Tag: soldiers

  • Perspective Matching With WWII Photographs In Russia

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    Check out the full set of pictures – HERE Very interesting idea.  Seems like it would be pretty tough to get the perspective perfect unless you could somehow hook your camera up to your computer and have some sort of “live view” and overlay the historical picture with lots of transparency. There must be some programs…

  • Photos From Afghanistan (July 2010)

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    This combination photograph shows portraits of Afghan National Army soldiers following a patrol made on Sunday, July 11, 2010, at the United States Army’s Combat Outpost Ware, in the volatile Arghandab Valley, near Kandahar City, southern Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Kevin Frayer) Check out the full Afghanistan July photoset – HERE Some especially graphic pictures in this…

  • Taliban Monkey Marksmen Trained To Attack American Troops

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    [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b7GIl4zKrV8[/youtube] According to China’s People’s Daily Online, the Taliban have taught monkeys to recognize U.S. Military uniforms and shoot at the soldiers using AK-47s, Bren machine guns, and mortars. Full Story – HERE Ugh, lets hope there are no splinter cells here at zoos in the United States. :P On the plus side, i’m pretty confident…

  • Toy Soldier Hat Boy David Morales Awarded Medal

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    Retired Lt. Gen. Reginald Centracchio, the former head of the Rhode Island National Guard, gave 8-year-old David Morales a medal called a challenge coin during an appearance on WPRO-AM’s John DePetro show. Centracchio said the second-grader should be thanked for recognizing veterans and soldiers. “You did nothing wrong, and you did an outstanding job,” he…

  • Toy Soldiers Glued To A Hat Violates School’s Weapons Ban

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    [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2xzRfR0Kgbc[/youtube] Providence, RI – Christan Morales said her son David just wanted to honor American troops when he wore a hat to school decorated with an American flag and small plastic Army figures. But the school banned the hat because it ran afoul of the district’s zero-tolerance weapons policy. Why? The toy soldiers were carrying…

  • Hundreds Of Bodies Misidentified Or Misplaced At Arlington National Cemetery

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    An Army investigation has found that potentially hundreds of remains at Arlington National Cemetery have been misidentified or misplaced, in a scandal marring the reputation of the nation’s pre-eminent burial ground for its honored dead since the Civil War. Full Story – HERE Photo blog containing some very sad pictures from Arlington – HERE