James F. Amos

There's not really a ban on the KIA bracelet specifically. There are regulations for wearing the uniform and specifically jewelry, and Marines are not allowed to wear bracelets. This falls under that spectrum. Now, the KIA bracelet will be lumped into the same category as the POW/MIA bracelets, which are approved for wear.

American General

Dries van Noten

Sometimes, to stimulate your imagination you have to be careful you don't have too much information. You can Google something, and it's in your face, pow! You don't have time to dream any more about it.

Belgian Designer

Brandon Webb

Three days doesn't sound like a very long time, and under normal, everyday circumstances, it's not - but under POW camp conditions, it doesn't take long to wear down a man's sanity.

American Soldier

E-40

In the early '90s, Too Short was like one of the first dudes who kinda discovered Lil Jon. So I always used to see him at concerts and we'd pow wow - a good dude, you know?

American Musician

Kellyanne Conway

Very few people know anybody like John McCain, someone who suffered and had his body, yet not his spirit, broken for six years as a POW and who has served his nation.

American Businesswoman

John Yoo

Without territory, it does not even have the resources to provide detention facilities for prisoners, even if it were interested in holding captured POWs.

American Educator

Gene Green

It takes time to understand the difference between civilian POWs and military POWs. There's an educational process.

American Politician

Bo Gritz

I went overseas hoping to prove that all our POWs were home. I came back convinced that they were still alive.

Andrew Vachss

A kid in an abusive home has far fewer rights than any POW. There is no Geneva Convention for kids.

American Author

Rohan Marley

I like hitting people. The best feeling is when you hit so hard, pow! You get a jarring headache.

American Athlete

Used to mimic sounds, usually in storytelling or playful conversation.

Onomatopoeic Use

Highlights the action's suddenness or forcefulness, often in a comic or exaggerated way.

Emphasizing Action

Can express surprise or shock, akin to 'wow' but with a punchier impact.

Sound of Surprise

Originates from comic books, where it visually represents dynamic action.

Comic Book Origin

Useful for creating a visual image of action in the reader's mind.

Visual Imagery

Amplifies the drama or intensity of a narrated physical confrontation.

Exaggeration Effect

Always used in grave contexts, referring to serious wartime situations.

Serious Context

Common term in history discussions, especially about World Wars.

Historical Relevance

Use with respect; it involves sensitive aspects of war and human rights.

Respectful Vocabulary

 But then one out of the three good-for-nothings gets it to the head -- pow! And number two swings blindly into the dark cape before him, but before his fist hits anything, I grab a trash can lid and -- right in the gut! And number one comes back with the jump kick, but I know judo karate, too, so I'm like --

My journey from Marine...

 mr. president and his hand goes up he looks this way Brady was coming across and then pow pow pow pow pow

Pow

Onomatopoeic Use

Emphasizing Action

Sound of Surprise

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