Tag: War
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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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Bedrooms Of The Fallen
These bedrooms once belonged to men and women who died fighting in the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. These fallen men and women were blown up by IEDs, RPGs, hand grenades and suicide bombers. They were shot down in ambushes and by snipers. They died in helicopters, in humvees, and in tanks. It all took…
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WWII Battle Of Iwo Jima Pictures
The story that is before the picture set talks about the controversy surrounding the historic “Flag Raising” picture (shown on left) which was taken atop Mt. Suribachi, Iwo Jima, on Feb. 23, 1945. The photographer, Joe Rosenthal, won a Pulitzer Prize for the picture. Make sure you check out the full picture set – HERE…
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Fat Kids Are A Threat To National Security
National security is threatened by the sharp rise in obesity rates for young people over the last 15 years, the group Mission: Readiness contends. Weight problems are now the leading medical reason that recruits are rejected, the group says, and thus jeopardize the military’s ability to fill its ranks. The solution? To throw some money…
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Mexico Drug Gangs Turn Weapons On Army
In coordinated attacks, gunmen in armored cars and equipped with grenade launchers fought army troops this week and attempted to trap some of them in two military bases by cutting off access and blocking highways, a new tactic by Mexico’s organized criminals. At least 18 alleged attackers were killed and one soldier wounded in the…