Video by Sgt. Mariah Gonzalez | 173rd Airborne Brigade | 09.09.2025
In this production reel, archival footage captures U.S. troops and citizens of Vicenza celebrating their victory in the 1945 Battle of Vicenza during World War II. The video highlights the enduring friendship and sense of community shared between the American forces and the people of Vicenza. Additional B-roll features U.S. Army paratroopers assigned to the 173rd Airborne Brigade alongside......
Video by Lance Cpl. Maksim Masloboev | Marine Corps Installations Pacific | 06.22.2025
U.S. Marines and Japanese citizens gather to pay respects during a Battle of Okinawa Memorial Day ceremony on Hamahiga Island, Okinawa, Japan, June 23, 2025. The first memorial is dedicated to the island residents who lost their lives during the Battle, while the second memorial recognizes U.S. Marine Corps Col. Kermit Shelly, the commanding officer of 3rd Force Service Regiment from March......
Video by Megan Hearst | Air Force Medical Service | 06.06.2025
Every year on June 6th, we commemorate the launch of Operation Overlord and the soldiers and medics who served on D-Day. (U.S. Air Force video by Megan Hearst)...
Video by Seaman Gladjimi Balisage | USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) | 06.03.2025
The Battle of Midway, fought from 4 - 7 June 1942, directly shaped the future of the U.S. Navy, making ships like USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) possible. (U.S. Navy video by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Gladjimi Balisage)...
Video by Sgt. Kevin Dunnaway | AFN Wiesbaden | 05.08.2025
Victory in Europe is achieved through an official ceasefire that takes effect one minute past midnight, May 8, 1945. President Harry Truman dedicated the victory to the memory of his predecessor, Franklin Roosevelt, but went on to describe it as a victory only half won. (U.S. Army video edited by Sgt. Kevin Dunnaway. Footage and Harry Truman audio courtesy of the U.S. National Archives.)...
Video by Megan Hearst | Air Force Medical Service | 05.08.2025
Before he became the first Surgeon General of the U.S. Air Force, General Malcolm C. Grow played an essential role on the battlefields of World War II. As surgeon for the 8th Air Force, Grow developed the first flak jacket, the first steel aircrew helmet, and numerous other inventions credited with saving countless lives. Eighty years after the Allied Victory in Europe, the legacy of Grow and......
Video by Sgt. Kevin Dunnaway | AFN Wiesbaden | 05.07.2025
German General Alfred Jodl signs an unconditional surrender to the Western Allies in a red brick schoolhouse in Reims, France, May 7, 1945. This brief instrument of unconditional military surrender was followed by a formal signing of the definitive Act of Military Surrender in Berlin two days later that included Soviet military leadership and required German service members to disarm......
Video by Sgt. Kevin Dunnaway | AFN Wiesbaden | 05.05.2025
U.S. Soldiers with 41st Reconnaissance Squadron, 11th Armored Division, liberated the last operational German concentration camp in Mauthausen, Austria, May 5, 1945. The camp remained largely enact and was reopened as a museum thirty years after killing 100 thousand people during World War II. (U.S. Army video edited by Sgt. Kevin Dunnaway. Footage and Harry Truman audio courtesy of the U.S.......
