here's me about 5.5 years ago (I was 16 at the time of this photo, I'm 21 now)
Basically, what was going on was that me, and my ol'man were at a WW2 Reinactment (the Battle of the Bulge to be exact) this picture was while were where waiting for the bus to come and get us and then take us to the battle area. It did, but we only got maybe a 1/3 of the way when the lead bus hit a patch of ice, and couldn't continue up the road. So what do we do? We march! (keep in mind that it snow'd the night before, so we had dang neer perfect conditions for the reinactment)
This goes on for about, oh say, a good 2-3 miles, all of it uphill, and on snow/ice. When we finally got to the battle area, we met the Germans head-on. and the entire time, we chased them up a blooming hill. After about a good hour of this, my squad stoped to take a well-deserved break from the action. Just to give yall an idea how cold that day was, I had a Sunny D (plus a couple empty bottles which were used to make some smoke when the Bazooka 'Fired'), and a couple Chocolite Bar in my pockets, (and of course two canteens full of water). When we took that break, the Sunny D was a slushy, and the Chocolite bar was as hard as a friggen rock. (but some hot breath from me, and some time in the sun corrected that issue). Somehow the water in my canteens was still water, and not ice.
My Ol'man isn't in any of these pics, since he's the one holding the camera. For him, he whent most of the battle without problems, however towards the end, that cursed M1 Garand of his broke (this was the 3rd time that he had a problem with it since he bought it). Not to mention some other guy damn neer passed out on us (he's a nurse for a childrens hospital), and that guy hadn't bothered to eat, or drink ANYTHING that day. (and we're talking about a big guy too, not fun trying to carry someone that wheighs more then you do)
I'm working on getting some more recent photos of myself, but I'm likely going to get some if I go have fun in the woods this weekend (airsoft). unless yall want scans of me in Army Greens
Edited by tank50us, 03 June 2008 - 01:50.