Download or read book Soldier Snapshots written by Jay Mechling and published by University Press of Kansas. This book was released on 2021-08-10 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Soldier Snapshots Jay Mechling explores how American men socially construct their performance of masculinity in everyday life in all-male friendship groups during their service in the military. The evidence Mechling analyzes is a collection of vernacular photographs, “snapshots,” of and by American soldiers, sailors, Marines, and aviators. Since almost all of the snapshots are photographs taken of men by other men, this book offers a unique view into the social construction, performance, and repair of American masculinity. Mechling guides the reader from the snapshots to ideas about the everyday lives of male soldiers to ideas about the lives of men in groups to ideas about American culture. In his introduction Mechling offers his thoughts about how to undertake the interdisciplinary study of American culture; he draws from history, folklore, anthropology, sociology, rhetoric, psychology, gender and sexuality studies, ethnic studies, popular culture studies, and visual studies to reveal the intricacies of how men use their folk practices in an all-male group to manage the paradoxes of their friendship and comradeship under sometimes stressful conditions. Soldier Snapshots begins with a brief history of war photography and establishes the nature of vernacular photography: the snapshot. This is followed by a jargon-free discussion of the key ideas about masculinity and the vernacular practices of men in groups, exploring male friendship, the important role of play in men’s relationships, and the ways “animal buddies” adopted by male friendship groups actually tell us even more about male friendship and issues of trust. In the final section Mechling’s careful analysis reveals how the men employ different folk practices—including rough-and-tumble playfighting, building human pyramids, bathing naked in public, cross-dressing, hazing, and gallows humor—in order to manage their relationships. Regardless of the man’s sexual orientation and sexual identity, the strong heterosexual norm in the military means that the men must find ways to understand and even enact or perform their feelings of bonding while still defining those feelings and acts as heterosexual.
Download or read book Snapshots of a Soldier written by Ronald T. Carr and published by . This book was released on 2018-07-02 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A snapshot of a Soldier is the story of the author's time as a soldier in the British army between 1963 and 1971. During this time British soldiers were embroiled in four active service conflicts (wars) in four different countries. First of all, he trained as a communications specialist with the Royal Signals and then trained as a paratrooper. Paratroopers were always among the first be sent into areas of conflict. The book describes how, as paratroopers, and young men, they found combat to be both exciting and scary. From a soldier's perspective the sixties and early seventies were never dull. Their very their training did in fact allow them to readily accept that hostilities (combat) were acceptable. They were paratroopers and that made them an elite band of soldiers who readily accepted what they had to do. The television series about American airborne troops called; 'Band of Brothers' is a truism that these British soldiers understood very well - they were a 'Band of Brothers'. It describes how the modern soldier of the time endures and acknowledges what is expected of them in times of war against other soldiers, and terrorists. Although this book is under the category; 'biographies memoirs' the book does not simply describe the events and experiences of the soldiers, it also uses speech (as you might see in a fictional book) between the soldiers and others involved. This makes the book much more interesting - as if the soldier is talking directly to you.
Download or read book Ten Original Snapshots by a Soldier of the First Battalion A I F written by Private F.E. Mitchell and published by . This book was released on with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Private Pictures written by Janina Struk and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-09-14 with total page 231 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Snapshots taken by American soldiers of Iraqi prisoners stripped naked, humiliated and tortured shocked the world in 2004 and more have followed from the conflict in Afghanistan, but whether the public have been horrified by the soldiers' conduct or the fact they have taken pictures has not been clear. In fact, as this remarkable book reveals and relates, soldiers have taken photographs of war and its atrocities for more than 100 years. But their pictures are private, intended mainly for the soldiers themselves, as mementoes or as attempts to make sense of the chaos, brutality and boredom of war. They can be gruesome or sociable, shocking or mundane and they are seldom regarded as serious contributions to a visual culture of war, which since 1939 has been dominated by professional war photography. But with the 21st-century shift to simple digital photography, transmission by the internet available to all, and a new 'citizen journalism', soldiers' pictures are acquiring a new resonance."Private Pictures" traces this unacknowledged genre of photography from the origins of popular photography in the Boer War through to the present day; it discusses how the images have been used and it asks: what effect might the wider appreciation of soldiers' pictures have on the popular perception of war?
