Battle hardened United States Marines rest for a moment in front of a blown out Japanese coastal gun emplacement during the battle of Iwo Jima, February, 1945.

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None of them look “battle-hardened” at all.

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An American and Mexican soldiers guarding the border in Ambos Nogalesduring the Mexican Revolution. The city was the site of two separate engagements in the Border War, a series of military engagements along the border during the Revolution. »

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