The TRUE story behind this creepy WWI photo

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  • čas přidán 19. 04. 2023
  • In a way, I feel bad that this brave Canadian WWI soldier is remembered as some creepy guy who lost his mind even though that isn’t even close to the truth. Lindsay Rogers was a major badass.
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  • @ethanplaystv7
    @ethanplaystv7 Před rokem +23177

    That is so sad. He returned just to die later. May we remember him forever.

    • @jadedclone6728
      @jadedclone6728 Před rokem +136

      The worst..

    • @unmodenese
      @unmodenese Před rokem +263

      that's war

    • @fij715
      @fij715 Před rokem +97

      9.7 million people got killed like that.

    • @KoltenNiedermaier
      @KoltenNiedermaier Před rokem +121

      I find it amazing he recovered from a shot to the throat in about a year and was well enough to continue battle. This man was an absolute tank for that, and it it is very sad he was gunned down anyway. Also, I am Canadian as well.

    • @macmayas4822
      @macmayas4822 Před rokem

      17-20 million were killed for a useless war

  • @Swedishmafia101MemeCorporation

    So it wasn't shellshock, it was instead something even more horrifying...
    Having your photo taken at an inopportune moment.

    • @KinkyGuy69
      @KinkyGuy69 Před rokem +69

      Unf

    • @peasantfarmerr8917
      @peasantfarmerr8917 Před rokem +338

      That moment is the scariest of all, across all generations.
      Ugly pictures must cease to exist (except those that were taken for memories)

    • @sparta_1qwerty148
      @sparta_1qwerty148 Před rokem +151

      He was shot by a sniper in the neck. He survived, and that's his shock on how tf he survived it. A few moths later, he got hit by a mortar round, but the body never found

    • @kateduffydotson8656
      @kateduffydotson8656 Před rokem +10

      Frl tho

    • @mrhorrorgaming6909
      @mrhorrorgaming6909 Před rokem +23

      The true horror of war

  • @SargentGarrick
    @SargentGarrick Před 3 měsíci +1282

    Vietnam changed me in ways I can't fully explain. The constant fear, the uncertainty, it's like a shadow that follows me everywhere. Shell shock isn't just a memory, it's a part of who I am now, a reminder of the price we paid for serving our country.
    Id like to thank all of you whom have been very generous and kind. I’m almost in tears to see how much it meant to serve, not only to me, but to the Americans I did it for. Thank you and god bless.

    • @biblebear6795
      @biblebear6795 Před 2 měsíci +96

      Thank you for your service. 🇺🇸

    • @witchhazel4135
      @witchhazel4135 Před 2 měsíci +70

      My full respect, sir. I regularly donate to Vietnam Veterans of America.

    • @marksilverstein1988
      @marksilverstein1988 Před 2 měsíci +31

      🇺🇸

    • @GW-ou9om
      @GW-ou9om Před 2 měsíci +46

      Not sure I can put into words my appreciation, but thank your service. I mean that with the deepest sincerity.

    • @The_Zilli
      @The_Zilli Před 2 měsíci +33

      *salutes* We're forever in your debt.

  • @Alanb_69
    @Alanb_69 Před 2 měsíci +69

    Shot through the neck, and you can still smile for a photo. Man, those boys were tough as nails back in the day.

    • @toxiczombiewolf5692
      @toxiczombiewolf5692 Před dnem +1

      They had yo be those times look tough to live through we're so lucky that we don't have to live like this in constant fear. These men and boys were extremely brave. So many are lost without names.

  • @Prizrak131
    @Prizrak131 Před rokem +5856

    Everyone getting sentimental over "Omg bro, he got shell shock" when in reality it was just a dude happy to be alive.

    • @ethanplaystv7
      @ethanplaystv7 Před rokem +22

      Acturly bro

    • @ST1TCH916
      @ST1TCH916 Před rokem

      Modern mindset is to overwrite history to fit the narrative of today's generation. Noticed that alot with photos and stuff from decades ago being brought back without any factual context

    • @LaurenceRietdijk
      @LaurenceRietdijk Před rokem +94

      ...who then went on to die.

    • @RENEG4DE4NGEL
      @RENEG4DE4NGEL Před rokem +46

      Or maybe he didn't really like the Sargeant he was talking to. 🤔 😂

    • @lemontadams3029
      @lemontadams3029 Před rokem +7

      Yeah PTSD

  • @JoseTorres-ry9qe
    @JoseTorres-ry9qe Před rokem +2970

    Imagine surviving a sniper shot to the neck, having your medical provider killed by the same shot, and coming back to die later.

  • @strawberrychainsaw23
    @strawberrychainsaw23 Před měsícem +88

    i appreciate you uncovering who this man really is and giving us a taste of what he went through. most of the videos on him are a mockery of ptsd and veterans, so thank you for doing this so respectfully, dude.

  • @danny__dimes6606
    @danny__dimes6606 Před měsícem +12

    RIP Private Rodgers and any soldier who has died in war. May you all rest in peace.

  • @AmericanF-16
    @AmericanF-16 Před rokem +2350

    Bro is a legend. R.I.P.

  • @Albert_EGGsker
    @Albert_EGGsker Před rokem +1724

    Dude got shot, survived, went back into action and died… now he’s only remembered as the “creepy scp guy” 💀

    • @Apexdestroyer25
      @Apexdestroyer25 Před rokem +71

      SCP-106. Well, it is unfortunate that most people won't know about him.

