August 28, 2009

The Kopp-Etchells effect...







I found these photos fascinating and after reading the article by Michael Yon, I wanted to share them. Michael Yon is/was embedded with a British military group, where these two men were killed while supplying bases deep in Afghanistan. They were Benjamin Kopp and Joseph Etchells. Here is a quote form the article.

"And so a fitting name had arrived to describe the halo glow we sometimes see in Helmand Province: Kopp-Etchells Effect, for two veteran warriors who died here in Helmand, Ben on the 18th, Joe on the 19th of July in the year 2009. It’s not hard to imagine the two Corporals have already linked up and regrouped, and in sense they have. Knowing combat soldiers, it’s easy to imagine them laughing away at the idea".

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

so cool