The American Revolution marked the history of many heroic events that immaculately stand as true inspirations for the generations to come in the United States. Even today, the gallantry of a few soldiers that won independence for the country is not only kept in the hearts of the people but run in the American blood to demonstrate acts of valor at times of war and hardships. One such story recorded in the history dates back to 1776, about a sixteen-year old juvenile, Joseph Plumb Martin, joined the Rebel Infantry and recorded his tribulations about forty-seven years in a memoir titled as “A Narrative of a Revolutionary Soldier”. The book mainly focuses on the sufferings through the tough situation he went through.
The Warriors Ethos is a book written by Steven Pressfield, which was published in 2011. The book highlights a very rich history of warriors and their supporters alike. My goal with this paper is to draw some parallels between the examples in the book and what I took away as applicable to our lives as infantrymen In the United States Marine Corps. Chapter one is named “ Tough Mothers “. The chapter that stuck out to me most for giving perspective that I lacked prior to reading this book.
In “Losing Private Dwyer” Lawrence Downes tells the story about an Army medic who gets deployed overseas to Iraq, and after he comes home his friends realize that he has changed dramatically. This story is about the destruction of Private Dwyer, and how the Military failed to save him. Before he went to Iraq, Joseph Dwyer was just a regular guy. He first signed up for the army after 9/11, so he could go and help catch the terrorists that hurt America. He was a great man who obviously cared about his friends and family.
As of 2013, about 1.4 million people were actively serving in the armed forces. Not only do these soldiers experience hardships such as sacrificing their lives and dreams but they also gain a sense of brotherhood due to close relationships made with other soldiers and they experience feelings of hope through the possibility of recovery if injured. These experiences were captured and depicted in a photograph taken by Laura Rauch, who is a part of the Military’s Stars and Stripes newspaper. In this photograph, solider Kyle Hockenberry had been conducting a routine patrol on June 15 on the outskirts of Haji Ramuddin until an explosion erupted, giving Kyle Hockenberry such extensive injuries that he needed immediate attention.
Clearly, there is more to the conflict and situations that influence the actions of our American heroes. (Part two: pages
People who have served in the war are usually honored and praised for their service and for fighting for the country, but the majority do not understand what they do through. The book “A Rumor of War” by Phillip Caputo discusses his experience, his journey in a way that helps masses comprehend and grasp the concept of a first-hand experience of what it is like to serve in the war. Simply, as the author has worded, “the things men do in war and the things war does to them”. It is stated behind the book with a blurb that “A Rumor of War is far more than one soldier’s story.” As well as how it is a basis of the Vietnam war.
Frustrated with the ongoing war in Iraq, a young American Soldier, Private Victor Rush, decides to confront his superior commanders after seen members of his own unit executing illegal operations, just to find closed doors. Young and naive, Rush is lured to join one of the legion branches operating around Europe. For five years, Rush conducts countless missions to eliminate government and military officers around Europe. During every mission, a significant number of innocent civilians died by his lethal assassin methods. Tired of the lies and collateral damages, Rush decides to expose them to the world by revealing their most secret artifact in their possession.
Redeployment is Phil Klay’s wartime fiction short story collection. The text involves several short experiences and perspectives of the men in combat in the war in Iraq and Afghanistan. The author uses the experiences of the soldiers to convey their feelings, thoughts, tone and wishes to the civilians and soldiers at home and abroad. The author applies the first person narration to offer the stories a personal touch and capture the perspectives of their soldiers. Although the stories are fictional, they reflect the realities of redeployment, which might have happened to someone at some point or place.
The three movies – Platoon, Full Metal Jacket, and The Green Berets – are all movies based on the same historical event – the Vietnam war and US’s involvement in it. Yet, they all presented us with different and narrative point of view and authority figures in order to paint their individual values. The movies’ most obvious differences lie within the choice of their narrative point of view. The Green Beret, the earliest one, was directed by John Wayne and he also starred in the leading role. Wayne’s authority and influence in the 1960s was similar to the influence of Tom Hanks in the 21st Century.
A Simple Decision Making decisions in life is like growing a flower. Each and every day it may seem like nothing has changed, but later in the future, every choice one makes will lead to a blooming future. Some decision results little to no effect, while others, leave collateral damage affecting one’s life forever and those around them. Many ordinary decisions can end in regret; on the other hand, constructing a right decision can also leave great memories. The book I Am A Seal Team Six Warrior by Stephen Templin clearly interprets Howard E. Wasdin’s extraordinary life of becoming a soldier who protects the country he loves.
In Phil Klay’s Redeployment, the war in Iraq is described as an intense masculine experience. Through the pages, the presence of women is marginal, if there is any woman in the short stories, and the reader enters in a realm of men and, more important, of what it means to be a real man. The assumption of war as a complete masculine experience might seem pretty obvious; however, Phil Klay is able to offer a crude and clear depiction of it. The author tells twelve different short stories of men who have only one thing in common: the experience of the Iraq War. But this is not simply a book about the war, but also about the consequences that this terrible experience has on the soldiers.
This chapter “The Ghost Soldiers”, showed us how Tim O’Brien and the other soldiers were dealing with the war both physically and psychologically. It also shows us how the Tim O'Brien behaved and felt when he was shot, wounded and had a bacteria infection on his butt and how the war changed the way he thought, and viewed the other soldiers around him. This chapter also contain a lot of psychological lens. From the way Tim O’Brien felt when he was shot and separated from his unit to a new unit to when he wanted revenge on Bobby Jorgenson for almost “killing” him.
With the wake of World War Two looming over the United States, it can’t be helped that noir novelists were profoundly influenced by it. In Dorothy B. Hughes’ short story, The Homecoming, the protagonist, Benny, describes his time in the war as uneventful, due to being stationed in his hometown as a recruiter. His work during the war is heavily overshadowed by his counterpart in the story, Korea Jim. Benny describes Jim as “the hero” (73) or “the boy with the medals” (73). Throughout the story, Benny constantly compares himself to Jim, often wishing that he was as successful as him.
My historical novel is titled Sunrise over Fallujah. The Author 's name is Walter Dean Myers. This book is a sequel to his earlier book Fallen Angels. This book centers on Robin “Birdy” Perry and his new life joining the United States army. Robin is from Harlem, NY and was living a normal life until the 9/11 terrorist attacks.
A key component to the success of a military unit is teamwork. Fellow soldiers create bonds that will last for eternity. The following will reveal war as depicted in O’Brien’s, “The Things They Carried”, O’Connor’s, “Guests of the Nation”, Hardy’s, The Man He
