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Photographer Julian W. Moody of the 273rd Field Artillery Battalion snapped this photo of soldiers in Europe in 1944-45. The one at right brandishes a prized possession: an ornately decorated vase made from a humble shell casing. ((The National WWII Museum))
(The National WWII Museum)