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    carried physical objects with them no matter the weight or size. Lieutenant Jimmy Cross‚ who had much love for a young girl named Martha‚ carried light weight objects with a very special meaning for each one of them. Some of the things he carried that reminded him of Martha were photographs of her. One of the photographs he carried was an action shot of her playing volleyball with her knees visible. Looking at the photograph‚ “Lieutenant Jimmy Cross remembered touching that left knee” (4). Cross was

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    while serving in various command and staff positions in the United States Army. In Lieutenant Colonel Gardner’s 20 years of selfless service‚ he has demonstrated his superior contributions‚ outstanding performance‚ dedication to duty‚ and legacy of leadership will leave a lasting impression on all who served with him in the United States Army Human Resources Command (HRC) and the United States Army. Lieutenant Colonel Gardner has served the Army for over twenty years in a variety of difficult assignments

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    Lieutenant Colonel Weldon Honeycutt was born in 1931 in Greensboro‚ NC. He lied about his age and ended up enlisting at the age of 16. He was a hardnosed leader and very determined to accomplish his missions. This was proven during the Korean War where he served under General William Westmoreland. There he was able to overrun the Chinese from a hilltop after several units failed to do so. Because of his actions on gaining this objective‚ he separated himself from the other leaders in the eyes

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    Lieutenant General Masaharu Homma‚ Commander of the Japanese‚ began an unrelenting attack of the island on May 1st. Japanese troops boarded a landing craft to assault Corregidor on May 5th‚ under the command of Major General Kureo Tanaguchi. The first wave of Japanese infantry met brutal resistance and was hindered by oil which coated the beaches of Corregidor. The Japanese began to make advances and by May 6th they had captured Battery Denver. The marines quickly moved to recover the battery

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    “A Chief Lieutenant of the Tuskegee Machine” The novel A Chief Lieutenant of the Tuskegee Machine is an engaging biography of an influential well-known black man‚ Charles Banks. He was the leader of a native town in Mississippi. He influence went beyond Mississippi; he transformed the town of Mound Bayou into a highly visible symbol of black prominence. Charles Banks was born in 1873 in Clarkdale‚ Mississippi. Banks lived in a time where blacks did not have the same rights as whites in the south

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    heat tabs‚ helmets and canteens of water. (269). While the reasoning for O ’brien ’s “The Things They Carried” is to speak about the physical objects each soldier carried with them‚ the internal things they carried were much more meaningful. Lieutenant Jimmy Cross is the protagonist of the story. Cross carries many things while he is away at war but he mostly carries Martha. Cross is responsible for being a leader to all the soldiers who he is with. His character seems to be unsure about the

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    Gaitor‚ Bridget Word Count: 1‚859 The Chief Lieutenant of the Tuskegee Machine by David H. Jackson Jr. exemplifies the life of Charles Banks as Booker T. Washington’s main abettor‚ in the Tuskegee Machine. This descriptive autobiography of Charles Banks life’s work‚ gives the reader an insight into the success of Booker T. Washington. Along with the biography of Charles Banks life‚ the book also addresses the creation and struggles of Mound Bayou. It also gives the reader an inside look on Booker

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    Lieutenant Colonel William Bliss White Hall on August 17 was born in New York‚ 1815. He is in class 9 ranking in September at the age of 17‚ he July 1‚ 1833 graduated in 1829 the United States Military Academy at West Point 43 graduates entered. He was considered a child prodigy in his friends call him the Academy "Perfect Bliss." Later the family of Zachary Taylor was nicknamed like him. He was a master of six languages with a reading knowledge of scholars and 13 languages. His information was during

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    omen. If they see one‚ they may think of death or the end of the world. Lieutenant Sidney Martin is portrayed as a morally ambiguous character in Going After Cacciato‚ as

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    The memoir A Rumor of War depicts the journey of Lieutenant Philip J. Caputo throughout his service in Vietnam. Lieutenant Caputo gives a descriptive realization of what he experienced firsthand through basic training and on the front line of combat. He is quoted in the Prologue saying‚ “We learned the old lessons about fear‚ cowardice‚ courage‚ suffering‚ cruelty‚ and comradeship.” (Caputo‚ xv) Three of the adjectives that extremely stood out through the first two parts of his memoir were the

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