The Sergeant and the Kitten

3 Week Old KittenI saw a really great collection of photos a couple of weeks ago, The 60 Most Powerful Photos Ever Taken That Perfectly Capture the Human Experience. And since I don’t have time right now to write a proper article, I wanted to offer up what I thought was the most impressive.

It is from the Korean War. During the height of combat, Sergeant Frank Praytor found an abandoned two-week old kitten. I assume its mother had been killed or otherwise displaced. This picture shows him feeding the kitten who doesn’t look like its had its eyes open for long.

Sergeant Frank Praytor feeds kitten during Korean War

This does capture the contradiction of us humans. Our differences of opinion lead us to go to war with each other. But still, we are moved to save a helpless kitten. Of course, more and more I think our leaders get us to do the terrible things we often do. Basically, humans are decent. And we are often at are best under the worst of circumstances, as we see with Sergeant Praytor in this photograph.

Go check out all of the images. They are all quite good and many of them are truly amazing. I also really liked the photos of the Korean brothers, the Klan toddler, the Iranian skater girls, and the heart transplant photos. Enjoy!

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Frank Moraes is a freelance writer and editor online and in print. He is educated as a scientist with a PhD in Atmospheric Physics. He has worked in climate science, remote sensing, throughout the computer industry, and as a college physics instructor. Find out more at About Frank Moraes.

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