A local 20 year old stationed in Iraq was killed while leading a convoy. His Humvee hit a land mine. He died Oct 10.
This is a print I made for his fathers truck today. He will be here tomorrow to see it. Whatdya think??
[ December 23, 2005, 03:39 PM: Message edited by: Jerry VanHorn ]
Posted by Russ McMullin (Member # 5617) on :
Shweet!
Posted by Bill Hubbard (Member # 3381) on :
Thats Right On. Cool
Posted by Bill Lynch (Member # 3815) on :
Great Job.
Posted by Donna in BC (Member # 130) on :
It's beautiful! Won't be a dry eye in his household for awhile.
Edited to say:
What machine are you using for the prints Jerry? They feather so well!
[ December 22, 2005, 11:45 PM: Message edited by: Donna in BC ]
Posted by William Holohan (Member # 2514) on :
Brought tears to my eyes. I imagine his family will really appreciate the obvious feelings that went into producing it.
Very nice work Jerry
Posted by Carl Wood (Member # 1223) on :
Wow - - nuff said.. .
Posted by Felix Marcano (Member # 1833) on :
Nice. Hope my cousin's hub. makes it back from his SECOND tour in Irak.
Posted by Jerry VanHorn (Member # 4704) on :
Thanks for the kind comments. I only met him once while lettering a snowmobile for him. I got choked up a few times while designing it.
Donna - We use a Versacamm. The blend was made in Corel 12 using the transparency tool.
Posted by Jeff Spradling (Member # 1615) on :
Very nice tribute Jerry
Jeff Posted by Randy Campbell (Member # 2675) on :
He will love it.
Posted by Glenn Taylor (Member # 162) on :
Well done, Jerry. Posted by Tony Ray Mattingly (Member # 469) on :
It is unfortunate that this young man lost his life so young and a life ahead of him. I wish we could bring everybody home but I realize we have to finish the job and stay the course. I just hope it was not all for nothing.
Posted by William DeBekker (Member # 3848) on :
I pray to God I never have to do one of those but that is a great tribute Jerry.
Posted by Michael Clanton (Member # 2419) on :
Very nice tribute piece.
A little over a year ago, my brother-in-law was in a Humvee accident over in Iraq- IED blew up and threw the vehicle in a drainage canal (think swampy sewer) He was under water for over 10 minutes before he was found. Technically he had drowned. He was revived by a couple of brave soldiers while under heavy fire. One guy got a purple heart for taking several bullets while he was providing cover for the rescue. He was very fortunate and survived the drowning.
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