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Kinda creepy seeing them smile so hard given the WWI western front was as close to hell on earth as I pray we ever get to. I suppose they’re likely far enough off the LOC to be somewhat better off.
Yeah. Even the smell would start to unnerve you, just a strong smell of death in the air way before you got close enough to see or hear it. I agree, I think if they're smiling like that they're pretty far back from the front.
I figure there’s also a decent chance they were told to smile by the photographer for propaganda purposes, although their smiles aren’t looking particularly forced.
Yeah, could be. The girl in the back's smile looks a little fake-y, too. Look at the eyes.
Omg, it isn't, but for a second I imagined that was the shellshock smile :'(.
But I'm sure it was about as horrible.
That was before they were told there was gonna be a sequel . /s