German Red Cross nurses on a military train before heading to the Eastern Front from Leipzig Central Station; Germany, 1943.

Leaving to treat the wounded

A crowd of friends and relatives at the train station in Nashville, Tennessee say farewell to their young volunteers as they leave for military service, following America's entry into the war; early 1942.

Patriotic send-off

Two dejected German women sitting on what used to be a park bench, surrounded by destroyed buildings; Cologne, Germany, 1945. 