And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Thursday, June 26, 2025
Austro-Hungarian Leutnant Gottfried Huber of Standschützen Bataillon Kufstein lifting a barbed wire barbell on the Italian Front. Before the war, Huber worked as an innkeeper in Bad Häring. He'd also been a champion wrestler and weightlifter.
It's not often you see a man so red in the face, that it shows on a black & white photo.
ReplyDeleteIndeed!
DeleteAgreed - very noticeable hue in face Lightning will be shooting out of his butt in the next few seconds. Heavy stuff that barbed wire rolls.
ReplyDeleteThats one stout fellow, strong as an ox.
ReplyDeletethose barbed wire rolls would be more than 150 lbs each
ReplyDeleteA little off topic but this Ukrainian dude is deceivingly strong and puts a lot of big dudes to shame.
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