    • @vahsijaguard7092
      @vahsijaguard7092 Před 7 měsíci +21

      ​@@Apexdestroyer25Yeah, *_İ Still Remember When İ Scared of 106 and 049_*

    • @youtubesucks8995
      @youtubesucks8995 Před 7 měsíci +42

      Not by me. He’s remembered as one of the glorious dead. May he rest in peace.

    • @JaydenBelieves
      @JaydenBelieves Před 6 měsíci +1

      @@youtubesucks8995Yessir

    • @justinfowler5761
      @justinfowler5761 Před 6 měsíci +19

      He got shot and survived, then was kill a few months later. RIP soldier.

  • @user-wg7ew6wx8f
    @user-wg7ew6wx8f Před měsícem +10

    My grandmother's cousin, lost his mind after fighting in WW2. He fought at the Greek- Albanian borders, against the Italian and German nazi army forces. When he came back, the poor man had lost his mind. He would walk on the streets and suddenly he would fall on the ground shouting " Fight brothers, we are going to win them, hold strong" and other things, and he would behave as if he was on the battle field. God rest his soul. Heroes should never be forgotten.

  • @ub-4630
    @ub-4630 Před 4 měsíci +31

    Aw... R.I.P. Also leave him alone, he -has- had a nice smile.

  • @sasquatch8245
    @sasquatch8245 Před rokem +985

    The smile that says "I lived, bitch"

  • @luccaprado1
    @luccaprado1 Před rokem +2560

    Nice story, it’s always good to see the Great War being covered in any way.
    It is sad that he survived that shot so he could then be killed in probably senseless charge a year later. RIP.

    • @oldschoolChazzed
      @oldschoolChazzed Před rokem +70

      ww1 was basically Zapp Brannigan-style throwing your men at the enemy lines until one side broke... and then it repeated

    • @no-legjohnny3691
      @no-legjohnny3691 Před rokem +78

      Yeah, World War One, despite being one of the most prominently influential wars of the 20th century, is generally one of the most niche-like subjects in the realm of major, world changing conflicts.
      Everyone talks about WW2, about Vietnam, about the Middle East, about Waterloo, about Korea, about the civil wars of various nations, about the Seven Years War and the American revolution, about the many wars of swords and bows and spears, about all of these things. But the war whose final motif was "Lest We Forget" has been almost completely disregarded by the average Joe of today's day and age.
      Because tell me: How many films, how many games, how many books, how many of _anything_ have you seen based on WW1? Chances are likely that it's not very big of a number.
      We promised that, as the sun goes down and in the morning, that we'd remember them, but we're already starting to forget...

    • @oldschoolChazzed
      @oldschoolChazzed Před rokem +28

      @@no-legjohnny3691 Battlefield One and All Quiet On The Western Front come to mind for me, but I guarantee most people playing a video-game aren't playing it for the history, and AQOTWF is just niche media

    • @JarrodFrates
      @JarrodFrates Před rokem +25

      ​@@oldschoolChazzed That's a vast oversimplification. Raw infantry waves were used early on but quickly fell out of favor as wasteful. More than anything else, WW1 was an artillery war. Somewhere between two-thirds and three-fourths of all casualties were from artillery. Infantry charges were used later (you can't take ground if you sit in a trench), but they usually came after artillery tried to soften up the area. There were trenches trying to take each other at closer ranges than artillery could engage without risking dropping rounds on friendly lines, but these were much less common than the artillery fights. The war also saw revolutions in reconnaissance from aircraft, use of bombers (both zeppelin and prop plane), development of the tank and other armor, and new kinds of maneuver warfare.
      In short, it was horrific and an example of what industrialized war can do, but it was not the trope of callous officers ordering their men to be bullet sponges.

    • @oldschoolChazzed
      @oldschoolChazzed Před rokem +4

      @@JarrodFrates I'm well aware of the way that World War 1 was fought, but I chose not to go in depth for the sake of humor and to keep from turning my reply into an entire essay as you have. people just don't like reading that much, from what I've seen.

  • @Humble_Bee.
    @Humble_Bee. Před 28 dny +8

    Thank you for clearing that up!!

  • @user-et9jm7eu7h
    @user-et9jm7eu7h Před 9 dny +2

    That is toooo sad to recover and then return to the field to die.......RIP AND THANK YOU SIR

  • @eb4600
    @eb4600 Před 5 měsíci +2668

    Those poor young men. Can you imagine living while the man you were talking to died. And then having to wait until dark to get help.
    Thanks for the rest of the story.

    • @melissasaint3283
      @melissasaint3283 Před 4 měsíci +52

      World War I was so brutal...and must have felt so pointless compared to World War II, which must have made it so much worse

    • @JebidiahKrackedyetagain-xv9hc
      @JebidiahKrackedyetagain-xv9hc Před 3 měsíci

      Add to the fact that often WHAT they were fighting IN was MUD....Cold, miserable, wet, dirty MUD.....Probably improved when it RAINED again???🙄🙄

    • @Eidelmania
      @Eidelmania Před 2 měsíci +17

      All for nothing. Neither side gained any land. It was a blood bath of millions of young men and horses, and an utter waste of riches.

