A U.S. Marine reaches through the barbed wire of a civilian containment area to give a young Japanese boy candy during the Battle of Tinian.

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image showing A U.S. Marine reaches through the barbed wire of a civilian containment area to give a young Japanese boy candy during the Battle of Tinian.

Ludddi on September 1st, 2018 at 18:03 UTC »

That little boy lived through a huge part of history and it’s weird to think he probably doesn’t remember any of it because he was so young so couldn’t tell his children and grandchildren about it.

EDIT forgot a couple of words

CoherentBeam on September 1st, 2018 at 18:14 UTC »

Keanu Reeves being the cool guy as always.

huvu on September 1st, 2018 at 18:40 UTC »

This is honestly one of the most beautiful colorizations I've ever seen. It's amazing how lifelike it seems and how it makes such a long time ago feel so recent.