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The world was about to change in the summer of 1941. As the war was just around the corner, young people all over the United States lost their last moments of innocence. Photographer Alfred Eisenstaedt took these pictures of youth and hope, showing a time when graduation, friends, and dreams for the future were all what mattered.
#1: The Sea of Caps and Gowns
In June 1941, at the graduation ceremony for Mansfield Senior High School, rows of students sat in their caps and gowns, ready to get their diplomas. This happened just a few months before the attack on Pearl Harbor. It was a brief moment of happiness and success for everyone in a small town in the Midwest.
