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.
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.
First U.S. soldiers discharged from U.S. Army at a separation center toward end of World War 2. The soldiers exit a bus and enter a army facility at Fort McPherson in East Point, Georgia. They confirm their earned service points after 5 years of service, and and prepare to leave. Sergeant Ronald Stroud with 132 service points hands over papers to an officer as he leaves the army. He returns his uniform and gear to quartermasters. Stroud being given a pay check worth 1400 dollars. (World War II period).
Congressional Medal of Honor being presented in Denver, Colorado. Corporal Robert Maxwell being presented the Congressional Medal of Honor at a ceremony. Parents of Private Elmer Fryar receive the posthumous Congressional Medal from an officer. A picture of Private Fryar. His mother looks at the medal.
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