Platoon

the author talks about Lavender’s drug use and how he used them to calm his nerves. Ted had this saying when someone said, “how the war going today?” Ted would characteristically respond with “mellow”. An after Ted’s passing, while the men of his platoon prepared Ted’s body for recovery, instead of crying in self-silence, they talked. The men personified Ted’s character into their conversation. they talked about the war and “...Don’t need no pills. We got this incredible chopper on call. This…

Women in the Infantry Fueled by political correctness and the urgent rush to re-event the entire Military structure that’s already won many wars. It is the sudden implement of women in the Infantry. For many years our military has been successful with the way it has been established. Being all for equal opportunity myself, personal I feel from experience and facts women should not be in the Infantry. Women do not possess the same physical standards and capability to accomplish the mission.…

Worthy or a waste of space? One may ask themselves, “What qualities make up a worthy person?” A worthy person is defined as having adequate or great merit, character, or value; a person worthy to lead (Dictionary.com). In the book The Things They Carried, Tim O’Brien writes of many soldiers, Lt. Jimmy Cross, and how they live their lives through the Vietnam War. Lieutenant Cross is one of the most responsible characters in the book, this is an example of a worthy or lasting human. A waste of…

depicts how chance contributes to the fate of German soldiers throughout the war. Essentially, the rare occurrence of chance aids the gruesome lives of soldiers. Likewise, chance has the power of destructing or deteriorating the German Infantry Platoon. After all, a single chance can determine the fate of life or death. It is apparent that chance plays an important role in war. The element of chance accompanies the soldiers throughout the war in the novel. On various cases, chance, the…

Think for a moment and remember your least favorite childhood memory. Was it being yelled at, scraping your knee? For some children it’s killing family members to become a child soldier, by force or by choice. In 2012 it was estimated 300,000 children were taken to be child soldiers who spread horror and kill people. They are drugged and have to see horrific killings and massacres so they will become numb when they do it in real life. Child Soldiers can be rehabilitated to live in society, but…

While violence plays a large role in war, some may seem senseless but when taken into account, being in war makes violence unavoidable. In The Things They Carried by Tim O’brien, Tim writes about his whole platoon and the violence they face. Things may come off as senseless, but being in war makes it so that violence can not really be avoided. War itself means to be in armed conflict within two nations or states. When in armed conflict, all violence is inevitable because violence is in human…

families after being gone for so long. However, for a cocky, arrogant young man I found a new respect for life and a greater understanding as to why you should live it each day to the fullest. I was 14 ½ months into a 15 month deployment when 2nd Platoon received its final mission. Our objective…

One very good reason for war is when someone is claiming their independence from Mankind, just like every other species on this planet is prone to fighting. Like other species on Earth we fight constantly. The United states has been at war for 222 years out of the 241 years it has been a country. With wars like The U.S. Revolution, the Civil War, World War I, and World War II, the United States has spent hundreds of years at war. It was not until The Vietnam War began in 1955 however, that…

Fact that people should know is that the very first bomb that was dropped by the Allies in WWII killed the only elephant in the Berlin Zoo. The war can be a very bad thing but yet it could be a very good thing as well. Like for instance a good thing would be if they enemy was getting to close to your land or kept blocking your trading route. But yet everyone sees the war as a bad thing like how people say that war destroys everything and it makes go into debit. In All Quiet on the Western…

whose thoughts and personality shift due to the war. For one, he experiences a severe case of survivor’s guilt after the death of his beloved comrade, Kiowa—a kind Native American soldier who is assigned to the Alpha Company. On one night, when the platoon is attacked by the Viet Cong while they are camped on a field riddled with feces, Norman hears Kiowa’s desperate cry for help, runs out in search of him, and finds the poor American Indian helplessly sinking into the ground; Bowker fails to…