#war correspondence

[juchewave]

you are so fucking funny for keeping up the bit on your bday message to george. Thank You (- bluesway)

Comrade bluesway, thank you so much. Your work for the people of this nation, as well as your fervent loyalty and dedication to the Great Generals, surely seats you among the most honorable war heroes of our time.

[aswithasunbeam]

As much as I desire to see you, dear father, I fear an interview cannot be effected for some time to come. Col. Hamilton who was sent to the Northern army to explain the necessity of reinforcements from thence, lies dangerously ill on the road. Since the battle of German Town, I have no longer been a supernumerary.

John Laurens to Henry Laurens, 3 December 1777

[sleepydrummer]

Austrian Gorizia, 1915 André Kertész source: Holden Luntz Gallery

[iloveyoudude-letitrip]

Hemingway's letter home from the Italian front, 1918

[lowcountrydigitallibrary]

LCDL is pleased to announce that we’re adding new collections! Today’s featured collection: Grimke Family Papers, 1678-1977 held by the College of Charleston Libraries.

“This collection includes the Revolutionary War papers of John Paul Grimke and his son John Faucheraud Grimke, with materials regarding the latter as intendant (mayor) of Charleston. The papers of his son Thomas Smith Grimke document temperance, politics and education and also contain an autograph collection. With papers of Thomas's siblings Frederick Grimke, abolitionists Sarah Moore Grimke and Angelina Grimke Weld and others.”

Letter from Colonel George Roberts to John F. Grimke, March 10, 1779.

“A letter written by Colonel George Roberts in Purrysburg, South Carolina to John F. Grimke at the camp at "Two Sisters." Roberts references the high desertion rate in camp following an unsuccessful battle by General Ashe.”

[washingtonpoststyle-blog]

So this is one of those moments when you're speeding down the road in a car with dudes with guns, you have no idea where you're going, and part of you thinks it's a really good idea.

Kelly McEvers, in her opening to "Diary of a Bad Year: A War Correspondent’s Dilemma."

[jimmydcarr]

I'm both proud and flattered to be the subject of this article by Cody Delistraty of HashtagNYU. Check it out and share.

[sonipaul-blog]

"There are two kinds of war correspondents...There are the ambulance chasers who go where the action is, take the pictures and throw them up as if to say, 'This is what's going on.' Then there is the kind that gets emotionally invested in the story."

Adam McCauley, writing for The Atlantic