Gulf War: A Florida reservist says an emotional goodbye to his family before being deployed. The photo is part of “The American Soldier — A Photographic Tribute to Soldiers and Marines” exhibit at the Gerald R. Ford Museum.GRAND RAPIDS — A photo of an American World War II corporal leaning against a heap of blankets on the May 1995 cover of The New York Times Magazine captivated Cyma Rubin.
Maybe it was the way a cigarette hung from the soldier’s lips, or his dazed stare. Maybe it was his leisurely stance amid chaos. Reasons aside, the image — taken in France’s Vosges Mountains about a month before the Battle of the Bulge — was one Rubin could not forget
