Insignia of the 82nd Airborne Division. The nickname for the 82nd Airborne Division originated in World War I, signifying the "All American" composition of its members. The troops who formed the division came from diverse areas of the United States. Photograph »

Troops of the American 82nd Airborne Division view bodies of inmates at Wöbbelin, a subcamp of the Neuengamme concentration camp. Germany, May 6, 1945. Photograph »

A chaplain with the 82nd Airborne Division helps a survivor board a truck that will evacuate him from the Wöbbelin concentration camp to an American field hospital. Germany, May 4, 1945. Photograph »

The fenced perimeter and an entrance to the women's camp at Wöbbelin. Germany, May 4-6, 1945. Photograph »

American troops with the 82nd Airborne Division look on as German exhume corpses from a mass grave. Wöbbelin, Germany, May 6, 1945. Photograph »

After the liberation of the Wöbbelin camp, US troops forced the townspeople of Ludwigslust to bury the bodies of prisoners killed in the camp. This photograph shows American troops at the funeral service for the victims. Germany, May 7, 1945. Photograph »