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Eisenhower will comment that although the average American soldier &#8220;knew what they were fighting for,&#8221; now &#8220;they will know who they were fighting against.&#8221; Journalists will be invited, and the images will appear on the big screens on May 1, 1945.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ohrdurf, American-occupied Germany. 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