soldiers” were White. Not only were Black veterans still discriminated against when they came home‚ They were treated even worse than average Black people. Black veterans should be treated just as nicely as White veterans. Black veterans were still treated horrifically even though they had fought for America in World War II. This was very unjust. Meanwhile‚ White veterans were honored. Black veterans should be honored as well‚ they fought too. When Black veterans came home to the U.S‚ racism continued
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Have you ever wondered why the military and our veterans are important? I mean really thought about it. Yes‚ they keep us safe‚ but it’s that and so much more. Without them our country wouldn’t exist and we wouldn’t have the rights that we have now. They fought in past wars‚ the present wars‚ and will fight in wars to come. They are our reason for being here‚ alive‚ today. Without them we wouldn’t be here and the United States wouldn’t exist. The Revolutionary War is a war we can never forget even
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Lincoln’s promise to care for our veterans?” Using the authority of the government and the American people we can keep Lincoln’s oath of caring for our veterans and their families. After combat‚ veterans coming home face many challenges‚ including health care‚ finical problems‚ and education. To begin with‚ millions of regular people are being treated first‚ while the veteran waits months to be treated. In a passage‚ it gives a statistic that concludes‚ “ Veterans hospitals are three-times more overcrowded
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Deployment To Iraq “You are order to active duty as a member of your reserve component unit for the period indicated unless sooner released or unless extended. Proceed from your current location in sufficient time to report by the date specified. You enter active duty upon reporting to unit home station”. These were the words telling me that I was going to Iraq‚ to fight and destroy the enemies of the United States of America and face one of my biggest challenges yet. Soon after I received my
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By: Krysten G. Navy Veteran Griffin Kirsch Did you know the Navy is the only branch where you get to pick your job and what you want to do for that branch? Also there are sometimes in the Navy where it takes about 4 months or even more to get to where they needed to be in order to fight. I did not know a lot of those facts until I decided to interview my cousin‚ Griffin. He has recently just stopped serving in the military because he never gets to see his family
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Hussein with one goal. This goal was to get the Iraqi army out of Kuwait. The Iraq economy hadn’t been the best and Kuwait had oil‚ so Hussein argued that Kuwait belonged to Iraq and invaded. This invasion started what was known as the Gulf War. Once the U.S. achieved their goal‚ they withdrew and left Hussein in power under one condition‚ and that was for him to eliminate and weapons of mass destruction (WMD) programs in Iraq. In November 2002 when the United Nations were still unsure that these programs
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" War on iraq was not justified" The 2003 Iraq War lasted less than three weeks. It began in the early morning hours of March 20‚ when American missiles struck Baghdad. By April 9‚ U.S. forces had advanced into Baghdad. By April 15 Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein had vanished‚ and U.S. and allied officials pronounced the end of major combat operations. Although the war itself was short‚ arguments over whether it was justified had been made for months and years prior to the attack‚ and still continue
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Economic Problems The war with Iran made Iraq suffered heavy loss of money and left its economy in ruins. Iraq owed about $80billion in debts to the countries that had supplied it with food and war equipment. The reconstruction of the country also required another $230billion. As a result‚ Iraq had to find ways to pay off the debts and saw Kuwait as a potential solution. Oil Production Iraq’s main source of income was the sale of oil. However‚ oil prices were falling due to over-production
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human beings. 30 years ago‚ a young female student changed the way we view monuments forever. In 1981‚ Maya Lin’s simple but powerful design was chosen to honor the tens of thousands of fallen Vietnam War soldiers. Many people did not enjoy the design. However‚ the Vietnam Memorial Wall is a thoughtful and powerful tribute to the Vietnam veterans killed in action‚ as well as those still living‚ because it emphasizes the individual sacrifice of each soldier. Maya Lin designed the Vietnam Veterans Memorial
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Veterans have done so much for us.They risk their lives for our country.We need to do something for them.We need to honor them for fighting for our county.If you have a family member that is a veteran you should call them and thank them for putting their life on the line. We have to show them appreciation and help them when they get back.Give them a ride‚donate money‚take them to dinner just do something to help them.War is a scaring thing when you see something bad there and you will it sticks with
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