American soldiers on their way home from World War II, 1945.

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image showing American soldiers on their way home from World War II, 1945.

mommarun on October 15th, 2018 at 11:56 UTC »

Plot twist: they sent them to Japan.

Stiouxy on October 15th, 2018 at 12:25 UTC »

I bet they were so fucked up the whole way home. I know I'd be.

Spooms2010 on October 15th, 2018 at 13:00 UTC »

My Australian Air Force father was in a boat from America to England later during that war, and he went on one of the large liners taking thousands of people each trip. He said they were only allowed one deck up or down so as not to tip the boat over. He was 19 years old and about to become a radio operator in Lancaster bombers. He said they sailed flat out to England and were told if you fell overboard, the boat would not stop! Apparently some fell overboard each trip, although he was told they were suicides of men who already had PTSD, or shell shock as it was called, and didn’t want to go back into battle. Amazing times.