    • @Wotgames69
      @Wotgames69 Před 2 měsíci +1

      Here's the truth he was a Canadian Sargeant but he was injured and this was a photo taken and he was smiling for the picture

    • @Wotgames69
      @Wotgames69 Před 2 měsíci

      ​​@@Eidelmaniaall for nothing dude because of world War 1 we have tanks and better aircraft along side the Geneva protocol banning chemical warfare

  • @lyfewithpiglet582
    @lyfewithpiglet582 Před rokem +1027

    That's why all soldiers smiled because they knew it could be the last photo of them

    • @RickieGrimes
      @RickieGrimes Před 5 měsíci +26

      Idk why but this made me smile

    • @dudeybagz
      @dudeybagz Před 5 měsíci +25

      My great great uncle died at mouquet farm in June 1916, from a direct hit from an artillery shell. I watched a doco on WWI, lo and behold, there was a shot of a man getting directly hit by an artillery. I have no idea if that was my kin or not, but does it really matter whether it was or not? Another young ANZAC warrior dying for “KING AND COUNTRY”

    • @user-de6vq7rk8t
      @user-de6vq7rk8t Před 5 měsíci +5

      How do you know that?

    • @user-bq8xs1up6i
      @user-bq8xs1up6i Před 5 měsíci

      he was the cameraman@@user-de6vq7rk8t

    • @zaktheripper3455
      @zaktheripper3455 Před 4 měsíci

      @@user-de6vq7rk8t it’s obvious

  • @History_Aviation
    @History_Aviation Před 3 měsíci +10

    Poor lad so sad he never knew how famous he was. My greatx2 uncle was Killed during the Gallipoli campaign on the 4th June 1915 during the counter attack on the 3rd battle of Krithia

  • @janicehalsey5511
    @janicehalsey5511 Před 4 měsíci +7

    My Grandfather (yes Grandfather) was in WWI in Co A 218 Engineers. He passed well before I was born but was told he suffered “shell shock” 😢

  • @EXample7595
    @EXample7595 Před 4 měsíci +5361

    Damn, imagine getting shell shocked, survived a shot to the neck by a sniper, then gets called SCP-106/The Old Man.

    • @scibus2593
      @scibus2593 Před 4 měsíci +450

      Pretty grossly disrespectful tbh. (Not you, the people who wrote him into the creepy pasta)
      Like this was a human being who had thoughts and feelings and had just suffered through some of the most traumatic things imaginable

    • @JettySpaghetti1
      @JettySpaghetti1 Před 4 měsíci +74

      @@scibus2593scp, not a creepy pasta 🙄

    • @tonypasma1707
      @tonypasma1707 Před 4 měsíci +7

      🎉😢😮🎉😂🎉😢😮😮

    • @areaxisthegurkha
      @areaxisthegurkha Před 4 měsíci +69

      @@scibus2593 nothing disrespectful, in fact that immortalized his story and he will always be remembered.

    • @weir3dBaffooneryy
      @weir3dBaffooneryy Před 4 měsíci +37

      @@JettySpaghetti1 still the same ig

  • @kman8749
    @kman8749 Před rokem +732

    If you get shot in the neck, you've earned the right to go home and stop fighting. Bravery at it's finest.

    • @scottschroeder4920
      @scottschroeder4920 Před 8 měsíci +44

      I was kinda thinking that’s why he was smiling, "I’M FOOKIN OUTTA HERE"!!!

    • @dbest8083
      @dbest8083 Před 7 měsíci +20

      ... before going back and dying.

    • @WilliamBrowning
      @WilliamBrowning Před 7 měsíci +7

      He might have been smiling at the thought of a respite from the trenches.

    • @Kingnome
      @Kingnome Před 7 měsíci +10

      Lot of wounded military folks want to get back into the fight.

    • @TheSubpremeState
      @TheSubpremeState Před 6 měsíci +8

      His face says.....I am become death, destroyer of worlds

  • @davidhebenstreit2666
    @davidhebenstreit2666 Před měsícem +3

    He was smiling like that to creep us all out a hundred years in the future. May he rest in peace.

  • @tutel_does_stuff_blitz
    @tutel_does_stuff_blitz Před měsícem +3

    He is 1 of millions who fell and never got back up during 1914-1918. May he and the other millions who fallin like him “rest in peace “🕊️

  • @Freeze12654
    @Freeze12654 Před rokem +301

    „He got shot in the neck”
    „Anyway, say cheese”
    📸

  • @ARPTakao
    @ARPTakao Před rokem +494

    I remember seeing this guy in the wiki for SCP-106

    • @ICE_IS_NICE
      @ICE_IS_NICE Před rokem +16

      Yeah. No wonder this looks very fammiliar! I Was a Very Big fan of The SCP Series, I was there when i saw the game being discontinued. Its was sad knowing all the memories we had.

    • @maxsparks5183
      @maxsparks5183 Před rokem +1

      What’s a wiki?

    • @ICE_IS_NICE
      @ICE_IS_NICE Před rokem +12

      @@maxsparks5183 you dont know that?? Anyways, Wiki is like a Source of things like, When you want to know more about something, You can open its wiki and the wiki will Have alot of informations about the thing you want to know more. Its Like a book but in The internet.

    • @nasgor22
      @nasgor22 Před rokem +9

      ​@@maxsparks5183 A wiki is a website/book filled with information regarding a specific thing.

    • @-V-_-V-
      @-V-_-V- Před rokem +1

      Kimd of sick that a game would defame a veteran for entertainment.

  • @learabee
    @learabee Před 25 dny +2

    You had my eyes rolling for a second at the beginning there… 😊
    Good stuff.

  • @MobileGaming-iv3yy
    @MobileGaming-iv3yy Před 2 měsíci +5

    damn that was a skilled sniper 💀

    • @MoonLitChild
      @MoonLitChild Před měsícem

      Not so much skilled, there was less power behind those kinds of rounds than there is today, so surviving a hit like that was unlikely but still possible.

