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13 years old, raped by three, then convicted for 'adultery' and stoned to death by 50 men,
arranged by the al-Shabaab militia in Somalia. There were lots of spectators.
13 jaar, verkracht door drie mannen, gestenigd door 50 die waren geronseld door de al-Shabaab-militia in zuid-Somalie. Beschuldiging: overspel. Er waren veel kijkers.
f.i. www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/nov/02/somalia-gender
please quote and spread, or add to favorites, which is a way of speading too..
Six Spanish non-commissioned officers, most of them corporals, stand in the head beach of Sidi Ifni, Morocco, moments after having disembarked. The Ifni War happened between 1957-1958 when former fascist dictator Francisco Franco sent his troops to western Morrocco in order to crush Moroccan insurgents. The armament used by these men were incredibly outdated. Note German weapons manufactured before WWII, as the MP-35 or the Mauser rifle.
31/12/1957
#ifniwar #colorized #colored #mp35 #mauser #sidiifni #forgottenwar #chillonthebeach
Seen here are the Colt .45 Caliber Automatic Pistol M1911A1, M1 Garand .30 Caliber Semi-Automatic Rifle, Browning M1918A2 .30 Caliber Automatic Rifle (Browning Automatic Rifle or "BAR" for short), and the M1 .30 Caliber Carbine Rifle.
These weapons can be seen in the Korea 1950-53: The Navy in the Forgotten War exhibit at the National Museum of the United States Navy at the Washington Navy Yard in Washington, D.C.
© 2009 Ashley D. Cristal, All Rights Reserved. Use of this photograph in ANY form is NOT permitted without permission from the author.
June 25, 2010, marked the 60th anniversary of the Korea War, known also as the "Forgotten War" because it is often ignored by the public, politicians, and news media almost as though it never happened. Yet, to the veterans and families of that war it was all too real. In the three years of that intense conflict, U.S. casualties alone were 33,686 dead, and over 100,000 wounded. Overall, there were over four million military and civilian casualties.
Several years ago, I began trying to track down my old Korean War era Army buddies. Some, by the time I located them, had already passed on. What a sad experience it is to have a wife tell me that an old friend is gone. But some others I found alive, and what a joyful experience it is to again hear the voices of old friends that I hadn't heard for nearly 60 years. Unfortunately, some were terminally ill, and passed on after I found them. But some were healthy and vibrant and we established a contact that continues to this day.
About the same time I began my search for old buddies, I began looking through the old photos I had taken during Army basic training and also while in Korea. At least the ones I could locate. Many had become lost down through the years. I really didn't know what to do with the photos beyond sharing them with family and friends. Then, I discovered Flickr, a modern marvel for photo sharing, and created a Flickr site for all who might be interested in old photos which document tiny time capsules of the Korean War, a time 60 years ancient and forever relegated to the mists of history, Thus, the misty appearance of this photograph that I took about a week and a half before the war ended on July 27, 1953. Welcome everyone to my "Korean War Memories" Flickr site.
Colorized by CupOfJoe. PFC Steven R. Lakos of the Third Division contemplates the enemy in death at Ostheim, France during action in the Colmar Pocket January 1945. So overshadowed by the news of the Battle of the Bulge, the equally-heroic Allied action around Colmar and Strasbourg became known as the "forgotten war.""
The Soviet made submachine gun, the PPSh M1941 Submachine Gun was one of the most mass produced submachine guns in World War II and is still used by many countries today.
This submachine gun can be seen in the Korea 1950-53: The Navy in the Forgotten War exhibit at the National Museum of the United States Navy at the Washington Navy Yard in Washington, D.C.
© 2009 Ashley D. Cristal, All Rights Reserved. Use of this photograph in ANY form is NOT permitted without permission from the author.
The U.S. Navy Museum caption reads:
NAVY HOSPITAL CORPSMAN
Known affectionately as "Doc", the hospital corpsman wore the standard Marines Corps [sic] herringbone twill uniform with his Navy insignia (here a petty officer third class) on the left sleeve. In opposing an enemy that did not respect the Geneva Conventions, which afforded protection to military medical personnel, Navy hospital corpsmen did not wear red cross armbands. Those same Geneva Convention agreements allowed medical personnel to carry sidearms (in this case a .45 caliber pistol) to protect themeselves and their patients.
