What do you think are the most powerful images in US History?

2015-07-06T11:31:33-04:00

I think we can all see how powerful these images are for US History.

http://www.rsvlts.com/2015/06/29/powerful-photos-us-history

The 57 Most Powerful Photos In United States History

As we approach the our Independence Day let's take a look at the moments that shaped the United States. Starting with the advent of photography around the time of the Civil War, up to current events, these are powerful, raw and unforgettable photographs that tell the story of our nation's…

Response by MAJ Robert (Bob) Petrarca made Jul 6 at 2015 11:37 AM

2015-07-06T11:37:10-04:00

Iwo Jima, IMHO, still takes the prize but there are so many other great ones out there that capture moments in our history so well.

Response by SrA Edward Vong made Jul 6 at 2015 11:41 AM

2015-07-06T11:41:54-04:00

Whatever side you're on, I think we can all agree that these are some of the most powerful, iconic images in US history.

Response by PO3 Steven Sherrill made Jul 6 at 2015 1:08 PM

2015-07-06T13:08:52-04:00

Iwo Jima, 80 Men's Olympic Hockey Team, Jackie Robinson, Wright Brother's flight, Pearl Harbor attack, World Trade Center attack, OK City Murrow Fed Building attack, take your pick. There are so many good ones.

Response by SGT Private RallyPoint Member made Jul 6 at 2015 1:19 PM

2015-07-06T13:19:59-04:00

Response by SPC Margaret Higgins made Jul 6 at 2015 1:51 PM

2015-07-06T13:51:37-04:00

One of the most powerful images in history, in my opinion, would be of little John-John saluting the caisson; wherein lay his father-the late President John Fitzgerald Kennedy.

Response by GySgt Curtis L Leetch made Jul 6 at 2015 8:29 PM

2015-07-06T20:29:38-04:00

SrA Eddie V - The photo collage you shared is so very powerful. THANK YOU for sharing!, Some of those photos still hold a very deep and powerful meaning. Semper Fidelis

Response by LCpl Mark Lefler made Jul 6 at 2015 9:25 PM

2015-07-06T21:25:36-04:00

Iwa Jima flag raising.

Response by CW3 Kevin Storm made Jul 6 at 2015 10:03 PM

2015-07-06T22:03:09-04:00

For me it wasn't so much an image as it was a document. In the 1990's I got a chance to go to the US Archives, at the time there WWII documents on display. One was there, and if you didn't look closely , and were not a student of history, you would of never known the significance of the what you were reading. It was the backside of a simple white envelope, it was scribbled on it with a confession of a Private Eddie Slovack, the last American executed for desertion. Among a great many document and images, was simple document of a confession of a soldier who terrified to go back into battle, and paid the ultimate price for it. It stuck with me that this document was not marked (non of them were) but you had to have a little insight to know who he was, the significance that his confession would lie with so many other famous documents in the main room of the National Archives so many years later.

Response by SGT Rick Ash made Jul 7 at 2015 7:06 PM

2015-07-07T19:06:15-04:00

I just reviewed each and every photo. Sure, there are maybe 10 other iconic moments but with the exception of "The Rainbow WH" all of the others were perfect, and poetic.

Response by TSgt David Blakley made Jul 8 at 2015 12:28 AM

2015-07-08T00:28:36-04:00

The ones that rekindle the American spirit - the bombing of Pearl Harbor is one that stands out in my mind...

Response by PO2 Private RallyPoint Member made Jul 8 at 2015 4:06 AM

2015-07-08T04:06:20-04:00

http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/headlines/2014/03/runners-stop-mid-race-to-thank-wwii-veteran/

Runners Stop Mid-Race to Thank WWII Veteran

Joe Bell, 95, watched the race in his military uniform.

Response by SrA Edward Vong made Jul 10 at 2015 10:20 AM

2015-07-10T10:20:32-04:00

For me, the most powerful images is what the US contributed to the world. Wrights Brothers, I Have a Dream, One Small Step for Mankind.

As far as images that have a personal place in my heart, anything that has to do with the 9/11 attacks and the memorial. I personally saw with my own two eyes the jet fly into the first tower. I was sitting in science class in my HS in Jersey City, but had a perfect view of the towers and NYC. I was daydream and saw what I though was a missile.

I lost two family friends in that incident. I didn't want to serve for life, but that was one of the reasons that led me to make the decision to serve for a term. The image that I saw, and what I continue to see has changed my life forever.

I went to go visit the 9/11 memorial museum and I burst into tears.

Response by 1stSgt Eugene Harless made Feb 2 at 2016 3:00 AM

2016-02-02T03:00:34-05:00

Heres a few phots and images I find striking.

Response by CPT Private RallyPoint Member made Feb 2 at 2016 8:45 PM

2016-02-02T20:45:52-05:00

Diego Frazão Torquato, 12 year old Brazilian playing the violin at his teacher’s funeral. The teacher had helped him escape poverty and violence through music.

Sergeant Frank Praytor looks after a two-week old kitten during the height of the Korean War.

Response by CPO Private RallyPoint Member made Feb 5 at 2016 4:59 AM

2016-02-05T04:59:24-05:00

Graham Jackson while playing "Goin' Home" after the death of FDR...

Response by SPC David Hannaman made Mar 31 at 2016 8:32 AM

2016-03-31T08:32:21-04:00

Because it exposed to the public what the warriors already knew... that war is brutal and inhumane:

http://media3.s-nbcnews.com/j/newscms/2015_44/836396/kim-phuc-inline-3-102715_5f1b58e53f930a6c1ac76fe2e7991806.today-inline-large.jpg

Response by PO1 Jack Howell made Oct 4 at 2016 9:06 PM

2016-10-04T21:06:11-04:00

Flag-raising on Iwo Jima, Apollo 11 Moon landing, pictures and video of people who survived the Holocaust, American POWs rescued from the Japanese, any picture form the Civil War that was taken after a battle, the Challenger explosion and Reagan's speech that evening, the Japanese surrender on the USS Missouri, images from the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, the flag draped over the side of the Pentagon, the flag that was raised at Ground Zero, any image from the successful launches in the early days of the space program, the Wright Brothers' flight at Kitty Hawk, any image from the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960's, images from the attack on Pearl Harbor, the picture in Times Square of the sailor kissing the nurse on V-J Day, just to name a few.