The Basket
Senior Master Sergeant
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- Jun 27, 2007
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Don't see any insignia, but he must be a NCO- has a holster for a 1911 on his web belt-right hand side. Big fella, too!
Saw this article a while back, a bit of a read but pretty heartbreaking. A peek at the true cost of war. Faces of War | Arts & Culture | Smithsonian
My guess- a Hospital in occupied France-any way of knowing where this foto was taken, and when??
My guess- a Hospital in occupied France-any way of knowing where this foto was taken, and when??
Thanks for the clarification. HansieHi Hansie.
In Australia. Original caption mentions 2,000 returned soldiers living out their remaining life in nursing homes.
Indeed- having to live out your life with such a disfigurement- "There is no glory in War- only death, doom and destruction"--Not sure who first said this, but this photo shows the destruction of a human life-and for what gain or purpose, I wonder??I could not begin to imagine.
Harrow- isn't that a private preparatory school, like Eton??Harrowing shot.