South Bay

company to form the 205th Ammo Platoon. Greg recalls, “I’m one of the 97 men drawn out of the 630th Ordnance Company, and we’re formed into a 205th Ammo Platoon.” later he states, “On April 12th, two days later, we landed on the beach at Chu Lai, South Vietnam. And that was a combat area” (Greg). Greg was one soldier of many who were responsible with carrying out the tasks of being in an Ammo Platoon. Upon landing in the combat area of Chu Lai, his platoon’s task was to make sure every unit,…

1770, 54 European ships sailed to South Australia. Many of those ships came from Dutch East Indies Company (“Australian Stories”). In 1770, Lieutenant James Cook, a British explorer who later discovered the Great Barrier Reef of Australia, explored the east coast on his ship known as Endeavor. Under instruction by King George II, he claimed the east coast of Australia on August 22, 1770 and named it “New South…

The Vietnam War was one of the most divisive conflicts in American history. The drawn out clash grew from a financial show of support for an ally to an endless war that cost American lives,and confidence. The war dragged on for years despite growing peace movements and disillusionment with the government. Despite all this America stayed involved in the war for decades. Understanding why America stayed in the conflict is important to understanding the second half of 20th century America. America…

Australia followed the United States footsteps in this anti-war movement and on the 8th of May 1970 around 200,000 people throughout Australia, took part and marched in Moratoriums calling for an end to the war in Vietnam. Many have called it ‘the greatest single demonstration of strength that the peace movement in Australia has ever achieved’, Melbourne gathered the largest numbers which is estimated to be at least 70,000 and even as many as 100,000. The media and conservative politicians had…

Description of the Country Argentina lies on the southern tip of South America and is the 8th largest country in the world. Its neighboring countries include; Uruguay, Chile, Paraguay, Brazil and Bolivia. Its capital, Buenos Aries, translated to “Good Airs” or “Fair Winds”, has a population of just under three million while the total population of the country totals 43,821,877. A majority of Argentines are of European decent, Italians having the largest presences with 37% of the population…

my breathe and gave out a sigh hopping the next hours to Virginia to our hotel will be better. I found myself doodling penguins and groundhogs in my journal, until I saw we were driving on one of the biggest bridges I have ever seen the Chesapeake Bay Bridge. That bridge always freaked me out, because of the such small walls. I hated to look at the sea sickening water below us. “Hey dad, I hope we don’t fall off!!” I yelled loudly. My dad scolded me on how we were suppose to be quite on this…

When Fidel Castro took control of Cuba he needed to adopt an ideology that would unite a people and a country, and place him in the role of sole leader and head of Cuba. While it is his millitant actions that gave him power, it was his adoption of communism which has kept Castro in power for so long. There have been many goverment’s overthrown in Latin America, but few if any coups have had the impact on world affairs than Castro coming into power in Cuba did. By bringing communism to the…

The patterns of American colonial life, specifically in the Massachusetts Bay colony, encapsulated the massive social, political, and economic shifts of the late seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries. Factors including freedom of religious expression and increased opportunity for wealth or opportunity led many Europeans to immigrate to New England. Prominent figures and experiences of the entire Colonial Massachusetts Bay population as a whole are often times generalized onto those of the…

The first pieces of early American literature were written in attempt to persuade. During the mid-1600 to mid-1700, the puritan communities in early America were becoming unruly. An attempt to a bring the puritan people back into a discipline group of people, two authors named Ann Bradstreet and Jonathan Edwards began writing to inform the puritans about God. The puritans traveled from England to America for freedom of religion. Puritans focused their teachings on four main subjects: eternal…

Hester Prynne: Rebellion in the Hands of a Labeled Conformist In the Puritan Era of colonial North America, Anne Hutchinson was banished for publicly questioning the Reformed Anglican Church. Hutchinson said she could interpret the Bible and that God spoke to her. The patriarchal society of the Puritan era was shocked by that statement and immediately sought to put Hutchinson back into submission. Similarly in the novel The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne, Hester Prynne is forced…