  • @Walker-vm6bf
    @Walker-vm6bf Před rokem +269

    As a Canadian, I salute this man for his service 🫡

  • @kevinmoore2474
    @kevinmoore2474 Před rokem +1908

    Bro lives on as the face of "Radical Larry"
    SCP-106

    • @Dr.Adrion-SCP
      @Dr.Adrion-SCP Před rokem +133

      Ikr, Thank god something good came out of this tragedy
      One of the most iconic internet creepy-pastas.

    • @bane5921
      @bane5921 Před rokem

      @@Dr.Adrion-SCP what? Imagine the only thing your remembered for after fighting in a brutal war is internet losers using your face as a fûcked up character on a forum.

    • @bane5921
      @bane5921 Před rokem +56

      @@Dr.Adrion-SCP utter nonsense

    • @DrBright5558
      @DrBright5558 Před rokem +44

      ​@@bane5921 shart

    • @breadloafREVO
      @breadloafREVO Před rokem +19

      @@DrBright5558 shit?

  • @jorgecastro4309
    @jorgecastro4309 Před 13 dny +1

    The men who gave up their lives to give us our freedom!! They need more recognition!! Thank you all!! 🙏

  • @Anastasyakimberly69
    @Anastasyakimberly69 Před 2 dny +1

    Since you have been around, I can smile a lot more than I use to.

  • @user-cv8qe9ru8c
    @user-cv8qe9ru8c Před rokem +386

    The picture lives on forever. He died in 1917, and yet millions know his face.

    • @Apexdestroyer25
      @Apexdestroyer25 Před rokem +16

      As SCP-106. Sadly most of them will not know about this incident

    • @luckyalido4835
      @luckyalido4835 Před rokem +16

      @@Apexdestroyer25 thats disrespectful asf bro that wiki web need to be ban for showing wrong detail,the stupid wiki owner cant call a brave sokdier that die for their country scp his not a monster😡

    • @Apexdestroyer25
      @Apexdestroyer25 Před rokem +7

      @@luckyalido4835 why are you saying that here? What difference is it going to make? The wiki won't change it. Even if it does, most people and fans still won't know.

    • @Apexdestroyer25
      @Apexdestroyer25 Před rokem +5

      @@luckyalido4835 And you can't ban a wiki. The entire SCP fanbase and authors (who are millions in number) won't allow it. And the wiki is one of the biggest wiki in the world. Atleast he will be known. Not as a hero but as a famous creepy pasta

    • @notnowboi7795
      @notnowboi7795 Před rokem +8

      @@luckyalido4835I can tell your one of those 10 year olds who are trying to make themselves look like good people. Honestly it’s not disrespectful as they at least know him for something like do you realize the 44+million people who died in world war 2 and probably only about one thousand of them got any sort of recondition and we don’t even know about the other 44 million people who were brutally killed during world war 2 like at least he got any recondition which is more then you ever will

  • @91Redmist
    @91Redmist Před rokem +295

    So tragic that he died after surviving this horrific wound. RIP.

    • @jackiemack8653
      @jackiemack8653 Před 2 měsíci +1

      True but he would be gone by now anyway. Wonder if he has descendants?

  • @mauramartin8185
    @mauramartin8185 Před 2 měsíci +3

    Poor guy. God bless his soul. 🙏🏼

  • @barbieegurl7594
    @barbieegurl7594 Před 3 měsíci +1

    Thank you for explaining this photo ❤

  • @Shr3k4Life
    @Shr3k4Life Před rokem +465

    That sniper probably thought that he got a double kill

    • @fireaxb4501
      @fireaxb4501 Před 6 měsíci +4

      Collateral

    • @thebadlander3608
      @thebadlander3608 Před 6 měsíci +11

      He got a kill and an assist apparently.

    • @adampaul454
      @adampaul454 Před 6 měsíci +6

      As a gamer i laughed. I'm going to hell.

    • @danwilliams2133
      @danwilliams2133 Před 6 měsíci +3

      @@adampaul454as a cod gamer i feel bad too

    • @bozoboy357
      @bozoboy357 Před 5 měsíci +3

      “Bro how tf did I not get a double collateral?”

  • @TSmith-yy3cc
    @TSmith-yy3cc Před rokem +479

    "Oh, he's just Canadian."

    • @RoosterCogburn-nl9fo
      @RoosterCogburn-nl9fo Před 6 měsíci

      🤡...🇨🇦 we are the only country to kick your ass in war, if you're a dumb American! Canadians are tenacious fighters.🇺🇸💥🤛🧔🇨🇦🥅🏒

    • @darthmaul550
      @darthmaul550 Před 6 měsíci +6

      nah bro only the brits look like that

    • @RoosterCogburn-nl9fo
      @RoosterCogburn-nl9fo Před 6 měsíci

      ​@@darthmaul550well you're obviously a dummy because the guys wearing a Canadian uniform!😂😂🍁👨‍✈️🇨🇦💪🧔

    • @sarahwagland1559
      @sarahwagland1559 Před 6 měsíci +1

      ​@@darthmaul550He's just a human being.

    • @gazza2933
      @gazza2933 Před 6 měsíci

      Not an American. Too early for them.

  • @CrumpetWCUE
    @CrumpetWCUE Před 4 měsíci +3

    Me: one more vid before bed
    The vid 💀:

  • @Spacerman728
    @Spacerman728 Před 3 dny +1

    Imagine your happy that you survived an impossible risk but died in a common risk
    R.I.P Lindsay

  • @random_asian_person
    @random_asian_person Před 6 měsíci +486

    "MY NECK!"
    "say cheese!"

