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World War One Photo: Bullecourt
The picture looks like ground zero. Soldiers and men, slowly emerge from the debris. The back of the photo reads “near Bullecourt,” France. A village prone to devastation, it was destroyed in the sixteenth century, and then in 1917. The … Continue reading
World War One Photo: Mont St. Kemmel
In a shell hole… A brief respite; return to mother earth. Men that have seen too much bloodshed take a moment to shave.
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Cambrai Cathedral: World War One Photo
It is a picture of Gothic splendour in black and white gone terribly wrong. Where once faithful men and women stood, only trenches of wood and scattered chairs remain. The apse and the alter stand defiantly against the destruction; a … Continue reading
