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    the invasion was General MacArthur. During the Battle for Leyte, the American Navy fought in one of the greatest naval battles in the history of warfare. The battle would linger on for three days with over 200 warships engaged. It was during this battle that the Japanese would introduce their use of “kamikazes,” or pilots on suicide missions. Even with such tactics, the Allied forces effectively destroyed the Japanese Navy for good. Despite this tremendous victory, however, the Allies would…

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    around the United States of America people and radios are buzzing with the latest news, Pearl Harbor, a navy dock in Hawaii, has been bombed by the Japanese. At that time President Franklin Roosevelt made some drastic changes. The attack on Pearl Harbor had a large impact on everyone and is still important today. Pearl Harbor is a day that will live in infamy, many people agree. In fact even the president himself said, “Yesterday, 7 December 1941-- a date which will live in infamy-- the…

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    Zombies In World War Z

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    The use of Zombies in World War Z is best described as a racial movement. The zombies may represent many things within the movement, but mainly, that is all the zombies are. A sudden rampage of an uncontrollable epidemic that applies to everyone and everything. Not only do the zombies make the statement of such a large direct impact on humans because of one simple thing, but the zombies cause a series of events to stack onto each other, causing world-wide stress and changing the way everything…

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    Dustin Turner should be released from prison. He was going through the Navy Seal training trying to finish around the age of 20 years old. He and his “friend” Billy Joe Brown had to become friends over the course of time, because they were paired up together at the beginning of their training. They both were released for a few weeks, because of over stress, they decide to go have some fun, and go to some bars and parties. One night Dustin and Billy were at a bar, and young innocent women named…

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    Ryan Job Reflection

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    Ryan Job was a decorated Navy Seal, a family man, and a modern-day American hero who served his country faithfully. Though he was blinded in the war in Iraq, he didn’t let that stop him from living life to the fullest and portraying his faith in his everyday life. Job was parallel to the Job of the Bible several times, always letting his hardships strengthen him and emerging as gold from the testing. There are some instances in my life and my friends and families lives that I connected with in…

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    leader Ahmad Sha, and his “Evil” Taliban group in a realistic, gun fight, called Operation Red Wings. Their hopes are to identify, and either capture or eliminate the target, Ahmad. In this nail bitting thriller, the four highly trained, special ops, navy seal, team find themselves facing some of the fatest, well prepared bad guys they have ever encountered as stated by Danny Dietz, “They’re fast man! Are they really that fast? Are they Faster than we…

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    There I was, standing still, eyes straight forward, and I could feel the weight of all the stares upon my shoulders. I had failed. And everyone around me knew it. The worse kind of failure, the one you can’t hide. My job was to command the Junior varsity unarmed drill team for a A.F.J.R.O.T.C drill meet we had. We had spent countless hours practicing the same sequence over and over again, trying to perfect every move. An Hour and half every day after school. But when the time came, it was…

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    confirmed by the Department of Defence, overriding Navy Seals sniper record. Kyle mentions in his book that it is far less than he actually killed. He estimates the number to be around 255.Kyle was born in a conservative state of Texas. He wanted to be a competitive cowboy. One day, he saw the incident on TV in which American embassy was bombed. He decided to join the army in order to protect the country. In his four tours in Iraq war as a Navy Seal, he became the deadliest Sniper in American…

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    the United States and Japan after this historical day. Neither side looked at each other the same when Japan led a surprise attack in Pearl Harbor. “As costly as it was in the lives of our men and women in uniform, in military assets, and in esteem and pride, Pearl Harbor was a watershed moment for America.” On December 7th, 1941 (at approximately 7:48 a.m.) was commemorated as “a date which we will live in infamy”, said by Franklin D Roosevelt. On this historic date, the United States was…

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    American Sniper “Aim small, miss small” the words of Chris Kyle a Navy S.E.A.L. who starred in the amazing movie American Sniper. This movie follows the battles that Chris Kyle went through throughout his life, including war and the emotional toll it put on him and his family. The movie American Sniper starring Bradley Cooper (as Chris Kyle) and directed by Clint Eastwood, is an extraordinary exciting movie that has brought inspiration and encouragement to many. This movie was released in Dec…

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