My grandfather sent me a picture yesterday from his time in WWII. He was recovering in Guam following an injury as a result of a shot down kamikaze fighter. My grandfather is 86 years old, and he was about 19 in the picture. It's a great picture simply because of that. It's a completely awesome picture because of the date written on the bottom. It says "[name], Agana Airfield, Guam, Aug. 14, 1945, The day the war was over". Pretty ridiculous picture.
My wife, who doesn't know her history as much as she should, asked the importance of that picture. I said it would be like having a picture of her relative in Ford's Theater on 4/14/1865 or Dallas Texas on 11/22/63, or in philadelphia on 7/4/1776. The inscription is soooo cool.