Memorial Day

The Tomb of the Unknowns in Arlington National Cemetery commemorates American war dead from the World Wars, Korea, and Vietnam.
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Special Features

• U.S. Military Leaders
• 100th Anniversary of the Start of World War I
• Medal of Honor Recipients
• Iwo Jima
• V-E Day
• World War II Movies
• Pearl Harbor Remembered
• D-Day
• New World War II Memorial Dedicated
• Flag Etiquette
• War Poems
• Memorial Poems

• Quiz: Memorial Day

The War Dead

• Arlington National Cemetery
• U.S. Casualties in the Major Wars
• Casualties in World War I
• Casualties in World War II
• Post-Vietnam Casualties

Veterans

• Veterans Day
• Veterans of U.S. Wars
• Last Living Veterans of American Wars
• Veterans of Foreign Wars

America's Wars

The American Revolution

• Overview | Timeline

War of 1812

• Overview | Timeline

Mexican War

• Overview

Civil War

• Overview | Timeline

Spanish American War

• Overview | Timeline

World War I

• Woodrow Wilson's War Message
• Overview | Timeline | Casualties

World War II

• Franklin D. Roosevelt's War Message
• Overview | Timeline | Casualties

Korean War

• Overview | Timeline

Vietnam War

• Overview | Timeline | Casualties

The Persian Gulf War

• Overview | Timeline | Gulf War Syndrome
• Iraqi Crises since the Gulf War

Afghanistan War

• Afghanistan
• The Afghanistan War and Islamic Fundamentalism
• The Taliban
• Osama bin Laden
• Al-Qaeda
• Estimated War Costs, Afghanistan and Iraq

Iraq War (2003–)

• Iraq War Casualties
• 2009 Iraq War
• Iraq War Timeline (2003–present)
• Fighting Words: An Iraq War Glossary
• Operation Iraqi Freedom by the Numbers
• Overview (Iraq Profile)
• Estimated War Costs, Afghanistan and Iraq

The U.S. Military

• Highest Ranking Officers in American History
• The Joint Chiefs of Staff
• Active Military Personnel

The History of War

• Overview | Laws of War
• Strategies and Tactics of War
• War Crimes
• Countries with Nuclear Weapons Capabilities
• Worldwide Conflicts
• Principal Sources of Refugees