Is It Glorious to Die for Your Country?

If there was another definition of Patriotism it would staying at Valley Forge. Valley Forge was a winter camp during Revolutionary War. Half of the soldiers died at Valley Forge and George Washington was having trouble keeping soldiers to stay. George Washington was the general of the camp, and no, he was not president yet. People are needed there including me. I am a soldier of the Continental Army during the Revolutionary war. I have already stayed my 9 month term and I cannot decide whether to stay for the rest of the 3 months at Valley Forge. Von Steuben has showed up so I will now have a warfare trainer. Americans need to win the war because if we lose we will be under control of the British. We came here for many reasons one of them is being not in control of the king. I have come to a decision, I will not quit meaning to not re-enlist. Reasons being are because they need healthy people, it is a good time to rank up, and staying creates respect.

This quote shows that men were ready and willing to put the future of their country above the value of their own lives. They were ready to fight and possibly die for the sake of their country. Most of these men who put their lives forward were basically untrained. They were men who came from farms, villages, and other locations and then signed up to serve their country in its time of need. Groups of soldiers that had already served in combat went around to the different towns and villages looking for men to sign up for combat duty regardless of how much military training they had, “A dollar deposited on the drum head was taken up by someone as soon as placed there, and the holder’s name taken, and he enrolled, with orders to equip himself as quick as possible.” (8). Men would sign up because they thought that becoming a soldier and fighting in the war was an easy way to make money and to provide for their families. These men who fought in this war were not soldiers who had been trained for years to serve in combat, most of them were given a gun and told where to shoot. They had no formal training and enlisted in the hopes of helping to provide support for their

To be engaged in war is to be engaged in an armed conflict. Death is an all too ordinary product of war. It is an unsolicited reward for many soldiers that are fighting for their country’s own fictitious freedom. For some of these men, the battlefield is a glimpse into hell, and for others, it is a means to heaven. Many people worry about what happens during war and what will become of their loved ones while they’re fighting, but few realize what happens to those soldiers once they come home. The short stories "Soldier's Home” by Ernest Hemingway and "Speaking of Courage” by Tim O'Brien explore the thematic after effects of war and how it impacts a young person's life. Young people who

Wilfred Owen is almost begging someone (probably the ones who recruit the youth) to tell the world the truth about war, how tarrying everyone is and how difficult is to go on, to keep the hope. For the soldiers there are no dreams of a noble death that everyone will remember through stories. There are no legends that will become myth in their fighting, but real people and real horrific death. The concept of “heroism” that exists from classical literature is not longer valid.

I know that we have horrible conditions like no shoes and no meat, but I have decided to re-enlist for three reasons which are we have George Washington to help us, we have the right to fight, and we still have spirit even though we’ve been through hard times.My key idea is we have the right to fight because we shouldn’t be ruled by britain’s tyranny.If one soldier didn’t re-enlist all the soldiers might follow theur example.If we had no soldiers then we wouldn’t have one the war. That would mean we wouldn’t be free

On 4th August, 1914 our “Mother Country”, Great Britain declared war on Germany after the country invaded neutral Belgium. Australia, a country which is over 9000 miles away, almost instantaneously got in support of Britain. Within 6 months, over 52,000 Australians had enlisted to join the war; which is a mere 6% of Australia’s eligible fighting men in that time. Each of our Australian soldiers had their own motives. Whether it be: men looking to make money; brave, young men pursuing adventure; or the fear of being accused as a coward.

During an attack or a battle, there may be bombs falling, bullets flying, blood, pain, and the death of soldiers and civilians. It takes bravery to live through that. Years later, when veterans are safely home, nightmarish scenes are often still vivid in their minds. The soldier, the veteran, does not complain. When young men and women enlist in the armed forces, they know the dangers they face. They still enlist and are willing to risk their lives for the freedom of their country because they believe. They feel proud. Soldiers leave home, go overseas, fight for our country, and either die bravely or come home proudly. That is

During the Revolutionary War many Americans gave their property, their families, and their lives in exchange for freedom. Would you be willing to die so that someone else could be free? Would you give up all your precious and beloved possessions to a cause that seems hopeless and impossible? Is freedom really worth what it costs to obtain? Thomas Paine once said "those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom must, like men, undergo the fatigue of supporting it." So in other words men should fight if they wish to be free. Rab and the other minute

World War I was a ghastly experience for the soldiers due to what they experienced during the war. Many of the Soldiers that were drafted in the war were young and fresh out of high-school. These young soldiers left their home, away from family and friends, to fight a war not knowing if they were going to return home. These young soldiers hardly had any training before being forced to fight a war and many had lost their lives. These young soldiers were finding themselves losing their youth and innocence during the war. For those who returned from the war they came back a different person. While the outside world was living carefree lives; these soldiers were living in monstrous horror.

It was what had brought them to the war in the first place, nothing positive, no dreams of glory or honor, just to avoid the blush of dishonor. They died so as not to die of embarrassment.”— O’Brien, page 20

Would you volunteer to leave your family and friends for months or years at a time to serve your country? Would you volunteer to do nearly the hardest and most dangerous job for pay that barely pays the bills? Military veterans are the men and women, moms and dads, brothers and sisters who answered the call of service and sacrifice. They volunteer to fight for our rights and freedoms no matter the cost so that we may live in a country with freedoms not available in most other countries.

The movie “All Quiet on the Western Front” can provide us with a lot of insight about the soldiers experience in World War I. The movie and what we learned in class can help us out with this. In the movie there were a lot of kids and just by looking at their face you could tell what they were thinking. Some of them were very scared of what might happen to them, some of them were determined to come home well and alive, and some of them looked excited to be serving the Fatherland and doing their duty. Back in Germany they told the students over and over that it was their duty to fight in the war and that is what men do in Germany. They were told they were serving the Fatherland and bringing glory back to

joined the military, but is a bold passion for your nation the sole reason to join? The answer is

World War II is one of many wars that brings people to ask, why do these men serve even though there is the possibility of death? There are many reasons why a soldier may decide to serve. They may join because it is there career and a way to earn a living. Their motivation is their families and creating a better way of life for them. Some join to protect patriotism and putting in their part for what seems right, and others join because they enjoy thinking of someone who serves as a hero. Servicemen expect post-war life to be peaceful and go back to normal. Many, in reality, deal with PTSD and other stressors that make it difficult to adjust to post-war life.

The saying, “Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori,” was once believed; it means that it is sweet and fitting to die for one’s country. Because Wilfred Owen knew the horrors, he opposes this saying in his poem “Dulce Et Decorum Est.” The narrator provides vivid images of his experience in WWI which includes both the exhaustion the soldiers endured while walking to their next resting point and of the death of a fellow soldier due to gas. His PTSD shows us that the gas experience continues to haunt him: “In all my dreams, before my helpless sight, / He plunges at me, guttering, choking, drowning,” (ll.15-16). The narrator also explains why young men should reconsider joining a war if given the opportunity; it is not worth the horror. The war leaves, “incurable sores on innocent tongues,” (l.24), due to the overbearing evils war brings, leaving soldiers faces’, “like a devil’s sick of sin,” (l.20). Ironically, war is too much sin for the devil. The narrator emphasizes the vulgarity of a war, “Obscene as cancer, bitter as cud,” (l.23). Owen ultimately maintains that it is not glorious dying for one’s country because of the many horrors.