German soldiers surrender to US 9th Infantry Division troops in the port city of Cherbourg, north-western France; 1944. 

Surrender

The US Army's 442nd Infantry Regiment is the most decorated unit in the history of American warfare. It was also comprised almost entirely of second generation Japanese-Americans. 
 In this photo, they're posing with a captured German flag; Italy, 1945. 

Happy group posing

Paratroopers of Easy Company, 101st Arborne Division in Eindhoven, Holland; 1944.