This painting, "The alert at dawn, 27th Machine Gun Battalion in Greece" by Peter Mcintyre, depicts how dedicated men were, even at the crack of dawn, to do their duty. The man on the right, looking into the eyehole of the gun, has a wound on his arm, and there appears to be another man crouching down under the gun, for some reason hiding his face. It looks like an awkward position to me.. They also seem surprisingly calm. When I think about troopers in battle, or preparing for battle(which is what they seem to be doing here), my first thought is usually of them acting swiftly, as if they're in a hurry, or out of breath. These men seem to be incredibly peaceful, as if they know exactly what is going to happen, and nothing is going to go wrong. This painting, unlike the other pieces I had blogged about, has a more optimistic view of war.
image from http://www.warart.archives.govt.nz/
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