Download or read book Snapshots of Valor written by Herbert Elliot and published by . This book was released on 1918 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Snapshots from the Vietnam War written by Richard Udden and published by . This book was released on 2018-08-26 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 2014, Udden decided to add captions to the snapshots he took in Vietnam in 1970. That effort morphed into his memoir, 21 MONTHS, 24 DAYS. So, he began again to finish captioning his pictures. The result is this book. Soldiers that carried a camera in Vietnam took pictures of each other and then passed the camera to get a picture of themselves. Udden also took snapshots of the land, the people of Vietnam, artillery, helicopters, planes and anything else that caught his eye through the lens. He used a Kodak Instamatic Camera instead of a 35mm because he needed something tough that would survive getting banged around in an ammo can at the bottom of his pack. So, though the images are unique and the colors amazing, he apologizes that some are not focused to a pinpoint. I hope you enjoy what you see. If you want to know the stories that fit between these captured moments, I would suggest you read his memoir.
Download or read book Sons of the Greatest Generation written by Ron Copeland and published by FriesenPress. This book was released on 2016-10-03 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Like thousands of young men before and after him, in 1967 at just nineteen years old, Ron Copeland was drafted into the US Army, trained as an infantry soldier, and shipped off to Vietnam. He spent the next year of his life immersed in the fear, fatigue, tedium, and moral ambiguity that comes with life in a combat zone, while forming deep bonds with his fellow soldiers. Contrary to the losers, addicts, and crazed baby killers that Vietnam veterans have been portrayed to be, Ron found them to be "good boys from every corner of our country, black and white, rich and poor, who did as we were told, the best job we could." From Ron's point of view, he and his fellow soldiers were sons of the "greatest generation," who wanted only to honor their fathers by answering their nation's call, just like their fathers did in World War II. As a soldier with the First Cavalry Division, Ron participated in some of the most pivotal conflicts of the war, including the Tet Offensive and the siege of Khe Sanh. He wrote this book not only as a memoir of his experience but also as an effort to set the record straight concerning the true character of his fellow soldiers. Packed with photos and personal stories, Sons of the Greatest Generation is a fascinating firstperson account of the Vietnam conflict.
Download or read book Snapshots Upper Primary A written by Lynette Evans and published by . This book was released on 2005-05-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Panel Art Snapshots written by and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Description: "Panel-Art Snapshots. " Includes the following three photos: Unidentified soldier at Camp Grant, Six soldiers in M1 helmets pose for a photo, and Soldiers lying in a field. Camp Grant, Illinois. 1944.
Download or read book Seeing the War written by David P. Colley and published by University Press of New England. This book was released on 2015-10-06 with total page 1 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The faces in photographs of World War II-both the famous pictures from Life magazine and the seldom-seen snapshots of individual soldiers, sailors, and correspondents-have a unique capacity to induce awe, respect, and wonder. Who were these men and women? Did they survive the war? And, if so, what were their lives like? Author and Vietnam-era veteran David P. Colley has been researching the subjects of World War II photographs for more than twenty years. As he explains, "I find the pursuit of the soldiers in World War II photographs illuminating. We never stop and ask about the toll of war or what happened to the men afterward. Many were killed or wounded or suffered deep psychological scars. The year 2015 marks the seventieth anniversary of the end of that war. It will undoubtedly be one of the last times this nation honors its living World War II veterans. Soon they will be no more and the war mostly forgotten. It already is ancient history to the majority of Americans. But the images of those veterans, depicted in photographs, bring alive those momentous years and enshrine the soldiers in our history and our imaginations." In Seeing the War, Colley revisits more than a hundred of the most revealing photographs of World War II.
Download or read book A Soldiers Portfolio written by Devin Friedman and published by Artisan Books. This book was released on 2006-01-01 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Accompanied by descriptive text, a compilation of 256 snapshots taken by soldiers on the ground in Iraq offer a personal record of the Iraq War and the experiences of Americans.
