United States General Dwight D. Eisenhower, General Omar Bradley and French General Jacques Philippe Leclerc mingle with French citizens near the Arc de Triomphe after the Liberation of Paris in World War 2. General Eisenhower salutes as he approaches a crowd. A French 2nd Armored Division Jeep is parked nearby. French men and women clapping near Generals Eisenhower, Bradley, and Leclerc. Crowds gathered as the three generals stand in front of the Arc de Triomphe (Place Charles de Gaulle, 75008 Paris, France). General Eisenhower board a staff car. Staff car with General Eisenhower drives through the Avenue des Champs-Élysées, being escorted by trucks of soldiers following behind. General Omar Bradley waves and smiles while sitting on the passenger seat of a U.S. Army Jeep. Staff car with Allied flags convoy with military vehicles. General Bradley alights from Jeep. General Eisenhower meets Generals Bradley and Leclerc and more military officers on the sidewalk. A sign reads “Montrouge Radio” can be read behind General Bradley. General Eisenhower boards the staff car. Staff car drives away.
African American U.S. Army soldiers on board a ship heading for Europe during World War 2. Two black United States soldiers wearing small life preservers over their uniforms on deck of ship. Another soldier talks to the two black soldiers with life preservers. Soldier gives night identifying lights. Soldiers clip night identifying light devices on life jackets. A black soldier wearing glasses discusses a map with another soldier. African American soldier points to a map while talking to another soldier. Black soldiers wearing life preservers crowding a deck onboard a ship. Black soldiers watching the sea from deck as ship sails.
African American soldiers of the United States Army on board a ship heading for Europe during World War 2. A soldier sitting at his post in front of ship anti-aircraft gun. View of a young black soldier. Two black soldiers laughing. A black soldier sitting pensively. A black soldier reads a book while smoking a pipe.
African American U.S. Army soldiers on board a ship heading for Europe during World War 2. Black United States soldiers speak to two French merchant sailors on deck of ship. Two black soldiers together. Young black soldier smiles as he listens to French sailor. The French sailor and African American soldier laugh together. A young black soldier reads a U.S. Army-issued French language book. A black soldier manning a crow’s nest alongside anti-aircraft gun.
A Japanese suicide boat near the Kerama Islands (32 kilometers south-west of Okinawa Island), Japan during World War 2. A coast in the Kerama Islands. A Shinyo-class suicide motorboat is found covered with foliage as camouflage. A United States soldier throws a phosphorus grenade into the suicide boat. Suicide boat in flames. Scattered remains of a suicide boat after its destruction. Motor parts are scattered in the jungle. A soldier inspects remains of suicide boat.
United States attack transport ships (APA) sailing toward the beach at Kerama Islands (Japan) during World War 2. A group of APA ships sailing on choppy waters in the Pacific Ocean. View of an APA ship.
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