You guys really need to watch this.

[Squatch]

Link

Los Angeles Times photojournalist Luis Sinco documented the marines assault on Fallouja in November, 2004. While capturing the ferocity of the conflict, he made a photograph of Marine Lance Corporal James Blake Miller. Miller, weary from the battle, lit a cigarette, and Sinco's photograph of that moment became an icon of the Iraq War. But the connection between Sinco and Miller runs deeper. After returning from Iraq, Miller tried to return to his previous life but found his nights haunted by images of war and his life fractured by depression. This is the story of how Miller struggles to heal his scars of war. But it is also a story of how two disparate lives became connected on a rooftop in Fallouja, and how they both continue to struggle with what happened.

[Squatch]

1. I know there are some bigger news items out there today...

but this is worth a good look and contemplation...so you'll pardon me if I kick it.

[nadinbrzezinski]

2. that is quite possibly one of the best photos of this war

and one of the best stories, albeit tragic stories

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[intheflow]

3. This is one of the most moving vet accounts I've seen.

My heart goes out to both Miller and Sinco, both war vets in different ways, both struggling with having confronted mortality and the fragility of the human spirit.

[malaise]

4. Too sad

way too sad.

[City Lights]

5. I first read about Miller in Rolling Stone a couple of months ago.

Here's a link to the article in case anyone wants to read it.

[Elidor]

6. Very powerful

So many of them don't have anyone they feel they can turn to. Forgotten and left to sort it out for themselves.

[FloridaJudy]

7. No words can express my feelings,

:cry:

[mia]

8. James Miller's story is powerful.

I ended up watching 5 more films on the website. They were all excellent.

Thank you for the link to these films.