Roadway along US-Russian outpost at the 38th Parallel in Kaesong(Kaijo) in Korea.US and Russian soldiers sit around a table outside a tent at the outpost and have their food.25 September 1945. (World War II period).
Shows field telephones lying outside a tent at the US-Russian Outpost at the 38th Parallel in Kaesong, Korea.US and Russian soldiers rush towards the field telephones and answer them.US-Russian soldiers around a food table,share snapshots with each other.25 September 1945. (World War II period).
Shows a group of U.S. and Russian soldiers showing snapshots to one another at the US-Russian Outpost at the 38th Parallel in Kaesong. U.S. and Russian soldiers gather around a Russian soldier who plays a guitar and entertains all.25 September 1945. (World War II period).
A U.S. Army Captain examines bodies of American soldiers of the 46th Tank Battalion, 13th Armored Division, killed when their Sherman M4 tank was struck by panzerfaust anti-tank weapons and 20mm fire, on April 17, 1945, in the final days of World War 2, in Europe. The wrecked tank and human remains are seen at the intersection of Ellerstraße & Hülsenstraße, in Hilden Germany. Closeup of the Captain looking closely at the dog tags of one dead soldier. Next, he is seen checking the dog tags of other dead tank crew members, as local German townspeople watch from nearby. He and another officer cover the bodies with a large tarpaulin.
July 16, 1945, with President Truman and his party enroute to Berlin Germany, prior to the "Big Three" conference at Potsdam. President Harry S. Truman is seated in right rear of open car. Secretary of State, James F. Byrnes sits next to him in the center, and Fleet Admiral William D. Leahy, Personal Chief of Staff to the President, is in the left rear seat. U.S. Army Brigadier. An Army Major General stands beside the car speaking to the occupants. Brigadier General Harry H. Vaughan (wearing sun glasses), long time friend and aide to the President, steps close to the car. Scene shifts to the President and his party, standing in a moving vehicle, as they review troops of the 2nd Armored Division, standing in front of their tanks, M10 Tank Destroyers, and other armored vehicles. The President and Secretary Byrnes remove their hats and hold them over their hearts,while military officers render hand salutes as they pass the colors. Views from vehicle passing the formation.View from ground of Presidential party at attention with flag of the 17th Battalion displayed. A Lieutenant from the 17th Armored Engineer Battalion reads a citation and Brigadier General John Howell Collier, Commander, 2nd Armored Division, unfurls unit citation ribbon, that President Truman then ties to the Guidon of Company E, 17th Armored Engineer Battalion. As President Truman reportedly described the event in his diary: "We reviewed the Second Armored Division and tied a citation on the guidon of Company E, 17th Armored Engineer Battalion. General Collier, who seemed to know his stuff, put us in a reconnaissance car built with side seats and no top, just like a hoodlum wagon minus the top on a fire truck, with seats and no hose, and we drove slowly down a mile and a half of good soldiers and some millions of dollars' worth of equipment -- which had amply paid its way to Berlin." (World War II period).
1945: Combat cameramen film the U.S. forces landing at the Iwo Jima beachhead. Marines and Coast Guard landing parties under attack, explosions at sea. A Coast Guard cutter. Barrage balloons in the sky. Landing Crafts move towards the shore. Explosions in the water. The U.S. Coast Guard landing party on the shore. Beachhead activities as the U.S. Marines arrive. Landing Craft reach the shore. Troops climb out, unload equipment and run inland. A crane at work. Troops crouch in the Landing Craft. They treat a wounded comrade. (World War II period).
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