Soldiers returning home

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We should warn our readers that some of these pictures may upset them, while others may fill them with joy. But that's precisely because these images reflect some of the best and worst parts of the human experience and world events – our suffering and our triumphs, our perseverance and our failures, our compassion and our hatred, our intelligence and our stupidity.

A look into the life of the American soldier.

Navy nurse kissing her sailor before deployment

Soldiers return home from deployment to surprise their families and pets in this heartwarming compilation. Words are not enough, thank you we appreciate you.

Military man embracing his daughter after coming back home. American serviceman surprising his wife and daughter with his return. Army soldier reuniting with his family after deployment.

German POW Heinz Pelschner is reunited with his wife after being released by the Americans, June 1945. Both British and Americans moved fast to release the bulk of German POWs since the logistics of keeping them at POW camps was prohibitive. Only those who were flagged by intelligence or were discovered to hold senior ranks remained incarcerated awaiting further interrogation and processing.

The photo of a German prisoner of war returning to his hometown of Frankfurt to discover his house bombed and his family no longer there, shows the kind the depressing…