Courtesy, David Manning
This uniform can be seen in the Korea 1950-53: The Navy in the Forgotten War exhibit at the National Museum of the United States Navy at the Washington Navy Yard in Washington, D.C.
© 2009 Ashley D. Cristal, All Rights Reserved. Use of this photograph in ANY form is NOT permitted without permission from the author.
The TT-33 was the standard sidearm for the Soviet Union from 1930 to 1965.
This pistol can be seen in the Korea 1950-53: The Navy in the Forgotten War exhibit at the National Museum of the United States Navy at the Washington Navy Yard in Washington, D.C.
© 2009 Ashley D. Cristal, All Rights Reserved. Use of this photograph in ANY form is NOT permitted without permission from the author.
Freedom is not Free
This quote is inscribed into the wall next to the reflecting pool of the Korean War Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C.
For more details on the Korean War Veterans Memorial, please visit the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' website.
© 2009 Ashley D. Cristal, All Rights Reserved. Use of this photograph in ANY form is NOT permitted without permission from the author.
Memorial Day flowers line the wall at the Korean War Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C.
For more details on the Korean War Veterans Memorial, please visit the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' website.
© 2009 Ashley D. Cristal, All Rights Reserved. Use of this photograph in ANY form is NOT permitted without permission from the author.
Scans from a box of negatives from my late uncle Ray Brooker who served with the Royal Norfolk Regiment in Korea 1951/1952.
The U.S. Navy Museum caption reads:
ANTI-G(RAVITY) SUIT
The anti-G(ravity) suit protects pilots from the negative effects of pressure caused by rapid acceleration and changes in altitude. In this model, air pressure distributed through five bladders ensured that the compression on the legs and abdomen equaled the rate of acceleration so that blood moved freely from the lower to the upper part of the body.
Courtesy, Flying Medshipmen Association
This uniform can be seen in the Korea 1950-53: The Navy in the Forgotten War exhibit at the National Museum of the United States Navy at the Washington Navy Yard in Washington, D.C.
© 2009 Ashley D. Cristal, All Rights Reserved. Use of this photograph in ANY form is NOT permitted without permission from the author.
The U.S. Navy Museum caption reads:
TROPICAL NURSE'S UNIFORM
Lieutenant Commander Bobbie Hovis, a Navy nurse, wore this tropical uniform during medical evacuation flights in the Korean War.
Courtesy, Commander Bobbie Hovis, NNC, USN (Ret.)
This uniform can be seen in the Korea 1950-53: The Navy in the Forgotten War exhibit at the National Museum of the United States Navy at the Washington Navy Yard in Washington, D.C.
© 2009 Ashley D. Cristal, All Rights Reserved. Use of this photograph in ANY form is NOT permitted without permission from the author.
The U.S. Navy Museum caption reads:
COLD WEATHER CLOTHING
Those who fought in the Korean War faced danger not only from combat, but also from extremes in the weather. Severe summer heat and bitter, frigid winters added to the challenges for American service personnel. Multiple layers of cold weather clothing such as these were needed to survive the freezing Korean temperatures. Note the separate trigger finger in the mitten to permit riflemen to fire their weapons.
Courtesy, Naval Historical Center
This uniform can be seen in the Korea 1950-53: The Navy in the Forgotten War exhibit at the National Museum of the United States Navy at the Washington Navy Yard in Washington, D.C.
© 2009 Ashley D. Cristal, All Rights Reserved. Use of this photograph in ANY form is NOT permitted without permission from the author.
The U.S. Navy Museum caption reads:
The Unit One Bag
Dressings and tourniquets, morphine, and casualty treatment tags all had to fit into the Unit One bag.
