General George C. Marshall inspects troops and Pershing tanks of the U.S. 2nd Armored Division near Berlin, Germany;  July 31, 1945.

Inspection by the top General

An M4 Sherman tank (marked #86) blasts a Japanese cave with flame thrower; Okinawa, 1945. 

Enemy hiding

U.S. Secretary of War Stimson talks to a Captain of the 5th Army on his visit to the Italian Front in the town of Cecina, about 30 miles south-west of Florence. A Major General and General Clark (on the right) look on; July 6, 1944. 