If you zoom in they all look so young. They are all basically kids. And in a couple hours a good chunk of them will have been killed/disabled for life and/or done the same to another human.
War is a terrible thing. Entire generations of teens and men are lost. It’s why Putin’s war is unbelievably wasteful. There was no reason to fight, he just did it to keep unrest down. People like him are monsters.
Yeah I listened and started studying the faces. I dont like what I saw. I’m pretty sure I’m older than many of the dudes in this picture (at the time it was taken) and I’m not that old.
He’s a corporal, so he’s been in the Army a few years. He’s probably 22 years old, unless he was an Eagle Scout before joining, then he might be 19, since Eagle Scouts get an automatic PFC rank after basic. So he’s somewhere between 19-22, he just has a baby face. The average age of US soldiers in WWII was 26 years old, but skewed younger as the war dragged on. These men would have been between 17 years old (with parental consent) and their late 20’s.
I felt like I had it all figured out when I was 19 in the Army. It wasn’t until a few years later that I realized I didn’t know shit. These men are young, kids really, but it doesn’t feel appropriate to call them boys considering everything they’ve done to get into this picture, and everything they did after it was taken. They had the weight of the world thrust upon them, and they shouldered it like men.
I’d say I’m relieved but not really. Thank you for the information nonetheless. That is definitely a baby face if I ever seen one but the man has a soldier’s record.
The soldier at the focal point in this picture looks like a child, no older than 15.
If you zoom in they all look so young. They are all basically kids. And in a couple hours a good chunk of them will have been killed/disabled for life and/or done the same to another human.
War is a terrible thing. Entire generations of teens and men are lost. It’s why Putin’s war is unbelievably wasteful. There was no reason to fight, he just did it to keep unrest down. People like him are monsters.
Hear hear.
True, but that guy in particular looks ridiculously young. If I was just seeing his face I’d assume he was 11 or 12.
Yeah I listened and started studying the faces. I dont like what I saw. I’m pretty sure I’m older than many of the dudes in this picture (at the time it was taken) and I’m not that old.
Trust me, it only gets more tragic as you age.
He’s a corporal, so he’s been in the Army a few years. He’s probably 22 years old, unless he was an Eagle Scout before joining, then he might be 19, since Eagle Scouts get an automatic PFC rank after basic. So he’s somewhere between 19-22, he just has a baby face. The average age of US soldiers in WWII was 26 years old, but skewed younger as the war dragged on. These men would have been between 17 years old (with parental consent) and their late 20’s.
How does the corporal stand to the others in the picture?
I like that you’re bringing facts into this, but that still seems fuckin young. Maybe I’m just getting old though
I felt like I had it all figured out when I was 19 in the Army. It wasn’t until a few years later that I realized I didn’t know shit. These men are young, kids really, but it doesn’t feel appropriate to call them boys considering everything they’ve done to get into this picture, and everything they did after it was taken. They had the weight of the world thrust upon them, and they shouldered it like men.
I’d say I’m relieved but not really. Thank you for the information nonetheless. That is definitely a baby face if I ever seen one but the man has a soldier’s record.