John McCarthy History 1302 April 23‚ 2012 Professor Boeker Ghost Soldiers The novel‚ Ghost Soldiers is a great book written by Hampton Sides. It depicts the true horrors of war‚ friendship and hope. The story takes place in the Philippines during the Japanese takeover of the island from 1942 until the year 1945‚ after the outbreak of World War II‚ when the Japanese assaulted the Philippine islands and captured it. This resulted in many prisoners of war. The American armies ran out of supplies
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Source C shows a group of German soldiers positioned in a trench in northern France. The soldiers in the trench are holding a heavy machine gun and have an advanced gas mask over their faces. This tells me that they are prepared for a gas attack. This photo was taken three years into the war which tells me that gas attacks became more frequent and therefore they felt the need to improve the gas masks to be more prepared. The source is German‚ and on one hand it is good because it shows us the features
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‘Non-fiction shows us how people cope with difficult situations.’ How does Portrait of a Young Forger illustrate this? ‘Non-fiction shows us how people cope with difficult situations.’ That is a saying very well demonstrated by Marian Pretzel’s autobiography‚ Portrait of a Young Forger. The book is entertaining and enlightening‚ it provides a sense of actuality and gives a real depth to the story‚ with an insight of Marian. The urgency for survival and intensity involves different people’s
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Approximately 186000 Negroes became federal soldiers. They served under white officers and often suffered discrimination in such matters as pay and bounties. But they proved courageous fighters in several of the battles in which they participated. Confederate officials were shortsighted in failing to use slaves as soldiers. Many confederate leaders feared an uprising once the Negroes were given arms. Others opposed the use of slaves on grounds that the Negroes were ill-prepared for such high
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Albert Jacka Albert Jacka was born on the 10th of January 1893 in a small dairy farm in Winchelsea‚ Victoria. On the 17th of the first 1932‚ seven days after his 39th birthday‚ he died of chronic nephritis. He was the fourth child of 7 of Nathaniel Jacka and Mary Elizabeth Kettle. He spent most of his life in Wedderburn after his parents decided to move the family there in 1898 when Bertie was the age of 5. After completing elementary school‚ he found work as a labourer with his father‚ and
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In the book soldier x by don wulffson‚ A 16 year old boy named Erik is in WWII as a German soldier. until he had to switch uniforms with a russian because he is in danger. There will be more detail in this essay if you read. This will also be talking about how brave Erik really is in this book. The is a part in the book where he has to trust a girl named Elena Novak. This was found on page 178 when Erik said‚”Elena Novak was a heavy set old ladies name. The rest was on that page and the one next
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the nation. Soldiers faced harsh conditions not only on the battlefield‚ but also in their camps. The daily life of a Union soldier consisted of hours of drills‚ minimal food rations‚ and harsh conditions while fighting to end slavery. The Union soldiers shared many similarities. To enlist as a soldier the boy had to be at least 18 years old. Most were in their late teens and early twenties though boys as young as 15 reportedly enlisted and lied about their age (“Life as a Soldier During the Civil
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and below are used in combat‚ according to Jeffrey Gettlemen’s article Armed & Underage. Child soldiers who have been psychologically examined and rehabilitated should be granted amnesty because they are often forced to commit crimes by their commanders. These children are often forced to “kill or be killed.” If a youth tries to leave or fails to follow orders‚ the soldier may be killed. Child soldiers’ brains are not yet fully developed. Because of this‚ a child may make a decision that he/she will
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Child soldiers are defined as children‚ meaning they are under eighteen years old‚ who are used in the military. The military purposes for which they are used include fighting in combat‚ but may also entail jobs such as being cooks‚ porters‚ messengers‚ informants‚ or spies. Both boys and girls can be child soldiers. Children in the military are at the mercy of their commanders and must do whatever they are told to do or else risk being killed. This issue is completely unjust because child soldiers
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When it comes to the topic of child soldiers‚ most people agree that it is immoral and wrong. Where this agreement ends however is on the question of whether child soldiers should be prosecuted‚ or granted amnesty.Whereas some believe that soldiers are criminals and should be punished‚ others maintain that child soldiers have been forced to carry out immoral acts and should be granted amnesty by the United Nations. I feel that child soldiers should be forgiven and granted amnesty because they were
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