Personal Essay: Who Is A Hero?

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What is a hero to you? A hero to me is a person that you look up to and is very brave or has helped you through a hard time in your life. Who is your hero? My heros are the ones in camo I think of them as my heros because they have been fighting for many many years. Not only do they go and fight for your freedom and allow you to have the rights you have. But they also leave their families behind and it is very hard on their families I know this because many of my family members are in or have been in the armed forces.
My family has had many friends and family that have gone into the armed forces. They have chose to this because they wanted to fight for your freedom and your rights so you can live your life the way you want. I had a family
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¨People sleep silently in their bed at night,only because somewhere there is a brave man or woman standing on the line fighting in their behalf.¨ said George Orwell. I like this saying because it explains everything I've talked about how you have the freedom because someone's life is on the line. ¨ I wish to have no connections with any ship that sails fast to get out of the problem for I wish to put myself in harms way for you.¨ said military soldier john jones. This one should give you courage to get through everything knowing people like this will put themselves in harm's way just for you. ¨Real heros don't wear capes they wear dog tags.¨ said Curtis LeMay. Other words people on tv with capes are not heros the people with dog tags around their neck and camo clothes with combat boots on there feet are the real heros.
"It is the soldier, not the reporter, who has given us freedom of the press. It is the soldier, not the poet, who has given us freedom of speech. It is the soldier, not the campus organizer, who has given us the freedom to demonstrate. It is the soldier, who salutes the flag, who serves beneath the flag, and whose coffin is draped by the flag, who allows the protester to burn the flag." said Dennis Edward. So now I want you to think what is a hero to

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