These are my top 3 picks for best pictures that show what war is like.









vietnam agent orange - Google Images

^Agent Orange pictures are scary as hell too.

Sowwy if these pix are too graphic

BEYOND WOW ! JC thanks for shareing this Letter . I think we don't say "THANK YOU " enough to our veterans for their service and sacrifice !

BEST REGARDS
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Someone asked the question if there was any good came out of war, I offer a small event to the world but a large event to me. I was still on active duty when I went to see the Registrar of the Unversity I waanted to attend in 1946. I found out much laater that the lady that became my wife saw me entering the office in my military glory aand was impressed. Among my ribbons were the Legion of Merir ,Two Bronze Stars, two Purple Hearts, Two Commendation Medals, and an Air Medal. These were topped by a Combat Infaantry Badge and a Parachute Badge wioth two Bronze Stars.

I never learned what kind of impression this made. But I believe that her view of me uniform had some effect.

As Ever,

Walter L. Marlowe

( ASirborne all the Way)

That's a good read. I guess, if we didn't have the innate tendancy to glamourise war, then there wouldn't be any. It's human nature to block out not being able to wash for weeks, to have constant, nagging pains, to think about having to "do your business" in a bit of clingfilm and stow it in your bergen, to feel the deadness of futility when you are exposed to it all, week after week, month after month.

When you really think about it, what the older generations achieved (Going all over the globe, surviving in jungles, deserts, mountains etc. fighting, all the rest, then coming back to civvy street and not being completely crazy) was an amazing feat of human endurance.

They sure bred 'em tough back then!

Mr Marlowe,

I can only imagine that the uniform made a major impression on her. That is a good thing, after what you had gone through, for the uniform to "grease the skids" as it were.

So, did she hunt you down or did you go back looking for her?

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Best Regards,
JW

I have to agree with Mr. Marlowe............My wife has a picture of me, taken during GW1 when I was only "a guy she dated" that is in her office. I don't even remember sending it to her; but, it's her favorite.

Brad

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"Logos, Philos, Arete"

Ladies and Gentelmen:

For the record we got acquainted while I tutored the lady in math. She needed to complete a math course to get her Fine Arts Degree. It was a rock two year courtship but we both learned about each other.

As Ever,

Walter L. Marlowe

( Airborne all the Way)