Happy 2nd Lt. William Robertson and Lt. Alexander Sylvashko, Red Army, shown in front of sign [East Meets West] symbolizing the historic meeting of the Soviet and American Armies, near Torgau, Germany on <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elbe_Day" class="extiw" title="w:Elbe Day">w:Elbe Day</a>.
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Private_First_Class" class="extiw" title="w:Private First Class">Pfc</a>. William E. Poulson
listed as April 25, 1945, likely April 27, 1945 (photo opportunity after the fact. see <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elbe_Day" class="extiw" title="w:Elbe Day">w:Elbe Day</a>.)
U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.archives.gov/research/ww2/photos/">Pictures of World War II</a>, image #121 (111-SC-205228). <a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="https://www.archives.gov/research/ww2/photos/images/ww2-121.jpg">https://www.archives.gov/research/ww2/photos/images/ww2-121.jpg</a>