An American serviceman shares his rations with two Japanese children on the island of Okinawa, 1945.

    by FeminineFrost

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    1. Chance_Apple_5752 on

      pics like this hit me right in the feels, mate. It’s like we forget these were real ppl, not some old timey movie characters

    2. LavenderLioness_ on

      I can still remember giving a kid of essentially the same look as the one pictured, my twizzlers out my MRE on patrol one day in marjah. He was so happy. I’ll always remember his smile.

    3. Hearts and minds, I would always give kids my candy out my MREs when I was in Afghanistan. The kids can’t help where they are at and at the very least we should come off friendly to them.

    4. improbable_humanoid on

      The Japanese army (successfully) convinced many Okinawans that they would be better off killing themselves with grenades rather than falling into the hands of the Americans.

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