collective-history:

V-E Day celebrations on Bay Street, May 1945

freedom-of-press:

Journalist Ernie Pyle shortly after being killed on Ie Shima, April 18, 1945.

vintagelace64:

Soldier returning home 1945

sala66:

Ray Milland, 1945

bullit1987:

“Standing in the grassy sod bordering row upon row of white crosses in an American cemetery, two dungaree-clad Coast Guardsmen pay silent homage to the memory of a fellow Coast Guardsman who lost his life in action in the Ryukyu Islands.” Benrud, ca. 1945.

fortysixand-two:

Soviet soldiers passing through a German town on the outskirts of Königsberg. 1945.

opacasilentianoctis:

Women of the Red Army liberated the concentration camp of Ravensbrück, located 90 km north of Berlin. Concentration camp was established in May 1939 for women prisoners and was one of the largest camps in Germany.

thisisnodream:

Barbara Stanwyck and Robert Taylor, circa 1945.

soyouthinkyoucansee:

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Lambert pharmaceuticals 1945