Infantrymen grab sleep where they can. Normandy, France, July 1944.

Source: National Archives (111-SC-191444)

Bill Mauldin worked for Stars and Stripes during the war. His cartoons were viewed by GIs serving in Europe.

Source: Copyright 1945 by Bill Mauldin. Displayed courtesy of the William Mauldin Estate.

Army portrait of Leo Goldberg. Before he was drafted, Goldberg worked in Waterbury's defense industry.

Source: Leo Goldberg

Leo Goldberg was born in Manhattan on July 25, 1919, and grew up in Brooklyn. He tried to enlist in the army after he graduated from high school but was rejected because of poor eyesight. After a series of low-paying jobs, Goldberg headed to Waterbury in July of 1940, hoping . . .

Leo Goldberg, behind the wheel, moved to Waterbury from Brooklyn, NY to find work. 1940.

Source: Leo Goldberg

Leo Goldberg, here in 1942, worked as a saw sharpener at the Scovill Manufacturing Company in Waterbury.

Source: Leo Goldberg

Leo Goldberg and "Baby Doll" near Nancy, France.

Source: Leo Goldberg

Leo Goldberg had never been horseback riding before he moved to Waterbury in search of work in the defense industry.

Source: Leo Goldberg

I enjoyed the whole concept of military life.

Seeing wounded American soldiers changed his mind about "the enemy."

The friendliness of Waterbury quickly captured this New York native.

Factories in Waterbury, CT, "Brass City." September 1940.

Source: Library of Congress (LC-USF34-041691-D)

Mom and kids outside a Waterbury home. ca. 1940.

Source: John and Blanche Bellino and Family

The Waterbury Green. October 1946

Source: Republican-American, Waterbury, Connecticut