Mosul, Iraq, Aug. 20, 2010: An American soldier patrols at sunset outside of Mosul.

The remains of four soldiers who died as POWs during World War II are returning home for burial during the next week.

Tokyo International Airport, Japan, Dec. 10, 1960: Sir Edmund Hillary, mountaineer and explorer, addresses gathered journalists at Tokyo International Airport, Dec. 10, 1960.

Incirlik Air Base, Turkey, July 7, 1964: Cameraman A1C Andrew M. Davaca from Canton, Ohio, focuses on graphics to be used in AFTV Channel 3’s programming.

Mosul, Iraq, Aug. 20, 2010: Sgt. Ryan Carlson, left, shows an Iraqi soldier how to raid a home at Checkpoint 3, a small base outside Mosul.

Saigon, South Vietnam, February 1962: Military supplies are offloaded from the freighter Hawaiian Educator February 1962 at the port of Saigon.

The U.S. Army Basic Training Museum, which documents the history of basic training at the Army’s largest training base, turns 50 on Thursday.

Kandahar, Afghanistan, Nov. 8, 2010: Players scrimmage in preparation for the upcoming season of the Kandahar Hockey League at Kandahar Air Field in southern Afghanistan.

The U.S. 7th Fleet’s flagship USS Blue Ridge recently wrapped up a five-day port call on Vietnam that included a visit to the site of an Army helicopter lost during the Vietnam War, where excavations continue to search for the remains of four soldiers.

Tragedy struck the Port Chicago Naval Magazine on July 17, 1944, when a massive explosion that effectively vaporized nearby cargo ships and facilities on the base killed 320 sailors and civilians, predominantly young African American men in their late teens to early 20s.