Unloading of equipment at Manila Harbor in the Philippines towards the end of World War II. Huge boxes lined up. Japanese characters on the boxes. A shell being lowered by a crane with a sign on it that reads ' USN '. A United States soldier on the deck of a ship as he looks on. A soldier aboard a ship in the foreground. A number of ships underway in the background. Soldiers tie a rope to wrecked equipment aboard a ship. The wrecked equipment is hoisted in a sling and is being lowered on a deck. A shell being lowered into water.
Germany surrenders in Rheims, France during World War II. Nazi General Alfred Jodl arrives at the Supreme Headquarters of the Allied Expeditionary Forces. General Jodl and others enter the building. U.S. General Walter B. Smith, Allied Chief of Staff and other officers at a desk. German General Jodl signs the surrender papers. General Smith also puts his signature on the papers. The surrender document with the signatures of the two Generals. Supreme Allied Commander General Dwight D. Eisenhower smiles. He holds two pens in a V sign.
German prisoners of war arrive in New York, United States during World War II. 3,000 prisoners of war disembark from a ship in New York. The prisoners being searched by soldiers. The prisoners include men of all age groups from young to old. The prisoners lined up.
Former Italian Prime Minister Benito Mussolini’s body is put on display in Milan after his execution in Northern Italy (WWII). Many people gathered in a street in Milan. Dead bodies of Mussolini, his mistress Clara Petacci, and other fascists such as Alessandro Pavolini, Achille Starace and Nicola Bombacci at Piazzale Loreto, near Milano Centrale railway station. People gathered around the bodies as policemen try to control them. Cameramen record the event. Dead bodies of Mussolini, Clara Petacci hanged upside down from a metal girder framework of an Esso gas station.
7th War Bond drive opens at Times Square in New York City, during World War 2. A large number of people gathered at the occasion. Crowd gathered around a statue of the flag raising on Mount Suribachi in Iwo Jima, Japan. (This is the original plaster edition created by sculptor Dr. Felix W. de Weldon, which served as the model for the future Marine Corps War Memorial in Arlington Virginia). Soldiers seated as they look at the flag raising statue. Three survivors of the flag raising raise the American flag at the ceremony to promote the sale of bonds during the 7th War Bond drive: Pfc. Rene A. Gagnon, Pfc. Ira Hayes and PhM 2/c John H. Bradley, USN.
U.S. President Harry S. Truman with his mother in Washington D.C., United States. President Truman with his 92 year old mother as she arrives from Missouri to celebrate Mother's Day with her son. Photographers take pictures. President Truman with his mother.
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