In wartime, it is easy to only see the bad in the world: violence, death, suffering, division, pain, and loss. These may be overwhelming. It may be hard to see anything but horror as if all the love has vanished from the world.
It is important to remember that despite the worst that befalls man, there is always love. There is always hope. Always something to fight for. Something to return home to.
A British soldier kisses his wife on his return from serving in the Armed Forces, 1945. boredpandaA British soldier whispers into the ear of a loved one as he leaves for The Front, 1939. boredpandaA couple in Penn Station sharing a goodbye kiss before his heads off to War, 1943. boredpandaA farewell to departing troops at New York’s Penn Station, April 1943. boredpandaA GI and his girlfriend walk arm-in-arm among the sheep in Kensington Gardens, London, 1945. boredpandaA GI leaning out of the window of the train Los Angeles as he departs for the Korean War, September 6, 1950. boredpandaA girl climbs to say goodbye to a soldier going off to fight in World War II, 1940. boredpandaA sad farewell to departing troops at New York’s Penn Station, April 1943. boredpandaA sad farewell to the departing troops at New York’s Penn Station, April 1943. boredpandaA sailor kissing a nurse in New York’s Times Square. This iconic photograph symbolizes the end of World War II, 1945. boredpandaA sailor leans over a picket fence and lifts his girlfriend up for a kiss, 1945. boredpandaA soldier comes home from war, 1940s. boredpandaA US Soldier giving a Japanese girl a bicycle ride, with handlebar riding forbidden, 1946, Japan. boredpandaA woman leans over the railing to kiss a British Soldier returning from World War II, London, 1940. boredpandaA young woman lifts her feet while embracing and kissing a uniformed US Soldier at the New Hope Train Station. Connecticut, 1945. boredpandaA young woman on roller skates with her uniformed squeeze, 1940. boredpandaAmerican soldiers getting one last kiss through the windows of the ship before being deployed to Egypt, 1963. boredpandaAn American soldier kissing his English girlfriend on the grass in Hyde Park, London, 1945. boredpandaAn English ATS and an Air Force Sergeant kiss under a tree, 1945. boredpandaCoffee has been served on the porch of an Ante-Bellum Mansion, at a party for Cadets from local Army Flying School, Mississippi, US, 1943. boredpandaEnglish soldiers saying goodbye to their wifes, getting ready to go to Egypt, 1937. boredpandaJean Moore kneels and kisses her fiance, wheelchair-bound World War II veteran Ralph Neppel, 1945. boredpandaSaying goodbye at the train station before departing to WWII. boredpandaSoldiers departing for Egypt lean out of the train windows to give their loved ones one last kiss. 1935 boredpandaUS Soldier kissing his girlfriend goodbye before departing on the train, 1922. boredpandaA kiss in Times Square displaying the elation of the World on V-E Day, New York, May 8, 1945. boredpandaA young couple chalking hearts onto a tree, Valentine’s Day, 1944. boredpandaServicemen and workers hug and kiss in the streets as the news spread of the victory in Europe, 1945. boredpandaA member of the 1 Battalion of the Manchester Regiment during a Quayside Reunion at Southampton before the unit moves onto Egypt. boredpandaA sailor presenting his girlfriend with a gift, California, 1943. boredpandaA soldier saying goodbye to his wife before leaving for World War 1, Seattle, 1917. boredpanda
