The best WWI soldier portrait w/ LP08

Big Norm · 06-25-2003, 12:50 PM

More likely the negative number since no family member would know his military serial number if he didn't come back.

I keep looking at these old photos and thinking 'if only pictures could talk'. What happened to this guy? Who was he? What was he going through when this picture was taken? Have modern family members forgotten him? And so on and so on. He may have been the enemy, but he was still human.

After reading so much about WWI, I have often thought that there was so much romanticism during this bloody period. Movie makers have missed so much. Like the French socialite who shot a French newspaper publisher before the war began because she was anti war and he was pro war. Or the German general on the Eastern front who was very aggresive and successful but was hated by the other German officers because he was clean shaven and smart. This Gerneral got himself out of position because he advanced too far. But, later, the German staff realized that he was in perfect position to destroy one of the two Russian armies moving in on Germany. And later, after the Russian General committed suicide because of his horrendous defeat, the German army allowed the Russian generals widow to search for and reclaim his body for proper burial. There are lots of untold stories that sound Hollywood but are true.
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06-25-2003, 12:50 PM	#1
Big Norm RIP Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: SE Michigan Posts: 1,864 Thanks: 1 Thanked 6 Times in 5 Posts	More likely the negative number since no family member would know his military serial number if he didn't come back. I keep looking at these old photos and thinking 'if only pictures could talk'. What happened to this guy? Who was he? What was he going through when this picture was taken? Have modern family members forgotten him? And so on and so on. He may have been the enemy, but he was still human. After reading so much about WWI, I have often thought that there was so much romanticism during this bloody period. Movie makers have missed so much. Like the French socialite who shot a French newspaper publisher before the war began because she was anti war and he was pro war. Or the German general on the Eastern front who was very aggresive and successful but was hated by the other German officers because he was clean shaven and smart. This Gerneral got himself out of position because he advanced too far. But, later, the German staff realized that he was in perfect position to destroy one of the two Russian armies moving in on Germany. And later, after the Russian General committed suicide because of his horrendous defeat, the German army allowed the Russian generals widow to search for and reclaim his body for proper burial. There are lots of untold stories that sound Hollywood but are true. Big Norm