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Henry Sugimoto, "Goodbye My Son"

In addition to fathers leaving their wives and children, they also left their mothers and fathers to go to war. This painting shows the pain and reluctance felt by parents when their sons had to leave the family to fight. This is also a scene that Sugimoto would have often seen.

Based on this original

Henry Sugimoto, "Goodbye My Son"
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Image of soldier saying goodbye to parents at Block 23, Mess Hall. Elderly mother in brown dress and white apron hugs her son in uniform as the father dressed in … More »


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