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Gorkha Patrolman Returns after Contact with Japanese near Laya station, Burma During Second World War 1945

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Victory over Japan Day (V-J Day). Crowd gathered outside Hochschild-Kohn and Company. Howard Street, Baltimore. Photograph by Blakeslee Lane, August 14, 1945.

               Source:   mdhs | Baltimore City Life Museum Collection, Special Collections Department, Maryland Historical Society

Napoleon Reid

"Looking to sea from the signal bridge is Napoleon Reid, Seaman 2/c., USNR, shown standing on lookout watch on a ship somewhere in the Pacific.", 03/19/1945

Source: wikimedia | National Archives and Records Administration, College Park | U.S. National Archives and Records Administration

Ms Josephine Palmer

Ms Josephine Palmer, 1945

Source: Black History Album | Scurlock Studio Records, Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution | flickr

Vintage Photo

"New York City celebrating the surrender of Japan. They threw anything and kissed anybody in Times Square." Lt. Victor Jorgensen, August 14, 1945. 

Source:  National Archives

Gene Tierney

Gene Eliza Tierney (November 19, 1920 – November 6, 1991) was an American film and stage actress.
 With prominent cheekbones and the most appealing overbite of her day, her striking good looks helped propel her to stardom. Her best known role is the enigmatic murder victim in Laura (1944). She was also Oscar-nominated for Leave Her to Heaven (1945).

Source: imdb | crazywebsite

WW II

Britain in Colour, 1939-1945, WWII

Source: retronaut | via  Etiennedup