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Sometime during 1959-1960 in Gaza - While Major Kurt-Erik Amundsson from I11 in Småland, Sweden was stationed in Gaza, a young boy got to pose in a UN helmet while holding a Swedish K SMG. (lemmy.zip)
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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/56965702

There was very little information about this picture, I didn't even have the full name of the Major mentioned and had to do some googling for it...

Anyway, I found it interesting to see how different the attitude in Gaza was compared to now.

Anyway, this photo is in the public domain

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[–] espentan@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago

For those, like me, wondering if there's a place called pipe-eleven in Småland, I11 is a regiment.

[–] lime@feddit.nu 4 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

my grandfather was with the un in gaza at that time as well. he refused to talk about anything that happened there but as his mind started going he would more and more often mumble angrily about "those damn israelis".

[–] acockworkorange@mander.xyz 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Nice trigger discipline...

[–] stoy@lemmy.zip 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I was actually surprised that they hadn't dropped the bolt, seems safer than relying on the safety notch.

[–] acockworkorange@mander.xyz 3 points 2 months ago

I hope they at least made sure it's unloaded.