It wasn’t only doom and gloom during WWII. Occasionally there were moments of hope and care. Amidst the darkest and horrific era of human history, humanity shone through.
I will leave the pictures do the talking, most of these were taken around D-Day.
There is always time for a drink.
And chocolate
New hope and new life
Time for a sing song and entertainment.
Picnic
Actors dressed as cowboys as part of the Canadian Army Invasion Revue in Banville on July 30, 1944. (Photo: Conseil Régional de Basse-Normandie / National Archives of Canada)
Pfc Joseph E. Day (of Belloire, Ohio) holds a puppy named “Invasion” in a German helmet. Photo taken on July 14, 1944.
Gratitude
Paule M. Truffert among civilians in Cherbourg. According to LIFE, she was the only girl in town who spoke English.
A woman stretches to give a bottle of water to a member of the…
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