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A young girl with a parcel on her head touches the hand of a Marine as she passes. The Marine is looking back toward a group of other civilians fleeing the ruins of Seoul.

After breaking from the ruins, a girl locks fingers with a young Marine for a brief moment before fleeing. Seoul, South Korea, September 1950.