Paratrooper

to deal with loss.” Before Jimi was famous, he was caught in a stolen car three times. He had the option to go to prison for 10 years or go into the the Army for three years. He chose to go into the Army. In the Army he was training to be a paratrooper at Fort Campbell, which is in Kentucky. Jimi Hendrix started playing a one string ukulele at age nine.…

The paratroopers realized the war was ending when entire battalions of German soldiers would surrender to small numbers of Americans. They continued to move out through Germany liberating towns and small villages on their way. They saw very little resistance once…

“Joint functions are related capabilities and activities grouped together to help Joint Force Commanders integrate, synchronize, and direct joint operations.” The Sicily Campaign, known as Operation Husky, provides various examples of combined and joint functions. Although Operation Husky resulted in an important Allied victory, joint functions such as command and control (C2) proved dismal; fires were considered marginal; while maneuver was regarded as satisfactory. To illustrate this a brief…

it will be illegal to do segregation in transportation. African American were putted in the Little Rock Central High School to remove segregation from school in 1957 but governor did not allow the students to come to school so Eisenhower send paratroopers to look for the safety of African American students. Southern Christian Leadership Conference was founded by Martin Luther King Jr. and other clergy in 1957 for the Black civil rights. LGBT were always being discriminated in the society from…

Steven Wright, who is an American comedian, actor, writer, and an Oscar-winning film producer, once said“Someone asked me, if I were stranded on a desert island what book would I bring... 'How to Build a Boat.'” l could relate to the story The Lord of the Flies in some parts while being reminded of something in others. I could relate to the kids trying to hunt, and plan for things in the long run.The author could have included more details about the war. I also learned a few things from the…

World War II started in September, 1939 when Germany invaded Poland. The attack was not provoked by Poland in any way. This upset Britain and France; which ultimately led them to declare war on Germany. Both Japan and Italy joined Germany and created the axis powers. These three countries attacked other countries (unprovoked) just for the sake of acquiring more land and gaining power. Around 1942, it seemed that Japan and Germany were invincible. However, things soon changed. There…

Shouts fill the air, full of commands. The plane starts to empty as people begin to jump, although some aren’t as brave… no, stupid. You’d have to be stupid to jump from a plane with nothing to arm yourself with but a backpack that they tell you is a parachute. What remains of my hair is whipped around in the wind, blowing a few strands into my face. Those who cluster around the entrance get pushed by others behind them, and I hope for their sake that they remember how to operate their…

When people first they described me as “slight,” “furtive,” and with an “inner intensity of avoidance and secrecy.” When first arriving on the island I suggest that we have a vote, rather than allow Jack or Ralph to become chief automatically. Later, I came back from swimming and I was bored so I started smashing the sandcastles of the three littluns: Henry, Percival, and Johnny. After the littluns ran away I followed Henry and proceeded to throw stones at him - missing intentionally. Jack made…

In May 17, 1954, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in the Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka court case that segregation of America’s public schools was unconstitutional. However, mobs prevented the desegregation of Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas. On September 2, 1957, Governor Orval Faubus announced that he would call in the Arkansas National Guard to prevent the African-American students’ entry to Central High. He claimed that violence and rioting will break out if black students…

Armed resistance Hannah Szenes was a remarkably brave woman who worked to defeat the Nazis in World War II. She was born in 1921 in Budapest and she herself had Jewish descent. She moved to Palestine in 1939 and studied at Nahalah Agricultural School and then Kibbutz Sedot Yam. She heard about the situation in Germany and surrounding countries and Hitler’s dictatorship. Yearning to make a difference in the war, and aid fellow Jews she left the safety of her home to join the British Army. 30,000…