    • @goldyoutube7663
      @goldyoutube7663 Před 4 měsíci +8

      69 Likes? Nahhh More Like 70

    • @random_asian_person
      @random_asian_person Před 4 měsíci +4

      @@goldyoutube7663 bruh..

    • @Anit_spiral
      @Anit_spiral Před 3 měsíci +1

      😂

    • @Thuja814
      @Thuja814 Před 2 měsíci +1

      Yes, this was before it officially became, “Say poutine!” Today, “Say cheese!” results in confused looking Canadians.

  • @regandouglas
    @regandouglas Před 6 měsíci +526

    Thanks for doing the research and giving a name and story to the soldier in this iconic photo.

  • @Anastasyakimberly69
    @Anastasyakimberly69 Před 2 dny +1

    To my favorite person in this world, I miss you a lot. Please be safe every day.

  • @Steven-fr9es
    @Steven-fr9es Před 3 měsíci +1

    19 century cameraman: sorry it's my fault.😂😂😂

  • @zachballs7079
    @zachballs7079 Před rokem +98

    Thank you brother for telling the real story of this man. He deserves his story to be heard

    • @mr.mendez9426
      @mr.mendez9426 Před rokem

      not sure if this video was the real story. it well was probably was shell shock he had. he did die 1917. this video just says it could've been other things.

  • @Lightning600
    @Lightning600 Před 7 měsíci +289

    Rest in Peace Lindsey Rogers Thank you for your service.

  • @_ayushmehta
    @_ayushmehta Před 8 dny +1

    "lock n look cadet "
    "Roger"

  • @Chellebelle121
    @Chellebelle121 Před 2 měsíci

    Thank you! I’ve seen that pic before and always wondered. Poor guy. So grateful for his service and sacrifice, as well as each person who gave so much for their country. I can’t imagine the pure hell they went through, stuck in the mud and terrified, never knowing which moment might be their last. Fear of dying a grisly and agonizing death. Each one lucky enough to come home unscathed still carried those memories, those unseen psychological scars that prevented many of them from truly returning to their former lives. We owe them so much.

  • @violetfoxchu837
    @violetfoxchu837 Před rokem +184

    One of my great uncles served in WWI, he was tasked with the grisley job of running out into "no man's land" to recover soldiers who had been wounded. He'd go out typically with 3-4 people, 2 people to carry a stretcher, 1-2 people to cover them. He ended up being shot in the back while trying to rescue a wounded soldier. He's still buried in France.

    • @b.lakshmiganesh865
      @b.lakshmiganesh865 Před 8 měsíci +8

      Rip to your great uncle he was the hero

    • @solomonstello
      @solomonstello Před 7 měsíci +1

      May he rest in peace.

    • @goobero343
      @goobero343 Před 7 měsíci +1

      THEY SHOT A MEDIC?

    • @violetfoxchu837
      @violetfoxchu837 Před 7 měsíci +3

      @@goobero343 Yes, it was very common for those venturing out onto the battlefield, after an attempted attack, to be shot at. Both sides were guilty of that.

    • @goobero343
      @goobero343 Před 7 měsíci

      @@violetfoxchu837 it was a joke but thanks

  • @Mr_Rabbit
    @Mr_Rabbit Před rokem +71

    The way they would charge across no mans land towards enemy machine guns still blows my mind to this day. Just unbelievable.

    • @deadlikedisco4726
      @deadlikedisco4726 Před rokem +8

      It's absolutely reckless to do such an insane thing. However, I will admit that it is incredibly hardcore to just run at a machine gun line like that.

    • @Martin-sp4zf
      @Martin-sp4zf Před rokem

      @@deadlikedisco4726
      There's hardly an action open to a human that's more stupid than charging towards machine-guns over open ground.

    • @koalabandit9166
      @koalabandit9166 Před rokem +6

      It often blew their minds too.

  • @jonesa98
    @jonesa98 Před 5 dny

    So appreciate finally hearing the full story! Almost skipped this when it started with just talking about it being shell shock since that didn't seem likely.

  • @jasondrew6157
    @jasondrew6157 Před 2 měsíci +2

    Imagine surviving a bullet through the neck only for your boss to make you come back to work.

  • @J1_471
    @J1_471 Před rokem +164

    Thank you for the explanation! It kind of annoys me when they use the picture thinking it was shell shock , which it isn’t. It’s just the soldier who smiled while getting medical attention after got shot, just like you mentioned.

    • @williamsmith1803
      @williamsmith1803 Před 6 měsíci

      Who's there actually to say he wasn't shell shocked, though? It seems like you and this guy just want to be on the alternative side to everything. If this exact explanation is to be believed, this guy had a serious and potentially fatal wound and had just watched his ally die in front of him from the exact same bullet, yet chose to smile big for a photograph back when --- despite this youtuber's whopping 3 examples --- hardly anyone chose to smile for pictures --- nevermind in combat. That's why everyone else in the picture was smiling too, right? Not only that, but he chose to return to combat despite an injury he could've milked to possibly go back home. This sounds a lot like what happened to Civil War vets who were all miraculously "fine" and suffered no PTSD from much, much more grisly combat than those from most-to-all wars thereafter, simply because they weren't diagnosed with PTSD or "shell-shock" back then. It has long been theorized that the entire "wild west" era of triggerhappy ginslingers and bloodletters was largely a result of the extremely young boys hardened by war returning to society with no clue of how to get along as a normal person.

