Few units hold the distinction to have fought an enemy of the United States on U.S. soil. The 7th Infantry Division is one of those few. During World War II, the United States experienced something ...

He was there at the start of D-Day, the biggest military invasion of all time. And he was there at the start of the invasion of Okinawa, the largest amphibious assault in the Pacific in World War II.

"Okinawa was the largest amphibious invasion and the last major battle of the Pacific campaign," according to the Web site www.globalsecurity.org. "More ships were used, more troops put ashore, more ...