has become known as the "Marlboro Man" after a photograph taken by a
Los Angeles Times photographer and transmitted by The Associated Press was printed in more than 100 newspapers and shown on network television.
Posted on 11/16/2004 10:59:08 AM PST by crushelits
PIKEVILLE, Ky. — A picture from Iraq has turned a young man into an instant celebrity.
Lance Cpl. James Blake Miller (search), a Marine from eastern Kentucky,
has become known as the "Marlboro Man" after a photograph taken by a
Los Angeles Times photographer and transmitted by The Associated Press was printed in more than 100 newspapers and shown on network television.
Miller, 20, is shown with smudged camouflage paint and a bloody scratch on his nose, a cigarette drooping from the side of his mouth. He was exhausted and grimy after more than 12 hours of nonstop fighting in the Iraqi city of Fallujah, scene of fierce battles over the past week..
Miller, a three-pack-a -ay smoker who is now being sought after by many women, says he doesn't understand what all the fuss is about. But his mother is thrilled.
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(ie, he looks like a man.)
Please dont let them change him.
He looks alot like Bogie.
Criminy, I thought I smoked a lot.
He looks like one tired, worn out hero. God bless our troops!
I'd be glad to buy him a cartoon !
X-mas comes early for cig companies.
Damn...that's not what Arnold would call a "girly-man. I'd take him over a Yale grad any day!mmmmmbaby
Amen to that.
God bless our troops!
I love cartoons like most people but I think he could use a "Carton" instead.
Smoke 'em if you got 'em. :)
Me too. I wonder whether he likes Samurai Jack?
Sorry, I meant CARTON... :o)
doesn't he know how dangerous smoking is!!!???
Just kidding...
Three-pack-a-day smoker? Holy cow -
It's his right to smoke - but does he want to die an early death (other than his military experience)?
Es muy macho, ese muchacho.
after a good taco, a good tabaco
... yeah, but ol' Ben will probably be chewing gum or something. Perhaps fretting about his manicure being ruined or of the scar he'll have on his nose.
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