  • @cman4218
    @cman4218 Před rokem +76

    Man roasted the other history channels

    • @monsegeek
      @monsegeek Před rokem +11

      And some narration styles as well lol

    • @mr.mendez9426
      @mr.mendez9426 Před rokem

      not really. it very well was shell shock probably. the man died in 1917. the dude who made this video wasn't alive back then. he just gave his own opinion

    • @connorcornwall1404
      @connorcornwall1404 Před rokem

      ​@@mr.mendez9426could be,could be not.who knows

    • @balla_icee8145
      @balla_icee8145 Před 11 měsíci

      @@mr.mendez9426it very well was shell shock probably how do u say it was something then say probably you’re literally just giving ur opinion as well then

    • @balla_icee8145
      @balla_icee8145 Před 11 měsíci

      @@mr.mendez9426plus other soldiers always smiled at the cameras well why would he be doing anything different

  • @conanthebeliever
    @conanthebeliever Před 6 dny +1

    Poor guy! May he rest in peace! War is an evil construct.

  • @BreadConnuisseur
    @BreadConnuisseur Před 3 měsíci +1

    Bro became the green goblin 💀💀💀💀

  • @dustyhefner2211
    @dustyhefner2211 Před 4 měsíci +205

    R.I.P. all those lost in war and the ones who did come home and are no longer with us P.O.W.'s gone but not forgotten

    • @biblebear6795
      @biblebear6795 Před 2 měsíci +2

      "Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends." (John 15:13)

    • @TheOverThinkerYT
      @TheOverThinkerYT Před měsícem

      And all their efforts were for nothing bro our generation is fucked

  • @Kreva_ILM
    @Kreva_ILM Před 4 měsíci +1

    This is the true history teacher we deserve

  • @WandererNamedGuy
    @WandererNamedGuy Před 3 měsíci +2

    And this is why people should not be allowed to reenlist. He served, and survived. Breaks my heart when I hear stories like this

    • @SmallSpoonBrigade
      @SmallSpoonBrigade Před 2 měsíci

      Except that new recruits are more likely to die than those that have already seen combat.The largest chunk of the fatalities tend to come in the first couple weeks of combat. After that, the numbers drop significantly. Yes, there is some increase in risk as time goes by, military service is risky, but it's not anywhere near as risky as that first bit. Plus, when it comes to a larger scale war like WWI there may not even be people available to enlist after a while if re-enlisting is off the table.

  • @michaelkay8914
    @michaelkay8914 Před rokem +44

    Seen this picture a million times but never heard his story. Thanks man

  • @boiledchickenn
    @boiledchickenn Před rokem +52

    R.I.P Private Lindsey Rogers

  • @Anastasyakimberly69
    @Anastasyakimberly69 Před 2 dny +1

    You do a million simple things that bring joy to my life.

  • @ThomasKane424
    @ThomasKane424 Před měsícem +1

    This Roger’s is a true example of Canadian grit and toughness

  • @VIPER-el3jr
    @VIPER-el3jr Před rokem +294

    ah yes the infamous picture that made us believe it was SCP 106

    • @borysiak9317
      @borysiak9317 Před rokem +3

      +1

    • @borysiak9317
      @borysiak9317 Před rokem +8

      Real sigma knows its a scp 106

    • @Vamutus
      @Vamutus Před rokem +6

      ​@Wales Countryball report to your work station for updated countermemes

    • @tedlindstrom1365
      @tedlindstrom1365 Před rokem

      ​@@Vamutus perfect comment 😂👍

    • @Apexdestroyer25
      @Apexdestroyer25 Před rokem +2

      @PlasmaGunner44154 kid, it's a creepy pasta, what did you expect?

  • @AutherComrade
    @AutherComrade Před rokem +619

    Normal People: He's just a Canadian solider
    SCP Fans: 🗿

  • @JamesBond-lk5mr
    @JamesBond-lk5mr Před 2 měsíci

    Thank you, I’m honestly very happy that story was cleared up

  • @brightargyle8950
    @brightargyle8950 Před 3 měsíci +1

    I always just assumed it was a poor lighting issue. If you remove the brightly lit eyes it looks much more normal.

  • @GlitchedBlox
    @GlitchedBlox Před rokem +60

    How to kill an entire battalion: Send them on a charge.

    • @cristsan4171
      @cristsan4171 Před rokem +1

      How to lose a battalion: have a lawyer politician lead the 308th Infantry Regiment of 77th Division into a forest

  • @joshuagarner4677
    @joshuagarner4677 Před rokem +119

    May he remain eternal through his family. He indubitably was smiling because the wound didn't slow him down.

  • @chad_b
    @chad_b Před měsícem

    I'll always be grateful for his sacrifice here in Canada. RIP to him and all of the other lives lost 🇨🇦🍁❤️

  • @user-kd4wx4iw1f
    @user-kd4wx4iw1f Před 3 měsíci +1

    Bro was shell socked

  • @areaxisthegurkha
    @areaxisthegurkha Před 4 měsíci +151

    Imagine awkwardly smiling in a picture only for people to turn you into an SCP years after.

    • @ZeRandomizor
      @ZeRandomizor Před 3 měsíci +8

      Honestly I'd just like to be immortalized no matter how

    • @luechmillionz
      @luechmillionz Před 2 měsíci +5

      What does scp mean ? Shell shocked pic?

    • @drivixl6260
      @drivixl6260 Před 2 měsíci +7

      @@luechmillionzSecure Contain Protect, Its a horror fandom community, open for anyone with enouch creativity to create stories about the supernatural, anomalious and then share it with others.

    • @thenuttednutter2669
      @thenuttednutter2669 Před 2 měsíci +4

      The beast of the black dimension just wants you to believe this false story. Don’t let him confuse you. He is coming for you.

