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Old May 22nd, 2008, 09:23 AM
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Re: The Face of War


I've been waiting to see this fellow on the site at some time. And here he is. As far as I know, this is a pretty famous image that is one of maybe five lifted from a newsreel about the Ardennes Offensive (The Battle of the Bulge). There's at least one of him eating something, possibly chocolate 'liberated' from an ambushed US supply column. Many pics from that battle show German troops with American cigarettes, chocolate, M1 Carbines and waterproof ponchos among other things.
When I first saw the pictures of this man, I felt like I knew him, or that he was familiar which of course, is absurd. I wonder if anybody here knows anything about him. The look on his face in this shot breaks my heart.
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