WWII American Soldiers in Roman Baths
The Allied campaign to win back Europe in World War II started by retaking North Africa, fighting against Hitler's Afrika Korps. These photos were taken in 1943 by LIFE photographer Eliot Elisofon, who accompanied the American troops.
When the American troops reached Gafsa, Tunisia, they found Roman baths, including this swimming pool, still working after thousands of years. What a relief after marching through the desert!
The men lost no time in taking advantage of the pool.
A soldier working up his courage to dive in.
Another soldier atop the wall on the right, even higher up.
And there he goes.
Swimsuits? We don't need no stinkin' swimsuits!
3 comments:
When I wss a kid, up through my college years, we swam bare-ass at the YMCA, our high school and college swimming classes were naked. Nobody gave a damn, and we all survived just fine.
Isn't that swimming pool amazing? It must have been like arriving in heaven for those boys.
Erfrischendes Bad im römischen Bad von Gafsa, Amerikanischen Soldaten treten in die Fußstapfen der Römer.
In Nordafrika gibt es viele griechisch-römischer Bäder, von der Oase Siwa in Ägypten bis zu Essaihine in Algerien.
Der Nordafrika Feldzung war für das Afrikakorps ein großer Verlust. Für die amerikanische Armee ein Seigesbad in Gafsa.
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