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Boyle worked with LA gangs in the 1980s. His strategy was to treat them like human beings. He created Homeboy Industries, which employs and trains former gang members. It is the largest gang intervention, rehabilitation, and re-entry program in the world. He captures his experiences in several of his best seller books. This quote about compassion is in “Tattoos on the Heart.” “Here is what we seek: a compassion that can stand in awe at what the poor have to carry rather than stand in judgment at how they carry it.”
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I deployed to Sarajevo in Dec 1995 and served there until June 1996. We were part of the first IFOR rotation following the Bosnian civil war. Sarajevo was hit very hard during the war. Serb militias used to position themselves in the hills above the city and fire down on civilians with sniper fire and artillery. I got to know several local civilians while there and heard their stories of survival.
Some of the civilians had some animosity toward us because the US was late in its commitment to intervene. On one occasion I was near a Muslim cemetery and came across an elderly woman. She became very angry with me and began to yell at me in Bosnian. She said that she blamed the US for the death of her husband because we were too late to save him and others from being killed by Serb forces. As I tried to offer my condolences she spit at me. I told her that I was sorry for her loss and continued on my way. On another occasion I interviewed several civilians in the town of Grbavica, which overlooked Sarajevo. I spoke with a very elderly man about the political situation. He gave me his insights and a little background on the area. The next day I learned he was beaten nearly to death by young Serb thugs that saw him talking to me. These are some of the memories that I will always have. |
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This piece was inspired by my visits to the Dachau concentration camp in Germany. The camp is a powerful place to see. It's one thing to read about these places or see them in film but when you walk through the camp and its buildings and see the crematorium and gas chamber it will leave an indelible impression on you. It is sometimes hard to believe that people are capable of this level of evil but we've seen it over and over in places like Bosnia, Iraq, Syria, and Afghanistan.
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These two scratchboard pieces are derived from photos I brought back from Iraq. Combat Camera took both photos. On the left, a soldier holds the hand of a wounded soldier as they await a MEDEVAC. On the right, a US Army medic treats the injuries of an Iraqi baby as his mother holds him. Both are available for purchase |
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I spent a little time in Nepal in 2001 working with the Royal Nepalese Army. They were in the middle of fighting a Maoist insurgency. I took a photo of a woman and her child in downtown Kathmandu. She carried the child on her back as she went about her business for the day. I used that photo as a reference for this piece. This is one of the rare times I added a little color to my typical black and white scheme. These people were extremely friendly but you could easily see how hard their lives were.
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Refugee child in western Sudan. Children like this were caught up in the middle of a bloody conflict between the Government of Sudan and the rebel groups Sudan Liberation Movement and Justice and Equality Movement. The Bashir government was responsible for the deaths of hundreds of thousands of non-Arab civilians through a genocidal campaign.
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War orphans have been a concern of mine since my time in Bosnia. I visited an orphanage in Sarajevo where children who lost their families during the war lived. Sadly Serb militias bombed this facility during the war. These children will be traumatized for life. Most of the kids that were there during my visit were between 3 and 12.
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I saw several of these wandering Sadhu holy men during my time in Nepal. They were usually sitting and meditating on a small rug around the city of Kathmandu. They are on a perpetual pilgrimage and wander through the cities and forests. They have given up all material possessions and devoted their lives to God.
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