An estimated one million people filled the streets of New York City on June 10, 1991 to celebrate the return of 24,000 U.S. troops from Operation “Desert Storm”. Nearly 700,000 U.S. troops were deployed to the Persian Gulf region as part of a multinational force to free Kuwait from Iraq. [1000x1500]
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A photo taken in 1862, one year into the Civil War and one year before the “Emancipation Proclamation”: U.S. troops pose alongside the slaves of Allen Farm in James City County, Virginia. Though slavery was still legal in the U.S., Confederate slaves were deemed “war contraband”, not to be returned.
The B-2 “Spirit of America” lands at Diego Garcia in the Indian Ocean after carrying out the longest bombing-run in history, logging 44.3 flight hours and 5 aerial refuelings to hit targets in Afghanistan from Missouri, as part of the opening salvoes of Operation “Enduring Freedom”. October 9, 2001.
