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Hundreds of river barges tied up on the Danube River near Passau, Germany on Sept. 18, 1945. Many of these boats were in the Budapest area and fled do...

Hundreds of river barges tied up on the Danube River near Passau, Germany on Sept. 18, 1945. Many of these boats were in the Budapest area and fled do...

Hundreds of river barges tied up on the Danube River near Passau, Germany on Sept. 18, 1945. Many of these boats were in the Budapest area and fled do...

Hundreds of river barges tied up on the Danube River near Passau, Germany on Sept. 18, 1945. Many of these boats were in the Budapest area and fled do...

Hundreds of river barges tied up on the Danube River near Passau, Germany on Sept. 18, 1945. Many of these boats were in the Budapest area and fled do...

British battleship H.M.S. Anson at anchor in Victoria Harbour, Hong Kong, on Sept.1, 1945. (AP Photo)

Scientists (Japanese) check radio activity in the almost leveled downtown area of Hiroshima. . (AP Photo)

Eighteen men standing on the rolling deck of a neutral cargo boat early in December 1940 cheered lustily the British destroyer that met their overjoye...

Paul Louis Palmer, Seaman First Clare, of 874 Rose Circle, Atlanta, Ga., suffered burns while serving aboard ship during the Battle of the Philippines...

Winston Churchill and his party in carrier (foreground) returning to the saluting base in Berlin on July 22, 1945 after making a revue of the parade,...

Prime Minister Winston Churchill stand proudly in the heart of Berlin on July 21, 1945, watching British fighting forces march in victory through the...

A British destroyer whose stern was blown off by a torpedo, being towed into Gibraltar, on July 18, 1945. (AP Photo)

They all laugh while Seaman 1/C Thomas Donnelly, Brooklyn, N.Y., hops up the trunk of a coconut palm at the ATC enlisted man's quarters in Bombay, Ind...

Men from HMS Bellona in the great Oslo parade are welcomed with flowers by a Norwegian girl in Oslo, Norway, on June 30, 1945. King Haakon of Norway m...

Swimming from an old Japanese midget sub near the village is one of their recreational events for the members of Boy Scout Troop No. 8 of Umatac vill...

The Boy Scouts of Troops No. 8 of Umatac Village on Guam helped the American forces during the invasion of the Japanese -occupied Island by bringing w...

Jose Santiago, right, salutes Scoutmaster Jesus S. Quinada of Boy Scout troop No. 8 of Umatac village in Guam on June 29, 1945. Jose is 15 years old....

Gen. Douglas MacArthur, center, commander of Allied ground forces in the Pacific, talks with the governor of Jolo (left) and the sultan of Sulu (right...

Refreshments and cigarettes are distributed to patients arriving at the U.S. Naval Hospital, San Diego, from Pacific battle zones on June 20, 1945. (A...

One of the first destroyers to pass through the Kiel Canal, on the passage home to Great Britain from Copenhagen, passing German merchant shipping in...

German U-boats, left undamaged by retreating Germans, were found in the giant submarine pens above at St. Nazaire, France by advancing Allies on June...

It is now revealed that two new bridging methods have been used by the British army in Europe and are now being used extensively in Burma for crossing...

It is now revealed that two new bridging methods have been used by the British army in Europe and are now being used extensively in Burma for crossing...

Some of the captured German ships with submarine pens in background seen at St. Nazaire, France on May 28, 1945, the last German occupied city of Fran...

Captured German ships tied up to the dock at St. Nazaire, France on May 28, 1945, the last German occupied city of France to surrender. (AP Photo)

Fifteen U-Boats, in two columns and escorted by H.M. ships and aircraft of the Royal Navy, approached Loch Eriboll on Saturday, May 19, 1945. The U-Bo...

Royal Navy traveling from Ostend overland took over the famous German naval port and dockyard at the southern end of Kiel Bay. Admiral von Friedeburg...

Cherbourg after bombing by coastal command aircraft, May 15, 1945. (AP Photo)

Wrecked buildings and widened roads where debris has been cleared away in Calais on May 15, 1945. The damage to the French port was caused by allied a...

Members of the cast of "I Remember Mama" were honored at the annual luncheon of the Theatre Club, Inc. at Sherry's by an award for the best play of th...

Indian kids get a boxing lesson from Henry Armstrong during his tour through the India-Burma Theater entertaining American Soldier in India on April 1...

Wallets, belts and novelty items are fashioned by sailor and Marine patients in the leatherwork shop of the rehabilitation department at U.S. Naval Ho...

Advancing Allied troops captured the above German U-boat shown March 31, 1945, undamaged by the retreating enemy, in its pen at St. Nazaire, France, l...

Yank soldiers of the U.S. First Army examine the partially completed forward section of a German submarine shown March 31, 1945, still standing in a f...

An American soldier of the U.S. First Army looks at a partially completed submarine in a German factory on the east bank of the Rhine River that was c...

Three former members of Bryant High School's Varsity basketball team met for the first time since induction when a call went out for basketball player...

A medical officer, left, and a corpsman, right, check casualties following a Japanese suicide attack on the USS Nevada off Okinawa on March 27, 1945....

Troops of the first G.S. Army fighting on the east bank of the Rhine have taken a factory at Rheinbrohl where submarine parts were prefabricated and s...

First take sub factory on east bank of the Rhine River on March 25, 1945. (AP Photo)

Mail is sorted by two patients at the San Diego Naval Hospital who are receiving postal service training while convalescing on March 16, 1945. They ar...

For the first time in history, an invading army has taken its own harbour to the enemy held shore. The colossal task of planning and constructing a pr...

American supervisor and Indian workmen give belly tanks a last minute checkup at the Hindustani Aircraft Factory in Bangalore, India on March 12, 1945...

British battleship H.M.S. Valiant, with French battleship Richelieu sailing astern, somewhere at sea, on March 9, 1945. (AP Photo)

From under the guns of British battleship H.M.S. Queen Elizabeth, are seen British battleship H.M.S. valiant and French battleship Richelieu at dawn,...

H.M.S. Implacable, Britain's newest aircraft carrier, is now on active service. She is a sister ship of the Indefatigable both ships were laid down in...

A large batch of prisoners captured at Goch, a key-point of the German Siegfried defences ,now in British hands, on Feb. 25, 1945. (AP Photo)

British troops using tanks and flame throwers had cleared Goch of all its defenders, with the exception of a few isolated snipers fighting for the tow...

Scottish infantry, supported by armour, broke into the German town of Goch, keypoint of the Siegfried defences south-east of the Reichswald on Februar...

Scottish infantry, supported by armour, broke into the German town of Goch, keypoint of the Siegfried on February 19. The attack met with stiff German...

British troops poring over guide books, studying maps and buying souvenirs are a familiar sight in Paris, for the resumption of leave and an improveme...