Download or read book Snapshots of Valor Classic Reprint written by Herbert Elliot and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-10-11 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Snapshots of Valor Many people object to military decorations crosses, medals, ribbons, and the like - ou the ground that they draw invidious distinctions. Not that the decorations are undeserved: in most cases they are earned over and over again. But all soldiers will tell you that the winning of a decoration is a sheer matter of luck Some one happened to be looking at the time; that is all. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book Time Cap HC written by Nick Rucker and published by Dorrance Publishing. This book was released on 2020-12-31 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Time Cap By: Nick Rucker Snapshots of one soldier’s time overseas in Afghanistan and Iraq, Time Cap fearlessly lets readers peer inside the windows at both the light and dark sides of military service. Many passages are lifted straight from the author Nick Rucker’s journal, shedding light on his battle with alcoholism and his struggle to maintain relationships and readjust to a “normal” life upon returning to the States. Relatable to soldiers and to any who’ve had their lives turned suddenly upside-down, Rucker offers a message of hope: you can turn your life back around, no matter how far you think you’ve fallen.
Download or read book Snapshots of Christ in Isaiah written by Cordell W. Mitchell and published by Outskirts Press. This book was released on 2015-08-11 with total page 434 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book will turn on a bright light as you see the book of Isaiah with Christ at its center. If you are a pastor, teacher, or preacher hundreds of diamonds await you to pick up and expound on them. To the young ministers of third world countries, this book was written specifically for you to open your eyes to the seed truths in Isaiah of Christ and their fulfillment in the New Testament. The greater knowledge you have of the Scriptures, the greater will you see in these snapshots. As the author, I assume your knowledge is wide in the Scriptures and have made the subjects quick and to the point, waiting only for your heart to expound on it for your hearers. You hold in your hand much of the results of my quest in searching for Christ in the Scriptures. His snapshots are in every book of the Bible waiting for you to behold his face. And beginning at Moses and all the prophets, he expounded unto them in all the scriptures the things concerning himself. (Luke 24:27)
Download or read book Time Cap written by Nick Rucker and published by Dorrance Publishing. This book was released on 2020-12-03 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Time Cap By: Nick Rucker Snapshots of one soldier’s time overseas in Afghanistan and Iraq, Time Cap fearlessly lets readers peer inside the windows at both the light and dark sides of military service. Many passages are lifted straight from the author Nick Rucker’s journal, shedding light on his battle with alcoholism and his struggle to maintain relationships and readjust to a “normal” life upon returning to the States. Relatable to soldiers and to any who’ve had their lives turned suddenly upside-down, Rucker offers a message of hope: you can turn your life back around, no matter how far you think you’ve fallen.
Download or read book Snapshots Sent Home written by JT Blatty and published by Elva Resa Publishing. This book was released on 2024-02-20 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “... an intimate, finely-written memoir about the truths and realities shared by soldiers everywhere ... devastatingly moving ...” —Jon Lee Anderson, staff writer, The New Yorker; author of Che Guevara and The Fall of Baghdad US combat veteran and photographer JT Blatty journeyed to Ukraine in 2018 to capture oral history and portraits of Donbas volunteer soldiers. In frontline bunkers and Kyiv flats, her story began to blend with theirs in a universal bond of combat veterans, compelling her to stay as a new war began. “... powerful, engaging narrative ... a sense of place and people that is usually only arrived at by being there ..." —Alexa Dilworth, independent writer and editor; former publishing director and senior editor at the Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University
Download or read book Sergeant York written by Alvin York and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2018-10-09 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: October 8th, 1918—amid the last of the Allies attempts to the Germans, Sergeant Alvin York of Tennessee, found himself and his platoon of only seventeen men trapped in the thick of heavy machine gun fire. Rather than retreating or calling upon the artillery to take out the nest, York single-handedly took out twenty-five Germans, dropping them one-by-one, and captured many more. This is only one of the many tales of York’s famed heroism, which were heralded as some of the most impressive battle stories in history of modern warfare. Sergeant York contains the legendary soldier’s war diaries, which offer up-close snapshots of his fabled military career. Included in this new edition of a classic work are new forewords written by York’s son and grandson, which provide both personal and historical recollections of their predecessor. In Sergeant York, experience the fascinating life of an American hero.
