We Were Soldiers

the army. For she knew that his preconceived notions of war life were inaccurate. Despite this, Henry is able to in the end be the soldier he wanted to…

“The true soldier fights not because he hates what is in front of him, but because he loves what is behind him,” said G.K. Chesterton. A love for their country is why my veterans serve. It never really sunk into me how much veterans sacrifice for us. I think that we need to show as much respect to people that have served in the military forces to make us be able to be free. Or be able to pursue whatever we would like to. Every veteran that has served or is serving has been brave and loyal.…

fact roughly 30% of returning soldiers report having mental health problems ( (Kim, Britt, Klocko, Riviere, & Adler, 2011). Even though thirty percent of soldiers reported having mental health issues only 23-40% of that population actually reported that they sought…

Throughout the Holocaust and World War II, this soldier was there, encouraging others like him and putting down any threats. This soldier was known to every man, woman, and child in nearly every nation worldwide. He did not fight with bullets, tanks, nor with blades. Instead, he used the most powerful weapons of all: radio, film, and the printed word. This soldier was propaganda. During the era of World War II, propaganda controlled nearly everything from the morale of the troops to the support…

Broken Soldier In a town on the Massachusetts-New Hampshire border, on a heart-rending Sunday there was a shattered family. All the events that led up to this traumatic morning are placed right before your eyes. Subtlety through a child’s perspective is a story told about why his father left him and his siblings. My Father Was a Writer by Andre Dubus III sounds like it might take you through a wonderful journey of becoming an author. Much to my surprise the memoir was more about a broken…

conflict. Some people feel that the American government should reinstate the military draft. We should not reinstate the military draft because there is currently no need for a draft, the draft requirements are unfair and inconsistent, and those who are unwillingly drafted would demoralize the overall military with their lack of commitment and cause a break down of comradery and teamwork between soldiers. The military draft has been used four times in American history: the Civil War, World War I…

Henry’s mood before the war, since he starts thinking about random childhood memories. Crane states, “There were moments of waiting. The youth thought of the village street at home before the arrival of the circus parade on a day in the spring” (44). Judson also expresses the soldier’s melancholy in his poem when describing how they start reminding of their loved ones at home, he says: “Soldiers sleeping, sweetly dreaming, Of their homes far, far away, Where the loved ones, kind and gentle,…

strategic attacks, these robots were in the form of Germany’s type of robotics and Russian weaponry called “teletanks”. It originated combined with a radio controlled boat intended to use by the military from Nicola Tesla. As the Soviets had created the teletanks, they were modified to be controlled by the radio signals. Weather conditions made it pretty tough to use, but their signal reaches roughly five hundred to fifteen hundred meters away. Soon these teletanks were equipped with machine…

Not only the simile refers the man as the devil, but the ‘devil’s sick of sin’ to express he is same as the devil who is feeling worthless and wishing to escape hell. Since the soldier’s face is demonstrated this way, the line indicates that the soldier is questioning the reasons why he is at war. In addition, the use of his simile can convey how a devil can be appalled by his sight. The effective language and imagery enhances the horror of war, reinforcing the image of a man dying from a gas…

word ‘soldier’. I feel confident enough to say that a very large majority, if not all of you, pictured a man. The iron man standing strong in uniform, proudly representing their country; that’s the picture that Hollywood so willingly displays. Through our televisions and our phones we are shown the depicted version of global military characteristics. Through films, including Saving Private Ryan, and one a little closer to home, Gallipoli, we have been shown the brother-like relationship that we…