U.S. Army General Dwight D. Eisenhower cites G.I. Joe in the United States. General Eisenhower credits Allied Generals with genius, but states that the real hero of the war is G.I. Joe Albergo and his buddies in other armed services of the Allies in World War II.
The Iwo Jima flag 7th War Loan drive in Washington DC during World War II. The 7th War Loan drive is underway. Famed Iwo Jima flag raising survivors and heroes, Rene Gagnon, John Bradley, and Ira Hayes stand together outside the U.S. Capitol. Guards stand at attention. Gagnon, Bradley and Hayes raise a flag of the Unites States above the U.S. Capitol to kick off the load drive. The military personnel salute the flag. The Secretary of the Treasury of the United States, Henry Morgenthau, Jr., speaks telling American people of the urgency of buying war bonds.
Americans celebrate the news of victory over Germany and prepare for continued war against Japan in World War II. Spirited Boeing employees celebrate news of victory over Germany in Seattle, Washington. They wheel out a giant B-29 bomber from an aircraft production hangar with a "On To Tokyo" sign on its side. The Boeing workers stand in a group and wave and cheer. The shining dome of the nation's capitol commands the most attention in Washington DC. All the lights ate turned on in Times Square in New York City and it blazes glory. People of the whole world get crazy with dancing, singing and parties in the streets and celebration drinks on V-E day (Victory in Europe). A man with a pretend Hitler mustache is hoisted in the air. The torch of the Statue of Liberty is lighted in New York.
A Japanese soldier surrenders to U.S. military police in Baguio, Philippines during World War II. Damage in the city due to bombing. The Japanese soldier dressed as a civilian surrenders to U.S. military police. He is transported in a jeep. An M4 Sherman rolls into the city as crowds on sidewalks cheer. Wreckage in the city caused due to bombings.
View of Our Lady of Atonement Cathedral with people all about it, in Baguio City, Philippines, several months before the end of World War 2. A young boy with a baby. A Japanese man surrendering, carries a white sign reading: "I cease resistance." He is escorted by two U.S. soldiers. U.S. Army Brigadier General Charles F. Craig, 37th Division Deputy Commander, looks over maps with staff officers, in front of Our Lady of Atonement Cathedral.
United States soldiers blow up caves holding Japanese soldiers in Baguio, Philippines during World War II. Explosions in a cave targeting the Japanese soldiers. United States soldiers assist civilians who are returning to the city from the hills. A soldier carries a small baby in his arms. Another soldier leads an elderly Filipino man along a road. Soldiers and civilians climb up a cliff. Filipino soldiers carry a woman on a bedspring through hilly terrain toward U.S. lines. Filipino woman lying on rattan bedspring. The soldiers stand in some wood. Soldiers distribute chocolate bars to civilians as they rest.
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