Goodbye, Darkness
In the book Goodbye, Darkness William Manchester explains his experiences which occurred during wartimes . Manchester goes on to explain the events that occurred during his life and how they impacted him. In the story Manchester soon becomes enlisted in the Pacific Theater of War where he was trained before he would go to Okinawa. When he arrived here he would then become in charge of a group of men. This book gives
Manchester goes on to explain his first encounter the first soldier that he ever shot at a very close distance. It was a interesting experience for him because after he shot the Japanese man he urinated his pants and also threw up himself. Although he may have not though he would feel as bad as he thought he ended up apologizing to the dead man. In the next section of the book In the next section Manchester goes on to explain to how after he returned home after the war how he began to ecperience nightmares of events that included war. Mancheter concluded tat the only way to get rid of them was to go back and see the Pacific again. …show more content…
He then goes on to explain the reason he recalls the first airplane ride he had. He recalls this event because he has a head injury as a result from the bombings. At one point Manchester recalled that he could only see a foot in front of him as a result of the wound, but he was okay with that. In the next chapter, Japan becomes unwilling to surrender in the way of fighting, regardless if other countries are ready, they are ready to attack. American troops are determined that they are losing the war, and that it has probably already