Battle Dressing in Packet
Battle Dressing out of Packet
In the hands of a hospital corpsman, the Carlisle bandage, or battle dressing, was the single most useful tool in saving a wounded marine's life. The dressing consisted of a compress to cover a wound and a bandage to secure the compress. The bandage was perforated so that it could be ripped into four "tails" to tie around an arm, a leg, or the body.
These items can be seen in the Korea 1950-53: The Navy in the Forgotten War exhibit at the National Museum of the United States Navy at the Washington Navy Yard in Washington, D.C.
© 2009 Ashley D. Cristal, All Rights Reserved. Use of this photograph in ANY form is NOT permitted without permission from the author.
This item can be seen in the Korea 1950-53: The Navy in the Forgotten War exhibit at the National Museum of the United States Navy at the Washington Navy Yard in Washington, D.C.
© 2009 Ashley D. Cristal, All Rights Reserved. Use of this photograph in ANY form is NOT permitted without permission from the author.
This item can be seen in the Korea 1950-53: The Navy in the Forgotten War exhibit at the National Museum of the United States Navy at the Washington Navy Yard in Washington, D.C.
© 2009 Ashley D. Cristal, All Rights Reserved. Use of this photograph in ANY form is NOT permitted without permission from the author.
Scans from a box of negatives from my late uncle Ray Brooker who served with the Royal Norfolk Regiment in Korea 1951/1952.
Scans from a box of negatives from my late uncle Ray Brooker who served with the Royal Norfolk Regiment in Korea 1951/1952.
A couple walks past a cluster of bullet-ridden, bomb-blasted homes in Sarajevo — a city whose architecture became a canvas for war. These civilian structures, with their shattered roofs and hollow window frames, are relics of the Siege of Sarajevo (1992–1996), the longest siege of a capital city in modern warfare. Caught between sniper fire and shelling, the everyday became a frontline, and residential streets like this one bore the brunt of that transformation.
This photo stands as a textbook example of warchitecture — the term coined to describe architecture weaponized or ravaged during war, especially in the Balkans. Here, the war left behind not monuments or ruins of grandeur, but intimate absences: the shells of homes where meals were shared, children were raised, and lives were lived before being torn apart.
The visible patterns of destruction — pockmarks from small-arms fire, gaping holes from grenades, collapsed roofing from mortars — chart an architectural autopsy. The buildings’ skins tell a story of constant exposure to violence. No room, no balcony, no wall was spared. Yet, even in their ruin, these homes feel stubbornly present. They bear witness.
The couple walking adds a striking sense of continuity. Life went on amid the rubble. People still fetched groceries, walked to school, went to work — all under the threat of sniper fire. That juxtaposition of human endurance and architectural annihilation speaks volumes about Sarajevo’s layered legacy.
This neighborhood, like many across Bosnia and Herzegovina, was never meant to be historicized in this way. These were not landmark structures. They weren’t protected heritage. But they have become historical precisely because of what happened to them — and to the people who lived inside them.
The snow patches and leafless trees suggest winter or early spring, mirroring the season of war in the early 1990s. Rail lines in the foreground evoke infrastructure interrupted, while the power pole and tangled wires are symbols of disrupted connectivity.
Importantly, warchitecture is not just about the physical damage to buildings — it’s about memory, identity, and loss encoded into the built environment. These homes are now part of Sarajevo’s urbanity, etched with grief but also survival.
Some of these buildings have since been repaired or replaced. Others remain in ruin. But photographs like this remain essential: they freeze a moment in which the line between civilian life and combat zone was violently blurred.
This image is not an accident of war photography. It is evidence. It is architecture as archive.
Scans from a box of negatives from my late uncle Ray Brooker who served with the Royal Norfolk Regiment in Korea 1951/1952.
Flowers line the wall at the Korean War Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C.
For more details on the Korean War Veterans Memorial, please visit the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' website.
© 2009 Ashley D. Cristal, All Rights Reserved. Use of this photograph in ANY form is NOT permitted without permission from the author.
Scans from a box of negatives from my late uncle Ray Brooker who served with the Royal Norfolk Regiment in Korea 1951/1952.