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[edit] Missouri’s Veterans

Former crewmembers of the battleship Missouri pose for photos shortly after the Anniversary of the End of World War II ceremony, held aboard the famous ship.
Former crewmembers of the battleship Missouri pose for photos shortly after the Anniversary of the End of World War II ceremony, held aboard the famous ship.

Last time I had a picture of a single vetern, this time I have a picture of a bunch of veterans! These are the former crewmebers of the USS Missouri (BB-63), who served on the battleship from World War II all the way down to the 1991 Gulf War. The photo is a US Navy picture, and can be found on the USS Missouri page and on the Veteran page. (It can be found on my user page too, but I get a felling that that does not count:-).

  • Nominate and support. TomStar81 18:43, 21 December 2005 (UTC)
  • Comment: is it just me, or does the photo appear to be tilted? Flcelloguy (A note?) 21:24, 21 December 2005 (UTC)
    • If anything it appears tilted so the right is slightly higher, however this might be an optical illusion due to the photographer not being square on to the line of seated people. Thryduulf 22:12, 21 December 2005 (UTC)
  • Oppose The fact that nobody is looking at the camera is enough to rule this one out itself. That a vanishingly tiny percentage of the Earth's population can relate to this image is another. And yes, the horizon's tilted. Denni ☯ 02:33, 22 December 2005 (UTC)
  • Oppose, agree with Denni. --Dschwen 19:14, 22 December 2005 (UTC)
  • Oppose Not sure why the tilting of the picture necessarily matters, but this image doesn't have any kind of spectacular value to it. Maybe knowing someone in the picture could pull at your heart strings somewhat, but otherwise its just another snapshot. Beyond that, there's nothing going on in the photo. drumguy8800 - speak? 04:17, 23 December 2005 (UTC)
  • ( − ) Oppose Agree with Denni --Fir0002 05:21, 23 December 2005 (UTC)
  • Oppose. Agree with User:Denni. enochlau (talk) 08:50, 23 December 2005 (UTC)
  • Oppose. Too busy, no real subject. It's not striking at all. Camerafiend 03:27, 27 December 2005 (UTC)

Not promoted Raven4x4x 05:53, 4 January 2006 (UTC)