22 Beautiful Photos That Capture Love During Wartime

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#1. Soldiers leaving for Egypt hang out of train windows to kiss loved ones goodbye, 1935.

#2. Soldiers leaving Los Angeles, US, for the Korean War help a friend kiss his sweetheart, 1950.

#3. A tea party for Local Army Flying School cadets, Mississippi, US, 1943.

#4. The iconic shot of a sailor kissing a nurse in Times Square, NY, as the end of WWII is announced.

#5. A sailor sweeps his girlfriend off her feet, 1945.

#6. American soldiers on the boat to Egypt hang out of portholes for one last kiss, 1963.

#7. English soldiers embrace their wives as they prepare to leave for Egypt, 1937.

#8. A British soldier whispers in the ear of a loved one as he leaves for the Front, 1939.

#9. A US soldier and his girlfriend share a passionate farewell, 1922.

#10. An English ATS and an 8th Air Force sergeant kiss in the park, 1945.

#11. A very hip young woman on rollerskates and her soldier boyfriend, 1940s.

#12. A lady is lifted off the ground as she meets a uniformed US soldier at an aptly-named Connecticut train station, 1945.

#13. Couples say their farewells at New York’s Penn Station, April 1943, not knowing if they’ll ever see one another again.

#14. Another couple saying goodbye at Penn Station.

#15. A US soldier and a girl share chocolate and cigarettes, 1940s.

#16. Her friend laughs as this girl leans over the barrier to kiss a returning British soldier in London, 1940.

#17. Loved ones say their goodbyes on a train leaving for the battlefields of WWII.

#18. Jean Moore kissing her fiancé, WWII veteran Ralph Neppel, 1945.

#19. A sombre farewell, April 1943.

#20. An American soldier and his English girlfriend cuddle in Hyde Park, London, 1945.

#21. A soldier returns home, 1940s.

#22. Servicemen and downtown workers celebrate the news of a German surrender, 1945.

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