The Courage of Philip Fonsworth
Courage of Philip Fonsworth
Alexis Fonsworth
Kaplan University
The Courage of Philip Fonsworth
My protector, Philip Fonsworth went into the Army to fight for the freedoms that we currently have in present day and often take for granted. Philip was stationed in multiple places that forced him to remain uncomfortable, but in Korea the dramatic anger forced upon Americans was unbearable. Some people find it hard to utilize their inner strengths and over power their weaknesses. Courage is the undiscovered strength beyond ones comfort ability. The capability to face ones rival, whether it means existence or fatality, is a clear example of courage. My father, a brave man, was treated as a second class citizen and remained determined to fight for our Country's values. Philip Fonsworth overcame different obstacles to stand up for what he believed in. As he was stationed in Tangshan, Korea in 1989, the Korean’s spit on the ground as he passed through, He felt so belittled and refused to feel that way. He then turned around and approached the Korean man and asked for directions, the Korean purposely sent him through an area where he was forced to go through trenches, lake beds, and got stuck in the mud. He consistently wondered why he was being so degraded, but refused to turn back. He called a recovery specialist to recover him, the 25 ton recovery vehicle (wrecker) then arrived an hour later. The soldiers drove my dad back to the DMZ; the DMZ was the demilitarized zone. That evening, he left the DMZ to purchase a little to eat; The Koreans gave him a chicken vegetable rice bowl. He brought it back to base and his comrade knocked it to the ground. Philip became angry and asked why he would do that. The man told him that the Korean’s grew their rice and vegetables in human waste and that they considered it to be a fertilizer. He would’ve become ill for consuming it and would’ve been expected to die. So he could only eat on base,
Alexis Fonsworth
Kaplan University
The Courage of Philip Fonsworth
My protector, Philip Fonsworth went into the Army to fight for the freedoms that we currently have in present day and often take for granted. Philip was stationed in multiple places that forced him to remain uncomfortable, but in Korea the dramatic anger forced upon Americans was unbearable. Some people find it hard to utilize their inner strengths and over power their weaknesses. Courage is the undiscovered strength beyond ones comfort ability. The capability to face ones rival, whether it means existence or fatality, is a clear example of courage. My father, a brave man, was treated as a second class citizen and remained determined to fight for our Country's values. Philip Fonsworth overcame different obstacles to stand up for what he believed in. As he was stationed in Tangshan, Korea in 1989, the Korean’s spit on the ground as he passed through, He felt so belittled and refused to feel that way. He then turned around and approached the Korean man and asked for directions, the Korean purposely sent him through an area where he was forced to go through trenches, lake beds, and got stuck in the mud. He consistently wondered why he was being so degraded, but refused to turn back. He called a recovery specialist to recover him, the 25 ton recovery vehicle (wrecker) then arrived an hour later. The soldiers drove my dad back to the DMZ; the DMZ was the demilitarized zone. That evening, he left the DMZ to purchase a little to eat; The Koreans gave him a chicken vegetable rice bowl. He brought it back to base and his comrade knocked it to the ground. Philip became angry and asked why he would do that. The man told him that the Korean’s grew their rice and vegetables in human waste and that they considered it to be a fertilizer. He would’ve become ill for consuming it and would’ve been expected to die. So he could only eat on base,