American Soldier.

A. One of the most powerful pictures I saw was in the set called "Signing Up". There were two best friends. They were sitting on a car crying because one of their friends left to be a soldier. The caption said: After Ian rides away, Shane and "Buddha" weep as they rest on Shane's car. "As soon as we saw him driving off, that's when we realized how real it was," "Buddha" says.

B. The sequence called "Coming Home" was the most powerful to me. It showed how happy his family was to see him come back. It was very lovey dovey with all the smiles and kisses. It was touching.

C. The story thats told is pretty much the whole process they have to go through, from beginning to end. How they have to get themselves emotionally prepared to leave their family. How their life is when they leave and the changes they have to make.

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Captions:

A. Hand-in-Hand, Devin & Ian state their vows and say there "I Do's". Minutes later, they left the courtroom as husband and wife.

B. While in basic training, the soliders used balloons for target practice. "By the time I finsished blowing them up, I was too tired to do anything with them!", jokes Ian.

C. After being accepted into the army, Ians family and friends decided to throw him a party. His mom found the perfect cake for the celebration.

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A. The videos enhance the photos alot. They help tell the story from each persons point of view. They each get to express what they were feeling and what they were thinking during the time the photos were taken.

B. The videos are better because even though the pictures can show alot, the videos give more feeling to whats going on. The pictures are frozen in time and the videos explain more then a caption.

C. The photographs are better then the videos because you can catch each emotion and really study whats going on around the people in it.