younger years are the best years

This picture goes with the picture below 'just an old man?'. The picture is of my grandad aged 17, which was about 65 years ago. The picture is just a standard portrait but with the other picture below I think it tells a story. This picture was taken just before my grandad went to fight in world war 2. At this time he would have just been a young man without having lived his life. I think this paints a very poignant picture as with the other picture we can see that he wouldn't have thought of a wife or having children. The picture was taken in the time of black and white basic photography with 6x6cm negatives. I found the picture whilst searching through old pictures and took the 'just an old man' in response to this one as it is my grandad over 60 years on. The picture is clearly a portrait and my grandad told me there were many of these taken of men in their smart clothes to give to parents and close relatives. The quality of the image is relatively good but obviously slightly grainy as it is old.