Convoy

When cars drove up to our convoy after we had been hit, they usually blew up. The convoy commander brought up his rifle and shot the driver in the head. We then continued our assessment of our damages and casualties. The smell of death was strong, burned flesh, fresh blood pooled up, the smoke from the explosions and subsequent fires. Trash on the roadside was burning, the vehicles were burning, and the smell of the electrical wires combined with the burning trash was horrible. It is not something you ever…

Evening Post magazine for a period of more than fifty years. Norman’s early life indicated a desire in artwork, as he left high school at the age of fourteen to join the chase Art school. Upon completing the art school, he joined the National Academy of Design, to further his art skills. Finally, he joined the Art students’ League, where the publishing of his early work started. Over his lifetime, Norman completed 323 works. This paper explores two of the Norman’s artistic pieces. The paper…

Source 4.1: Summary and analysis The article called “Ushakov medal for Arctic convoy veterans” was published on the 19th of June 2013. In May 2012 when the Russian Government requested permission to award the Ushakov Medal to British veterans of the Arctic Convoys including Leo Gradwell. British laws do not permit a British citizen to accept a Russian military medal and there was deep concern in the British Military, that Lt Leo Gradwell, despite achieving the objective of Convoy PQ17, had…

control of V Corps located at CAMP VIRGINIA in Kuwait. CPT King was the commander of the 507th , which had a mission of supporting OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM by repairing and maintaining vehicles and equipment. To move V Corps units from CAMP VIRGINIA to OBJECTIVE RAMS, a clear organization of the convoys and the movement of those convoys along designated routes were established. The 507th Maintenance Company was under the tactical control of the 3d Forward Support Battalion (3d FSB) for this…

I want to express my deepest condolences on the recent death of your son, Specialist Patrick Eugene Boss who gracefully defined our country. Words cannot describe to you how sorry I am for this tremendous loss and how much Patrick’s death has and will continue to affect those of us still serving. On Tuesday, March 10, 2010, at 1:30 p.m., Patrick was on a convoy enroute to begin his rest and recuperation leave, when the convoy was under attack by insurgents. Patrick sustained a shot to the…

unleashed on the convoy from several of the buildings and homes that lined the road. The men in the turrets returned fire unfortunately PFC Coleman who was manning the turret in the third Humvee was hit by the gunfire and killed, once he was hit his body dropped down into the Humvee which startled the driver and assistant driver causing them to swerve. The assistant driver moved PFC Coleman out-of-the-way after checking to see if he was still alive, he found him dead with a round to the head. …

Convoy system that helps the supplies to transfer, the weapons, technologies, and ships that Canada introduced, and the great effort Canadian put in sea war all leads to the victory of the Second World War. War can be seen as both positive and negative as the fast improvement of human life and the sacrifices made by nameless hero. Canadian soldiers fought for freedom and justice in order to give Canadians a safe and well-developed world today, and this is why Canadians have to…

From the start of WW2, The Germans tried to destroy and stop supplies and lifelines to Britain. The Atlantic path from North America to Britain vulnerable and in need of defence. Canada contends vital and important role in the battle of the Atlantic. for 6 years the RCN, the Canadian Merchant Navy and therefore the RCAF were the participants primary in the battle of the Atlantic. Canada’s Navy was little owning Six destroyers, 5 little minesweepers, 2 coaching vessels and one squadron of flying…

The fleet, led by Admiral Bertram Ramsay, was composed of 325 ships. This included destroyers, battleships, monitors, and cruisers. The convoy began to move across the English Channel just like they had practiced during Operation Tiger. However, this time the convoy was heavily protected for when the S-boats attack. When four S-boats did attack, they came in quickly launch their torpedoes and immediately escaped. The S-boats only managed to hit one Norwegian Warship, the Svenner. The rest of the…

Two Humvees hit IEDs on the road designated as the primary approach into the city. As soldiers hurried to help the men in the Humvees machine gun fire erupted from the left side of the convoy; the fire coming from the woods cutting down three soldiers. As the Humvees burned and men died the soldiers of the convoy returned fire, firing wildly into the woods where the machine gun fire had come from. However, after the initial fire from the machine gun had stopped, the convoy commander, Major…