Iraq than in any war since World War Two, yet as soldiers they are still painfully alone. In Iraq, only one in ten troops is a woman, and she often serves in a unit with few ... H Benedict,I Ebrary 被引量: 30发表: 2009年 ...
As part of an illustrious family of stage actors,John Wilkes Boothwas already a familiar figure to many Americans before he entered the presidential box of Ford’s Theatre on April 14, 1865. The Booth name had been emblazoned on playbills of American theaters for decades before John Wilkes fat...
Frederick DouglassAmerican abolitionist and orator Frederick Douglass, 1862. 4 of 5 Dred Scott decisionNewspaper notice for a pamphlet on the U.S. Supreme Court's Dred Scott decision. 5 of 5 Abraham Lincoln campaign bannerThis American flag banner promoted Abraham Lincoln for the U.S. presidency...
She took pictures all the while, amassing them slowly over the next thirteen years, while raising five children. One of these photographs was included in a famous and controversial exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art - Mirrors and Windows: American Photography since 1960 - and became the ...
As one of the most identifiable pictures in history, The Simpsons has referenced the famed flag-raising picture from Iwo Jima several times. Photojournalist Joseph Rosenthal was with the US Marines who captured the island of Iwo Jima in 1945, privy to the raising of the flag at...