My name is Paul Meadlo and I was entering my 20’s when I was a soldier fighting in the Vietnam War alongside Lieutenant William Calley. When I was first forced into the selective service system‚ or draft‚ I expected this war to end within a year or so. However‚ I now have come to realize that I greatly underestimated the Vietcong as they are much stronger and smarter than we were in the jungles of Vietnam. As the years of fighting went on‚ every encounter with the Vietcong and the stress knowing
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treated equally. The Indians in Bury My Heart At Wounded Knee were starving for several days and different tribes would come in and destroy everything they had. When problems came up like this the government wouldn’t even help me out. They had struggled with a lot of other problems to. The land promised to the Native Americans was stolen under false treaties resulting in thousands of casualties. The first issue was when the Cheyennes had found out that the that soldiers are building a fort in the Powder
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cannot catch a good break. The Brave Tin Soldier‚ by Hans Christian Andersen‚ represents just this. Throughout the entire story‚ a tin soldier is plagued with many difficulties and setbacks from the time he was created. This soldier can relate to a great amount of men‚ women‚ and children; specifically those born with disabilities. Although these disabilities may be very prominent‚ that does not mean one cannot overcome them and become great. The tin soldier‚ for example‚ was very poor‚ missing a leg
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was trying to help African Americans have equal lives when they come home from the wars. In the story “Returning Soldiers”‚ W.E.B Dubois explained that the soldiers were returning home‚ to still be treated unequally after the war. The soldiers were African American’s that had been drafted. The soldiers were put in the war to defend France from Germany. When the African American’s soldiers went back to their countries‚ they were still being treated unequally. In the story Du Bois says‚ “Yet for fifty
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Every soldier is a hero‚ but before that he is a son‚ a father‚ a brother and a husband. In spite of all these responsibilities‚ the greater responsibility that they shoulder is a country’s safety. India has seen many wars in the past century. Indian soldiers were part of World War 1 & 2 before Independence. India has fought wars with Pakistan 4 times since the partition and once with China and during these wars we lost a lot of good men. The achievements of some soldiers deserve a special mention
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Worlds Children”. Although there’s a lot of controversy on if the use of child soldiers is humane‚ many agree that its very wrong that people still use child soldiers today. And many agree that children aren’t meant to experience these traumas‚ and they may suffer the rest of their lives from experiencing this at such a young age. Many
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should die‚ think only this of me: That there’s some corner of a foreign field That is for ever England. There shall be In that rich earth a richer dust concealed: These are the first four lines of Rupert Brooke’s poignant sonnet‚ "The Soldier". "The Soldier" is a poem about death in war. This does not glorify war‚ but only shows that dying in war is a proud thing to do for your country. It is a message from Rupert Brooke and possibly all the young men at war to their loved ones. Brooke’s purpose
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Period 4 June 1st‚ 2008 The Fear of becoming a Child Soldier If a child goes missing in the United States‚ the police are notified and then issue an Amber Alert. Radio stations begin broadcasting descriptions‚ while TV stations flash pictures of the abducted. Billboards along roads flash important
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3.1 Reintegration of former female child soldiers The previous sections explained the conflict in Northern Uganda and the use of child soldiers by the LRA. Some of the children who were abducted fled immediately. Others were hold longer by the LRA‚ but managed to escape. Another group are the children who remain with the LRA until adulthood. There are only a few children who remain with the LRA and secure a position with considerable influence‚ such as a LRA leader (Drumbl‚ 2012). 80 percent of
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Steel Magnolias I was very hesitant about going to see the play Steel Magnolias. I had previously seen the film‚ and I did not feel the play could live up to the expectations to the movie. My ideas about the play dramatically changed after I saw the production. There were a few main points of the play that I found to be important and paid special attention to. The play itself‚ the set‚ actresses‚ and the reaction of the audience were the topics I felt were the most important. First off‚ the
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