Torgau, Germany, May 4, 1945 These Yankee soldiers of the 1st battalion, 273rd infantry of the 69th division, U.S. First army, were among the first to greet the advancing Russian soldiers as the two allied armies linked up at Torgau on the Elbe river. They are, left to right; PFC Frank B. Huff Washington, VA.; CPL. James J. Mcdonnell, Peabody, Mass.; Lieut. William D. Robertson, Los Angeles, Calif., and PFC Paul Staus, Bronx, N.Y.