US Army nurses evaluate a soldier's wounds in the triage unit of a field hospital in South Vietnam, late 1960s.
In the world’s broad field of battle,
In the bivouac of Life,
Be not like dumb, driven cattle!
Be a hero in the strife!
This 82-year-old woman is the best student in her government-sponsored reading class in Gee's Bend, AL, 1939. Educational opportunities for Black Americans was one of FDR’s New Deal initiatives.
Trust no Future, howe’er pleasant!
Let the dead Past bury its dead!
Act,— act in the living Present!
Heart within, and God o’erhead!
WWII refugees receive food provided under the Marshall Plan, a postwar recovery program named for its author, US Secretary of State George C. Marshall. The Plan, a great success, provided $13 billion worth of economic aid to 17 countries to restore their industrial and agricultural production, establish financial stability, and expand trade.
