Medal of Honor

James Phillip Fleming is a medal of honor winner. He was born on March 12, 1943 in Sedalia Missouri. He was a pilot in the Vietnam war. He was awarded the medal of honor for rescuing a six man MACV-SOG recon team stranded between heavily defended enemy positions near Đức Cơ, Vietnam In 1968, he was an aircraft commander of a UH-1F transport helicopter assigned to the 20th Special Operations Squadron at East Airfield in the Republic of Vietnam. On November 26 a six man special forces army team…

Hello Kendrick JROTC Today I will be presenting my medal of honor recipient this is very important to me and our country so would you please be quite and sit up and show you respect to Larry Leonard Maxam and his duty for putting his life on the line for you and I and most importantly for our country with that being said let me begin my presentation Larry Leonard Maxam, who was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for heroism in Vietnam in February 1968, was born January 9, 1948, in…

The Bridge to Terabithia written by Katherine Patterson, won the Newbery Medal in 1987. This story was about a friendship between a boy named Jess and a girl named Leslie. In this story, they had an imaginary world they called Terabithia, and they were the queen and king.Their friendship was good, strong, and could not be broken. But one day, something tragic happens. Leslie dies and Jess has to use all his strength to recover from the tragic incident. This book deserved the Newbery award…

Honor is a human construct. It is used to evaluate one’s worth and set expectations. Reputation, notoriety, dignity, honor: these all define one’s place in society, but they are not intrinsic. In Shakespeare’s play, Hamlet, various characters struggle with their honor. Laertes’s honor leads him to act irrationally, Hamlet’s honor finally inspires him to act, and the patriarchal society’s idea of Ophelia’s honor destroys her. Hamlet has a complex attitude towards honor, admitting that its…

Not all Medals are made of Metal An icy and bitter mist surrounded me. The sun had secreted behind piles of looming clouds, while droplets of water dispensed from the sky. The track bore a vast expanse of puddles, and runners plunged their way through them. I was sitting in the dewy grass underneath the canopy of our tent. Rain trickled down the stadium steps as I heard the booming announcer eagerly bellow, “Welcome ladies and gentlemen to the 2016 State Track and Field Meet.” My heart began to…

Honor In Modern America In today’s world, honor is being demonstrated or acknowledged when young boys and men play video games such as Medal of Honor. While playing that game, or games that are similar, the men are experiencing what it would really be like to feel or obtain honor and all that comes with it. Honor is not being portrayed in the world the way it should be. Society is often changing the meaning of honor. Even though honor is represented differently in other cultures, it is being…

injured leg and in a hospital in Milan and was rewarded a silver medal for his bravery, but this meant his career was in the military was over. In the short story, In Another Country, the American soldier in the story, who is also the narrator and Ernest Hemingway have almost identical aspects. The American soldier is in the hospital in Milan for a leg injury; he cannot bend his knee. He proceeds to talk about how he received a medal saying “…were written in very beautiful language and full of…

someone or helps someone. Honor is setting and being committed to self-standards. An example is in a sport when a person does not cheat, even if he could get away with it. Honor is not about what a person says but what they do. A person can also honor others, by treating a person the same whether liking them or not. In conclusion, honor is telling the truth and treating others fairly no matter the circumstance or consequences. In John W Martens’ article entitled “Persons of Honor,” he…

Shame Proneness and Help-Seeking Behavior in the Culture of Honor There’s a steady growth in research regarding intimate partner violence (IPV). What is IPV? Depending on the study, IPV can account for different variables. For this instance, intimate partner violence is defined as “behaviors that cause physical, sexual, or psychological harm, including physical aggression, sexual coercion, psychological abuse, and controlling behaviors” (Pence, 2013). Furthermore, an intimate partner can be…

Honor codes are a set of principles in a school made to follow, to uphold an honest school environment, which can determine the integrity of a student. It is a controversial topic among students and teachers because of the student opposition of obeying rules. Honor codes should be established and maintained in a school because of the positive shift of student learning environment, student intellectual improvement, and peer relationship progression. Schools who establish an honor code that is…