Infantrymen grab sleep where they can. Normandy, France, July 1944.

Source: National Archives (111-SC-191444)

Bill Mauldin worked for Stars and Stripes during the war. His cartoons were viewed by GIs serving in Europe.

Source: Copyright 1945 by Bill Mauldin. Displayed courtesy of the William Mauldin Estate.

Joe Medicine Crow was born October 27, 1913 on the Crow Indian reservation near Lodge Grass, Montana. One of his grandfathers, White Man Runs Him, was a scout for George Armstrong Custer before the Battle of the Little Big Horn. Another grandfather, Medicine Crow, was a legendary tribal chief. Joe . . .

Joe Medicine Crow of the Crow Indian tribe when he was in his early 20s.

Source: Joe Medicine Crow

A photograph of Joe Medicine Crow, member of the Crow tribe, during his college years.

Source: Joe Medicine Crow

As a Native American, Joe Medicine Crow encountered no discrimination.

Hand-to-hand combat with a German soldier had a surprise ending.