A US soldier gets a warm welcome when jumping off the landed transport plane. The logo of the Air Transport Command is clearly visible. The joy of coming home after a mission is almost touchable in this photograph.

Air Transport Command (ATC) was a United States Air Force unit that was created during World War II as the strategic airlift component of the United States Army Air Forces.

It had two main missions, the first being the delivery of supplies and equipment between the United States and the overseas combat theaters; the second was the ferrying of aircraft from the manufacturing plants in the United States to where they were needed for training or for operational use in combat. ATC also operated a worldwide air transportation system for military personnel.

The ATC was inactivated on 1 June 1948.

Gelatine silver print in used but good condition. Copyright stamp on the verso.

ca. 20,4 x 26 cm (including small white borders)