May 1945

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German submarine U-858 at Cape Henlopen, Delaware, May 1945. Note the Sikorsky HNS-1 and K-ship blimp overhead.

Jodl had signed the instrument of surrender in Rheims on 7 May; Keitel signed a similar instrument in Berlin on 8 May. President Truman inherited a victory, and a post-war nightmare.

Tom M.

 

[PAUL161]

10 years later, almost to the day, I was a crew member on one of those K-Bags out of Lakehurst. My dad came home from the war in 45. PJ

 

[NutmegCT]

Thanks Paul. My dad came home from the war in '45 too.

Good looking guy!

He was a CWO in the Signal Corps, installing radar stations for the Commonwealth in the pacific islands before we entered the war, then training Army radar operators after Dec 7, '41.