Actually 29 would be considered old for that sort of thing.
British actor David Niven was 29 when he re-enlisted for WWII, and considered himself a total geezer.
I just hope the digging crews on that project didn’t unearth anything less pleasant that was also featured at Ypres, gas shells fr’instance.
A friend of mine is an avid WW2 collector. A few weeks ago, he purchased some artillery fragments from a guy in France. When the arrived in the mail, Glenn decided to clean them up before putting them in the display case. Imagine his surprise when he found some white phospherous still caked to the inside of two of the fragments. He used some kitchen tongs to run it outside after it started to burn.
Trust me, that seller did not get positive feedback on that E-bay sale.
Yeah you bet! There's always that worry isn't there? I have an uncle in my family (great uncle) who was wounded with mustard gas in the second WW. Took his life from him and he died young, suffered for years. Horrible horrible weapon. And he was one of the best of our family! So sweet and good and kind and honest ... I never knew him and when mom describes him I could just weep buckets for him. His fiance left him over it. (I'm sure he was lucky there but I'm also sure that he didn't think so in his broken heart). War is a necessary evil but even so ... some sides don't play nice.