PoW Horace Greasley defiantly confronts Heinrich Himmler during an inspection of the camp he was confined in.
Greasley also famously escaped from the camp and snuck back in more than 200 times to meet in secret with a local German girl he had fallen in love with.
The Marines in the photo—from the Battalion Landing Team 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit—were detonating an expedient charge during a multilateral training exercise on May 14.
Expand this stunning photograph to see the too-close-for-comfort explosion’s shockwave blowing off the dust from their uniforms.
Something I learned today: Peacocks can fly!

Dancers pause in the window of their dancing room at the Balanchine School of the American Ballet Theatre, New York City, 1936.








