Frank Scherschel
'40s
On the 65th anniversary of the founding of the state of Israel, LIFE looks back, through photographs, at the immediate aftermath of a new nation's independence. Read More
![Eisenhower makes V with surrender pens, German and U.S. pen at right, Russian at left. With 'Ike': [Chief of Staff Lieut. General Bedell] Smith, Secretary Kay Summersby, [RAF's Arthur] Tedder.](http://timelifeblog.files.wordpress.com/2013/05/16_00637534.jpg?w=220&h=146&crop=1)
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'40s
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