This American soldier witnessed the Nazi surrender. 80 years later, he’s still happy to be home

The East Bohemian spa of Velichovky, located six kilometers from Jaroměř, is probably the easternmost place in the Czech Republic where the Americans arrived in May 1945. Two hundred kilometers behind the line that divided our territory into the parts liberated by the American and Red Army, a group of Western Allies set out to personally hand over the German surrender to Field Marshal Ferdinand Schörner. Their mission is commemorated every year …

The 80-Year Anniversary Of The USA Destroying The Nazis Is A Powerful Reminder Of American Power

Thursday marks the 80-year anniversary of Germany's unconditional surrender in World War II.The Germans formally surrendered across all fronts on May 8, 1945 after years of brutal fighting across the continent of Europe. The surrender came a little more than a week after Adolf Hitler's suicide in the Fuhrerbunker as Berlin burned.The anniversary is a great opportunity to remember American military might.WWII is the most complex and bloodiest con…

This American soldier witnessed the Nazi surrender. 80 years later, he’s still happy to be home

Luciano “Louis” Graziano led Nazi officers to Eisenhower after they signed the surrender. Now 102, he recalls what came next.

Former Sun editor witnessed German surrender at Reims in WWII

Price Day, who was editor-in-chief of The Baltimore Sun, Evening Sun and Sunday Sun, was a modest and unassuming man.He always dressed in carefully pressed gray flannels which he wore with a blue Oxford cloth button-down shirt and a tie that was perpetually set at half-mast, an open vest or sweater, and penny loafers.A shock of unruly hair, boylike, vied for real estate over his right eyebrow. His eyes were framed by old-fashioned round horned-r…

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