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From Slovakia, RKT Augustín MalárAttached FilesLast edited by Sepp45; 04-09-2013, 11:15 PM.
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Sadly no picture with this one (!) but I thought it might be of interest. From the book "Russian Asphalt" by Hazel Toon-Thorn (2014 LAH publishing):-
The LAH veteran George Ott recounts his experiences in Russia in December 1943 (p.61):-
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"Each new day brought a new plague of snow, ice and bitter cold. Our appearance became worse with every day which passed, so that one could not differentiate between us and the Ivan - unwashed from lack of time, torn and dirty with no time to darn and mend, beards like U-boat captains - lack of razor blades and soap, and we were always scratching because of the lice, from which some of us had open wounds on our legs/ bodies, the result being in more than one case of being hospitalised with 'Fleck-fever' from these parasites. Without having been through the same experience, then no-one can imagine what this was like!"
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I wonder if this is a subject not well covered by photographic evidence, perhaps propaganda photographers would not want to take pictures of unshaven troops, or soldiers might not want pictures of themselves breaking military rules. Also, at the 'sharp end' where things were truly grim, perhaps no time for pictures and no cameras around anyway? Beards may have been more common than many think, at the front that is?Last edited by PaulW; 04-13-2015, 08:02 PM.
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one from me
207 Infantry Division Major Scheer - Infantry soldier Russia snow winter Beard facial hair - tired - 1942
http://pixpast.com/stock-photo/207-i...1942-9068.html
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