<![CDATA[This historical image captures a moment in June 1944, showing two American GIs talking with a member of the Swiss Guard in Vatican City...]]>This historical image captures a moment in June 1944, showing two American GIs talking with a member of the Swiss Guard in Vatican City...

The photo was taken shortly after liberation of Rome by Allied forces during WWII. This photograph endures as both a curious and profound juxtaposition, the armored Swiss Guard standing beside soldiers in steel helmets embodies a thousand years of human conflict, from sword to rifle, from honor to liberation.

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