Duty Honor Country

The storm clouds were dark, gloomy and grim like a graveyard. They were near the surface of the earth. It was going to rain. They were lingering on. The soldiers’ uniforms were repeatedly buffeted by the howling gale. The sky was as black as a devil’s soul. A large boom echoed across the crimson battlefield as the lighting returned the thunder’s call. Endless calls for help could be heard. Then, the rain started pouring down, filling up the battle field, like a flood, as the constant sound of the rain pounding on the metal could be heard. Heavy boots pressed down on the wet mud, which would not be dry for the next week, due to the trenches. The trenches were six-foot-deep and reeked of dead bodies and human excrement.

The meadow near the Western Front was nothing compared to the vast fields of the prairie back home. There, in what seems like another lifetime, was a harvest full of life, colour, and promise. Here, there was only death and harshness. Trevor, our Commander, had once described the scenery of these fields in France before the chaos. He had said it was filled with little red flowers and high green grass. After three years of fatalities and rain, the scene shifted to represent the misery. There was no colour here. Our uniforms that had once been a deep green were now covered with dried mud. The scene before me was bleak. The sky was gray; as it had been since the first day we made camp in these trenches. The ground was muddy with small pools of

rights, and above all have freedom. He showed true bravery threw the time of defending the

The Gettysburg address is a very intriguing speech delivered by Abraham Lincoln. This speech touched bases on the many lives that have been lost during the civil war. This speech gained attention because it considered the impact that was made in the country’s history. Abraham did not want to forget the lives that were lost, but indeed give a dedication to the fallen soldiers. “It is for us the living, rather to be dedicated to the unfinished work which who they fought here have thus far so nobly advanced”.

country as an American Soldier. He was a good man to all of those who knew him and

The biggest struggle for historians and participants to make sense of the war and come to a consensus of the history, is that there is still no consensus, even to this day. Every aspect of the war was dichotomous. On the home front, culture was changing rapidly between post WWI conformity and the ‘Great Freak forward’. An explosive combination of the individuals who wanted nothing more than to blend in, and the youth culture that experimented with hallucinogenic drugs, free love, and some of the greatest music ever made. The military

The text begins with Private Ernst Junger 's arrival in Champagne, France on December 27th, 1914, just shy of twenty years old. Junger had “ran away from school to enlist in the Foreign Legion,” (1) and was about to begin his career in the military that would change his life forever. In the beginning, he describes the grey December sky and the “breath of battle” (5) that blew across the soldiers, stirring up fear, uncertainty, and a realization of their fate. Each soldier had a unique background: some students, others factory workers, eventually

Gratitude and joy must be our feeling for what he gave us, and determination that his work and ideals be honored and preserved and used to illuminate the future of

Duty is one of the values outlined the Army values. In my opinion it is one of the most important of all of them. It is very important but without the other values, Duty by itself cannot assist in accomplishing the mission. We still have the other values like leadership, respect, selfless service, honesty, integrity, and personal courage. These all set up the framework for us to be able to accomplish or duty as soldiers. All of them work hand in hand with each other. Duty is defined in Webster’s dictionary as, “obligatory tasks, conduct, service or functions that arise from ones position.” It is one of the primary values in the Army today. Duty is the reason while we get up every day and prepare to and defend the United States of America with

War is dreary. when a soldier goes off to war it changes him to never be the same person ever again. Paul Baumer captures this aspect of war in multiple excerpts in his novel all quiet on the western front. In one of the passages describing the storm thundering on the german front Baumer captures the depression and hopelessness of the soldier's condition through his use of diction describing the depression and loss of identity of the soldiers experience on the front.

His legacy of freedom is the true memorial to his life: no testimonial can pay better tribute than the faces of young children living out their dreams.

Douglas MacArthur was the recipient of the 1962 Sylvanus Thayer Award (Thayer Award). Douglas MacArthur was an American five-star general, a Medal of Honor recipient, the Field Marshall for the Philippine Army, and the Chief of Staff of the United States Army during the 1930s; these outstanding services were some of the rationales why General MacArthur received the Thayer Award. General MacArthur delivered his 2000+ word Sylvanus Thayer Award Address to the cadets and the commanding officers at West Point Military Academy on May 12, 1962; though his speech was given to the cadets and commanding officers at West Point, it is still a speech that instills morale into many of the troops today. Because of his magnificent military

In the end, he served his people out of love, and they loved him for it. While his courage was always profound, it was more courageous, and more heroic, to be courageous in order to protect those you care so much about, than it is to be courageous just because you want everyone to know that you're incredibly strong and

Accepting the Sylvanus Thayer Award on May 12, 1962, General Douglas MacArthur made a farewell address towards the young trainees of the U.S. Military Academy. The purpose of the speech was to represent the code of conduct as leaders of today and the future. In

These bereaved soldiers, had given a lot to the land, they sacrificed all they had in defending it. Lincoln mentioned that the soldiers aforementioned had already given their life to the land and it was even beyond their abilities to do this, but that it was the right thing to do. They had performed heroic acts, and for this cause even if the speech were to be forgotten, their acts could never be. It was as a result of their noble actions, that they were all able to stand there. It was therefore “for us the living, rather, to be dedicated here to the unfinished work which they who fought here have thus so far nobly advanced”(Abraham Lincoln, 774). He encouraged them to be ready to carry on with the good works; these noble and humble men have already