Being 20, Shore Leave—Rome, 1946

This piece, St Peter's Square, 1946, is from the same series of images as below. I'll be working with these more and more in my new work.

B T W :  

Aboard ship, having fun when they could, these young sailors mug for the cameraman, my father. Remember, much of the time, war is fought by the brave and the young, the very young.