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James Blake Miller (born July 10, 1984) is a United States Marine Corps veteran of the Iraq War, who fought in the Second Battle of Fallujah and was dubbed the "Marlboro Man" (and the "Marlboro Marine") after an iconic photograph of him with a cigarette was published in newspapers in the United States in 2004.
In 1976, he did promotional work for the famous Marlboro cigarette advertising campaign as the "Marlboro Man". After developing lung cancer in 1990, McLaren became an anti-smoking crusader citing his 30-year smoking habit as the cause of his cancer.
The D-A-D song "Marlboro Man" is about the advertisements featuring the character. The Neil Young song "Big Green Country" refers to the Marlboro man as "the cancer cowboy", who was "pure as driven snow" before his death. The World Entertainment War song "Marlboro Man, Jr." begins, "The Marlboro Man is dead Long live the Marlboro Man! In our ...
The 13 fallen service members were Sgt. Johanny Rosario Pichardo, Sgt. Nicole L. Gee, Staff Sgt. Darin T. Hoover, Cpl. Hunter Lopez, Cpl. Daegan W. Page, Cpl ...
Paul Ray Smith (September 24, 1969 – April 4, 2003) was a United States Army soldier who was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions during the 2003 invasion of Iraq. While serving with B Company, 11th Engineer Battalion, 3rd Infantry Division in Baghdad , his team was attacked by a group of Iraqi soldiers and after a ...
Dakota Louis Meyer (born June 26, 1988) [1] is a former United States Marine.A veteran of the War in Afghanistan, he was awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions during the Battle of Ganjgal on September 8, 2009, in Kunar Province, Afghanistan.
Hunter was the first Army journalist to be killed in Afghanistan since the conflict began in October 2001, [3] and he was one of over 1,800 soldiers to be killed in Afghanistan. [9] The 23 other journalists who were killed in Afghanistan since 2001 were civilians who covered various topics ranging from human rights violations to politics. [10]
Jennifer Moreno (1988, San Diego, CA - 5 October 2013, Afghanistan) was a nurse part of the Army Special Operations Command cultural support team created by the US Army during the Gulf War. [1] Moreno was posthumously promoted to the rank of Captain, awarded the Combat Action Badge, Bronze Star Medal, and the Purple Heart after her death on the ...