[French air force parachute, A parachutist landing safely on the ground, parachute still in the air at Paratrooper school in Avignon-Pujaut, France]

[Refugees from a fire waiting in front of Clinton Theatre, New York]

Having failed in their first attempt to take Hill 484, troops from the 3rd Battalion, 4th Marines drop back to a safe distance to allow air and artillery strikes to help dislodge the NVA defenders

Lady Pembroke (r) leading 15 English children who were evacuated from London, across the lawn of her Wilton House estate where she is providing them with safe shelter from possible German bombing attacks.

This man, age 81 lived in a cellar with his wife who was killed by a shell in 1916, during the four years of war. Although he was within the line of fire the Huns did not evacuate him to a safe place because his age would not permit him to work.