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![[Soldier looking at a statue of the Madonna and Child in a church, probably in Europe during World War II]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTEvMDgvc29sZGllci1sb29raW5nLWF0LWEtc3RhdHVlLW9mLXRoZS1tYWRvbm5hLWFuZC1jaGlsZC1pbi1hLWNodXJjaC1wcm9iYWJseS1pbi1lZWIyYzUtMTAyNC5qcGc%3D/320/328/jpg "[Soldier looking at a statue of the Madonna and Child in a church, probably in Europe during World War II]")
![[World War I Infantry soldiers, standing in front of photographers backdrop]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MTQvMDEvMDEvd29ybGQtd2FyLWktaW5mYW50cnktc29sZGllcnMtc3RhbmRpbmctaW4tZnJvbnQtb2YtcGhvdG9ncmFwaGVycy1iYWNrZHJvcC02NDAuanBn/40/62/webp "[World War I Infantry soldiers, standing in front of photographers backdrop]")
![[World War I soldier with American flag in background]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTIvMTEvd29ybGQtd2FyLWktc29sZGllci13aXRoLWFtZXJpY2FuLWZsYWctaW4tYmFja2dyb3VuZC00ZmQ0MzEtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/61/webp "[World War I soldier with American flag in background]")
![[European refugees in Germany during World War II]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5NDUvMDEvMDEvZXVyb3BlYW4tcmVmdWdlZXMtaW4tZ2VybWFueS1kdXJpbmctd29ybGQtd2FyLWlpLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/18/webp "[European refugees in Germany during World War II]")
![[Confederate and Spanish American war monument at the historic courthouse on the square in Carrollton, Alabama]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTAvMDEvMDEvY29uZmVkZXJhdGUtYW5kLXNwYW5pc2gtYW1lcmljYW4td2FyLW1vbnVtZW50LWF0LXRoZS1oaXN0b3JpYy1jb3VydGhvdXNlLW9uLTItNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/33/webp "[Confederate and Spanish American war monument at the historic courthouse on the square in Carrollton, Alabama]")
![[Group of men, probably war veterans posed in front of building with Monroe on it]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MTUvMDEvMDEvZ3JvdXAtb2YtbWVuLXByb2JhYmx5LXdhci12ZXRlcmFucy1wb3NlZC1pbi1mcm9udC1vZi1idWlsZGluZy13aXRoLW1vbnJvZS1vbi02NDAuanBn/40/29/webp "[Group of men, probably war veterans posed in front of building with Monroe on it]")
