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An exhausted U.S. Marine exhibits the thousand-yard stare after two days of constant fighting at the Battle of Eniwetok, February 1944. The thousand-yard stare (also referred to as two-thousand-yard stare) is a phrase often used to describe the blank, unfocused gaze of people experiencing dissociation due to acute stress or traumatic events.
The Battle of Eniwetok was a battle of the Pacific campaign of World War II, fought from 17 to 23 February 1944 on Enewetak Atoll in the Marshall Islands. The invasion of Eniwetok followed the American success in the Battle of Kwajalein to the southeast. Capture of Eniwetok would provide an airfield and harbor to support attacks on the Mariana ...
Thomas " Tom " Calloway Lea III (July 11, 1907 – January 29, 2001) was an American muralist, illustrator, artist, war correspondent, novelist, and historian. The bulk of his art and literary works were about Texas, north-central Mexico, and his World War II experience in the South Pacific and Asia. Two of his most popular novels, The Brave ...
Dispatches is a 1977 book. The phrase "thousand yard stare" starting appearing in books in 1945. While Dispatches may have been a significant book in terms of the Vietnam War and two movies based on it it does not seem significant in terms of the phrase "thousand yard stare." -- Marc Kupper | talk 19:40, 1 November 2017 (UTC) Reply.
Face to Face. (photograph) Komulainen's 1990 photograph of Patrick Cloutier (left) and Brad Larocque (right) Face to Face is a photograph of Canadian Army soldier Patrick Cloutier and Ojibwe activist Brad Larocque staring each other down during the Oka Crisis. It was taken on September 1, 1990, by Shaney Komulainen, and has become one of Canada ...
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 16 October 2024. American football player (born 1989) American football player Rob Gronkowski Gronkowski in 2019 No. 87 Position: Tight end Personal information Born: (1989-05-14) May 14, 1989 (age 35) Amherst, New York, U.S. Height: 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) Weight: 265 lb (120 kg) Career information High ...
Shell shock is a term that originated during World War I to describe the type of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) that many soldiers experienced during the war, before PTSD was officially recognized. [3] It is a reaction to the intensity of the bombardment and fighting that produced helplessness, which could manifest as panic, fear, flight ...
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