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Marine Whose Photo Lit Up Imaginations Keeps His Cool (Famous Iraq War Picture Alert)
Los Angeles Times ^
| 11/13/03
| Patrick J. McDonnell
Posted on 11/13/2004 5:36:06 AM PST by goldstategop
Miller is the young man whose gritty, war-hardened portrait appeared Wednesday in the Los Angeles Times, taken by Luis Sinco, a Times photographer traveling with Miller's unit: Charlie Company, 1st Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment.
In the full-frame photo, taken after more than 12 hours of nearly nonstop deadly combat, Miller's camouflage war paint is smudged. He sports a bloody nick on his nose. His helmet and chin strap frame a weary expression that seems to convey the timeless fatigue of battle.
And there is the cigarette, of course, drooping from the right side of his mouth in a manner that Bogart or John Wayne would have approved of. Wispy smoke drifts off to his left.
The image, printed in more than 100 newspapers, has quickly moved into the realm of the iconic.
(Excerpt) Read more at latimes.com ...
TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: cprljamesblakemiller; falloujah; fallujah; iconicimage; iraq; iraqwar; marines; marlborogi; photo; smoking
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To: Barnstormer
Wish you could put that up on those big lights, well said
Comment #122 Removed by Moderator
To: RepublicanJoe
You said......In view of the fact that he has a "bloody nick on his nose" I think John Kerry would have already applied for at least one purple heart and a dismissal from duty.
LOL!! Ain't it the truth! Although Kerry never even had that mch blood!
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posted on
11/13/2004 8:32:27 AM PST
by
Ann Archy
(Abortion: The Human Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
To: ErnBatavia
Who is Cigar man? I don't remeber such a picture.
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posted on
11/13/2004 8:35:09 AM PST
by
Ann Archy
(Abortion: The Human Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
To: SheLion
Well, we are not allowed porn or booze in the middle east. But we can smoke. The useage of any type of tobacco product, mostly cigars, is very large.
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posted on
11/13/2004 8:39:03 AM PST
by
GAflyer
To: AMDG&BVMH
the social engineers try to feminize the military
By "social engineers" you do mean Hellery and Billery don't you? And to think, she wants to be President! Yeah, and I want to be beautiful, too. ha!
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posted on
11/13/2004 8:40:41 AM PST
by
momf
((Immigrant = came the correct way; IIlegal = criminal))
To: goldstategop
without reading the rest of the article, i wonder just when the left is going to put their collective feet in it and complain that young people will start smoking because of this pic
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posted on
11/13/2004 8:40:49 AM PST
by
InvisibleChurch
(Good ol' Coney Island College. Go WhiteFish.)
To: goldstategop
God bless James Miller and all our brave troops.
To: beyond the sea
This could fit into any time period of America fighting for freedom!
WW2,Korea,Vietnam,Or Iraq!
God bless and watch over our Soldiers...AND Marines!
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posted on
11/13/2004 8:43:58 AM PST
by
LtKerst
(Lt Kerst)
To: InvisibleChurch
i wonder just when the left is going to put their collective feet in it and complain that young people will start smoking because of this pic That picture was first printed Wednesday morning...........the whining commenced before the day was out.
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posted on
11/13/2004 8:48:21 AM PST
by
Gabz
(Thank a Veteran today............and every day)
To: LtKerst
This could fit into any time period of America fighting for freedom! WW2,Korea,Vietnam,Or Iraq! God bless and watch over our Soldiers...AND Marines!You're right. This guy's face is a face for the ages!!!
To: BillyCrockett
"tougher than frozen owl zhit."
There. . .you did it now. . .you gave Rather another piece of donwn-home banter to use when he is trying to be an ol'country boy.
To: momf
"By "social engineers" you do mean Hellery and Billery don't you?"
Sadly, though, they aren't the only ones. I'll leave commenting on women in the military to another thread. I have too much to say on it! Yes, I was one. But there are roles that women do not, let's say, excell at . . . esp. if there are too many of them, etc.
To: Bon mots
You're right of course.
I suppose I was still thinking about him in a romantic way - knight in shinning amour ... blush, blush.
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posted on
11/13/2004 8:55:53 AM PST
by
nmh
(Intelligent people recognize Intelligent Design (God).)
Comment #135 Removed by Moderator
To: Protect the Bill of Rights
I'm in good company!
Ah, to be young again ... with THESE kinds of HOTTIES!!!!!!
Blush!
Blush!!!!
REAL MEN! :)
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posted on
11/13/2004 8:58:25 AM PST
by
nmh
(Intelligent people recognize Intelligent Design (God).)
To: Senator Goldwater
Light'em up if you have 'em.He'd probably say, "Smoke em if ya got em"!
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posted on
11/13/2004 8:59:51 AM PST
by
SuziQ
(Bush in 2004-Because we are Americans!!!!)
To: LtKerst
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posted on
11/13/2004 9:07:07 AM PST
by
spectre
(Spectre's wife)
To: nuconvert
Looks like the Cincinnati Reds' Danny Graves
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posted on
11/13/2004 9:11:24 AM PST
by
smith288
(I have posted over 10,000 times. The more I post, the more intelligent you become!)
To: Wiz
I think the manufacturer of Marlboro will be very happy to pay him for an advertisement poster or commercial with that pic for their famous product."The NEW Marlboro Man".
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posted on
11/13/2004 9:11:28 AM PST
by
SuziQ
(Bush in 2004-Because we are Americans!!!!)
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