Please accept my personal regards and deepest sympathy on the recent death of your son, Specialist Patrick E. Boss, a Specialist, an American Soldier, and a good man. This tragedy has taken a son from a father, and a son from a mother, and a friend from hundreds here in Iraq, and untold hundreds back at home, as well. Words cannot describe to you how sorry I am about this tremendous loss, and how much Patrick’s death has and will continue to impact those of us still serving. On March 10, 2010
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Creating a support system from friends and family helps balance military duty and school (Johanna A. Apr 16, 2012). There is a tremendous amount of resources available to military families to help you complete your education, some resources include childcare, MWR, and the soldier for life program. These programs are just a few on the list that help servicemember balance their military and college. Educating people that have busy lives on what they can do to minimize the stresses of everyday life
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The Things They Carried Essay In the book, The Things They Carried, by Tim O'Brien, he tells many War Stories of the Vietnam War and his childhood. By telling the stories he can remember all of his past and his childhood but also his time at the Vietnam War. His stories are keeping his memories alive by writing them down. O'Brien's stories save himself because he enjoys creating stories. He also misses his childhood and his early adult life. He enjoys talking about the war and all of his occurrences
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Objective summary Prodigy by Marie Lu 12–7–17 SPOILERS AHEAD In Marie Lu’s dystopian novel, Prodigy, we follow the story of Day and June, the main characters, who have rebelled from their supposedly terrible Republic, as they attempt to complete their mission to escape the Republic and fulfill their personal needs for their families, friends, and People of the Republic. Through Day’s and June’s experiences through the book, we learn that everyone is not always who the seem. The story begins
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The story begins with Tim O’Brien recounting an event that happened in the midst of the Vietnam War. “The Things They Carried” reveals various events he and his fellow soldiers in the Alpha Company experienced. Ted Lavender is the first soldier to die from the company. Ted copes with his wartime anxiety by taking tranquilizers and smoking marijuana. He is shot in the head on his way back from the lavatory and Lieutenant Jimmy Cross blames himself for Lavender’s death because he was thinking about
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Imagine, a small child, born and raised in a country of conflict, holding a fully automatic rifle, ready to fight in war, this is a picture of a child soldier. The media does not show you the real news of innocent children fighting for their lives to survive and elude the conflict for a better life and future. The silence of the people continues to support the serious issue, passively letting it happen to vulnerable children who are in need of care and help. Children are forced by their leaders/commanders
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Living the life of a Union Soldier wasn’t the easiest or best way of living. They went through horrible living conditions including disease, gunshot wounds becoming infected, etc. So this is the life of a union soldier. The Union Soldiers had a routine that they did day to day in their camp life. The most exciting part of the day for the soldiers was the mail. They loved to write and send mail and they especially loved it when they received mail. They would always throw fits or get mad when the
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Tim O Brien’s mental thinking in “The Things They Carried,” and “In the Lake Of The Woods.” Tim Obrien’s “The Things They Carried,” and “In the Lake Of the Woods,” shows how the Vietnam War affected his writing style. Tim Obrien was a Vietnam War Veteran. This mental state is brought out through his style of writing through Characterization, Setting, and Theme. These things show how the Vietnam War affected his writing in a psychological way. I believe these stories and many others are ways he coped
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In “The Bonds of Battle,” Sebastian Junger uses his personal story and other examples to explain PTSD. He says, “Certainly the society we have created is hard on us by virtually every metric that we use to measure human happiness. This problem may disproportionately affect people, like soldiers, who are making a radical transition back home” (Junger 94). I believe that these sentences bring the whole essay together convey one meaning. These sentences present that the soldiers that go to war may experience
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SUMMER ESSAY PROMPT 2 - “THE THING THEY CARRIED” What was once a peaceful Vietnamese rice field had become a death bed for many people. Two teenage boys huddled behind a small bush, holding their breath as the ground surrounding them exploded. They heard a scream from the commotion that lied in front of the leaves that masked them. Desperate, the boys looked at each other for they knew it was a fellow comrade who was in trouble. Grasping their rifles, they charged from behind the bush into the front
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