Tag: War and Veterans
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A memorable veteran
Anthony PapagiannisThessaloniki, Greece It was nine o’clock on a Monday morning and this was my last outpatient clinic. By the end of the week I would be finishing my hospital duties and return home after several years of training in Britain. The first patient that day was a very pleasant seventy-five-year old man who walked…
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A battered soul rebels
Anonymous As a maturing poet I have recently noticed my work has themes of redemption. I surmise this stems from the fact that both my parents are mentally ill from the effects of war and I was an abused child. My mother suffers from PTSD/paranoia, my father suffers from PTSD/intermittent explosive disorder, and I was…
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Military robotics, artificial intelligence, and genetic engineering: The future of modern warfare
Anene ChinemelumAnambra, Nigeria Military robots date back to World War II in the form of the German Goliath, an old mobile hardware used by Germans to track mines and tanks. Military robots were used for reconnaissance and for neutralizing explosive devices. Current robots are not merely used for surveillance and sniper detection but have been…
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Archibald McIndoe’s stance against the clinical hospital archetype and the importance of this for the recovery of burnt airmen in the Second World War
Alexander BaldwinBirmingham, UK The Second World War marked the beginning of a new generation of aerial warfare. The slow wooden bi-planes of the First World War were replaced by swift aerodynamic fighters, such as the Spitfire and Hurricane, and a new type of aircraft entirely: the heavy bombers of RAF Bomber Command. However, the increased…
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The afterlife
Chris ThapaPortland, Oregon, United States Hari Bahadur Adhikari was eighteen-years-old. Some men in city clothes had come to his village. They wanted him to be a laurey, working as a soldier for the British Army. Hari fell in love with the idea of making Nepal proud. But tradition had its say first: his parents wanted…
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Put a helmet on your privates because they’re going to see some action: The history of condoms in the military
Abigail Cline ApplerAugusta, GA “Survival kit contents check. In them you’ll find: one forty-five caliber automatic; two boxes of ammunition; four days’ concentrated emergency rations; one drug issue containing antibiotics, morphine, vitamin pills, pep pills, sleeping pills, tranquilizer pills; one miniature combination Russian phrase book and Bible; one hundred dollars in rubles; one hundred dollars…