Film begins with nighttime bombardments of rockets and artillery. Then at one minute after midnight, on May 9th, 1945, the guns stop. Next, a day earlier, German Field Marshal Wilhelm Keitel enters a conference room on May 8th, accompanied by German staff officers. He salutes with his Marshal's baton and takes a seat. He signs surrender document. Soviet Marshal Georgy Zhukov stands before being seated. British Air Marshal, Sir Arthur Tedder, is seen signing the document along with Marshal Zhukov. General Carl Spaatz, Commander of Strategic Air Forces in Europe, shakes hands with Marshal Zhukov. Several scenes of battlefield cemeteries are seen next. German officer prisoners are seen from the back as they walk with hands behind their heads. Views of Surrendered German senior military officers, including: German Admiral Erich Raeder; German Marshal Walter Model; German Marshal Wilhelm Keitel; and Marshal Hermann Goering (being disarmed).
Ruins in a German city near end of World War II. U.S. Army soldier walking on a street with his rifle, passing by two dead German soldiers. Bombed buildings, destruction, and rubble everywhere. Soldier walking slowly through the destruction.. A map highlights Berlin. A drawing depicts Allied troops victory at end of World War 2 in Europe.
U.S. 3rd Brigade, 82nd Airborne Division base camp operations in Phu Bai near Hue, Vietnam, during the Vietnam War. Soldiers form a human chain as they unload sandbags from a truck. Tents in the background. Soldiers construct a sandbagged bunker. An American flag in the foreground. Soldiers fill and tie sandbags. (This camp was later named Camp Eagle in March 1969).
U.S. 3rd Brigade, 82nd Airborne Division base camp operations in Phu Bai near Hue, Vietnam, during the Vietnam War. Soldiers attach antenna to the rear of a jeep. An officer and soldiers look at a map spread out on hood of the jeep. Soldier takes compass readings. Officer and soldier get into jeep stacked with concertina wire and drive off. Soldiers unload concertina wire from keep. Soldiers carry roll of wire to perimeter and spread it out. (This camp was later named Camp Eagle in March 1969).
U.S. 3rd Brigade, 82nd Airborne Division base camp operations in Phu Bai near Hue, Vietnam. 82nd Airborne insignia on TOC (Tactical Operations Center). MP (Military police) on guard at the entrance to tent. U.S. soldiers lined up for mess. Soldiers move through mess line and being served on paper plates. Sign reads 'Phu Bai 2 Km.'. (Vietnam War period. This camp was later named Camp Eagle in March 1969).
U.S. 3rd Brigade, 82nd Airborne Division base camp operations in Phu Bai near Hue, Vietnam. Truck convoy enters gate of the camp. Soldiers wave from truck. Vietnamese young boys and girls fill sandbags. Soldiers look on. Soldier load sandbags onto a truck. (Vietnam War period. This camp was later named Camp Eagle in March 1969).
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