In February 1946 he was sent on an assignment in Paris then travelled on to Germany where he was born, in Berlin. He first covered the U.S. Constabulary troop in Western Germany, for which he took his pictures of the Bayreuth parade ground from a light plane and again from the top of a fire truck extension ladder. in July 1946, he filed a story on American servicemen in Germany, capturing one with his wife enjoying a private moment in the park with Kronberg Castle silhouetted in the background. American students In Heidelberg whom he photographed in June 1947, and local reactions to them, were another of his subjects. He found the city changed radically and produced several stories from his trip; 'The Road Back to Berlin', revealing the destruction of war wrought upon the city and his own home, and 'Renaissance Man', the first of the Western Culture series, Mar. 3, 1947; 'Pre-Election Report on Italy' published April 12, 1948; and 'Report on the Occupation' for the February 10, 1947 issue of "Life". He also photographed a crowd of Berliners watching, from ruins at edge of Tempelhof Field, a Douglas C-47 plane bringing food to the blockaded city.