US tanker Private Bruce Rutherford on the turret of an M4 Sherman tank with mascot puppies of his unit during a break in Okinawa. He is holding a Thompson 
M1928M1 submachine gun; June 1, 1945.

Unit mascots

The commander of the US 82nd Airborne Division, Major General James Maurice Gavin (1907-1990) and actress and singer Marlene Dietrich (1901-1992) have a conversation by a military staff car on a road in France; 1944.



The actress and a general

American actress Marlene Dietrich (Marie Magdalene "Marlene" Dietrich; 12/27/1901 - 05/06/1992) signing autographs for American soldiers. Since March 1943, Marlene Dietrich has performed for Allied forces in North Africa, Italy and France.