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Friday, December 23, 2022
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This was listed as "Soldiers" on a military themed resale web page,
but no date or nationality was given. Looks World War I to me.
When my Spanish grandfather was a volunteer in the French army, they had fits if anyone pissed or spit in the water they bathed in. Remember communicable diseases were widespread in Europe at that time. Things like malaria, typhoid and especially tuberculosis were VERY REAL health threats, thus guys would be pissed off if you pissed or spat in the water! -Rj
Someone had a loving mother to knit him those shorts. If there's anything I am grateful for, it's to be of the "Nylon generation". Those wool trunks were the end. I inherited a pair in my early youth. They got sodden and pick up any speed in the water and the drag would pull them off. Still, he didn't know any better and looks happy enough.
Yes, definitely WWI. Whenever I gaze at these images, I always wonder what happened to these men. Did they survive? Were they maimed? And if they lived, they lived on only to see their sons go off to war a generation later but with far greater justification. There was never so egregious a war and its repercussions will echo down the ages for its consequences.
I always ask the same questions. Sad to think that many of them likely didn't survive. That's what makes these photos so special. In that moment, they were happy and having fun. Later?
My grandfather who served in WW1 in France, rarely spoke of his war experiences they were so traumatic to him. But he did say he blamed those damned royal families all related to each other as despicable. Almost like incest, and fine young men had to die for the sake of those bastards and bitches vanity. Their sons, if they served, went in as privileged, catered to officers. Everyone else's son was a grunt to be sacrificed for nothing. Mere targets for death. Another thing that upset him were the women of the royal families dressed up as nurses tending to the troops for propaganda photo ops. Women who had servants do EVERYTHING for them, catering to their slightest whims. This went for BOTH sides. Many of the WW1 veterans were left disillusioned and became political extremist left and right planting the seeds of WW2. As far as my grandfather was concerned the royal heads of Britain, Germany, Austria-Hungary, Russia, Belgium and Romania they can burn in HELL. - Rj/IE
Any one else notice the guy pissing?
ReplyDeleteYes, and I'm not sure if he actually was or somebody altered the photo after the fact.
DeleteWhen my Spanish grandfather was a volunteer in the French army, they had fits if anyone pissed or spit in the water they bathed in. Remember communicable diseases were widespread in Europe at that time.
DeleteThings like malaria, typhoid and especially tuberculosis were VERY REAL health threats, thus guys would be pissed off if you pissed or spat in the water! -Rj
Someone had a loving mother to knit him those shorts. If there's anything I am grateful for, it's to be of the "Nylon generation". Those wool trunks were the end. I inherited a pair in my early youth. They got sodden and pick up any speed in the water and the drag would pull them off. Still, he didn't know any better and looks happy enough.
ReplyDeleteYes, definitely WWI. Whenever I gaze at these images, I always wonder what happened to these men. Did they survive? Were they maimed? And if they lived, they lived on only to see their sons go off to war a generation later but with far greater justification. There was never so egregious a war and its repercussions will echo down the ages for its consequences.
ReplyDeleteI always ask the same questions. Sad to think that many of them likely didn't survive. That's what makes these photos so special. In that moment, they were happy and having fun. Later?
DeleteMy grandfather who served in WW1 in France, rarely spoke of his war experiences they were so traumatic to him. But he did say he blamed those damned royal families all related to each other as despicable.
DeleteAlmost like incest, and fine young men had to die for the sake of those bastards and bitches vanity. Their sons, if they served, went in as privileged, catered to officers. Everyone else's son was a grunt to be sacrificed for nothing. Mere targets for death. Another thing that upset him were the women of the royal families dressed up as nurses tending to the troops for propaganda photo ops. Women who had servants do EVERYTHING for them, catering to their slightest whims. This went for BOTH sides. Many of the WW1 veterans were left disillusioned and became political extremist left and right planting the seeds of WW2.
As far as my grandfather was concerned the royal heads of Britain, Germany, Austria-Hungary, Russia, Belgium and Romania they can burn in HELL.
- Rj/IE