National Archives: Little boy kneels at grave"During the war, the Russian little boys and girls, they didn't know how to smile. They had a great big hospital, in Anhime Germany, and all these people in this hospital were prisoners. They were Russian people the Germans took. I remember a little Russian girl… The Russian children love flowers. On Sunday, they dress up in their best; they carry flowers. Now, I would go and visit, [and] their mother's and dad's would come out. And I put my arm around a little Russian girl, and she was scared to death! She didn't know how to smile. I have pictures of all these kids, beautiful kids, but when the boys and girls in America don't smile, then this country's in bad shape. Because the kids over there had nothing to smile for."—Chuck Seibold
National Archives: Two girls saddened and confused at the site of a wounded GI in the street. August 9 1943 in Sicily"Then when meal time came, we'd sit on a curb, we ate G.I…you ever hear of Spam? Well, we had that. And that and that and that and that…we had it all the time. But we ate it. Little boy come up and sit beside me, I gave him my lunch, and then I walked him home. And then, I said to myself, 'That's what I want to do when I come home, I want to work with kids.' I've been working with kids ever since 1945."—Chuck Seibold
