American Private First Class Lee Harper, wounded at Normandy, was greeted by his 2-year-old sister Janet, whom he had never seen before, as his mother and wife looked on, New York City, 1 Aug 1945Clement Attlee, Harry Truman, Vyacheslav Molotov, and Joseph Stalin during the Potsdam Conference, Germany, 1 Aug 1945, photo 1 of 2Clement Attlee, Harry Truman, Vyacheslav Molotov, and Joseph Stalin during the Potsdam Conference, Germany, 1 Aug 1945, photo 2 of 2Fires raging in Toyama, Japan during an American air raid, 1 Aug 1945
American Private First Class Lee Harper, wounded at Normandy, was greeted by his 2-year-old sister Janet, whom he had never seen before, as his mother and wife looked on, New York City, 1 Aug 1945Clement Attlee, Harry Truman, Vyacheslav Molotov, and Joseph Stalin during the Potsdam Conference, Germany, 1 Aug 1945, photo 1 of 2Clement Attlee, Harry Truman, Vyacheslav Molotov, and Joseph Stalin during the Potsdam Conference, Germany, 1 Aug 1945, photo 2 of 2Fires raging in Toyama, Japan during an American air raid, 1 Aug 1945
MacArthur saluted as the US National Anthem was played, Philippines, 1 Aug 1945Map depicting the proposed invasion routes of Operation OlympicUS Navy African-American Seaman 1st Class Charlie Dunston, recent amputee, recovering at the Naval Hospital in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, 1 Aug 1945
MacArthur saluted as the US National Anthem was played, Philippines, 1 Aug 1945Map depicting the proposed invasion routes of Operation OlympicUS Navy African-American Seaman 1st Class Charlie Dunston, recent amputee, recovering at the Naval Hospital in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, 1 Aug 1945


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