On July 4, 1944, this American GI celebrates America’s 168th birthday somewhere in France by sharing candy with these grateful but somber girls. According to this website, the soldier is Sgt. Walter Goworek of Jersey City, NJ.

USMC photo, via Wikimedia Commons.

In what would be the final Fourth of July of the War, American Marines parade through Paris a hundred years ago today, July 4, 1918.