The US Army Timberwolves or the 104th Infantry division, return from Europe and gets off the ship. Happy soldiers wave from a troop train taking them to Seattle where they'll wait for orders to go to Japan. When Japan surrenders the Timberwolves were able to finally return to their homes.
After serving in Europe in some of the bloodiest battles after D-Day, including Battle of Hürtgen Forest and the Battle of the Bulges, the division returned to the United States on 3 July 1945. Upon return, it continued the process of demobilization until 20 December of that year, when it was inactivated. The division suffered 1,294 killed in action, 5,305 wounded in action, 385 missing in action, and 27 prisoners of war. The division suffered a further 6,396 non-battle casualties, for a total of 13,407 casualties.The division took 51,727 German prisoners during the war, most of whom surrendered following the armistice.
During World War II, soldiers of the division were awarded two Medals of Honor, 14 Distinguished Service Crosses, one Distinguished Service Medal, 642 Silver Star Medals, six Legion of Merit medals, 20 Soldier's Medals, 2,797 Bronze Star Medals, and 40 Air Medals.[12] The division received 9 Distinguished Unit Citations and three campaign streamers during 200 days of combat.
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