{"id":2293,"date":"2009-11-11T07:00:59","date_gmt":"2009-11-11T11:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/?p=2293"},"modified":"2009-11-08T23:46:19","modified_gmt":"2009-11-09T03:46:19","slug":"veterans-day-soldiers-vs-dinosaurs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/2009\/11\/11\/veterans-day-soldiers-vs-dinosaurs\/","title":{"rendered":"Veterans Day: American soldiers versus Dinosaurs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">I did this same post last year for Veterans Day, but I thought it was worthy of repeating.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In honor of Veterans Day, I thought I would post some of my favorite covers from the comic book &#8216;Star Spangled War Stories&#8217;.  These all feature &#8216;The War That Time Forgot&#8217; as the lead story.  American soldiers versus Dinosaurs &#8211; heck ya!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">If you are interested in reading some of these, DC recently reprinted quite a few of them as <a title=\"Showcase Presents The War That Time Forgot\" href=\"http:\/\/www.dccomics.com\/dcu\/graphic_novels\/?gn=7176\" class=\"broken_link\">Showcase Presents &#8216;The War that Time Forgot&#8217;<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"The War That Time Forgot\" src=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/images\/ssws_090.jpg\" alt=\"The Island of Armored Giants\" width=\"400\" height=\"589\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"The War That Time Forgot\" src=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/images\/ssws_092.jpg\" alt=\"The Last Battle of the Dinosaur Age\" width=\"400\" height=\"589\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"The War That Time Forgot\" src=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/images\/ssws_097.jpg\" alt=\"The Sub-Crusher\" width=\"400\" height=\"589\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"The War That Time Forgot\" src=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/images\/ssws_099.jpg\" alt=\"The Circus of Monsters\" width=\"400\" height=\"589\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"The War That Time Forgot\" src=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/images\/ssws_103.jpg\" alt=\"Doom at Dinosaur Island\" width=\"400\" height=\"589\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"The War That Time Forgot\" src=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/images\/ssws_105.jpg\" alt=\"War on Dinosaur Island\" width=\"400\" height=\"589\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"The War That Time Forgot\" src=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/images\/ssws_107.jpg\" alt=\"Battle of the Dinosaur Aquarium\" width=\"400\" height=\"607\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"The War That Time Forgot\" src=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/images\/ssws_108.jpg\" alt=\"Dinosaurs D-Day\" width=\"400\" height=\"594\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"The War That Time Forgot\" src=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/images\/ssws_111.jpg\" alt=\"Return of the Dinosaur Killer\" width=\"400\" height=\"589\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"The War That Time Forgot\" src=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/images\/ssws_113.jpg\" alt=\"Dinosaur Bait\" width=\"400\" height=\"589\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"The War That Time Forgot\" src=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/images\/ssws_115.jpg\" alt=\"Battle Dinner for Dinosaurs\" width=\"400\" height=\"571\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"The War That Time Forgot\" src=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/images\/ssws_121.jpg\" alt=\"The Killer of Dinosaur Alley\" width=\"400\" height=\"590\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"The War That Time Forgot\" src=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/images\/ssws_124.jpg\" alt=\"My Buddy Was a Killer-Dinosaur\" width=\"400\" height=\"571\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"The War That Time Forgot\" src=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/images\/ssws_128.jpg\" alt=\"My Enemy is 100 Million Years Old\" width=\"400\" height=\"590\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"The War That Time Forgot\" src=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/images\/ssws_132.jpg\" alt=\"Big House of Monsters\" width=\"400\" height=\"571\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"The War That Time Forgot\" src=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/images\/ssws_133.jpg\" alt=\"You Owe Me a Death -- Yours!\" width=\"400\" height=\"606\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"The War That Time Forgot\" src=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/images\/ssws_135.jpg\" alt=\"Save My Life and Kill Me\" width=\"400\" height=\"599\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"The War That Time Forgot\" 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