In commemoration of Memorial Day, Footnote.com announced that its entire collection of military photos will be made permanently free on the site. The collection features over 80,000 photos from WWII and Vietnam, making it the largest collection of its kind on the web.

Through its partnership with the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), Footnote.com has digitized and indexed the photos, which include images of downed aircraft, aerial photos of bombings, images of fighter groups, and combat photos. What makes the photos unique are the short captions included with the photos, which provide interesting details about the events and people featured.

“Making history accessible is only one facet to our mission,” explains Russ Wilding, CEO of Footnote.com. “Our goal is to create a site that enables people to interact with history: to add their own ‘footnote’ to history.”

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