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| Sad story; Death of a soldier | |
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| Tweet Topic Started: Jul 20 2008, 05:49 PM (103 Views) | |
| Red Rice | Jul 20 2008, 05:49 PM Post #1 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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Remember this photo?![]() Here's the story of the soldier in the photo, and his fate. Joseph Dwyer |
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Civilisation, I vaguely realized then - and subsequent observation has confirmed the view - could not progress that way. It must have a greater guiding principle to survive. To treat it as a carcase off which each man tears as much as he can for himself, is to stand convicted a brute, fit for nothing better than a jungle existence, which is a death-struggle, leading nowhither. I did not believe that was the human destiny, for Man individually was sane and reasonable, only collectively a fool. I hope the gunner of that Hun two-seater shot him clean, bullet to heart, and that his plane, on fire, fell like a meteor through the sky he loved. Since he had to end, I hope he ended so. But, oh, the waste! The loss! - Cecil Lewis | |
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| CTPianotech | Jul 20 2008, 05:55 PM Post #2 |
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Fulla-Carp
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| George K | Jul 20 2008, 06:01 PM Post #3 |
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Finally
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Hero. Combat is a horrible place. My wife's cousin never talked about VietNam. There's a nurse in the OR that will never, ever mention it. Rest in peace, soldier - finally. |
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A guide to GKSR: Click "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08 Nothing is as effective as homeopathy. I'd rather listen to an hour of Abba than an hour of The Beatles. - Klaus, 4/29/18 | |
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| John D'Oh | Jul 20 2008, 06:46 PM Post #4 |
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MAMIL
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I can't help but think of another hero, the guy on the left of this shot, Ira Hayes ![]() |
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