Some of our favorite old WWII photos are couples saying goodbye, and then having a triumphant embrace and kiss upon their return.  We wanted to put together some of our favorite goodbye/return photos that capture the love between these couples during one of the hardest times in history.  

Soldiers kissing their sweethearts goodbye as troops leave for Egypt from Feltham Station, London, September 1935.  

 

A Soldier And His Girlfriend, Texas, USA, 1941.  Many couples got married shortly before or after enlisting, but before they left for war.  These would be the first couples to start the Baby Boomer generation upon their return.  Hit Next Page below for the rest of the photos.  

 

 

Three Lovely Ladies Embrace Their Military Beaus in the early 1942's before they leave for Duty.  Photo from the University of Miami.

London, 1940 - A woman leans over the railing to kiss a British soldier returning on leave from World War II.  The English troops were in the war before the Americans, so some of their pictures are earlier than ours.  

 

Under the light of the morning in Penn Station, New York, a couple says goodbye in early 1943 before a new enlistment leaves for the war.  

Couple In Penn Station Sharing Farewell Kiss Before He Ships Off To War, 1943

And Now, Photos of the Return Here we shift over to the photos taken at the end of the war as soldiers packed up and headed home.  They will bring a smile to your face...

Soldier kissing a Red Cross Nurse as He Heads Home, 1945

 

Servicemen And Downtown Workers Embrace And Kiss In The Street As Word Of Surrender Flashed Through The Nation, 1945

We see sheer exuberance and love as this soldier returns home to his love. Unknown photographer.

 

Soldier Is Welcomed Home At Long Beach Airport, 1945

A Young Woman Lifts Her Feet While Embracing And Kissing A Uniformed Us Soldier At The Train Station, Connecticut, 1945

Man Kisses His Wife After Coming Back From War, 1944

A Sailor Leans Over A Picket Fence And Lifts His Girlfriend Up For A Kiss, 1945

A New Zealand Soldier Kisses His Wife On His Return From Serving With The Armed Forces, 1945

Jean Moore Kneels And Kisses Her Fiancé, Wheelchair-Bound World War II Veteran Ralph Neppel, 1945

Soldier Is Greeted With A Kiss From His Ecstatic Wife As He Comes Home From France On Christmas

Women’s Army Corp Member Kissing Her Husband, Upon Discharge January 1, 1945

Marlene Dietrich kisses a GI as he arrives home from World War II in 1945

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