Tag: vietnam
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Vintage Zippo Lighters Of American Vietnam War Soldiers
A lot of 282 Vietnam war era Zippo lighters was recently auctioned off for $35,250: The lighters tell a story of the war that cannot be found anywhere else. They are a record soldiers’ feelings not meant for anyone but themselves, printed on a throwaway tool, capturing the spirit of the war in a way more…
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Democrat Richard Blumenthal Lies About Serving In Vietnam
“We have learned something important since the days that I served in Vietnam,” Mr. Blumenthal said to the group gathered in Norwalk in March 2008. “And you exemplify it. Whatever we think about the war, whatever we call it — Afghanistan or Iraq — we owe our military men and women unconditional support.” Nice words……
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More Pictures From The Vietnam War
On April 30th, the 35th anniversary of the Vietnam war I posted an article with links to a few picture sets. Big Picture (one of my favorite photo blogs) came out with their set today (a week late slackers!), here is a sample: OH NOES trigger discipline. :P Full set – HERE
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Looking Back At The Vietnam War
Full set – HERE More info on the Vietnam war – HERE Very powerful pictures. A few in this set because very famous, even won Pulitzer prizes. I remember when the first Rage Against The Machine album came out in 1992 with the picture of the burning monk on the cover. Definitely their best album…
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War Through an iPhone Camera Lens
Associated Press photographer David Guttenfelder not only documents the war in Afghanistan with traditional digital cameras, he also used an iPhone camera, carried in his flak jacket pocket, coupled with a Polaroid film filter application to photograph the daily lives of Marines, Afghan soldiers and fellow journalists during the military offensive in Marjah, Afghanistan. Check…