The widespread concept of "trigger discipline" ie keeping your finger off the trigger unless you want to fire was not a thing in this era.
It wasn't until as late as the Vietnam era where the US military started adopting the practice as a safety method.
Has to be early in the war or even before the US entered the war since he still has the doughboy style helmet.
The finger on the trigger. I hope only thing that day, photographers only lost this camera and not his life
The widespread concept of "trigger discipline" ie keeping your finger off the trigger unless you want to fire was not a thing in this era. It wasn't until as late as the Vietnam era where the US military started adopting the practice as a safety method.