A pictorial history of Thanksgiving during wartime and deployment.
U.S. Soldiers cooking Thanksgiving dinner on the front (Circa 1943).
Image Courtesy The National WWII Museum
Thanksgiving in Italy under a lean-to shelter, 1944.
Image Courtesy U.S. Marine Corps.
American troops eating turkey on Thanksgiving during the Korean War (1950).
Image Courtesy Department of Defense
Chow line for Thanksgiving dinner of 1st SigBn at Hamhung, Korea.
Image Courtesy U.S. Marine Corps.
Marine Lance Corporal Douglas E. Parker (Portland, Oregon), of F Company, 3rd Battalion, 9th Marines, tears into a hefty drumstick while enjoying a real home-style Thanksgiving dinner. Marines throughout Vietnam were served a full course turkey dinner on Thanksgiving Day. November 25, 1965.
Photo by Staff Sgt. Andrew Smith
Photo by: Sgt. 1st Class Andrew Smith
U.S. Army Soldiers eat their Thanksgiving meal on Combat Outpost Cherkatah, Khowst Province, Afghanistan, Nov. 26, 2009.
Image Courtesy U.S. Army
Deployed Soldiers get a taste of home after months of planning by logistics personnel to deliver tons of meat and fixings for the traditional meals.
Photo by Staff Sgt. Alex Manne
Photo by Staff Sgt. Alex Manne
U.S. Army soldiers eat Thanksgiving meals at an undisclosed location in southeastern Afghanistan, Nov. 27, 2019. The food was transported by helicopter to soldiers in a remote location that has no facilities for cooking.
Photo by Staff Sgt. Alex Manne
U.S. Army soldiers transport food for Thanksgiving to an area where it will be served to soldiers at an undisclosed location in Southeastern Afghanistan, Nov. 27, 2019.