We Were Soldiers Once and Young We Were Soldiers Once and Young is a history book written by LT. GEN. Harold G. Moore (RET.) and Joseph L. Galloway. The history book is based on the Vietnam War‚ which took place in 1965. The Battle of Ia Drang was said that it was the battle that changed the war in Vietnam. The book is a tribute to all the soldiers in the war and for their great braveness‚ love‚ and care for one another. It was a bloody war‚ but very inspiring to read about the courageous
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We Were Soldiers Once… and Young is a remarkable book written over the account of the battle of the La Drang Valley‚ the United States’ first major war battle of Vietnam. Written by retired Lt. Gen Harold Moore and war journalist Joseph L Galloway‚ the book recounts the ups and downs of the battle‚ as well as the heroic actions made by United States soldiers that led us to victory. I believe the author’s intentions were to redefine the hero narrative and to give readers an emotional understanding
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We Were Soldiers Once… And Young: I read the book ‘We Were Soldiers Once… And Young’‚ it was about the war in Vietnam. Lt. General Harold G. Moore led the 7th cavalry into a battle against the North Vietnamese army. Joseph L. Galloway‚ was the first American journalist to arrive in Vietnam. Moore and Galloway are the authors of this book and they both experienced Vietnam in person. The book started out with a lot of action‚ right off it talks about how a man is lying dead in the dirt. It then went
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Many people know what the words Loyalty‚ Duty‚ Respect‚ Selfless Service‚ Honor‚ Integrity‚ and Personal Courage mean. But you don ’t see how much these words can affect people ’s lives as much as they do a soldier ’s life. As a soldier‚ I learned these values during basic combat training‚ and have since applied them to the way I live my life every day. These values are important to me because they create a guideline for me to follow. They help create goals for me to achieve and beliefs to adhere
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personnel‚ to prevent unauthorized access to equipment‚ installations‚ material and documents‚ and to safeguard them against espionage‚ sabotage‚ damage‚ and theft. The importance of maintaining accountability of your equipment as a U.S. Army As a Soldier is that I’m responsible for maintaining accountability for everything I am signed for. Meaning that I am to know where everything is that i’m signed for‚ and to ensuring that it is also secure. I should also be more cautious with Sensitive items
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represents organization‚ discipline‚ and control. Accountability becomes an obligation when you join the Army‚ it benefits every party involved. The importance of obligation with the Army. Your obligations given to you as a soldier are there to help you perform your duties‚ much like guidelines to success. Obligations within a workplace are there to benefit those associated within the environment‚ in this scenario obligation to report our location and actions being taken were there to help our leaders
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Frederic needs to obtain peace and stability. Although his attempts to find order fail and lead to great suffering for him‚ Frederic ends up maturing greatly‚ with a better understanding of life. Hemingway uses Frederic’s conflict between his duty as a soldier and his love for Catherine to demonstrate that maturity and true solace come from following a conviction and gracefully accepting the hardships that may follow. Frederic begins the war as a naïve and detached young man seeking for a purpose
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lying on one of the room’s three coaches‚ which were arranged in a U-shape. His eyes were glued to the TV. Aech was currently watching Captain Power and the Soldiers of the Future‚ a Canadian-American television show from the late 1980’s. The TV show revolves around Captain Jonathan Power and a group of guerrilla fighter‚ called the Soldiers of the Future‚ as they work together to defeat the machine forces that dominate Earth. From his facial expression‚ I could infer that Aech was not watching this
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War requires unity behind a cause and a war without a cause leads to chaos. In Going After Cacciato‚ Paul Berlin‚ a soldier is faced with the harsh reality of war in Vietnam and imagines his journey to Paris‚ a place that stands for peace and hope. The author‚ Tim O’Brien‚ depicts Paul Berlin’s ambivalent views—whether to stand by his obligation to serve his country‚ even when it leads to destruction or to follow his own values to gain a sense of his true intention of gaining a sense of tranquility
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Equipment Responsibility The United States army values soldiers that are responsibility for their actions and equipment. Being responsibility means being Dependable-arriving to work and appointments on time‚ keeping track of and control of equipment‚ meeting deadlines‚ being in the right place At the right time‚ doing the right thing at the right time. Without having accountability there is not knowing of where or in what shape your equipment is in and there for having a negative effect on
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