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US Troops, Kasserine Pass
A photograph showing US troops in the aftermath of the Battle of Kasserine Pass in Tunisia, February 1943. The Allies lost this battle during the North Africa Campaign (1942-3).

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US Troops in Snow, Battle of the Bulge
A January 1945 photograph showing US troops in snow near Herresbach, Belgium during the Battle of the Bulge. The battle, fought from 16 Decemebr 1944 to 16 January 1945, was Adolf Hitler's last major offensive of the Second World War (1939-45...

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US Bombardment of Okinawa
A photograph showing a US rocket ship bombarding the Japanese island of Okinawa prior to an amphibious assault which became, from April to June 1945, one of the bloodiest battles of the Second World War (1939-45).
Imperial War Museums

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The Boy Who Saw A-ti'us
The Boy Who Saw A-ti'us is a legend of the Pawnee nation about a young man who is granted a vision of the Creator Ti-ra'wa A-ti'us (also known simply as Ti-ra'wa or as A-ti'us) and, through his faith, is able to see what others cannot and...

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US & Germany Clash at Kasserine Pass | Biggest Battles of WWII | History
In November 1943, the Axis forces in Tunisia smashed into the US Army at the Battle of Kasserine Pass, the first major engagement between the US and Germany in WWII. Learn more, in this clip from Patton 360. #Patton360 Subscribe for...

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Let Us Beat Our Swords into Ploughshares
Let Us Beat Our Swords into Ploughshares, a bronze sculpture by Soviet artist Evgeny Vuchetich, presented to the United Nations on 4 December 1959.
Garden of the United Nations Headquarters, New York.

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Map of Ancestral Puebloan Sites in US Southwest
This U.S. National Park Services map shows the major ancestral Puebloan sites in the Four Corners area of what is now the United States of America.

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Bloody Knife, Arikara-Sioux Scout for US Army
Bloody Knife (l. c. 1840-1876), Arkiara-Sioux scout for the US Army, c. 1873. He was George Armstrong Custer's favorite scout, confidante, and friend. Prior to the Battle of the Little Bighorn, Bloody Knife tried to warn Custer that there...

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Coin Inscribed VAR(us)
As Lugdunum I (RIC 230), head of Augustus (r. 27 BCE - 14 CE), countermarked "VAR" (Varus).

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Signing of the Treaties of Alliance between the US and France, 1778
Signing of the Treaties of Alliance between the US and France in 1778, which led to France's entry into the American Revolutionary War. Reproduction of an oil on canvas painting by Charles Elliott Mills, c. 1900-1920. The original is in the...