The Man Some Call the Real-Life Rambo
This installment of 'When Character Counts' brings us a soldier whose battlefield heroism seems more the stuff of myth than reality.
08-22-2026
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Decorated Army Veteran Heals From Survivor’s Guilt Years After Catastrophic Kabul Convoy Attack
He survived, and he had to live with it. David Meek watched in horror as plumes of fire and black smoke billowed from the crowded Afghan street where the convoy ...
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At a Medieval German Castle, a Falconer Trains an Imprinted Martial Eagle to Support Conservation
Oropherion the eagle and his handler enjoy their little morning rituals. The enormous desert raptor launches from his perch onto the falconer’s leather-armored hand, clasping her glove with bone-crushing power, ...
11-3-2026 Photographer Captures One-of-a-Kind Shot as Meteor Crosses a Comet Tail Above 15th-Century Castle
Petr Horálek is willing to forego sleep to drive out of town after 3 a.m. and find his dark, precious subject matter. He knows a comet is hard to spot ...
10-25-2026 Echoes of the Past: Photographer Revives Stories of Manitoba’s Abandoned Prairie Homesteads
Mike Parsons picked a newly-printed card from his pocket and placed it in a weathered mailbox along a dusty road in the middle of nowhere. The crisp font explained his ...
10-25-2026 The Spitfire Next Door: WWII-Era Fighter Plane Fuselage Restored by UK Man Auctions for $24,000
For 20 years, an unassuming garage in England was the secret home for a World War II fighter aircraft. Its owner was Peter Arnold from Buckinghamshire, who used to wheel ...
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