    • @SALAMINIZER13
      @SALAMINIZER13 Před 2 měsíci +1

      @@thenuttednutter2669 smh

  • @0ipatchz
    @0ipatchz Před 4 měsíci +88

    Rest in Paradise sir we salute you

    • @lorenzovandekeere3242
      @lorenzovandekeere3242 Před 16 dny

      there is no paradise...only darkness, nothingness

    • @lubomirkubasdQw4w9WgXcQ
      @lubomirkubasdQw4w9WgXcQ Před 15 dny

      @@lorenzovandekeere3242 not darkness in that case, and not nothingness as the nothingness exists for 0 seconds as it is not being experienced. but that might actually be better than paradise

    • @businessman-wm8xz
      @businessman-wm8xz Před 14 dny

      @@lorenzovandekeere3242
      Then u will rot in darkness , i hope you enjoy the rest of ur life remembering that

  • @SamuelWiley-ym4fz
    @SamuelWiley-ym4fz Před 3 měsíci +1

    Guy is happy to be alive, I have been the same too often.

  • @ShockwaveD-ft3bk
    @ShockwaveD-ft3bk Před 3 měsíci +1

    finally! someone who posted the actual story!

  • @rexblade504
    @rexblade504 Před rokem +42

    This is literally the first photo that comes up when you search up "shell shock" or "thousand yard stare" and it was neither of those.

    • @dominus6224
      @dominus6224 Před rokem +8

      It wasn’t any of those, but it does capture the idea very well. People with a thousand yard stare or whom were shell shocked often had a completely sane look on their face until they were brought to peace to some extent. After that their faces would turn normal, but their behavior remained questioned. For example: a soldier who was in a ward was deaf due to shell shock, but the only thing he would respond to (and his response was taking cover under beds) was the word “bomb”.

    • @lemontadams3029
      @lemontadams3029 Před rokem

      PTSD certainly

  • @ianmurray4081
    @ianmurray4081 Před rokem +74

    One of my older buddies had to go drop off some paperwork at veterans hospital in the late 1960’s as the unit’s medical officer was doing a rotation there. He dropped off the paperwork and waited while it was being processed. He chatted with several WW I and WW I I veterans and some mentioned that they had been there since their respective wars due to long term effects and injuries. There was one chap that was in a constant delirium and had been a resident since the early 1920’s when someone realized that he wasn’t going to get better. Others had numerous limbs missing or were disfigured by scar tissue from burns.

  • @mattnorcia5593
    @mattnorcia5593 Před měsícem

    Thanks for preserving this man’s legacy! Rip, I wish I had one ounce of his courage .

  • @bharadwajprasad6382
    @bharadwajprasad6382 Před 2 měsíci

    "Uh oh no it's not me 😂" It had me 😂😂🔥

  • @famlrnamemssng
    @famlrnamemssng Před rokem +172

    I'm pretty sure that is now the canon photo for the backstory of scp 106

    • @baguettelord4614
      @baguettelord4614 Před rokem +8

      Funny enough in some canons, it actually is and has been for a while

    • @Shadow-gm3ru
      @Shadow-gm3ru Před rokem

      That could be scp 106 or just yet copywriter.

    • @FriendlyNeighbourhoodSpidey
      @FriendlyNeighbourhoodSpidey Před rokem +2

      What in the fuck is this SCP thing I keep seeing

    • @nignamedmutt7270
      @nignamedmutt7270 Před rokem +5

      ​@@FriendlyNeighbourhoodSpideyImagine if there was a wikipedia for fictional monsters, and the various pages were typed to appear as if they were produced by a shadow CIA-type agency.
      Basically the internet playing "men in black"
      Might have been pretty cool at some point but now.... holy fuck is it annoying to see EVERYWHERE!

    • @SweynHelgard
      @SweynHelgard Před rokem +2

      ​@@FriendlyNeighbourhoodSpidey Secure Contain Protect, its goofy ass monster show.

  • @salavat294
    @salavat294 Před rokem +32

    That would explain the soldier’s grin. He just shook hands with the Grim Reaper and lived.

    • @brad506th
      @brad506th Před rokem +3

      Or he was smiling because his sergeant who bought it was a total dick. 😂 Happens more often than you'd think. Military more often brings out the best in humanity. Also attracts the absolute worst too. I had a squad "leader," like that once. Gave real serious thought one night to doing the world a favor and fragging the blue falcon.

    • @6l1t3h_Official
      @6l1t3h_Official Před rokem

      Nah that's how SCP 106 was become he currently was

  • @quazardftbl
    @quazardftbl Před měsícem +1

    When I'm hearing 'died', I'll started cry.

  • @McDrumstick
    @McDrumstick Před 2 měsíci +1

    Sniper: heha you are die
    Rogers: nuh uh *proceeds to perform extreme tax evasion practices to survive a bullet to the neck*

  • @individual2122
    @individual2122 Před rokem +52

    I'm glad you brought the context to light on this photo, it sucks he got killed later, but at least he didn't die in the trench he died standing.

  • @thehistoadian
    @thehistoadian Před rokem +34

    What a legend, lest we forget

  • @H.Irish616
    @H.Irish616 Před měsícem

    Thank you young man for clarifying the story behind an iconic photo ❤ it’s the least we could do for anyone of the pasts as long as it is possible anyways

  • @MichelleMcGill-ej3bk
    @MichelleMcGill-ej3bk Před měsícem

    Thank you for sharing this hero's story. ❤

  • @wodens-hitman1552
    @wodens-hitman1552 Před rokem +46

    I can't believe the upper classes that sent these men over the top knowing they'd die were never held to account.

