CAMILLE BOHANNON

The Vietnam Veterans Memorial was dedicated in Washington, DC. on this day in 1982, after a march to its site by thousands
of Vietnam War veterans. About two years later the Three
Soldiers statue was dedicated.

Sights and sounds of this day in 2001, when America suffered the worst terrorist attack on its soil.

Kenneth R.  “Kenny” Shadrick (August 4, 1931 – July 5, 1950)

Near Sojong, South Korea on this day in 1950, Private Kenneth Shadrick,
a 19-year-old infantryman from Skin Fork, West Virginia, becomes the
first American reported killed in the Korean War. Shadrick, a member of
a bazooka squad, had just fired the weapon at a Soviet-made tank when
he looked up to check his aim and was cut down by enemy machine-gun
fire.

A U.S. soldier with a 2.36-inch bazooka prepares to take aim at a
North Korean tank during the Battle of Pyongtaek. On the right
is Private Shadrick.  

This picture was mailed home to Shcarick’s parents signed, the            
hard labor kid.

An American flag flies on Omaha Beach in Normandy on Thursday,
the 75th anniversary of the D-Day invasion.