My Lai Massacre In March of 1968 Lieutenant William Calley entered an area termed "Pinkville" by army officials because "it was particularly troublesome and seemed to be infested with booby traps and enemy soldiers ". After penetrating the area‚ Calley commenced to round up every person he could see‚ civilian or not‚ and unload his machine gun on them. Then Calley ordered his platoon to do the same‚ no one was spared‚ women were raped and children were shot. Some men followed Calley ’s orders
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is his arrogant pride. In Othello we have both the general’s character flaw was that his pride didn’t allow him to be infulenced by noble-men in which Iago sent in order to persuade Othello to make Iago his lieutenant “three great ones of the city‚ in personal suit to make me his lieutenant‚ Off-capp’d to him” this then led to Iago feeling betrayed and wanting revenge for being disrespected and for his pride (his reputation in the army) being damaged. The Aristotle belief that the tragedy was
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From ponchos to the pictures of their girlfriends‚ everyone had different things that they carried. Everyone had their own fetish which had sentimental values and they held close to their hearts‚ something to give them hope or remind them of home. Lieutenant Jimmy Cross carried a picture of Martha‚ a woman he loved very much‚ and letters from her. Kiowa always had the New Testament his father had sent him. Henry Dobbins wore his girlfriend’s pantyhose everywhere he went. Ted Lavender carried 6 or 7
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Cassio integrity and his position as a Lieutenant. Iago manages to suggest his support and concern for his comrade while at the same time‚ destroying his credibility and honour. He mentions to Montano that Cassio is a ‘solider fit to stand by Caesar’ as 2nd in command but his drinking habits matches his ‘virtue’ and implies he drinks every night. Iago’s apparent concerns furthers as he criticises Othello’s judgement for trusting Cassio to be his lieutenant shows his jealousy to be overshadowed and
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A. Park The Things They Carried The symbols in Tim O’Brien’s “The Things They Carried” are essential to understanding the soldiers and their lives during the Vietnam War. At the opening of the story‚ Lieutenant Jimmy Cross would dig into his foxhole and read the letters while imagining romance with Martha; however‚ at the end of the story after the death of Ted Lavender‚ he “crouched at the bottom of his foxhole and burned Martha’s letters” (402). The inner feelings of Cross would be mistakenly
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Moore is a lawyer‚ which later would try to help Captain Leopold. Captain Leopold was invited to the wedding but he didn’t want to go long because he knew Monica would be there. He didn’t want to see Monica at the wedding‚ so he told his colleague Lieutenant Fletcher about the story of him and his ex-wife Monica. At the end of their conversation Captain Leopold asks Fletcher to wait outside in the cop car. So he has an excuses and didn’t have to stay long at the wedding. At Sunset Farms where the wedding
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his goal to kill her no matter what she said and only after she is dead does he learn that she was actually innocent. Ironically‚ it is primarily how Desdemona behave towards Othello that makes him doubt her. After Cassio lost his position as lieutenant‚ Desdemona accepted the task of trying to convince Othello to forgive Cassio. The start of her obsession of getting Cassio’s job back is when Desdemona says herself that “My lord shall never rest‚/I’ll watch him tame and talk him out of patience”
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acclimate‚ Bradley enjoyed the challenge of balancing the arduous curriculum‚ stringent military life‚ and athletics. He finished 44th out of 164 students while lettering in baseball and football. Bradley graduated in the class of 1915 as a second lieutenant of Infantry. In his class were many others who would go on to become distinguished‚ such as Dwight D. Eisenhower.
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unlikely hero of all times ‚Forrest Gump. Whether‚ because the thought of his beloved Jenny or his best friend Babba help him to keep on going. Forrest Gump went from underdog to the most unlikely hero in more than one occasion. Forrest‚ saved Lieutenant Dan from death‚ kept his promises to Babba‚ and inspire million when he ran across the nation. Forrest role as an unlikely hero first began when he was sent to Vietnam. Forrest become a hero when he went back into the line of fire to save his
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larger state than Mississippi therefor the size of the legislative branch differs. This is just one of the differences in these two state governments. The executive branch is the main law enforcement branch and in both states consists of governor‚ lieutenant governor and attorney general. In addition to these positions Mississippi also has a state treasurer and New York has a comptroller whose duties are about the same. In both states these four are elected by the citizens. The New York governor appoints
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