Lieutenant Colonel

World War Two was the largest and the most violent armed conflict that occurred and it was between 1939 and 1945. During the this war, many people were recognized as heros due to their actions in the battlefield. One such example is the the crew in the CV-6 USS Enterprise also known as the Big E. This ship was the seventh ship that was named Enterprise as well was the first of the Enterprise ships that was a aircrafts carrier. The USS Enterprise was very important during during World War II…

I am a daughter of two second generation immigrants. I am a first generation Asian American daughter. My grandmother was the first generation immigrant. My grandmother was the hero in this story. We are immigrants. From the mountains of Vietnam and Laos, my grandmother, my mother, and my father was civilians identified as Hmong’s—specifically the Xiong and Thao clan. From the mountains, my grandmother and my mother, a child at the time, fled their home country into the United States in the…

Political Warnings from a Warrior Turned Author As controversial today as when it was first written, Robert Heinlein’s 1959 novel Starship Troopers appears at first to be a short, exciting science fiction jaunt common to pulp fiction. Heinlein’s novel chronicles the adventures of fledgling space solider, Johnny Rico, who in his pursuit of full citizenship volunteers for military service and ends up fighting in an interstellar war (Heinlein, Starship Troopers). However the Hugo award winning…

”Dimidium facti qui coepit habet“ (Horace) “What we do in life echoes into eternity” (Russell Crowe) Growing up in Garden Grove, California, I am greatly influenced by the Vietnamese culture. Surrounding me included authentic Vietnamese cuisine, and different aspects of the Vietnamese community that might be scarce anywhere else compared to the region I live in. With that, the culture flows within my home as well, and such a lifestyle still remains, except for a slight difference; my parents…

There was a two front battle against two formidable forces of Nature being fought in a poorly built cabin on Blackstone in the early '50s. On one front, freshly replaced and fortified floor boards ,tried with only partial success, to keep out porcupines but these determined pests still threatened. For them, plywood was meant to be eaten. And so was rubber. Carefully placed tires bumpers on the side of a dock were just as carefully eaten by avoiding the nails, leaving bits and pieces of mangled…

A brief summary Nigeria was colonised in the year 1885 by the British, it then went on to become a protectorate under the Britain. Nigeria got her name from Flora Shaw who coined it from Niger and Area as there was a river called Niger flowing through the country. In the year 1960 on the first of October, Nigeria gained her independence after many meetings and conferences were held. Leading patriots, politicians and scholars of the time namely Nnamdi Azikwe, Abubakar Tafawa Balewa amongst many…

Evaluating the presidency of Jefferson Davis is somewhat of a difficult task. When determining how effective a President was while in office, one has to look at many different aspects, as there is so much they have to do. A president who was a great military leader might be remembered poorly if he wasn't able to pull his country out of economic hardship, just as a president who was able to recover his country from depression might be if he lost a lot of men in an unsuccessful war. The problem…

He was appointed as a major in the Virginia militia by Robert Dinwiddie, who was Virginia’s lieutenant Governor. His first mission was to warn the French to move off the British land, if not he would have to rally a removal of the French. The French he refused, he went back Williamsburg, Virginia to get troops and assaulted the French at Fort Duquesne…

November 14, 2009, I recline on a diminutive, unyielding, frosty cot in the nucleus of the Hindu Kush Mountains, Afghanistan. Sprouting to explosions with AK-47 bullets penetrating the scanty plywood wall adjacent to my sleeping area. Swiftly, I grappled my sweat-stained digital Interceptor Body Armor (IBA), Advanced Combat Helmet (ACH), and M-4 Carbine, arranging a race to a fighting position. Flinging my ½ in thick wooden door open, I beheld a spectacle from a war film I’d seen as a child.…

captured Quebec which is now called Maine. After returning home from conquering Quebec, Burr was given a spot in Washington's cabinet. In 1776, he became an aide-de-camp, a personal assistant, to General Putnam. Burr later gained the title of Lieutenant Colonel of Malcom’s Regiment on January 4, 1777. Soon after, at the age of 21, Burr was the Commander of the Regiment at Orange County, New York. In June 1778, Burr led his regiment into the Battle of Monmouth. After serving four years in the…