Korengal Valley photo essay
Yesterday the Boston Globe had an exceptional photo essay by John Moore on the Korengal Valley. It’s well worth a look. (h/t Memeorandum)
Yesterday was Veteran’s Day (or Armistice or Remembrance Day, depending on where you live), a day set aside to honor those who have served in the military. Today, on the day after, it seems appropriate to share some photographs of U.S. soldiers currently in the thick of war in Afghanistan. Getty Images photographer John Moore spent some time recently in Afghanistan’s Korengal Valley, near the Pakistani border, with Viper Company of the 1-26 Infantry, and brought back these images, documenting what he saw. The final two photographs do not involve Korengal, but are striking examples of these difficult and complex times, and the sacrifice of one American family.
Here are previous posts I’ve done on the Korengal Valley. Included among them is the story ABC’s Nightline did1, and the article the New York Times did2.
- Welcome Home, 173rd
- IEDs and the Korengal Valley
- More on the Korengal Valley2
- The 173rd in Kunar Province1
- A war with teeth
- With the Taliban
- The Korengal Valley
