War Photos

[Calzone Lord]

Originally Posted by MaTH716

Doug, No Kim Rice commentary?

I thought it was my Mom at first ...


Here's one with her. Current trainer Glenn Wismer is to her right.

[Calzone Lord]

More War Photos:


This one is probably a thousand times more sickening than the severed human head one ....







Sign says Mined area:




They are riding on cattle:

[GenuineRisk]

Thanks for sharing those, Doug. My grandfather (Navy veteran) never missed a WW2 movie or TV miniseries, but he would never talk about the war. He was very elderly when Saving Private Ryan came out, but insisted on being dropped off at the theater by himself- he wanted to watch it alone. My other grandfather came out of the war with a piece of metal in his head and spent the rest of his life drinking.

[Calzone Lord]

My grandfather would always tell me "better to be a living coward than a dead hero" and made me promise I'd never join the military.

[Calzone Lord]

* They did an article on my father when he was 10-years-old because he called up the newspaper and asked for gambling odds:

[GenuineRisk]

Originally Posted by Calzone Lord

My grandfather would always tell me "better to be a living coward than a dead hero" and made me promise I'd never join the military.

Makes me think of the line by that great philosopher, Bret Maverick: "My Pappy always said, 'A coward dies a thousand deaths, a hero dies but one.' A thousand to one is pretty good odds."

[jms62]

They don't make them like they did back then. Myself most certainly INCLUDED...