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Color photo of a French soldier using a listening device to track aircraft, WW1, 1914-1918 (lemmy.world)
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[–] greyhaven7@lemmy.world 13 points 2 years ago (1 children)

He stood there for 4 years. Wow.

[–] Spaghetti_Hitchens@kbin.social 8 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Look. World wars are no joke.

[–] TurnItOff_OnAgain@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Just imagine another soldier running by, jumping, and blowing ass right into those things.

[–] Swim@lemmynsfw.com 1 points 2 years ago

you likely hear someone coming miles away

[–] funker@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

you forget the kick

[–] guyrocket@kbin.social 4 points 2 years ago

François loved listening for enemy planes. Except when Pierre came along and screamed into the device. That motherfucking Pierre!

[–] iamanurd@midwest.social 2 points 2 years ago

Pretty cool, but couldn’t he use a smell-o-scope?