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Times change. Nothing remains the same forever. But as you can see from these heartwarming pictures compiled by Bored Panda, one thing doesn't change no matter how much time passes, and that's love.
Usually when we say goodbye to somebody, we're pretty sure that we're going to see them again, and soon. But many of the people in the photographs below, taken during WW2, had no idea if they were ever going to be reunited with their loved ones again. And sadly, many weren't.
These pictures serve to remind us that life is short, so don't wait until Valentine's Day to tell somebody you love them. Tell them today!
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#1
Korean War Goodbye Kiss, Los Angeles, Sept. 6, 1950
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#2
American Soldiers Getting Last Kiss On Ship Before Deployment To Egypt, 1963
#3
A Sailor Kissing A Nurse In New York's Times Square. This Iconic Photo Symbolizes The End Of World War II, 1945
#4
A Young Woman Lifts Her Feet While Embracing And Kissing A Uniformed Us Soldier At The Train Station, Connecticut, 1945
#5
Farewell To Departing Troops At New York's Penn Station, April 1943
#6
A Woman Leans Over The Railing To Kiss A British Soldier Returning From World War II, London, 1940
Saadia Pathan 8 years ago
I think this is my favourite, a happy kiss and just look at how they're reaching for each other!
#7
Jean Moore Kneels And Kisses Her Fiancé, Wheelchair-Bound World War II Veteran Ralph Neppel, 1945
#8
A Soldier Comes Home From War, 1940s
#9
Saying Goodbye At The Train Station Before Departing To WWII
#10
American Soldier Kissing His English Girlfriend On Lawn In Hyde Park, 1945
#11
Farewell To Departing Troops At New York's Penn Station, April 1943
#12
Soldiers Departing For Egypt Lean Out Of Their Windows To Kiss Their Loved Ones Goodbye, 1935
Michel Guntern 8 years ago
There's not enough women to go round. Love the kissing platform around the train.
#13
An English ATS And Eighth Air Force Sergeant Enjoy A Blissful Kiss, 1945
#14
English Soldiers Saying Goodbye To Their Wives, Getting Ready To Go To Egypt, 1937
Paul Nuttall 8 years ago
My grandad went to North Africa in ww2 and was killed there , never seeing his beautiful daughter , my mum.
#15
A Sailor Leans Over A Picket Fence And Lifts His Girlfriend Up For A Kiss, 1945
#16
Saying Farewell To Departing Troops At New York's Penn Station, April 1943
#17
A British Soldier Whispers Into The Ear Of A Loved One As He Leaves For The Front, 1939
#18
Coffee Served On Porch Of Ante-Bellum Mansion, At Party For Cadets From Local Army Flying School, Mississippi, US, 1943
#19
US Soldier Tenderly Kissing His Girlfriend Goodbye Before Departing By Train, 1922
#20
A Young Woman On Roller Skates And Her Soldier Honey, 1940s
#21
US Soldier Giving Japanese Girl A Bicycle Ride, With Handlebar Riding Forbidden, 1946, Japan
#23
A Girl Climbs To Say Her Goodbye To A Soldier Going Off To Fight In World War II, 1940
#24
A British Soldier Kisses His Wife On His Return From Serving With The Armed Forces, 1945
#26
A Kiss In Times Square Displays The Mood Of The World On V-E Day, New York, May 8, 1945
#27
Young Couple Chalking Hearts Onto A Tree, Valentine's Day, 1944
#28
Servicemen And Downtown Workers Embrace And Kiss In The Street As Word Of Surrender Flashed Through The Nation, 1945
#29
Us Soldier And Local Girl Sharing A Chocolate Bar And Cigarettes, 1940s
#30
A Member Of The 1st Battalion Of The Manchester Regiment During A Quayside Reunion At Southampt Before The Unit Moves Onto Egypt
#32
A Soldier Saying Goodbye To His Wife In Seattle, Leaving For World War I, 1917
#33
Soldier Is Welcomed Home At Long Beach Airport, 1945
#34
An American GI And His French Girlfriend Holding One Another While On A Date, 1940s
Dorothy-Clare Jacobs 8 years ago
How do we know she is French? Are there palm trees in France? I wonder where this was taken?
