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“Life in the trenches was abominable. Continuous sniping, machine gun fire and artillery shelling took a deadly toll.” Day by day these soldiers would hear loud noises and that can affect them later on in life. Most soldiers that go to war have come home with ringing in the ears. The actual emotional effects of war on soldiers can be painful and it seems unfair to the family as well. PTSD and shell shock are the brains attempts to cope with trauma and failing to do so. While PTSD in soldiers,…

Leocardia Valcarcel “Never fear the dead, it’s the living that will hurt you” Charlene Vincent at the age of 24, has been in the funeral services business four years and counting. Being an administrative assistant at Ross-Roden funeral home has not been easy for her. Due to her lack of knowledge of this profession, being straight out of high school and in need of employment. A fellow sister of the church she attended informed her that her sibling was looking to hire at Ross-Roden. That’s when…

the scars the soldiers face seem to be insurmountable. The weather conditions for World War I and Vietnam War was tough for the soldiers and made the wars more difficult. WWI was cold and miserable. Erich Remarque in “In All Quiet on the Western Front” states how a World War I soldier describes his thoughts on how his dying, friend’s boots…

DATE I visit the Coliseum Park Nursing Home which is also called the Virginia Rehabilitation Center on October 27, 2015. LOCATION The location of the Coliseum Park Nursing Home is 305 Marcella Road in Hampton, Virginia. ASSISTANCE I assist with an activity with the senior citizens and assist the senior citizen to their rooms at my visit of the Coliseum Park Nursing Home. The Recreation Director, Deborah Adams gather the residents in a small room that was next to the dining room. We were going to…

he was running looking for a way out he started to notice more and more dead bodies on the ground. “Out of my way, screamed a huge dude with a machine gun. I need to get to the front line.” BAM BOOM BAM BAM BAM. There sure are LOTS of gunshots getting fired out here. Thought Tyler. I wish I was in my bed at home sleeping, instead I have to be in this…

Imagine living in the dream home that you created as a child? Taking control over the design process makes the designing of your home a more engaging, fulfilling and personal experience. Nevertheless, you cannot just start designing without taking a few aspects into consideration because these seemingly tiny slips can add more value to your home. Renovations have become more popular. In fact, the Westpac Renovation Report from 2014 shows that home renovations had increased as much as 147 percent…

The plan was simple, practically unbeatable, and a sure win for the Allies. Nothing could possibly allow it to fail. The Battle of the Somme was a complete military blunder when the fight broke out on that dreadful July 1st morning in 1916, to when it ended on November 18th, 1916. Despite the fact that the French needed relief from the German’s at Verdun, the Somme Offensive was only supposed to be a short battle. What it turned into was a mass killing of numerous troops on both sides of the…

Owen wrote this poem in 1917 and it describes the death of a soldier due to exhaustion. But the poem is interesting for my investigation since it says the dead soldiers wife would probably "get her fun/ In some new home, improved materially." (The Dead-beat, line12-13, Appendix 12). This portrays the women as uncaring since she wouldn't care her husband is dead and would soon move on to better things. But the poem that most clearly shows Owen's resentment towards…

"The Somme set the picture by which future generations saw the First World War: hapless soldiers; blundering obstinate generals; nothing achieved." -A.J.P Taylor One of the ways the Battle of the Somme had significance in World War One was the attritional wearing down of the German army. The war took a turning point in 1916, up until then some kind of peace could have been reached and an agreement made, this all changed in 1916. Instead of trying to break through each other’s lines the armies…

experience how a career works, but why a career is necessary. I opted to do my internship at Genda Funeral Homes Incorporated. This afforded me the opportunity to work with a group of people that helped run four funeral homes. Over the course of the week I participated in running funeral homes in Frankfort, Rossville, and Mulberry Indiana. During my week interning at the Genda Funeral Home locations I had the great privilege of experiencing many new things and seeing things from a different…