This is the link to my most recent Digital site
Soldiers Tale, Weapons of Mass Destruction http://soliderstaleweaponsofmassdestruction.weebly.com/

Due to the many complications I have faced trying to put the Vietnam related project together, I have made an executive decision to change my argument. I have been working closely with Matt Davis who severed in the Iraqi war. Matt served in a special unit "Bravo Company J" this sector searched for weapons of mass destruction in Baghdad and Fallujah. This sector of the service is small and only consist on 10 teams. My guiding question will be where is Baghdad and Fullujah? This is a question that many civilian can not answer. I will answer this question and also answer why the US military is their combating an enemy that has many faces. Matt has provided me with a personal interview as well as photos and video coverage. I will be building my site with the aid of weebly.com, which provides a simple format for me to built a website to present my findings.
http://whereisiraq.weebly.com/

Where is Baghdad?

Here is a glance at the Webpage I have thus far created
http://silentveterans.weebly.com/

Closed Communication The Silent Veteran

For most of this project I have been pursuing Vietnam Veterans that would commit to an interview. My objective was clear, I would be presenting questions that only dealt with the health care services that were available to Vietnam servicemen after they had served their tour of duty. This seem a harmless task and I was fairly confident that I could find a veteran to speak with me about this subject, but much to my chagrin, this was quite a difficult task. Vietnam Veterans are silent vessels. Some of the veterans that I came in contact with had never saw the battlefield, but they were still reluctant to speak to me. Of course this just made me more determined and curious as to why these servicemen chose to be silent. I need a new approach and came in contact with a father and son that had both served in the military. The father served in Vietnam as a pilot and his son Matt served in the Iraqi war. Matt was willing to do an interview with me and tell me his dads story as well as his own and how the two wars have many similarities.

The Questions:
What kind of health care was available to service men after the Vietnam war and the Iraqi war?
What in your opinion do you feel went terrible wrong with the system, and do you feel the health coverage sector has changed for servicemen since the Vietnam war as opposed to the Iraqi war?
These wars that you and your father partook in both have had serious mental health repercussions, have you or your father suffered from heath issues of this kind as a result of your service duties?

Review 3 Photography as a Weapon (Errol Morris, New York Times)

Errol raise the question "How reliable are photographs at portraying the truth"? Images of historical events speak volumes to the viewer about events, but what the photo is portraying can be completely different from the image one has perceived. Digital photography fraud is not a new concept, by the manipulation of photography has become much more high-tech. Technology and computer programs allows for a photograph to be digitally enhanced. 

Farid points out in this article that once and image has been viewed by the human eye the brain automatically embeds this image and it is used to recall the whole of an entire event. The photography is just a small portion or a faction of the larger event and the events purpose and outcome. When one falsifies a photography and displays the image for public purpose this is the image that is embedded, once the truth is revealed that the photo had been tampered with  it is hard to erase the image that has already been recored. The stigma attached to the fraudulent photo is often disassociated with the image in the long run.

The image in quest in this article is of four missiles  being fired from Iranian military forces. This photograph was posted in various American newspapers for the public to view. The problem with the image is that in actuality only three missiles  launched. The photograph source of origin was from Iran. This manipulated image portrays to the American audience viewing the photograph "Iran is building a fierce military force". This photograph strengthens the message that Iranian forces to sending the rest of the world. 

Long before technology photography was manipulated through the text attached to the image. The media thrives on this method of psychologically manipulating its audience. John Heartfield realized early on during  WWI that the public was being sold a war through propaganda. He chose to enlighten the public about the very fact that what they where being sold through images was not what it appeared to be. A war was being sold that was already lost, it was thriving on the ignorance of the people and the images that they believed told the true story. Heartfied took the manipulated images and turned them into truths. 

This article helps to put in perspective of how to process a photograph as a whole. By stopping and questioning   photographs and the  incorporated text, we can connect the truths that are being exaggerated  for the the sole purpose of manipulating society.

Research

Currently I am pursuing various resources in which I intend to incorporate into my digital site. I have recently contacted the volunteer unit at the Veterans Hospital in West Orange, NJ. I have a meeting set for this week with a social worker that is going to work with me on finding a Vietnam Veteran willing to talk about their experiences and their outlook on the treatment they received when they returned home from this war. I will address the medical care that has been given to them via the Veterans Association and their opinion of the system.
I am also pursuing other other resource outlets, such as the VFW association and internet sites setup by Vietnam Veterans. The final results that I am pursing is a video interview with a serviceman and or verbal recording of and interview. I would also like to include digitized photographs as well as any Vietnam artifacts.

Vietnam, Soldiers Rights to Medical Compensation

This image provides information about toxic substances that soldiers were exposed to while serving their country