Richard Yarosh

Retired Army Sgt. Richard Yarosh was a U.S. solider serving Iraq when a roadside bomb expoded, dousing him in flaming fuel and severly burning much of his body. Now a portrait of Yarosh will hang in the National Portrait Gallery at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington later this month. The portrait of serviceman Richard Yarosh. The portrait was painted by Matthew Mitchell, and uses techniques traditionally reserved for nobility, a high-ranking military officers, and heads of state. However, in this case it's a low-ranking non-commissioned officer as the subject. The portrait is just one out of a series of a planned 100 painted by ... Read Full Story

SAN ANTONIO (AP) – Retired Army Sgt. Richard Yarosh has gotten used to the stares. His face is blanketed in knotty scar tissue. His nose tip is missing. His ears are gone, as is part of his right leg. His fingers are permanently bent and rigid. All is the result of an explosion in Iraq that doused him in fuel and fire three years ago. “I know people are curious,” he said. “They’ll stop in their tracks and look. I guess I can understand. I probably would have stared, too.” Soon, a lot more people will be staring at Yarosh’s face but in a ... Read Full Story

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