May 16th, 2009
Pictured is U.S. Marine Lcpl. Damon “Commie” Connell age 20 who is part of Alpha Company of the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) Battle Landing Team (BLT) 1/6, after a patrol in Garmsir District, Helmand Province, Afghanistan at Forward Operating Base Apache North. Photo ©2008 Louie Palu/ZUMA Press. The longer I stayed at the Apache South FOB in Garmsmir, the more the conditions began to devour me. I felt lost in a dark void. The flies would drive me insane and when the sun went down the bugs began to bite, behind my ears, on my arms, on my feet. The drove me insane. — Louie Palu in Visura Magazine

Pictured is U.S. Marine Lcpl. Damon “Commie” Connell age 20 who is part of Alpha Company of the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) Battle Landing Team (BLT) 1/6, after a patrol in Garmsir District, Helmand Province, Afghanistan at Forward Operating Base Apache North. Photo ©2008 Louie Palu/ZUMA Press.

The longer I stayed at the Apache South FOB in Garmsmir, the more the conditions began to devour me. I felt lost in a dark void. The flies would drive me insane and when the sun went down the bugs began to bite, behind my ears, on my arms, on my feet. The drove me insane.

— Louie Palu in Visura Magazine

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