Vietnam War pipe pic

[LL]

An email exchange with a customer resulted in him sending me the following picture. It was a conversational toss-off in his mind, but I found it remarkable. Since there are several military/police/fire types here on BoB, and reminiscences common, I asked him if I could share it with you. He said no problem.

A contemplative young soldier smoking a pristine Talon meer in a hot war zone... what an amazing mix of cultural, political, and psychological contradictions, no?

 

[regor]

Thats a darn nice picture!!!. It does ccatch a feww differant emotions among other things. Thanks :sunny: :sunny: :cyclops:

 

[ftrplt]

I never had to live in the environment where this young (weren't we all?) soldier is sitting; but the quiet contemplation, while smoking one's pipe, is the same. FTRPLT

 

[Carlos]

Thanks, LL! 8)

 

[Justpipes]

Interesting photo. A tribute to the solice of a pipe.

 

[bronxbill]

Thanks for the picture LL; it brought back a lot of memories. I started smoking a pipe while a Marine 0311 in Viet Nam; it gave me some peaceful moments in a not so peaceful place.

 

[LtMac]

Thanks for a great picture.

LtMac

 

[JT]

Definitely an interesting and thought-provoking pic, LL.... thanks for posting it.

I was an occasional pipe smoker at that time, myself, and spent a fair amount of time transfixed in contemplative mind-travels. A couple of decades later, I came to realize that I could retain a greater number of those thoughts when my pipe was filled with tobacco.... improved the room note tremendously, and no more orange Cheetos stains on my fingers.

 

[PipeBrew]

Very cool picture.

 

[Tony Ferrill]

Right the f#@$ on.His facial expression says it all......I was recon in peacetime;this guy saw what we prayed for.
Glad to be 48.Couldn't,WOULDN'T do it again.Respectfully,Tony

 

[BubbaL002]

thanks for that pic LL. I now have it as my wallpaper. Makes me force myself to relaxe and take time to appreciate the good things in life, even amongst the chaos.

 

[puros_bran]

Wonder what he smoked? An American Burley classic? Dunhill? The Sobranie?