New York City Victory Parade of 1946

[1] The parade was led by 13,000 men of the 82nd Airborne Division (including the African-American 555th Parachute Infantry Battalion[2]) under General James M.

[4] The parade also included Sherman tanks and other armored vehicles, such as self-propelled howitzers, and a fly-by of a formation of glider-towing C-47s.

[6] In preparation for the New York parade, the division mustered and trained three times a day since late 1945, after having finished their garrison duty in Berlin.

[7] The division arrived in United States on January 3 aboard the RMS Queen Mary, and continued training for the parade at Camp Shanks.

[1] However, Life magazine reported that it was "oddly subdued", and blamed it on the elimination of many military bands by the demilitarization.