Saturday, May 26, 1945. The Homecoming.

The Supreme Headquarters, Allied Expeditionary Force (SHAEF) was transferred from Rheims to Frankfurt-am-Main.

The Saturday Evening Post featured Norman Rockwell's "GI Homecoming" illustration that was soon used for a war bond poster.  It features in one of Sarah Sundin's articles on her blog site, and this is directly linked into that:

Extremely poignant, there's a lot going on in the illustration, from the "girl next door" peeking around the corner, to the fact that the returning soldier is returning to an extremely urban, and not very attractive apartment building, something very common of urban life at the time.

The Berlin Philharmonic gave its first performance since the end of the war in Europe.

" Soldiers of the 77th Inf. Div. walk past mud-clogged tanks parked by the side of the road on Okinawa. 26 May, 1945. 77th Infantry Division."

Allied forces occupied Bassein, Burma.

Aerial photograph of Tokyo burning after B-29 fire bombing mission, May 26, 1945.

It was my father's 16th birthday.

Last edition:

Friday, May 25, 1945. The Clock.

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