Paratrooper

Easy Company of the 506th regiment of the 101st airborne from basic training to Hitler’s Eagles nest. The men of easy Company perform admirably and supremely through every grim task given to them. Stephen Ambrose accounts the heroic tale of the paratroopers from Easy Company beginning with their time training in Toccoa with Sobels to D-Day, Holland, Battle of the Bulge, the failure of operation Market Garden, and to the end of the war by taking Hitler’s Eagles nest. The men of Easy Company…

Soldier Boys is a fiction book published in 2001 by Dean Hughes. This book shows the viewpoint of two boys, one German and one American. Dieter, the German boy, is only 10 years old and this book tells the story of how he ended up going from a little kid to a man fighting for his country. Spencer, the American boy, is only 15 years old and he is going to fight for America to impress the girl that he likes named LuAnn. This story takes place during WW2 before and during The Battle of the Bulge.…

invasion in May. It would be June 5th or 6th because “the moon will rise late and help the landing by the parachutists and airborne troops (22,000) and second, low tide at dawn will uncover the obstacles and mines that Rommel had put down…” For the paratroopers, H-Hour was midnight on June 6, and they landed without meeting any organized resistance. Although some drowned in the anti-invasion flooded areas made by Rommel, it is thought that 18,000 men succeeded in their missions of disabling…

Mitchell Zuckoff’s Lost in Shangri-La is a thrilling novel about the untold story of a World War II “mission” gone wrong. Zuckoff dives deep into the lives of young soldiers after their plane crashes in an uncharted village of New Guinea. With danger, discovery, and determination, Zuckoff reels readers in as he captures this dauntless tale almost flawlessly. Lost in Shangri-La recounts the true story of 24 World War II Army men and women who take an aerial tour of the New Guinean valley called…

Extérieure et de Contre-Espionnage (SDECE), Aussaresses transferred to the French Army as an intelligence officer to fight in Vietnam during World War Two. He briefly held command of the SDECE prior to being deployed to Algeria in 1954 with the 41st paratrooper brigade. Aussaresses unabashedly outlines how he tortured and killed suspected FLN members while implementing a counterterrorism campaign. He takes personal responsibility for the executions of senior FLN members, including those that…

morning (Harris). “I couldn't imagine laughing just hours after being on the battlefield or disarming a bomb” (Harris). Jeff Ross said the stories of individual soldiers are what really put one’s life into perspective, these people are engineers, paratroopers, interrogators, accountants, but they are also human beings and laughter is one of the simplest ways to make that human connection (Harris). “Even though he barely knows them, Ross can easily be touched by the stories of servicemen and…

Human rights are the inalienable rights that one is given for the sole purpose of being born into the world. In Ukraine and Germany, the human rights of Ukrainians were violated by mass famine and six million Jews rights were violated by genocides against them just because of their religion. Ruled by Joseph Stalin, Ukraine was home to well around four million Ukrainians.Stalin aspired to industrialize the soviet union. He was going to achieve his goal by building heavy industries that would…

This film centers around a little Colorado town named Calumet. It quickly becomes the battleground for World War III when paratroopers are seen dropping from the skies. A group of teenage boys under the direction of a recent high school graduate flee the town as it is invaded by Nicaraguan, Cuban, and Soviet troops. They eventually name themselves the “Wolverines,” after their…

On June 6, 1944, the Allies began to invade the coast of Normandy. “By dawn on June 6, thousands of paratroopers and glider troops were already on the ground behind enemy lines. (History.com, 1)” The British and Canadian forces were in charge of capturing three beaches code-named Gold, Juno, and Sword. Meanwhile, US forces were facing heavy resistance at…

The definition of a leader is a person who leads, commands, and organizes a group. In the book Lord Of The Flies Ralph, and Jack both think they have what it takes be the leader. Ralph is 12 years old, tall, blond, and the protagonist of the story. Jack represents evil and violence, the dark side of human nature. When you're trapped on an island with multiple different people you need a person who can be kind, courteous, and most of all take charge. Ralph has all the qualities a good leader…