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Troop ship USS General J. C. Breckinridge (AP-176) transports soldiers back home from Europe right after World War II
The troopship USS General J. C. Breckinridge (AP-176) is seen being guided by tugboats as she makes her way to the pier, while carrying U.S. troops back home from Europe at end of World War 2. View of the upper deck jammed with soldiers, waving happily. A large banner is displayed showing Division patch of the Tenth Armored "Tiger" Division and the key places they operated in Germany as the first im General Patton's Third Army in Germany, during the war. More views of soldiers waving. Many stand in the ship's lifeboats. Troops carrying their gear in dufflebags as they disembark from the ship. Friends and relatives standing behind a fence waiting to greet the returning soldiers.
Soldiers returning home from Europe after World War II, disembark from the troopship, USS General J. C. Breckinridge (AP-176)
Several U.S. Army officers pose, upon arriving home from Europe on the troopship, USS General J. C. Breckinridge (AP-176). Several uniformed women officers descend the gangplank from the ship, followed by soldiers carrying their personal gear in dufflebags. To the side of the gangway, a banner for the 10th Armored Division is partially seen. The troops disembark single file. View towards the ship superstructure shows it filled with those waiting to leave. A soldier with a roster stands at the top of the gangway, checking off names of soldiers as they pass.
Near the end of World War II in Europe, American artillerymen fire several rounds from a 105mm howitzer
A month before the end of World War 2, in Europe, an American gun crew is seen with 105 mm howitzer set up under a camouflage net at the edge of a field next to a road near Lubbecke (Lübbecke), Germany. The gun crew is from the U.S. 326th Field Artillery Battalion,84th Infantry Division. The crew loads and fires several rounds. After the first round is fired, one crewman rubs the barrel where the name of their gun, "Berlin Bound," is painted. Local homes can be seen around the field. At end, a brief glimpse of the gun from the road, shows that it is set up close to several large German homes.
American armor and infantry in Germany, near end of World War II, in Europe
German soldiers (prisoners of war) walk with hands on their heads, past U.S. M18 Tank Destroyers of 771st Tank Destroyer Battalion, attached to the 84th Infantry Division, a month before the end of World War 2, in Europe. An M4 Sherman tank makes way slowly through mud in a forested area of Lubbeck (Lübbecke) Germany. Scene shifts to a knocked out U.S. tank. A U.S. Army Lieutenant points to holes blown in the tank ( most likely by German panzerfausts). View looking into the tank reveals a dead U.S. crewman. Group of German soldier prisoners moves quickly along side of a dirt road, under guard by U.S. soldiers from the 334th Infantry Regiment. Another group of POWs moves on sidewalk past a cottage.
Soldiers interact and look at newspaper headline on Victory in Europe day in European Theater during World War II.
Victory in Europe Day celebration in the European Theater at the end of World War II. Group of soldiers interact. Two GI's shake hands in front of a sign board: Hell's Angels-303rd Bomb Group. They look at newspaper headline which reads: 'Germany Quits'. Military band plays at an airfield. Soldiers stand in attention position.
Ordinary life resuming in Stuttgart, Germany at the end of World War II in Europe.
Normal life of resuming for residents in Stuttgart,Germany at the end of World War 2. in Europe. People enter trolley cars (aka trams or street cars) powered by overhead electric cables, in front of the Stuttgart Königsbau (which later became a pedestrian district). View from inside a moving tram as it traverses a route in the city., first towards the train station and then left past the Gloria passage where you can see bomb-damaged buildings and heaps of debris at sides of the roadway. A large group of people step out from where they had been waiting, and walk beside rubble in a narrow part of one street, to board a waiting street car.