Photojournalist Alexander Ustinov (1909-1995, with notebook in hand) speaks with US soldiers during a meeting at the Elbe river. In the background, second from right, - smiling to the camera, Private Byron Shiver.

Meeting with the Russians

Meeting at the Elbe river. Soviet officers and American soldiers. A female Soviet soldier pins a flower on the shirt of one of the GIs, the medic. 

Meeting at the Elbe river

Reconnaissance troops, of the 87th Infantry Divisions, move up the main street of Bihain, Belgium to attack German troops "dug in" in the woods beyond the town. 1/11/45 