Audie received the highest of all medals in woods in France. It all began when his B Company was ambushed by six German tanks and infantry. He then held position to call in artillery while his troops retreated to the wood lines safety. He then headed to a tank destroyer that was already hit and mounted to 50 Caliber gun‚ proceeding to mow down the Germans infantry. He was exposed on three sides but with deadly accurate shots he kept off all the advancing troops. Artillery then came in with deadly
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June 6‚ 1944‚ 0630 hours (MacDonald). Not a single gull in the sky. All that could be heard were the crashing of waves against the side of the boat‚ the vomiting of my brothers in arms due to sea sickness and fear‚ and my own heartbeat‚ beating louder than it ever had. Water was continuously spilling over into the boat‚ waves crashing down over the walls soaking all of us inside. It was foggy‚ the sun could only be seen as a smear of light behind the gray and black that consumed the morning sky.
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Gazing into the landscape of Berlin‚ I sit propped up by concrete rubble. With my sentry duty over‚ I smother my cigarette and begin wading through remains of previous battles to get back to camp. Inside the camp the atmosphere was grim‚ full of depression and malice. There were bodies laying in piles on the sides of the street. Empty bullet shells scattered everywhere. Blood stained pavement as far as the eye could see. The camp was far from welcoming. After being awake for 10 hours I rest my head
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Ronald Haeberle Ronald Haeberle was an Army photographer that was assigned to C Company when the troops entered the hamlet of My Lai in the March of 1968. His role in the massacre as a combat photographer was to take pictures of the expected battle between American soldiers and Viet Cong in My Lai. The pictures he took had a huge impact in across the world when they were released to the public‚ and all of them were innocent My Lai men‚ women‚ and children cowering at gunpoint‚ or in piles of dead
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purposes. Although the Maxim Gun passed all qualifying tests‚ the British did not pick it up until 1889 (Gamble‚ R. 2001). This was because the British high command believed that there would be limited infantry use of the weapon. Calibre: 7.92 mm (.311 inch)‚ same as the German infantry rifle. Muzzle velocity: 2‚821 feet per second. Sighting range: 2‚200 yards. Extreme range (at 32 degrees): 4‚400 yards.
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most likely made the Caproni Ca.310 a much larger and effective Bomber. Additionally‚ some Other things that it could have still been used for. First‚ it could have been an anti infantry fighter (“Caproni Ca.310”). Second‚ it could have been used as a recon plane (“Caproni Ca.310”). Third it could have been used as an infantry transport or a vehicle transport. finally these uses could have made the Caproni Ca.310 a more valuable
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Leading up to the official declaration of war between the United States of America and Great Britain; Boston‚ Massachusetts was regarded as a geostrategic epicenter of pre-revolutionary activity‚ and represented a key political and military stronghold in New England and the entire Northern Theater of the war that eventually erupted. Following the punitive passage of the Massachusetts Government Act in 1774‚ royal British officials took residence in Boston‚ conducting most of their gubernatorial business
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After high school‚ Rommel Jr. was thinking of applying to the Zeppelin works at Friederichshafen‚ but his father‚ the ex-artillery officer‚ advised him to go to the army instead. In July‚ 1910‚ Rommel became a cadet with the 124th Wurttemberg Infantry Regiment in the 26th InfantryDivision of the German Imperial Infantry.He served as cadet in the Army until March 1911.Then he attended the prestigious military academy Konigliche Kriegsschule in Danzig and he left the academy in November of
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Explication of "The Man He Killed" by Thomas Hardy 1. "Had he and I but met 2. By some old ancient inn‚ 3. We should have sat us down to wet 4. Right many a nipperkin! 5. "But ranged as infantry‚ 6. And staring face to face‚ 7. I shot at him as he at me. 8. And killed him in his place. 9. "I shot him dead because- 10. Because he was my foe. Throughout the poem it is easy to tell that the flow of this poem is non-traditional‚ for example‚ Hardy expresses hesitation in lines one and
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Four Page Report on Personal Memoirs of U.S. Ulysses S. Grant The Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant is one of the two books that I selected off of the United States Army Chief of Staff Reading List to read. This book covers one of the most upended and delicate times in our countries long and eventful history. This book was written by former United States’ President and Army General Ulysses S. Grant and it covers the majority of his United States Army Career and military combat action in two major wars
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