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Rozlee

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7. I remember my first day in theater in Kuwait

Reply to Scuba (Original post)

Tue May 14, 2013, 11:10 PM

May 2013

waiting for my flight to BIA back in '05. I looked at some guys from the Big Red One who were redeploying to Ft. Riley. I remembered the thousand yard stare from the Vietnam War. I was shocked to see it on some of those infantry guys. What shocks me even more is to realize that many of them probably went back for several more tours. A couple of the guys in these pictures have that same slack-eyed 'yarding' stare.

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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

I remember what my now-deceased little brother told me long after the VN War pinboy3niner May 2013 #4

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

No, looking for enemy is an active role. Looking across the universe for a different dimension... Scuba May 2013 #11

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

How can your eyes go from brown to blue then back to brown (last set of pics)? BeatleBoot May 2013 #14

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