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The new book "Aftershock: The Human Toll of War" features amazing images by Army Signal Corps soldier photographers in the final days of World War II.

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This 7-tweet thread connects a WWII atrocity with the movie “Shaft” and the novel “Love Story.” It starts with this compelling image from my 2019 book with Richard Cahan and Michael Williams, “Aftershock,” featuring U.S. Army Signal Corps photos from the last year of the war. 1/

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A young refugee looks out a train window in war-devastated Europe in this 1945 photo from the new book “Aftershock: The Human Toll of War.” The boy and others were shipped from Vienna to Switzerland, where they could be better taken care of. #ww2

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Here's a radio interview with the authors of the new book "Aftershock: The Human Toll of War." Richard Cahan, Mark Jacob and Michael Williams were the guests of host Rick Kogan on Chicago's WGN-AM. #ww2 https://t.co/Y0YtWk41zw

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The new book “Aftershock: The Human Toll of War” features photos from 1945, the last year of World War II, including this image of Cpl. John McCarron interacting with children in Tokyo after a heavy rain. #ww2

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In this photo from the new book “Aftershock: The Human Toll of War,” a guard is posted at the door of each cell in the Palace of Justice during the Nuremberg war crimes trials in 1945. #ww2 More on the book here: https://t.co/AcaBrmd7J4

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Photos from 1945, featured in the new book “Aftershock,” reflect issues that will emerge in the aftermath of World War II. Here protesters at Gen. Douglas MacArthur’s HQ in Tokyo call for independence for Indochina. That didn’t happen, ultimately leading to the Vietnam War. #ww2

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This photo from the new book “Aftershock: The Human Toll of War” shows Lt. Fred Garrett. He was injured when his B-24 was shot down, spent 10 hours on a raft, was captured, and then the Japanese gave him a spinal anesthetic, leaving him conscious as they sawed off his leg.

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The co-authors of "Aftershock: The Human Toll of War" -- Richard Cahan, Mark Jacob and Michael Williams -- will appear on the @rickkogan radio show on Chicago's WGN-720 AM this Sunday (12/29) from about 9:30 p.m. to 10:15. Rick is the city's biggest booster of authors. Tune in.

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Joseph Stalin (or at least his image) keeps watch over Berlin after it was conquered by the Red Army. This image and many others are in the new book “Aftershock: The Human Toll of War,” featuring U.S. Army photos from the last days of the war. #ww2

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The new book “Aftershock: The Human Toll of War” shows U.S. Army photos from the final days of World War II. Here Jewish refugees dance in Italy as they await transportation to Palestine. #ww2 More on the book here: https://t.co/AcaBrmd7J4

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The new book “Aftershock: The Human Toll of War” features U.S. Army photos from the final days of World War II, including this picture of Mother’s Day 1945 services at the bombed-out cathedral in Coventry, England, where Handel once played the organ. #ww2

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The new book “Aftershock: The Human Toll of War” features Army photos from the last days of World War II. Included is this photo of a boy in the Dutch city of Rotterdam, whose civilians suffered from indiscriminate bombing early in the war. #ww2

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In this photo from the new book “Aftershock: The Human Toll of War,” Eusebio Linatok shows his wounds from Japanese bayonets in the Philippines in 1945. The commander of Japanese troops in the area was hanged for war crimes. #ww2

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75 years ago today, #BattleoftheBulge began. The new book "Aftershock: The Human Toll of War" includes this striking photo of Pfc. Jack Pulliam, who was captured in the Bulge and escaped after a month-long ordeal. He wears the cap of a German officer he killed. #ww2

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Soviet General Filipp Cherokmanov presents a pistol to U.S. Major General Raymond McLain after the U.S.-Soviet meet-up in Germany in the final days of WWII. The photo is included in a new book, “Aftershock: The Human Toll of War.” #ww2 More info: https://t.co/AcaBrmd7J4

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A U.S. Army photographer captured the devastation of Cologne, Germany, following its pounding by British bombers, including an attack by more than 1,000 bombers on a single night. The photo is included in the new book “Aftershock: The Human Toll of War.” #ww2

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The new book “Aftershock: The Human Toll of War” features this photo of a young guerrilla fighter from the Kachin ethnic group in Burma in 1945. When the Kachins killed a Japanese soldier, they would cut off his ears as both an accounting method and psychological warfare. #ww2

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This photo from the new book “Aftershock: The Human Toll of War” shows a refugee holding her bundled child in the Alsatian town of Rittershoffen in January 1945. About 100 civilians died in house-to-house fighting in the town, with many bodies lying in the streets. #ww2

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The new book “Aftershock: The Human Toll of War” features fascinating and disturbing U.S. Army photos of the last days of WWII and the immediate aftermath. This image shows a mysterious death in post-war Vienna. #WW2

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It’s VJ Day in New York’s Times Square in this photo from the new book “Aftershock: The Human Toll of War,” a collection of Army photos from the final days of World War II. #ww2 More info here: https://t.co/AcaBrmd7J4