Iwo Jima

Photography plays a vital role in framing trauma, such as in the events of the September 11 attacks; the many images produced in the wake of the tragedy shaped its transformation from a national trauma to history. For one, photography is a strategy for coping. A number of people have noted the desire to inexplicably record anything and everything for themselves during disaster, as if maybe capturing those moments would make them more real to their shocked selves or illustrate some hidden…

On August 8, 1945, the sun had risen on the city of Hiroshima with the warm thought of just a regular day for the thousands of Japanese people. Instead, they received the opposite. Unexpectedly in midday, a dark mushroom cloud rises 20,000 feet up into the air of Hiroshima. The entire city was forced to the exposure and death of the atomic bombing the U.S had dropped. An innocent witness of the bombing recalls, ‘“Suddenly, a strong flash of light startled me - and then another. So well does one…

decrease the number of casualties as much as possible. That applied to the United States in World War II. The atomic bomb was required to save American lives. The battle of Iwo Jima was the second to last battle that the Americans fought with the Japanese. In an article, the author described the dark consequence of victory in Iwo Jima, “That success came at an appalling cost to the Marines...Over 6,000 men died. ” This quote showed how the Americans won but, they also suffered from six thousand…

Using Mailers novel as a conceptual guide, testimonies from U.S. soldiers who fought at Iwo Jima and Okinawa will support the notion that brotherhood is essential in overcoming the hopelessness and morbidity that follows dehumanization. Mailer’s novel serves as a credible source of inspiration. It was written and published only shortly after…

Upon his retirement Tyrus Wong rediscovered a childhood love…flying kites. He designed and handmade all of his kites with bamboo, rattan, rip-stop nylon and string. He would joyously fill the sky at Santa Monica Beach with his designs: a fantastical menagerie consisting of flocks of Butterflies, Owls, Cranes, Swallows, schools of fish, perhaps a running panda, and on a day with good wind, a hundred foot long centipede. Tyrus was a painter, muralist, lithographer, greeting card designer, film…

During the Second World War there were many efforts into attaining victory for the Allied forces. Led by Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, Admiral Raymond A. Spruance played a vital role in the success of the U.S. Navy in the Pacific front. Admiral Spruance of the United States Navy was one of these vital leaders who changed the tides of the battle with his set of leadership skills. The beginning of his career was when Spruance entered the US Naval Academy 1902. He graduated on September 13th 1906,…

The sinking of the USS Indianapolis happen during World War II. The USS Indianapolis was launched on November 7, 1931. It was 610 feet and 4 inches long. It was 9,600 tons. What had contributed to the weight was eight white Forster boilers, 4 Parsons geared turbines, about 70 guns, and 3 SC-2 Curtiss Seahawk airplanes. On April 1940 the Indianapolis move from west coast to Hawaii with the rest of the Pacific Fleet. On February 1942 the Indianapolis participated in raid on Bougainville in Solomon…

deeds to defend the US Constitution and the American way of life. They accepted risks not for fame, but to preserve our freedoms. These were the heroes of my great-grandfather’s generation. The immortalized words that are inscribed on the bronze, Iwo Jima memorial statue, accurately describe these noble heroes, “Uncommon Valor was a Common Virtue.” Fast forward time a few years and once again heroes were produced as differences and conflicts arose in the world. Heroes traversed their way…

deterred by danger or pain. There is a courageous hero and this is his their name Jacklyn H. Lucas jumped on 2 grenades and survived. Lucas’s first display of courage was signing up for the Marines during WWII at the age of 14. He was patrolling Iwo Jima ravines when the Japanese attacked, throwing two grenades directly onto Lucas’s position. Lucas shoved one grenade into the ash, laid himself over it, and then grabbed the second grenade and pulled it underneath himself as well and was going…

World War II: The Four Freedoms Because the United States had been supporting isolationism and were creating and supporting non-interventionist groups, such as the America First Committee, President Franklin D. Roosevelt felt it was time for a change in America's stance on the involvement of war. To do so, he delivered the Four Freedoms Speech on January 6, 1941. The Four Freedom Speech had been addressed to Congress in effort to move the nation away from the foreign policy of neutrality.…