PHOTOS: Victory Day parade in Moscow

A young man sells WWII Russian infantry caps on Tverskaya Street in downtown Moscow during a dress rehearsal for the Victory Day parade.  (Sergei L. Loiko / Los Angeles Times)

Seventy-one U.S. infantrymen march in Moscow’s Red Square as part of the annual Victory Day parade.  (Sergei L. Loiko / Los Angeles Times)

Col. Gen. Valery Marchenkov, head of the Military University of the Russian Defense Ministry, awards a parade participation medal to Pfc. Michael Hagen of Atlanta in Moscow.  (Sergei L. Loiko / Los Angeles Times)

Russian warplanes create the colors of the Russian flag over Moscow’s Red Square.  (Sergei L. Loiko / Los Angeles Times)