Soldiers Sleeping

One of my (and your) favourite posts is soldiers sleeping in World War One; today, more of these touching wartime moments of peace.

Paul Schutzer, LIFE © Time Inc.

Exhausted American Marines sleep in a train after intense fighting in the Vietnam War, 1965. Source

British troops sleep in a trench in Tunisia, c. 1942. Source

A gun crew aboard a battleship catch some sleep while they can, WWII. Source

George Strock, LIFE © Time Inc.

Soldiers sleep in a crowded bunker [as noted by the caption; it looks more like the back of a truck], Texas, 1941. Source

Two British artillery men sleep on a limber in France, near Ypes, 1917. Source

George Silk, LIFE © Time Inc.

American soldiers sleep in a dugout during a lull in the fighting, Anzio, Italy, 1944. Source

Margaret Bourke-White, LIFE © Time Inc.

B-17 bomber crewmen catch some sleep before receiving the day's orders, England, 1942. Source

A British soldier sleeps in a foxhole in Germany, 1945. Source

Carl Mydans, LIFE LIFE © Time Inc.

Finnish soldiers sleep during a break in the Russo-Finnish war, 1940. Source

A British scout car driver sleeps in his vehicle in France, 1940. Source

A Gurkha soldier sleeps in the trenches in Palestine, 1917. Source

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A British soldier sleeps in a shallow foxhole in Libya, 1941. Source

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Two sleeping Marines share their foxhole with a Okinawan boy, Ryukyu Islands, 1945. Source

Stokers nap in between watches on a battleship, 1940. Source

RAF airmen sleep in their billet in France, c. 1940. Source

A British sailor sleeps by the ship's wheel, WWII. Source

Carl Mydans, LIFE © Time Inc.

American soldier sleeps on rocks during the advance towards Rome, 1944. Source

John Dominis, LIFE LIFE © Time Inc.

US Marines sleep after a meal, Thailand, 1961. Source

Carl Mydans, LIFE © Time Inc.

A soldier sleeps on a break from action in the fight for Southern France, 1944. Source