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G.I. gets a belated Christmas gift, late due to the Battle of the Bulge. Belgium, January 1945. |
Shown are WACs of the 2nd War Company, Norfolk Air Base, Barracks A, HRPE, seated around a Christmas tree with their mascot dog. |
A Christmas party held at Admiralty House, London, 17 December 1942 for allied naval officers children. 'Father Christmas' in a costume and mask presents a young girl with a gift. |
1940s Bell telephone woman operator wartime Christmas. |
Pvt Walter Prsybyla of B Btry, 37th Field Artillery Regt, US 2nd Inf Div writing Christmas cards for friends and family from an artillery ammunition storehouse, Heckhalenfeld, Germany, 30 Nov 1944. |
US Army Pfc. W. J. Kessler, Pfc. J. L. Proffitt, Pvt. B. Narter, Cpl. T. J. Barnewski, and Pfc. J. Stoll handling Christmas packages from home for their artillery unit, Germany, 26 Nov 1944. |
An American soldier shares presents from home with Italian children during Christmas. |
December 1940 in a British bomb shelter. |
US Army Sergeant Joseph H. Kadlec delivering Christmas packages sent from home, near Aachen, Germany, 14 Nov 1944. |
An ATS girl kisses a soldier under some mistletoe held aloft by her friend, while their depot is preparing for Christmas Day. 20th December 1939 |
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S Army Pfc. Carl Anker, Pfc. Edmund Dill, and Sgt. Ted Bailey sharing the contents of the care package sent by Dill's wife for the Christmas holiday, somewhere in Europe, 18 Nov 1944. |
Wartime Christmas on Guadalcanal. |
An American soldier with Christmas presents from home. |
3rd ID Christmas dinner, Italy, 1943. |
Christmas shopping, 1945. |
Roosevelt addresses the crowd at the Christmas tree lighting ceremony from the White House South Portico on December 24, 1941. Churchill can be seen on the right. |
US 5th Armored Regiment tankers gathering around a fire and opening Christmas presents, near Eupen, 30 december 1944; note M4 Sherman tank. |
Soldier admires drawings on Christmas V Mail being sent to America from U.S. troops stationed in England, 1942. |
U.S. soldier eating ice cream with a little British boy at Christmas party given by troops of the USAAF Service Command for 100 English evacuees at a station "somewhere" in England, 1943. |
On a Red Cross Christmas Card, U.S. Soldiers in England sent home this scene showing a service at bombed St. Mark's Church, London. Dec. 28, 1942s |
Post office at Christmas time, Oak Ridge, 1944. |
Even Father Christmas follows the war time safety precautions as he arrives this year, complete with tin helmet and gas mask case, at London's famous Brompton road store, Harrods. 6th November 1939. |
War or no war, London stores are determined to have their usual pre-war Christmas season and display. 14 November, 1941. |
Canadian soldiers enjoying a few drinks on Christmas Day at the front, Ortona, Italy, December 25, 1943. |