Pvt. Clarence C. Ware gives a last second touch to Pvt. Charles R. Plaudo’s war-paint, England, 1944.
Source: National Archives and Records ADministration
Lt. Chetwyn, An African soldier or ‘Askari’ on guard duty at No. 23 Air School at Waterkloof, Pretoria, South Africa, January 1943.
Source: Imperial War Museum
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George Silk, An Australian soldier, Private George “Dick” Whittington is aided by a Papuan orderly, Raphael Oimbari, Buna, Papua New Guinea, December 1942.
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Geller, Russia, soldier, horse in winter. Soldier with machine-pistol and white winter coat with a cart horse in snow-covered landscape, 1941.
Source: Deutsches Bundesarchiv (German Federal Archive)
A heavily-armed Nazi soldier carrying boxes full of ammunition during the Battle of the Bulge. Ardennes, Belgium, December 1944.
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A US soldier aiming his rifle at captured Nazi prisoners during the Battle of the Bulge. Ardennes, Belgium, 1944.
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John Phillips, A group of boys playing soldier in their yard, Ohio, USA, 1942.
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Wallace Kirkland, An American soldier preparing to board a train, with a picture of his sweetheart dangling from his pack, Australia, 1942.
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Bill Ray, A Vietnam War veteran amputee at a hospital, USA, 1967.
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