Putting some Castle militaria in context.
Clearly a posed photo. The bubba behind the shield is pretending to be ready to throw his grenade, yet the cap is still on the bottom, where the fuze string (that you pull before throwing) is. Besides, everybody is awfully calm for the enemy being in hand grenade range, with the machine gun being unmounted and unloaded... But I'm all about the Trench Shield Grenade Boy is standing behind. Because we have one, a battlefield recovery from Cambrai.
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May 13 2014, 08:34 AM
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Argghhh! The Home Of Two Of Jonah's Military Guys..