Red Army Faction

12 September, 1917 As I write this, the enemy is shelling the trench I’m sitting in. The enemy has been shelling us sporadically for the past several days. The enemy will shell us for several hours, then stop and then resume the shelling later. Heavy shelling has left the area surrounding the trench pock marked with craters. Rainwater has filled many of the craters. Everything is dirty from the dirt that was kicked up from the explosions of the shells. Some sections of the barbed wire…

America’s Gift To My Generation - Rough Draft From America, to our generation, the treasured gift with freedom, stuffed inside. Many may think this gift is permanent, however is it possible to lose it? Rotten, dark choices would most likely cause your gift to cease for example, jail time. Being responsible should keep this golden gift from fading away. This gift is a privilege, a kind that is priceless, that would be extremely painful to lose. This privilege isn’t free, though, it’s paid by…

Walt Whitman’s “Reconciliation,” expels a feeling of post-war misery upon the reader, while “Grass”, written by Carl Sandburg, releases the depressing truth that as time goes on, those who die for their people are forever forgotten under the soil they fought upon. Both poems were written about the end of a war, as “Reconciliation,” demonstrates that once the war is over, nothing of value is gained, but many innocent “enemies” are dead, whereas “Grass,” represents that our soldiers fight for…

and sacrifice that’s make they are acceptable. Hannibal’s defeat is still recognize as one of the greatest military leader in history and Mao’s story named Mao’s Little Red Book was published in October 1966. Next reason is about their march. For the strong march , they gained many people in their march. Hannibal’s march gained an army about 90,000 men and 37 elephants. he chose these 37 elephants because he believed that these elephants can get them over the mountains. Mao’s…

The career I plan on doing is a military nurse. This career interests me because it combines the two things I want to be when I grow up so I do not have to sacrifice one career for the other. I believe this career is a good suit for me, because I enjoy helping people and I believe I have the patients and that I am cool headed enough to try and deal with the stress. I want to make something of myself and become a person people look up to. I want to be known as a hero and to me those are two of…

This novel was an honorable effort by Richard Holmes in discovering the essential issues persuading the nature of man's behavior on and off the battle field. This writing is well-researched and recognized logical studies of the soldier's feelings and behavior during their basic training, his experience in battle, and its aftermath (p.30). The study is well covered: during battle, he argues the factors that encourage soldiers to keep them going in the face of weakness, fear and death. Further…

A person could never be the same after going through combat. Seeing the death and destruction of war, along with dealing with the mental and emotional tolls of fighting, would leave deep scars that stay with the person for their whole life. To me, there were two characters that really stood out in terms of the way that war affected them. In The Pacific, Eugene Sledge was the most visibly affected by combat, at least in the episodes that we watched in class. When we first met him, he seemed to be…

Generation Kill, written by Evan Wright, is a firsthand look at the fear, inhumanity, and uncertainty that surrounded the guerrilla warfare in Iraq. These young men from a variety of different back grounds enlisted bravely and arrogantly to find themselves facing the brutality of war. They trained as Recon Marines, a group of a thousand men selected to secretly gain knowledge about the enemy team. During the First Renaissance Battalion of 2003, they were forced to drive head on into the enemy…

The Red Badge of Courage is one of the greatest American novels written by Stephen Crane. Unfortunately, this book was banned due to its excessive violence and the enmity that the author has towards soldiers. “The Red Badge of Courage in 1895. Regardless, the book is considered one of the most accurate portrayals of the physical and psychological effects of intense battle.” (Shmoop) What the author is trying to make the reader understand is that in war you either be a coward and run for your…

The American soldier of Vietnam was a victim of circumstances largely out of his control. Being a soldier in any war is nothing compared to video games. You face the death of your friends and are constantly struggling to stay alive and sane. Another part of being a soldier is following the orders your superior commands you to do. There is never time to argue or change the orders you are given, and if you fail to complete those orders you will face consequences. While in Vietnam, the soldiers…