January 1944: These U.S. Marine Raiders, with the reputation of being skillful jungle fighters, pose in front of a Japanese stronghold they conquered at Cape Totkina, Bougainville. (AP Photo)

Taking the slim protection that a blasted tree affords, this Marine picks-off the Japs in a pill box. A Jap in a pill box must be shot through the small opening he uses to sight through, but that didn't bother this Marine on Tarawa. November 1943. (Marine Corps)

SAN DIEGO (June 5, 2010) An F6F Hellcat flies alongside an F/A-18C Hornet assigned to the Rough Raiders of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 125 during a Battle of Midway Commemoration ceremony aboard the USS Midway (CV 41) Museum. The Battle of Midway was the turning point of the War in the Pacific. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class John Philip Wagner Jr./Released)

Source: TheWarPage.com

Source: TheWarPage.com

U.S. Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcon fighters from the 18th Aggressor Squadron prepare for a simulated air war during exercise Red Flag-Alaska June 16, 2010, over Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Clay Lancaster/Released)

A two ship of B-1B Lancers assigned to the 28th Bomb Squadron, Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, release chaff and flares while maneuvering over New Mexico during a training mission on Feb. 24, 2010. Dyess will celebrate the 25th anniversary of the first B-1B bomber arriving at the base with the Dyess Big Country Airfest and Open House on May 1, 2010. (U.S. Air Force photo/ Master Sgt. Kevin J. Gruenwald)

A marine air-observer team guides a marine Corsair in for a strike on an enemy-held hill. The “black Corsairs” were highly praised by army and marines alike for their precision strikes on targets and their extremely close support of forward units. (U.S. Marine Corps photo.)

KOREA (21 Sep 1950) - A machine gun crew fires at fleeing Communist-led North Korean targets during heavy street fighting in the captured city of Waegwan. L-r: Pfc. Austin Dela Cruz of Honolulu; Cpl. William Purdy; Pfc. Alexander Domingo of Honolulu; and platoon leader Sgt. Robert I. Muramoto of Honolulu, T.H. (Signal Corps photo)

U.S. 5TH FLEET AREA OF RESPONSIBILITY (June 19, 2010) The aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman enters the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility following successful operations in the U.S. 6th Fleet area of responsibility. Harry S. Truman is deployed as part of the Harry S. Truman Carrier Strike Group supporting maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts in the U.S. 5th and 6th Fleet areas of responsibility. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Kilho Park/Released)