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Veterans

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1. my friend's son was in both afghanistan

Tue May 14, 2013, 08:54 PM

May 2013

and iraq. i know what he looks like now. didn't know him before. have to ask my friend. i know he talked about suicide.

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Mesmerizing Photographs Of Soldiers' Faces Before And After A War [View all] Scuba May 2013 OP

my friend's son was in both afghanistan DesertFlower May 2013 #1

Is the middle photo "during"? snot May 2013 #2

Per the link, yes. Scuba May 2013 #3

My dear Countrymen. Half-Century Man May 2013 #5

Amen. nolabear May 2013 #6

I remember my first day in theater in Kuwait Rozlee May 2013 #7

I see a lot of emptiness in those third photos NV Whino May 2013 #8

Thousand-yard stare (WW II term) Botany May 2013 #9

war changes people forever Botany May 2013 #12

When your 18 or 19 years old 4 years makes a oldbanjo May 2013 #10

That's the handiwork Rainngirl May 2013 #13

The lighting is different in the middle picture. GreenStormCloud May 2013 #15

Coloured contact lenses, perhaps? nt MADem May 2013 #23

I always found it upsetting 90-percent May 2013 #16

+1,000 Scuba May 2013 #17

Vietnam, the same images DaveHee May 2013 #18

Stress, stress, stress. colorado_ufo May 2013 #19

propaganda sodom May 2013 #20

Yours is a very interesting post. Scuba May 2013 #21

There was a good essay on the general topic today... mojowork_n May 2013 #22