United States Army 87th Infantry Division attend a memorial service in the European Theater during World War II. The American flag with two other flags on poles. Troops bowing their heads. An officer speaks into a microphone. Officers stand next to the flags. A band is playing. Troops stand bowing their heads. 87th Infantry Division troops march with military trucks in the background. A priest in a white robe reads from a paper in hand during the memorial service.
A bomb damaged city or town in Germany during World War II (possibly part of Berlin). Pedestrians walk on road with bridge overpass. Part of sign remains on bridge with last word "Tageblatt" (possibly referring to the Berliner Tageblatt newspaper?) A U.S. Army ambulance jeep approaches on the road. An old man walks holding a stick in hand. German civilians on a street with walking bicycles past area with rubble of bombed out buildings. United States military truck on a road. German boy walking past the truck. A man and a woman go by in a horse driven carriage. Three young boys stand in front of barbed wire and watch the cameraman closely, making no expressions.
United States soldiers in Wiesbaden, Germany during World War II. A sign board on a bridge reads "Dedicated to the 3rd Army Officers." Military trucks pass by on the bridge. "Highest, Widest, Longest, fixed Military Bridge of the world made by the 2nd Battalion of the 1303 Engineers" written on a board.
United States President Harry Truman gives Medals of Honor to World War II veterans during a ceremony at the White House in Washington DC. Relatives and military leaders attend the ceremony. President Truman decorates the veterans with the medals. Sylvester S. Herrera in a wheel chair being awarded the Medal of Honor. Naval officers clap for their men. The 28 war veterans pose for a photograph with President Truman.
United States President Harry Truman inspects 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment of the 82nd Airborne Division, the 3rd Armored Division and the 84th Infantry Division in Frankfurt, Germany. A large American flag on a car. President Truman departs in his car after the inspection. President Harry Truman shakes hands with soldiers. View of the I G Farben Building used by U.S. Army General Dwight D. Eisenhower as his headquarters. The President bestows the DSM (Distinguished Service Medals) on four foreign officers. (World War II period).
Victory in Europe Day celebrated in London, England towards the end of World War II. United States soldiers gather around a statue. A U.S. soldier climbs a fence to reach the statue. He puts a helmet on the statue. The soldier climbs on the statue and sits on the top of it and hangs his gun around the statue. The soldier drinks on the top of the statue. The civilians watch the soldier.