Soldiers of the American 11th Airborne Division with a flag at an empty factory building in Japan; late 1945. 

Acquisition of an unused building

The picturesque town of Linz-on-Rhine as it looks today. The pontoon bridge is long gone, but the church and mountain remain...

Present day view of river and town

The aircraft carrier USS Saratoga (CV-3) before sailing from Pearl Harbor to San Francisco, with deactivated troops on board, shortly after Japan signed the Instrument of Surrender; September 1945.