Soldiers at the Rainbow Corner Red Cross Club in Paris, France displayed their copies of Paris Post special edition announcing Japanese surrender, 10 Aug 1945

Caption     Soldiers at the Rainbow Corner Red Cross Club in Paris, France displayed their copies of Paris Post special edition announcing Japanese surrender, 10 Aug 1945 ww2dbase
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Identification Code   111-SC-210208
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Photos on Same Day 10 Aug 1945
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1. Tim Pitts says:
21 Oct 2020 10:13:42 AM

The woman surrounded my the GIs in front of Rainbow Corner Red Cross club in the photo taken on August 10, 1945 is my mother Fitje Lavinia Pitts.

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