Here's a better photograph, posted by Fox News, than the one I posted elsewhere. I find it
haunting and captivating, his eyes alert, and his face wise but weary after a tough fight.
As it is one of the truly awesome portraits to come out of this conflict, this Marine will be
immortalized for decades. Too bad the photographer did not get his name.
He also makes me proud that we have such young fellows in our military services --
proud of him, his family and this country. Hoo-jah! ... and, thank you!
November 9, 2004: A member of Charlie Company of the U.S. Marines
First Division, Eighth regiment, smokes a cigarette in Fallujah. More:
Nov. 10: A U.S. military vehicle passes near a burning oil pipeline on the outskirts of Fallujah.
Nov. 9: Iraqi army troops arrive to the railroad station in Fallujah.
Nov. 8: Insurgents load a rocket-propelled grenade during an attack on U.S. forces in Fallujah.
Nov. 8: Iraqis prepare graves for those who were killed by an air strike in Fallujah.
Nov. 8: Marines of the 1st Division take position on the outskirts of Fallujah, Iraq.
Nov. 9: U.S. Marines guard the railroad station in Fallujah, Iraq.
Nov. 8: Insurgents, using small arms and mortars, launch an attack on U.S. forces in Fallujah.
Nov. 8: Marines take position on the outskirts of Fallujah, Iraq.
Nov. 8: U.S. Marines take position on the outskirts of Fallujah, Iraq.
Nov. 8: Iraq's interim Prime Minister Ayad Allawi speaks at a press conference in Baghdad, Iraq.
-- photos courtesy, AP and FoxNews.com
(my apologies if you have seen some before)