Color photo of a French soldier using a listening device to track aircraft, WW1, 1914-1918

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greyhaven7@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 2y (1 reply)

He stood there for 4 years. Wow.

Spaghetti_Hitchens@kbin.social · 8 pts · 2y

Look. World wars are no joke.

TurnItOff_OnAgain@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 2y (2 replies)

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

Swim@lemmynsfw.com · 1 pts · 2y

you likely hear someone coming miles away

funker@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2y

you forget the kick

guyrocket@kbin.social · 4 pts · 2y

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

iamanurd@midwest.social · 3 pts · 2y

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