Through Ginger's Eyes
Ginger Cofer, a native of Dallas, Texas, created these beautiful pieces, "Fallen, But Not Forgotten" and "They Will Find Peace In Paradise" Click on image to see a larger image.
Besides being an award winning Photographer and Graphic Artist, Ginger Cofer is also the spouse of a career Army soldier. Ginger's love of the military has inspired her to focus her creative energies on honoring the soldier. She uses her photographic eye and computer skills to accomplish this goal, always looking for that military moment to capture and enhance. A Hawaii duty station has offered Ginger opportunities to work among all military bases and photograph places and events most people will never see. Her desire to honor all soldiers, past, present and future is the inspiration for her work.
"Fallen, But Not Forgotten" is her first military fine art piece of many to come. It is offered in sizes, 8x10 and 12x18, as Open End Edition Fine Art Photos Signed and Numbered. This image is one of Ginger Cofer's award winning images. For orders or more details contact Ginger via e-mail. gingercofer@hotmail.com
Repatriation
Repatriation is the bringing home of the
remains of soldiers lost in war. This
official ceremony is held each time the remains are brought back for
identification.
As a military wife and a photographer, I have never witnessed an event
that touched my heart as deeply as when I attended my first Repatriation.
My breath was taken away at the moment that the two flag draped caskets
emerged from the darkened cargo hull into the sunlight. With tears streaming
down my face, I knew I would be returning.
My love for the military, photography, and graphic art, all came together
in this piece entitled
“Fallen, But Not
Forgotten”. Art is such a
wonderful way to express emotions and experiences.
After attending several Repatriations, I finally knew what I wanted to do
with my favorite photo of this solemn occasion. To adorn and decorate it,
according to the emotions that it stirred within me. With this finished piece, I
have finally satisfied a desire to honor all who have been and will be lost
keeping this nation free.
My
hope is that “Fallen, But Not Forgotten” will allow you to experience all
the patriotism felt in a moment like this, that most will never see firsthand.
CILHI
Overview
CILHI’s
primary mission is to search for, recover, and identify remains of American
military personnel, certain American civilian personnel, and certain allied
personnel unaccounted for from World War II, the Korean War, The Cold War and
the Vietnam War.
CILHI's mission is truly threefold to encompass the following duties: Conduct humanitarian missions and operations for emergency support as directed. Provide technical assistance in humanitarian and emergency operations as requested by the appropriate geographic Commander-in-Chief (CINC).
The CILHI mission is worldwide in scope, ranging
from the steamy rain forests of South America to the deserts of the Middle East,
from the glaciers of Tibet to the tropical jungles of Papua New Guinea.
The CILHI is a field-operating element of the Casualty and
Memorial Affairs Operations Center, under the Adjutant General of the Army, US
Army Personnel Command.
The CILHI is comprised of about 250 military and civilian
personnel under the command of a US Army colonel. Although under the command of
the Army, the CILHI is jointly manned with military personnel from all branches
of the armed services. The unit is divided into four major sections: Command and
Support, Search and Recovery Operations, Casualty Data Analysis, and the
Laboratory.
In recent years, much of the CILHI’s emphasis has been on the former battlefields of the Vietnam War - Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia - but with the collapse of the former Soviet Bloc, there is now unprecedented access to sites involving Cold War losses. There has also been additional emphasis on WWII losses. Recent breakthroughs in negotiations saw the first ever combined US and North Korean recovery operation take place in July 1996. Future access may allow us to resolve the more than 5,500 cases of US service members never recovered in North Korea.