World War II Best Battle Picture US Soldier Near Death Mortar Explodes : 14th PERFECTLY TIMED photo within WWII has a crazy…near death…story (10 HQ Photo)

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While putting together a “Tank Tuesday” gallery today…I came across the craziest WW2 image that I’ve ever seen.

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This is my Grandpa in France after they liberated Paris.
Miss that guy and what a badass!

It just may be the First PERFECTLY TIMED near death image taken of a U.S. Infantryman in battle.

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Before getting to the photo’s very REAL story; I’ll begin with, “1st Perfectly Timed” is simply my opinion.
Let me know if ya agree in the comments.
—ALSO—
Trust me, images like Above, capture the Terror of hitting the Nazi held beaches…

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…the teamwork under fire…

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…and humanity of USMC during the Hell of fighting in the Pacific.
HOWEVER,
the following photo is pure:
**“You’re in the Wrong place at the Wrong TIME…or…the LUCK of barely standing in the Right place at the Right TIME.”**
As in,
this soldier ALMOST got killed.
HERE’s the Story of the Perfectly Timed image BELOW…

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The official DoD caption states:
“A one in a million photo:
The moment a mortar shell hits the ground is caught on camera.
Unfortunately an exact location or the soldier’s name are unknown.
“Hit by enemy mortar fire!”
This rare photograph shows an American soldier being wounded, while on daylight patrol in a narrow street of an Italian village, by an exploding enemy mortar shell before he could dive to cover.”

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Source: Original photo by U.S. Signal Corps
The original photo was taken by the US Signal Corps in Italy on April 24 of 1944.
Obviously, in ’44…the picture was in Black and White.
So, I tried my hand at Colorizing the picture.
(For better or worse…I tried my best to make it “pop”).

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When you ZOOM in on the mortar’s Moment-of-Impact, you just can’t help but to think,
“Man, getting through WWII must have been a haunting level of LUCK”.
The memories of friends in the WRONG place must have been so damn hard to compartmentalize.
And the same goes with our current IED battles faced by modern Warriors.
In my opinion,
Because the photo was taken before D-Day (June 6th of 1944);
This may be the **1st PERFECTLY TIMED** battle photo of an American soldier during WW2.
-Rick
Source: Original black and white photo by U.S. Signal Corps

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