    • @Finnbobjimbob
      @Finnbobjimbob Před 7 měsíci +4

      🤦‍♂️

    • @robdee81
      @robdee81 Před 7 měsíci +1

      its called war , you think it would of been better if we had just sat in our trenches twiddling our thumbs for another 10 years? till we eventually got beaten by the germans because they would attack? And anyway many upperclass officers were killed going over the top leading their men and trying to boil it all down to rich is evil is just simplistic and stupid

    • @stevewhite4080
      @stevewhite4080 Před 7 měsíci +6

      This was how war was fought back then. The usage of tanks and over armored vehicles were scarce back then so many modern tactics didn't exist and were limited. They have no reason to get punished, it was just a different time with different methods

    • @ickster23
      @ickster23 Před 6 měsíci +10

      ​@@stevewhite4080No, the political elites still cause the wars where they send the lower classes off to die, even with tanks and modern tactics. I know of no politician in Canada who has a son or daughter serving in the military and I can't think of a single example of one during the Afghanistan deployment either.

    • @CharlieBam
      @CharlieBam Před 5 měsíci +1

      I agree, but the British and german nobility was gutted by ww1. Their officer corps were stacked with young nobles that all died. The military had become a bit of a refuge and a source of purpose for them as the new industrialists displaced their economic relevance and absorbed their political power. The old nobles might not have died, but their sons probably did. The war was all their fault tho so good riddance I suppose.

  • @poncho_x4410
    @poncho_x4410 Před rokem +46

    These men were of a different breed. God bless them.

    • @sandwich-breath
      @sandwich-breath Před rokem +10

      Same breed, but raised by men… not single mothers and tv.

    • @wodens-hitman1552
      @wodens-hitman1552 Před rokem +20

      ​@@sandwich-breathI was raised by a single mother and went on to serve 24 years in the Royal Artillery. Nearly every day of it abroad . Plus 4 tours of duty . How long did you serve?

    • @Geminisparkles
      @Geminisparkles Před rokem +1

      ​@@wodens-hitman1552😮 You just owned him 😂

    • @Thesquirtlegamer
      @Thesquirtlegamer Před 11 měsíci +2

      @@wodens-hitman1552 So you comparing yourself to ww1 soldiers?

    • @RoosterCogburn-nl9fo
      @RoosterCogburn-nl9fo Před 6 měsíci

      ​@@sandwich-breath🏆👏👏👏👏😎..yes & CANADIAN!
      🤡💥🤛🧔🇨🇦🥅🏒

  • @Mushroom_yt.
    @Mushroom_yt. Před 26 dny +1

    He was killed on my birthday 😢 august the 16th. Rest in peace dude

  • @ashtonfranklin4620
    @ashtonfranklin4620 Před 2 měsíci

    Thanks for clearing up the rumors about this historical picture.

  • @thomasepik4406
    @thomasepik4406 Před rokem +19

    "We have determined Your neck wound and breathing problems are not service related"

  • @richardshort3914
    @richardshort3914 Před rokem +14

    That would have been the Attack on Hill 70. A famous battle for Canadians. It lasted between 15-25 August, 1917, with almost 10,000 casualties.

  • @thebakery3996
    @thebakery3996 Před 29 dny

    Nice research homie. I can appreciate accurate info in these days.😮

  • @TheTwiztidkandi
    @TheTwiztidkandi Před měsícem

    I'm glad you clarified that because that is the story that goes around with that picture!

  • @NikkiRhodeen
    @NikkiRhodeen Před 7 měsíci +110

    He gives meaning to “Hard times create strong men”

    • @carlblix7794
      @carlblix7794 Před 6 měsíci +15

      And what good did it do him? A year later he was dead. Sacrificed as cannon fodder.

    • @user-fp6rn2km4i
      @user-fp6rn2km4i Před 6 měsíci +6

      @@carlblix7794 Strong men don't do things for themselves they do things for their community and family. maybe a foreign concept to you.

    • @carlblix7794
      @carlblix7794 Před 6 měsíci

      @@user-fp6rn2km4i No. But ww1 was pointless. And all those men died for nothing.

    • @randoms2463
      @randoms2463 Před 6 měsíci

      ​@@user-fp6rn2km4iexcept his death accomplished nothing except make the wealthy richer and make the death count go higher, just like millions of other soldiers did.

    • @jigbizzer
      @jigbizzer Před 6 měsíci +2

      not really

  • @teksight9714
    @teksight9714 Před rokem +14

    Rest in peace warrior.

  • @cplcabs
    @cplcabs Před 2 hodinami +1

    The picture shows how easily people are manipulated.

  • @DevilbyMoonlight
    @DevilbyMoonlight Před 2 měsíci

    we owe these brave fellows so much.. our politicians should keep in mind NEVER to throw away thier sacrifice...

  • @I_dont_have_a_display_name
    @I_dont_have_a_display_name Před 6 měsíci +87

    1970 : Horror
    2000s - 2020 : terrifying backstory....
    2023 : Liminal Space level 49....

    • @remazure
      @remazure Před 5 měsíci +20

      2000s -2023 : SCP-106 original story “The Young Man” by Dr. Gears

    • @mementomori1553
      @mementomori1553 Před 5 měsíci +2

      -👶

    • @MikeyPaper
      @MikeyPaper Před 4 měsíci +1

      ...what?

    • @abandoned.acc0
      @abandoned.acc0 Před 4 měsíci +6

      2010-2020: SCP-106 has escaped through gate A! Fire the HID turret immediately!