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    Buffalo Soldiers

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    Buffalo Soldiers The Buffalo Soldiers or the "Negro Calvary" were an elite group of soldiers that in the Civil War‚ Spanish-American War‚ World War1 and up to World War 2. These men were African American soldiers. The first Buffalo regiment formed on September 21‚ 1866 in Fort Leavenworth‚ Kansas. The Buffalo Soldiers started out as an all-black peacetime regiment that fought alongside the Union army during the Civil War. The Buffalo Soldiers were composed of 2 regiments which is the 9th and

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    Memoir Rough Draft

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    Memoir Rough Draft The hot sun was beating down on my neck as I was picking weeds in a field.The humidity is so thick you could cut it with a knife. The smell of grass was in the air. My soft hands were getting blistered. My skin had been browned as it was covered in dirt. I hated my parents for making me do this. A man comes over and asks me to make sure that I don’t miss any. This man was my grandfather. My parents had me dropped me off while they were at my sister’s softball game. I was stuck

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    Unknown Soldier

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    Unknown Soldier significant? What makes him significant? The Unknown Soldier represents a part of Australia’s history and also represents the ANZAC soldiers that fought in World War One. He holds all the values and qualities that the ANZACs were said to evident in their everyday lifestyle. He is an iconic symbol for Australia and its military history as well a representative of commemorating the sacrifices the soldiers made for their country. The ANZAC legend was written to describe the way ANZAC

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    child soldiers

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    Committee: UNICEF Topic: Child Soldiers Name: Topic Background: Throughout history children have been seen to have the most adaptable compatibility‚ especially during wartime. At an early age children can be trained to kill and do despicable things. This is because children have one barrier against these recruiters and that would be their family member. Once this barrier is gone‚ recruiters can easily cheery pick these children‚ and make them work for them and do terrible things. Now

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    The Tattooed Soldier

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    Buildings‚ Freeways and Shadows of The Tattooed Soldier (Final Draft) Downtown Los Angeles is one of the busiest commercial centers in the United States. However‚ the city holds two groups of people in different economic level-the homeless and the working class. Hector Tobar frequently includes the landscape of the setting in downtown Los Angeles in The Tattooed Soldier. The novel is about two immigrants from Guatemala who have moved to Los Angeles. The protagonist‚ Antonio‚ takes a revenge on

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    again‚ there’s also the chance you’ll slip up if you do take it. Either way‚ there’s a lesson learned in it even if it’s the brutal lesson learned through failure. I remember on the bus home from camp. I was thirteen and so was she. When summer started I envisioned it would be me and maybe a group of boys I had yet to meet causing a ruckus every day. Instead it was just me and this one girl. In my mind‚ we’re still at camp as long as we’re on the bus and not at the recreation center where our parents

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    Letter to Soldier

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    Extra Credit Dear U.S. Soldier; I will have to be the first to admit‚ I don’t understand what the whole war is all about. I just know that you are there and not here with your families and living your everyday lives. I think that is really rotten and I wish it didn’t have to be that way. I’m writing this letter because I want to thank you for your sacrifice‚ fighting for your country and for me. I know you don’t know me but that’s how it feels‚ you are fighting for me‚ because I can’t be there

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    Annie 2091 Ms. Lisa Diviney 5 Prompts of Memoir 6 August 2014 Tuesday with Morrie The book “Tuesday with Morrie” is structured at first‚ like a school’s hand book‚ then it changes to a diary. Unlike the fiction work‚ chapters are not labeled one‚ two‚ three‚ and four. Instead‚ the first chapter was called “The Syllabus” which is an introduction to Morrie‚ the author’s college professor‚ a significance figure in this book. The second chapter was called “The Student”‚ the chapter

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    The Soldier Anaylsis

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    The Soldier: Rupert Brooke - Summary and Critical Analysis The Soldier is a sonnet in which Brooke glorifies England during the First World War. He speaks in the guise of an English soldier as he is leaving home to go to war. The poem represents the patriotic ideals that characterized pre-war England. It portrays death for one’s country as a noble end and England as the noblest country for which to die. In the first stanza (the octave of the sonnet) stanza‚ he talks of how his grave will

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    Ptsd in Soldiers

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    symptoms that are present in many soldiers returning from war (NIMH‚ n.d.). Upon reintegration into society‚ both female and male marines and soldiers often feel detached and have problems showing intimacy‚ compassion‚ and even having sex. Studies conducted by the U.S Defense Department and the New England Journal of Medicine report similar findings‚ which state that 1 in 6 soldiers and marines return from Iraq with symptoms of PTSD. Less than 40% of these soldiers look for help‚ in fear of losing

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