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Sharp, Horace War's End
Horace Sharp and his squad [Annotator's Note: 1st Squad, 1st Platoon, Company B, 1st Battalion, 18th Infantry Regiment...
Kingsley, Thomas War's End
Thomas Kingsley and the 27th Tank Battalion, 20th Armored Division helped take the city of Munich. They fought against...
Tacket, Henry War's End
Henry A. Tacket and the USS Heermann (DD-532) returned to the United States after the Battle of Leyte Gulf. The ship...
Collie, C. War's End
C. Charles Collie heard on 6 August [Annotator's Note: 1945] that the atomic bomb had been used on Hiroshima. He knew...
Staymates, Arthur War's End and Occupation Duty
As the war was coming to an end, Arthur Staymates and his outfit [Annotator's Note: Company B, 1st Battalion, 26th...
Frydman, Louis Warsaw Ghetto Uprising
Louis Frydman felt the Warsaw ghetto uprising was just a matter of choosing how to die. [Annotator's Note: Frydman...
Schwarc, Laszlo "Leslie Schwartz" Wounded on the Threshold of Liberation
On 25 April 1945, Laszlo Schwarc was among 3,600 prisoners put on 80 cattle cars from the Muhldorf concentration camp...
A German soldier runs to surrender in November 1944
A German soldier runs to surrender. "ETO-HQ-44-27016. Roberts. 25 Nov. Signal corps photo. A Nazi soldier, hands high...
A German soldier surrenders to American troops along German road in February 1945
A German soldier surrenders to American troops. "ETO-HQ-45-15820. Bell. 26 Feb. Signal corps photo. German soldier at...
A surrendering Japanese soldier, surrounded by Marines, is pulled up out of a foxhole on Kwajalein Atoll, 1944
A surrendering Japanese soldier, surrounded by Marines, is pulled up out of a foxhole. There is a machine gun on a...
A surrendering Japanese soldier, surrounded by Marines, is pulled up out of a foxhole on Kwajalein Atoll, 1944
A surrendering Japanese soldier, surrounded by Marines, is pulled up out of a foxhole. "Jap surrenders on Kwajelein."...
Airmen gathering around a Japanese bomber at Ie Shima Airfield, Japan, 1945
Photograph. Large group of American airmen gathering around a Japanese Mitsubishi G4M "Betty" bomber at Ie Shima...
Airmen guiding a Japanese bomberat Ie Shima Airfield, Japan, 1945
Photograph. American airmen tying a rope to a Japanese Mitsubishi G4M "Betty" bomber at Ie Shima Airfield while the...
American officer leading a Japanese delegation at Ie Shima Airfield, Japan, 1945
Photograph. Japanese delegation gathering under the wing of a Douglas C-54 Skymaster; a large group of airmen and a...
American officers talking to a Japanese delegation on a tarmac, Japan, 1945
Photograph. Five American officers standing at attention in front of a Japanese delegation standing under the wing of a...
Captured Japanese soldier surrounded by Marines, Kwajalein Atoll, 1944
Photograph. Naked Japanese soldier sitting on the ground while United States Marines stand behind him with rifles at...
Chinese Generalissimo Chiang and US Major General Rockey saluting during a ceremony, China, 1945
Photograph. Chinese Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek (second from left) and United States Marine Major General Keller E....
German citizens surrendering to American soldiers, Magdeburg, 1945
Photograph. German citizens surrendering to armed American soldiers on cobblestone street in city park. Official...
German commanders signing surrender documents in France in May 1945
German commanders at the negotiating table. "ETO-HQ-45-45311. Meserlin, Jr., 6 May. Signal corps photo. Terms of...
German prisoners surrender in France in June 1944
German prisoners emerge from a bunker. "ETO-HQ-44-5933. Franklin. 27 June. Signal corps photo. German prisoners as they...
German snipers surrendering to US Army soldiers, Doucelles, 1944
Photograph. United States Army soldier pointing a handgun at two surrendering German soldiers; the Germans have their...
German soldiers surrendering to the 3rd Infantry Division near Munich, Germany, 1945
Photograph. German soldiers surrendering to members of the 3rd Infantry Division troops in an open field; American...
German soldiers surrendering to the 7th Armored Division near Eisborn, Germany
Photograph. German soldiers surrendering to United States Army soldiers from the 7th Armored Division on a hillside....
Half-timbered house with white surrender flag hanging out front, Germany, 1945
Photograph. German half-timbered house with white surrender flag out front. Personal caption on photo reverse: "Our...
In the War Room in Rhiems for the surrender of the Germans in May 1945
In the War Room in Rhiems. "ETO-HQ-45-45310. Meserlin, Jr. 6 May. Signal corps photo. In the war room of Supreme Allied...
Japanese board an airplane, Okinawa
Photograph. Japanese climb a ladder into an airplane. Personal caption on photo reverse:“"Japs on way to peace...
Japanese delegation arriving in Manila, Philippines, August 1945
Photograph. Members of Japanese surrender delegation walking out of U.S. transport plane; U.S. soldiers visible near...
Japanese delegation gathering under a C-54 at Ie Shima Airfield, Japan, 1945
Photograph. Japanese delegation gathering under the wing of a Douglas C-54 Skymaster; a large group of airmen and a...
Japanese delegation walking across a tarmac at Ie Shima Airfield, Japan, 1945
Photograph. Japanese delegation being led from a Japanese Mitsubishi G4M "Betty" bomber to a Douglas C-54 Skymaster by...
Japanese Foreign Minister Shigemitsu signing surrender documents, Tokyo Bay, Japan, 2 September 1945
Photograph. Japanese Foreign Minister Mamoru Shigemitsu signing the Japanese Instrument of Surrender aboard the USS...
Japanese General Yoshijirō Umezu signing surrender documents on the U.S. Missouri, Tokyo Bay, Japan, September 1945
Photograph. Japanese General Yoshijirō Umezu signing the Japanese Instrument of Surrender while U.S. General Douglas...
Japanese Instrument of Surrender, 1945
Photograph. Photograph of the Japanese Instrument of Surrender. Official Caption: "Rome, 9/21/45. JAPANESE SURRENDER...
Japanese military officers surrendering their swords, China, 1945
Photograph. Japanese military officers laying their swords on a table in a city plaza; a line of armed United States...
Japanese officer boarding a C-54 at Ie Shima Airfield, Japan, 1945
Photograph. Japanese officer climbing up a ladder to board a Douglas C-54 Skymaster; a large crowd of airmen are in the...
Japanese officer boarding a C-54 at Ie Shima Airfield, Japan, 1945
Photograph. Japanese officer waiting to climb up a ladder to board a Douglas C-54 Skymaster; a large crowd of airmen...
Japanese officer boarding a C-54 at Ie Shima Airfield, Japan, 1945
Photograph. Japanese officer wearing a lifejacket climbing up a ladder to board a Douglas C-54 Skymaster; a large crowd...

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