United States Army 3rd Armored Division soldiers in Cologne (Köln) Germany during World War II. Destroyed buildings and rubble on the streets in Cologne. United States Army M4 Sherman and M26 tanks fire into a building. A soldier talking on the field phone. Wall of building crumbles after shell hits.
United States Army Air Forces operations in Germany during final days of World War 2 in Europe. United States Army Air Force P-47 Thunderbolts taxiing on a ramp in front of an open hangar at Fritzlar Air Base. A group of crew chiefs conversing. Trees in the foreground. P-47 takes off. Crewmen pushing a bomb trailer. A crew chief reading the pony edition of the "Times." Mechanics work on jeeps. An airman, followed by a pet dog, climbs steps to a trailer. Enlisted man talking to a Tech Sergeant who leans out window of a building. An L-5 liaison airplane taxis in a parking area. Three U.S. soldiers walking across the perimeter strip. Enlisted men shake hands with pilot of the L-5, who carries a German cavalry sword as a souvenir. They walk into building through door with sign reading: : "Colonel Stecker, Commanding." (Colonel Ray Stecker is Commander, U.S. 365th Fighter Group, of the 84th Fighter Wing.) ground crewman washes down ramp with a hose. P-47 and refueling truck in background.
United States soldiers in Germany during World War II. A jeep driving past on a road. German prisoners marching towards a stockade. Bomb damaged houses along the sides of a street. Wrecked German equipment by the side of a road. A large group of German prisoners marching. United States Army Air Forces P-47 Thunderbolt aircraft diving. A street in a village. Soldiers in a group around an ambulance. Liberated French prisoners. A small group of German soldiers marching with a flag of surrender. The prisoners walking to the stockade. Tanks advancing on the road, including a M4A3E8 Thunderbolt VII. A dead German soldier on a street. American troops walking down the street of the village.
United States Army soldiers fighting Japanese forces in Mindanao, Philippines during World War II. An M4 Sherman tank moving on a field. It takes up position near men in foxholes. The tank opens fire on a Japanese-held hillside. Smoke rises from the firing. A dead United States soldier lying on a litter.
United States Marines Corps leave United States to invade Solomon islands during World War II. A ship pulls away from the San Francisco harbor. San Francisco skyline in the background. Ship passes under the Golden Gate bridge. Marines on the deck of the ship. Ship underway in the Pacific Ocean. Men at anti aircraft guns during a drill aboard a ship. Admiral Halsey confers with Marine officers. Troops on the bridge of the ship as it arrives at a harbor in Australia. General Vandegrift and other officers disembark from the ship and are greeted by other officers. Soldiers climb down the gangplank.
German Nazi Major General Alfred Petray surrenders his garrison to United States soldiers at Werdenfelser barracks ( Oflag VII-A ) in Murnau Germany during World War 2. Two German soldiers wearing Red Cross armbands survey gathered German troops. German soldiers stand in formation during surrender of their garrison. Major General Alfred Petray, in full uniform, with a defeated expression. German soldiers are seen with varying age groups. German soldier holding a white sheet as a sign of surrender. United States soldier speaks with Major General Alfred Petray.