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An American soldier captures two German POWs near an abandoned Pak 40 anti-tank gun in Lignières, France, on August 15, 1944.

U.S. Cpt. J. McMahon and an unidentified American soldier of the Ninth U.S. Army carry a small German girl across the destroyed bridge at Tangermünde over the River Elbe in May, 1945.

18-year-old Queen Elizabeth II serving as a mechanic in Auxiliary Territorial Service (ATS) in England, 1945.

Soviet soldiers with PPSh-41 submachine guns.

Soviet PTRS squad, 1942

This Day: On September 2, 1945, the Japanese Instrument of Surrender is signed by representatives of the Empire of Japan and the major warring powers aboard Iowa-class battleship USS Missouri (BB-63) in Tokyo Bay, marking the end of hostilities in World War II.

A U.S. Marine tries to communicate with two Japanese child soldiers captured on Okinawa in June, 1945.

-manned M3 Stuart tanks attacking Japanese pillboxes during the Battle of Buna–Gona, 1943.

U.S. Army Sgt. Edward F. Good feeding a fellow wounded soldier, Pfc. Lloyd Deming, a turkey leg during the dinner at the 2nd Field Hospital in San Jose, Mindoro, Philippine Islands, on December 25, 1944.

U.S. Sgt. Frank Shiborski eats a⁠ ⁠turkey leg on in Italy, 1944.

French Colonial troops man a machine gun post in a forward part of the line on February 16, 1942.