February 2007: Milan - “IL MONUMENTALE” - Soldiers XV

“Do you remember that hour of din before the attack
And the anger, the blind compassion that seized and shook you then
As you peered at the doomed and haggard faces of your men?
Do you remember the stretcher-cases lurching back
With dying eyes and lolling heads...those ashen-grey
Masks of the lads who once were keen and kind and gay?”

Aftermath by S. Sassoon.

See all set of pictures that illustrates this post at: http://travellingandboots.blogspot.com/2007/03/february-2007-milan-il-mon_117485086183279043.html