I wonder what happened to this couple. It’s possible that this photo was staged for the war effort. Also, take a look at the soldiers milling about in the background.
![Washington, D.C. Sailor taking a picture of his girlfriend at a monument in front of the Capitol on a Sunday afternoon Washington, D.C. Sailor taking a picture of his girlfriend at a monument in front of the Capitol on a Sunday afternoon](https://ghostsofdc.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/7/2012/12/8d26783u.jpg)
This photo reminds me of this one, also from World War II.
Update: Sorry we mislabeled this as a soldier. We are clearly not experts in military attire and were rightly corrected by the readers in the comments below.