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[Canadian] tank came nearer...there was a big hush over all the people, and it was suddenly broken by a big scream, as if it was out of the earth. And the people climbed on the tank...and they were crying. And we were running with the tanks and the jeeps all the way into the city” (www.veterans.gc.ca). This shows the growth of international trust and relations to Canada, along with holding up their reputation from World War I. This new profile continued in November, as Canada signed on to…

Silent Fields We had been hiking for half a day by the time we reached the base camp to Mount Fairfield. My feet were blistered and my clothes were wet with sweat. I looked like I had gone into a sauna with my clothes on, but that didn’t stop me from winking at the crew of women mountaineers that we passed on the way to base camp two hours earlier. I lit a cigarette as I walked; I deserved it. I’m not one who smokes, but, at the time, smoking was a way to look independent, chic almost. We had…

The greatest generation, those many who served in one of the great wars referred to as World War two (WWII). America has participated in many wars before both foreign and domestic, but this war would change the United States and its role in worldly affairs. Not only would it change USA’s role but also only a smaller level it forever changed American culture and roles of women, men, the majority and minority. Men have always been the majority and the “superior” gender. With WW2 beginning…

I was born in Nebraska, where I spent most of my youth. I lived in rough neighborhoods but was still an enfant. I only started remembering things when I was around four and living in La Vista, by my elementary school. My home was a yellow house with a large basement and garage. My garage wasn 't connected to my house directly, but I often ventured into it anyway because of the cool things my father and uncle had stashed away in there. My uncle lived in the basement, a cold dark room that had…

From 1939 to 1945 the world was at war. Through the duration of the 1930’s, fascism in Germany, Italy, and Japan was common and created a struggle for America. Although America preferred not to interact in the wars because they were still struggling with the economic depression, they disagreed on how to react with overt aggression in Asia, Europe, and Africa. After several disagreements on whether or not to enter war, the surprise attack on Pearl Harbor by the Japanese evidently entered…

Dogs touch people's lives, even when they’re gone. I have two dogs that are sweet and kind. They each have a place in my heart. The first one is a lab and the second is a Yorkie. They are my two little girls Casey and Peanut. Casey was a yellow lab with a sad, sweet face, but she was always really happy. Peanut, on the other hand, my Blue Yorkie is energetic and spunky with brown and grey coloring. Casey has passed on to the Rainbow Bridge, while Peanut still lives today. My lab Casey was my…

It was a peaceful day in a shabby condo. Kade and I were sitting in his room. An hour of AP Social Studies homework and 7th grade English homework in when a gust of wind came through the closed window. How do I put this, there was a noise. A very fuzzy, subtle noise. A ZING, SWOOSH, SHUUAH noise. All of a sudden, out popped two people. The women said to us in a serene voice, “We are your parents. We want to take you home.” My brother and I were abandoned when he was 6 months old. One morning my…

While speaking with my senior mentor, Abe Bos, it was hard to not be amazed at everything that he has accomplished and been through in his life. He has travelled, loved, lost, and created a beautiful family. He credits all of his accomplishments to God and has lived his life to glorify our Heavenly Father. Abe was born in 1932 in New Jersey. He was the second of three children born in his family. His mother was a stay at home mom and his father was a teacher and a principle. Abe enjoyed…

1. In “For Esme with Love and Squalor”, the first half of the story is just the meeting of our narrator and Esme. It sets up the second half of the story, which is really the core of story, chock full of literary themes, such as isolation, death, ignorance, friendship and recovery. The second half of our story our narrator who is a soldier in WW II, just like most soldier in wars, is greatly effected in a negative way by the horrors that he witnesses. The threat of death creeping over his…

Robert E. Harril, as he was known in his earlier life was born on February 2nd, 1893. He was born in Gaffney, South Carolina. In some of his early writings while at Carolina Beach, Robert specified that he was never predestined to become a hermit.His turbulent life began early on when his mother and two of his brothers died of typhoid fever. If this was not tragic enough, his grandfather, who he looked up too, died from a runaway mule. His troubles were made worse when his father…