If I was a 20 year old German-American male in 1917 when the United States declared war on Germany, I would not know how I would feel about it. Because one, I am not a male and two I wouldn’t know how I would feel about having to choose between Germany – since I am a natural born German—and between America, where I have spent my last 15 years in. I know that it would be difficult to choose between, but sometimes you have to do what you have to do.
My first option I would go with, would be to slip out of the U.S. and go live with an aunt and uncle who farm in the German-speaking part of Switzerland. I would go with this option as my first choice because even though I have lived in America for the last 15 years of my life and adapted to the customs …show more content…
It might be a little selfish, but if there was a way for me to avoid going into war, I would avoid it completely. I know in the paragraph above I stated that I would go to war, but if I had the option to write a letter telling them that I did not want to be involved because I don’t like the idea of war, maybe they would consider my feelings and not let me go. Also, if I stated that I wouldn’t follow orders, I would feel like they wouldn’t want me fighting. Why would an army want a soldier who didn’t want to take place in war and fight? I would also go on about how I am a native German born and it just makes me feel comfortable about going to war with them, because some of my family could be fighting in this same war also. I would also tell them though, that I have lived in America the last 15 years of my life, so even if I didn’t want to fight that I would know that I would have too. At the end of the letter I would write them telling them how if I would refused to go into the war and if I did I wouldn’t follow orders, I would understand that for not obeying orders I would probably be hated or I would be killed by friendly fire or because I was not obeying the orders I was given. A lot of people in my squadron might grow to hate me and I could potentially cause my fellow soldiers to lose their
My first option I would go with, would be to slip out of the U.S. and go live with an aunt and uncle who farm in the German-speaking part of Switzerland. I would go with this option as my first choice because even though I have lived in America for the last 15 years of my life and adapted to the customs …show more content…
It might be a little selfish, but if there was a way for me to avoid going into war, I would avoid it completely. I know in the paragraph above I stated that I would go to war, but if I had the option to write a letter telling them that I did not want to be involved because I don’t like the idea of war, maybe they would consider my feelings and not let me go. Also, if I stated that I wouldn’t follow orders, I would feel like they wouldn’t want me fighting. Why would an army want a soldier who didn’t want to take place in war and fight? I would also go on about how I am a native German born and it just makes me feel comfortable about going to war with them, because some of my family could be fighting in this same war also. I would also tell them though, that I have lived in America the last 15 years of my life, so even if I didn’t want to fight that I would know that I would have too. At the end of the letter I would write them telling them how if I would refused to go into the war and if I did I wouldn’t follow orders, I would understand that for not obeying orders I would probably be hated or I would be killed by friendly fire or because I was not obeying the orders I was given. A lot of people in my squadron might grow to hate me and I could potentially cause my fellow soldiers to lose their