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PFC Justin Blue of the 3rd Platoon, Apache Troop, 1st Squadron, 75th Calvary Regiment, from the 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault). He is taking a break while on patrol near the village of Qalandrakhel  a few miles outside of B

Using a pencil, not a lens, to capture images of the war in Afghanistan

October 17, 2014Conflict

Not many people would bring a sketch pad to a war zone instead of a camera, but Richard Johnson has drawn his way through the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Now he’s turning his attention to “Drawing up the Drawdown” as the US effort in Afghanistan comes to an end.

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