http://forcefulsubtlety.com/ en-us 40 forceful subtlety. comments <p><em><strong>April 9th</strong></em></p> <blockquote> <p>We were dancing a macabre dance as our nerves just vibrated to the thousands of shells and machine gun bullets&#8230; whizzing over.<br/> I felt that if I had put my finger up, I should have touched a ceiling of sound.</p> </blockquote> <p><cite>Corporal Gus Sivertz of the 2nd Canadian Mounted Rifles,<br/> on the experience of advancing under heavy machine gun fire from the rear.<br/> Vimy Ridge, 9 Apr 1917.</cite></p> <p><img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6c/Vimy_Ridge.jpg" style="float: left; margin-left: 3px;"/> <cite>Official war photo of Vimy Ridge 1917<br/> Photographer: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Turner_%28War_Photographer%29">Jack Turner</a><br/> Source: <a href="http://collections.ic.gc.ca/">Digital Collections</a> website operated by the Government of Canada</cite></p> <p><img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/103/295011453_4b6946b2d9.jpg?v=0" alt="pic"/></p> <p><cite><strong>Lest we forget</strong><br/> Photographer: j_klue<br/> Source: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/klue/">Flickr: Photos from j_klue</a></cite></p> Mon, 9 Apr 2007 11:11:00 UTC <a href="/articles/2007/04/09/hushed-silence">hushed silence</a> <a href="/articles/2007/04/09/hushed-silence">hushed silence</a>