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.
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Make my day. Post his picture!!
It made my day!!
Nope, they are dying from lead poisoning!
I wouldn't mind a bit if he showed up on my doorstep to see my daughter. In a couple of years, of course. :-)
You'd have to drag him kicking and screaming away from his fellow Marines.
I thank the Lord he is fighting on my side! God Bless Him and his Family!
You nailed it! I better see him on Fox & Friends when he gets home or else!
True, but he could fight DNC terrorists back here and have a lot more fun. He just wouldn't be allowed to use a gun;-)
Yeah, those Hollywood phony heroes will be fighting each other on Sunset Blvd. to star in the movie about the life of this young Marine! (May they use lethal force with a high body count of Hollywood flakes?) But, no matter how hard they try, they'll never measure up to this Real Deal Marine.
Hollywood makes movies, Marines make history!
Yeah, we noticed:-)
Mel Gibson will make the movie. And these guys will be the stars.
The guy is in Fallujah putting his life on the line every single minute. Each smoke could be his last. If that is how he handles the stress more power to him.
I, for one, would be glad to send cigarettes over there. It is the least I can do.
As for the teens---I do not need a village to raise my children. I do not need a village to shape my child's behavior by controlling the behavior and habits of others.
I would tell my sons smoking will kill you, but so will a bullet. He is a grown man and knows the risks. It is his life, his deccision and the consequences are his alone.
Not a flame. Just my personal opinion.
Or a young Robert Mitchum...
That's who came to mind for me. I have watched the movie, "We Were Soldiers" recently and, coupled with the reports out of Iraq, what strikes me most about our guys over there (no slight to the gals over there, so please...), what strikes me most is how cool, efficient, capable...and YOUNG these soldiers are. At 21, Cpl. Miller has already proven himself to be the kind of person our nation should be proud of...a man, a soldier, a patriot, an American.
God Bless our troops, and may He make short work of their efforts over there and bring them back to their loved ones soon.
This 50 year old woman thinks he is a hottie.! But every GI I see in combat gear is a hottie! Must be that manly, rugged look!
As for the cigs, if that's the way he deals with stress, let him. I don't like it when my husband smokes but he usually does only when he's under extreme stress (Like after he slept through Hurricane Ivan in an elementary school 20 min north of NAS Pensacola)
My gut tells me he wouldn't need the gun...just the thought of a military man, puffing a smoke would cause most libs to keel over...
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