It wasn’t only death and destruction during WWII, sometimes there was time for a bit of romance and love.

Whispering sweet nothings

US Army Nurse kissing a Corporal. They were just married

A daughter awaiting her father’s arrival home

This “no, no, not yet” goodbye

Welcome home, a family re-united.

The kisses and tears of a goodbye between soldiers and their sweethearts after a brief leave in 1944, at Penn Station, New York City

A Canadian soldier and his new British girlfriend

A soldier’s day off, might as well make the most of it.

The Sacrifice