US soldiers meet and (some) shake hands with the Russians near the town of Torgau, Germany, at the Elbe river; April 25, 1945.

Meeting with the Russians

A young Lieutenant checks in with his company CP (Command Post) during a patrol outside of Lullange, Luxembourg, during the final days of the Battle of the Bulge, January, 1945. The Lieutenant, at left, is Milton Munch of Lovington, Illinois. At right is Sgt. Tom Russert of Buffalo, New York. Both belonged to the 90th Division's 357th Infantry Regiment.

Report on patrol

An American GI with an M1 carbine, watches as German POWs file out of a yard of a house in Aachen, Germany; 1944.
 
