The photo quality is amazing, but then the old plate cameras and large-format Speed Graphics could deliver that sort of definition (note the limited depth-of-field - I'd doubt this is a 35mm image ).

As for the casual attitude - probably fairly typical of front-line combat soldiers ( whose thoughts would probably have been along the lines of 'It's one less...' )

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