Essay On Rainbow Warrior

Chapters 12–17 describe the days that Louie spent adrift, trying to survive in the vast Pacific Ocean. When his B-24 bomber crashed into the sea on May 27, 1943, only three men survived: Louie, his pilot Russell Allen “Phil” Phillips, and tail gunner Francis “Mac” McNamara. Over the next 46 days, they struggled to survive in two small, inflatable rafts while drifting across miles and miles of water.

Captain Edward Smith stayed on the boat while it was sinking. He was an English naval reserve officer. He

Roger Rosenblatt developed an article to publish in the Time Magazine titled, "The Man in the Water." After flight ninety, which carried seventy-four individuals, dove into the Fourteenth Street bridge in Washington DC, there was one person whose heroic act stood out from the rest. As he and five other survivors clung on to the wing of the plane, instead of saving himself, this anonymous man, with an extravagant mustache, aided the others. Every time the lifeline came down, he would pass it over to another person to save them first. However, when the lifeline came down the last time to save him, he had already gone under the water and died. Eugene Windsor, who was included in the park police helicopter team, stated, "In a mass casualty, you'll find people like him, but I've never seen one with that commitment." During this event, this man, gave life to the people he saved, and presented the theme of bravery.

At approximately 8 o’clock in the morning on the 7th of Dec 1941, the United States of America faced for the first time in history, an attack on US soil. The Empire of Japan had strategically planned and executed a swift blow to the state of Hawaii, located in the mid-Pacific Ocean. Hawaii was our first line of defense from any westerly attack of an Asian country. By the end of the almost 2 hour ordeal, our Naval and Air Corps assets’ were brutally crippled preventing the ability of the US to conduct an immediate retaliation. In this study we will cover many of the events that led up to that moment in time, the actual attack and show the result that were to follow.

In this chapter, we learn some basic things about the main character, Melba, and we know that she is born on December 7th, 1941. Melba's birth was a complicated one, but she eventually made a full recovery and on top of all of that, Melba also had to go through the harsh reality of segregation when she was five years old.

On the morning of August 6 1945 with Germany already defeated months earlier in May, a plane named Enola Gay, a B-29 superfortress was carrying a payload that would ultimately be the most controversial ending to a war. This was no ordinary payload, for this was

While sailing on the Havana Harbor in Cuba, an unexpected explosion erupts sinking the 6,000 ton boat killing 260 men.

The Japanese attack on Darwin on the 19th February 1942, did not happen by chance but from the work of a major contributing factor leading to various consequences and eventually cementing the event as a significant one.

The Wounded Warrior Project founded in 2003, in Roanoke, Virginia by John Melia, to help warriors make a successful and beneficial transition to life after their injuries. This program serves all veterans with any mental or physical illness, injuries, and/or wounds before and on 11 September 2001. The Wounded Warrior Project has many different programs for the wounded warriors and their families. They also have grants that can help with all organizations who seek to help out any wounded warrior.

Louie Zamperini floated on the ocean for 47 days, and was held prisoner in Japanese POW camps for 2 years. When Louie was a child he was very rebellious. The more Louie grew the more trouble he got in. One day when Louie was running from a teacher his brother, Pete, noticed how fast Louie was. Pete helped Louie become a runner, where Louie would go to the Olympics. Louie could run 2 miles in just over 4 minutes but one day Louie was drafted and had to go to Hawaii where Pearl Harbor was bombed by the Japanese, starting WWII. On a fateful day, Louie’s plane crashed leaving him stranded in the ocean with two other men, Mac and Phil, but sadly, one had died, Mac. Louie and Phil were rescued 47 days later, but by the wrong country. Japan took them

were lacking equipment. When the ship sunk, they all gathered up on the emergency boat and

The book The Warrior Ethos, by Steven Pressfield depicts the warrior’s mentality from ancient times to the present through a variety of different aspects and stories. In The Warrior Ethos, Pressfield states that men are not born with the certain qualities that make a good warrior, but instead are inculcated through years of training and indoctrination, stating at an early age. He goes on to show how different societies have been able to instill the same or very similar ideals throughout history while maintaining their own unique characteristics. Things have changed from ancient Sparta where parents would be enthusiastic about their children going to war, and even more elated

Sailors to the End is a Book representing true heroic valor, it takes place on the U.S.S Forrestal when a fire consumes the ship claiming 134 sailors, and injuring another 161. The fire began when an electrical anomaly caused a Zuni Rocket to launch from a fighter jet, hitting John McCain’s plane while fueling. After this the 1,000 pound WWII era bombs that were delivered by the U.S.S Diamond

This film, billed as “the untold story behind the miracle on the Hudson,” stars Hanks as Captain Chesley ‘Sully’ Sullenberger, the pilot who landed his aircraft on the Hudson river after a freak accident in 2009. Rather than simply telling the story leading up to the “forced water landing,” however, the picture chronicles the tumultuous aftermath of what

The bombing of the Rainbow Warrior was a significant event in the history of New Zealand. It was the first ever act of terrorism in New Zealand. On July the 10th 1985 two French spies planted 2 bombs on Greenpeace’s the Rainbow Warrior. At 11:38pm the first bomb went off blasting a hole about the size of a car. Then at 11:45pm the second bomb went off. Photographer Fernando Pereira drowned when the vessel sunk as after the first blast went off he went a tried to retrieve his camera equipment. This tragic event had a lot of consequences as not only did it kill Fernando it also put fear in the minds of New Zealanders because it was the first ever act of terrorism in the country. This report will describe what was happening leading up to the event with the nuclear free legislation starting to take effect in New Zealand at the time and also the cold war was starting to heat up again. It will also describe what the Rainbow Warrior was used for before the sinking of it when it was with Greenpeace and when it was with UK ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food. The report will also explain what happen on the day of the bombing and the trial of the two French spies. It will also describes in the report the consequences of this act of terrorism to the relationship of ANZUS and the nuclear free legislation. The report will also analyse the significance of the bombing to New Zealand with the many people affected by this act of terrorism.