Lest we forget

Three battle-weary American soldiers are painted emerging from (or passing) a US Army truck. The men’s faces are grimy and bearded. Behind them stands an old woman wearing a full-length mink coat. She watches the soldiers, a spectator to war.


“GIs in Paris” by Floyd Davis. Davis served as a Life Magazine artist during WWII, where he was stationed in Paris, France.

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