509th Bomb Wing

The crack of the rifles shooting into the air could only send me back. The volley of shots making me remember that day. I could only think if I made the right call that night. It was supposed to be a quick snatch and grab, but it all went wrong from the moment we left. I went up to give my respect to the men that were killed under my command. I could only see Kody’s face, the hazel eyes that showed no one was left behind them. Kody has been my right-hand since day one of Basic Training. He was a…

I walk out of my hotel and look to my right and left. I’m trying to orient my street map in the dark. Les Jardins d’Eiffel is on a side street, Rue Amélie, in the seventh arrondissement in Paris. Emily walks out behind me, giddy with excitement. She’s 17, and I’m the only adult student on the trip, having just turned 18, so her mom has allowed her to go with me to see the Eiffel Tower at midnight. “Are you sure you can find it?,” shes asks nervously. “Yes, just let me focus,” I reply The truth…

Bobby Orr, who used to be a professional player for the NHL team the Boston Bruins, can be seen flying across the ice after scoring the game-winning goal of game four in the Stanley Cup Final of 1970. This photograph was taken by Ray Lussier at the old Boston Garden on May 10th, 1970. It represents one of the most famous goals in hockey history giving Boston its first Stanley Cup win in a long time. The photograph symbolizes the spirit hockey has and the Boston Bruins. It is a very interesting…

The Skeletons’ Illusory Performance (Palace Museum), is an ink and colors on silk painting produced by the artist Li Song in the 13th century. This painting has the dimensions of a width of 10 5/8 inches by a height of 10 ⅜ inches. The painting is showing with minute brushstrokes a woman holding a child sitting next to a skeleton playing with a puppet of a smaller skeleton and a child and woman facing them mesmerized by the puppet. The brushstrokes are very difficult to see from afar, but as it…

Through the Eyes of Our Children We`ve all heard the expression, “ a penny for your thoughts”; I would give my left arm to really know what my children were thinking. Today, I`m a carrier of the message and also a concerned parent who was able to get out of the situation but questions still remain. Have my babies seen too much and can I really give them the life that they need to try to repair the damages that they have seen? In this paper, I will try to express the importance of…

Sprinting is not that easy when you don’t know where you are going, but I was doing it nonetheless. Without a destination, I keep my eyes pealed for a safe place to stop, but this sad excuse of a town doesn’t have much to offer. Mostly cornfields and barns, both of which give me bad vibes. I slow my sprinting down to a steady jog, just to be sure I’m not missing any opportunities. In the distance, I see a building; I decide if there are no cars, then I will see what it has to offer. As I…

of [Europe’s] social security [and] legal system … under threat’ (Europa: 2015). While there is growing anti-immigration sentiment in Germany and France (Boswell: 2000), I will illustrate in the following how right wing groups are limited in their efficacy implementing radical right wing reform due to local, state and international pressures. Germany’s Chancellor, Angela Merkel recently stated ‘if Europe fails on the question of refugees, its close connection with universal civil rights will…

In James Baldwin’s story “Sonny’s Blues”, one can automatically identify that the two brother’s personalities are polar opposites right from the start. Sonny, one of the main characters, is more musically inclined, social and takes risks while his brother is more logical, academically successful, and reserved (Joseph). Readers may relate to this with their own family because they are genetically similar but seem to be totally different from each other. Baldwin could be trying to show that…

“Set!” I hold my breath. Boom! Exploding from my block and gaining speed with every stride, I feel more and more air brush against my face. All the anxiety from crouching back in the blocks is released at once. I focus on my steps. If I can’t approach first hurdle in eight steps, I will stumble and lose momentum. After four or five steps of acceleration, I stand up tall to prepare for the jump. My strides shorten as I approach my eighth step. Last short stride! Now right knee up. Lean…

Mixing Fantasy and History in El Laberinto del Fuano “El Laberinto del Fuano” is a film by Guillermo Del Toro that combines fantasy with reality. Set in post-civil war Spain, the film follows the story of Ofelia, a young girl obsessed with fairy stories, who is told by a faun that she is in reality the Princess Moana of the underworld, and must complete three tasks in order to return to her kingdom. The use of fantasy in the film does not trivialise the historical standpoint, but rather…