#35
An American Soldier And A Frenchwoman Kissing In A Picture That Raised Eyebrows After Appearing In Life Magazine, 1944
#36
Man Kisses His Wife After Coming Back From War, 1940s
#37
Saying Farewell To Departing Troops At New York's Penn Station, April 1943
#38
Soldier Kissing A Red Cross Nurse, 1945
#39
Women’s Army Corp Member Kissing Her Husband, Upon Discharge January 1, 1945
ImGayForGreenDay 5 years ago
Awwwe, so cute that she and him look so happy to be together again.
#40
Anglo-American Friendship Is Furthered By Boy And Girl Meetings In Hyde Park, 1945
#42
A Russian Woman Cries Reunited With A Soldier Returning After The War, 1945
#43
World War Two Farewell Kiss, Between 1940-1945
#44
D. Brown Kissing Her Fiance Terry Under The Mistletoe, On Board The HMS Wakeful At Portsmout, 1955
#45
A Couple Celebrate The Victory On May 8, 1945
Karen Kachadurian 8 years ago
I'm surprised that the solider carries a helmet from WWI, doesn't make any sense. That is a "dough boy" helmet.
#46
Evacuated French Troops Relax On An English Beach
#47
Actress Martha O’driscoll Kisses A Soldier Goodbye In Los Angeles, 1941
#49
Comrades Heckle Soldier Kissing His Girlfriend Goodbye Before Leaving Waterloo Station, London, 1939
#50
A British Tommie Bestows A Last Kiss Upon His Rhineland Sweetheart As His Detachment Leaves For England As They Evacuate Germany. Konigstein, Germany, September 1929
#51
An American Soldier Leans Over The Side Of An Army Vehicle As He Kisses A French Woman On A Bicycle During The Liberation Of Paris, 1944
#52
Three Lovely Ladies Embrace Their Military Beaus, 1940s
YOM SAMEACH 3 years ago
Notice how the women have such natural faces, no heavy make up, they look gorgeous.
#55
Husbands Kiss Their Wives After Coming Back From War, 1940s
#56
Couple Laughing In A Park, California, 1943
Miroslav Furac 8 years ago
Yes, even German soldiers had wives, girlfriends, parents, children. .. 7d001346d1...6c11a3.jpg 
#57
Soldier Is Greeted With A Kiss From His Ecstatic Wife As He Comes Home From France On Christmas
#59
Couple In Penn Station Sharing Farewell Kiss Before He Ships Off To War, 1943
#61
A U.S. Officer And His Girl Walk By The Serpentine In Hyde Park, London, 1945
Redscrambled 8 years ago
Stunning photographs!!! We owe them so much. They gave everything for freedom Thank you!!!!
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steunited1969 1 year ago
The boy in the photo is my wife's dad and is now 82
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Jeanne Deaux 8 years ago
Family of American soldiers: you will probably never know how grateful we, French people (well, those knowing history I mean, kids don't know s**t these days), are that you came to our rescue in 1945. Without you we would speak German today and say "Hay Furher" all day long. Thank you for your sacrifices, they weren't for nothing.
Kpucine Lapaq's 8 years ago
I agree with you. But I'm a kid and I'm French and I know history ;)
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Daria B 8 years ago
This list is interesting, but let's not romanticise the ugly side of humanity. There's nothing cute about wars, neither so about sending your loved one to the battlefield. All these people in the photos are (or were) in terrible pain.
Igor Vihnanek 8 years ago
well the whole point of this is to show what you lose with wars..
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steunited1969 1 year ago
The boy in the photo is my wife's dad and is now 82
Load More Replies... Jeanne Deaux 8 years ago
Family of American soldiers: you will probably never know how grateful we, French people (well, those knowing history I mean, kids don't know s**t these days), are that you came to our rescue in 1945. Without you we would speak German today and say "Hay Furher" all day long. Thank you for your sacrifices, they weren't for nothing.
Kpucine Lapaq's 8 years ago
I agree with you. But I'm a kid and I'm French and I know history ;)
Load More Replies... Daria B 8 years ago
This list is interesting, but let's not romanticise the ugly side of humanity. There's nothing cute about wars, neither so about sending your loved one to the battlefield. All these people in the photos are (or were) in terrible pain.
Igor Vihnanek 8 years ago
well the whole point of this is to show what you lose with wars..
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