Vietnam, Watchmen, Pirates, Cannibalism, the Army, and persp
I went over to the supply truck, sat in the front seat, and started reading Watchmen. I read the part where the protagonist in the comic within, Tales of the Black Freighter, straps his dead comrades onto a raft and heads out to sea. Hunger forces him to lure seagulls close to his raft, catch them, and eat them
Mexico to send more troops to besieged city
Mexico is sending up to 5,000 new troops and federal police to the country's most violent city, where law and order is on the brink of collapse in aMexican army war between gangs supplying drugs to the United States.
In memory of Ed W. Freeman. Medal of Honor winner.
Ed W. Freeman was a United States Army pilot who received the Medal of Honor on July 16, 2001 for his actions in the Battle of Ia Drang in 1965. As a helicopter pilot, he flew through gunfire more than 20 times during a single battle, bringing supplies to a trapped battalion of United States soldiers, 70 of which he flew to safety.