Life of Audie Leon Murphy

The autobiography illustrates personal experiences of discrimination and prejudice while also reporting the political occurrences during the United States’ involvement in World War II. After the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor, the United States government unleashed unrestrained contempt for the Japanese residing in the nation. The general public followed this train of thought, distrusting the Japanese and treating them like something less than human. In a country of freedom and justice, no coalition stepped up to defend the people who had lived there most of or all of their lives; rather, people took advantage of the Japanese evacuation to take their property and belongings. The government released demeaning propaganda displaying comical Japanese men as monsters and rats, encouraging the public to be vigilant and wary toward anyone of Japanese descent. The abuse of the Japanese during this period was taken a little too lightly, the government apologizing too late and now minor education of the real cruelty expressed toward the nation’s own citizens. Now we see history repeating itself in society, and if we don’t catch the warning signs today, history may just come full

The first nine years of his son’s life seemed like that may be true. Lawrence Junior started going to Palisades School for Boys when he was six years old and he was flourishing. Lawrence Junior was very bright and had fantastic potential. He learned how to ride a bike at seven years old and his father bought him his very own bike because he was so proud of him. Lawrence Senior and his wife were nothing, but optimistic about their future as a family until the year of 1914. That year everything changed. Lawrence Senior’s wife was in an automobile accident on her way home from the grocery store and was killed on impact. He was grateful his wife felt no pain in her passing, but the same could not be said for him and his son’s feelings. That day

In Kyle Longley’s, The Morenci Marines, nine young Morenci boys took the call to duty, not knowing that only three will return from the warzone of Vietnam. These boys, some of who were Native American, Mexican American, and Caucasian, joined the fight in Vietnam despite their social, racial, and economic differences. Although the nine men are from a small mining town in Morenci, Arizona, the Vietnam War was, in the words of Mike Cranford, “a lower middle class war,” that was fueled by small towns all around the United States (Longley, 246). Many of these men felt the call to battle and the will to fight, which was engrained in their heritage and gave these men the right to be Americans. Small town America, mostly lower class, was looked upon to aid the war effort with countless men, where as the rest of the nation, the upper to middle class college educated students, were protesting the war and they believed that it was unjust.

Do you know what a Japan family goes through once they move in America back then? In the novel,” Under the Blood Red Sun”, Graham Salisbury writes about a Japanese family moving into Hawaii and what activities and hobbies they do. The Japanese army attacks Pearl Harbor and because of this event their racer pigeons and Tomi’s Papa and Grandpa are taken away. The author teaches the reader about how everything isn’t fair, bravery, and to treat others the way you want to be treated.

The medal of honor recipient that I am writing about is Henry Johnson. His military rank was private and his service was in World War I in the U.S. Army. He was born in Alexandria, Virginia and received his Medal of Honor in 1918. In the army, Johnson risked his life beyond the call of duty. He served as a member of Company C, the 369th Infantry Regiment, the 93d Infantry Division, and the American Expeditionary Forces. On May 15, 1918, he did combat operations against the enemy on the front of the lines of the Western Front in France. Private Johnson and some other soldiers one day woke up early in the morning to go on sentry duty at the forward outpost then they received surprise attacks from at least twelve German soldiers. When Johnson

Among this group of “Nisei” was the Uchida family from Berkeley, California. Yoshiko Uchida, the youngest daughter in the Uchida family was a senior at the University of California at Berkeley at the time of the attacks. Years later, Yoshiko became a prolific writer of children’s books (Sato 66). In her book, “Desert Exile”, published in 1982, Uchida gave a personal account of the evacuation and incarceration of her family during World War II (Sato 66). Uchida’s book raises awareness to the specter of racial prejudice and the hope that no other group of Americans would have to endure this type of injustice and violation of their human rights (Sato 66).

In the United States World War II has been one of the most remembered wars of all time. Acclaimed historian Ronald Takaki asserts that for many Americans, World War II was fought for a “double victory”: on the battlefront as well as on the home front. Takaki’s book Double Victory: A Multicultural History of America in World War II reminds the audience that there was much, much more happening at home and on the frontlines during World War II than in the battlefield. Takaki presents a strong central argument; it illuminates the incongruity of America's own oppressive behavior toward minorities at home, even while proclaiming the role in World War II as a fight against oppression abroad. It also pays tribute to the determination and perseverance of ethnically diverse Americans in their two-front war against prejudice and fascism. In addition Takaki tells the story through the lives of ethnically diverse Americans: Japanese Americans who felt betrayed by their own country when families were sent to internment camps; For African Americans, the war for freedom had to be fought in their country’s own backyard; a Navajo code talker who uses his complex native language to transmit secret battle messages and confound the Japanese, while his people are living in desperate poverty on a government reservation. Their dual struggle to defeat the enemy abroad and overcome racism at home gives the Double Victory its title and its texture.

On the 2nd of February 1986, just before 10pm a 26-year-old nurse Anita Cobby was brutally dragged into a stolen HT Holden Kingswood while walking along a suburban street in Blacktown by five men whom later identified to be John Travers, Michael Murdoch and brothers Michael, Leslie and Gary Murphy. Cobby was savagely raped and tortured for hours while in the car, they also stole her money to buy petrol for the car. She was later dragged from the car and through a barbed wire fence and into a paddock where Travers slit her throat after an argument about her seeing their faces and knowing their name caused her to almost be decapitated causing Cobby to bled out. Her naked bloodied blood was left on a secluded cow paddock on Reen

The events of December 7th1941 on Pearl Harbor are ones that along with many others will forever remain written down as a historic day in not just in history but in naval and military history as well. In this essay I will first explain and describe the Pearl Harbor attack. I will do that in the perspective of a male veteran who at the time was stationed at Pearl Harbor as a U.S. Navy cadet describing the events of that topic to a news anchor for a local newspaper. I also explain what happened after the attack and explain if there was any possible way to prevent it. Next, I will transition to playing the role of the news anchor and describe the events of September 11th 2001. I will interview a person who survived that terrorist attack and

On December 7,1941 Japan raided the airbases across the islands of Pearl Harbour. The “sneak attack” targeted the United States Navy. It left 2400 army personnel dead and over a thousand Americans wounded. U.S. Navy termed it as “one of the great defining moments in history”1 President Roosevelt called it as “A Day of Infamy”. 2 As this attack shook the nation and the Japanese Americans became the immediate ‘focal point’. At that moment approximately 112,000 Persons of Japanese descent resided in coastal areas of Oregon, Washington and also in California and Arizona.3

Michael P. Murphy is considered by many to be the most successful and one of the greatest navy seals to ever live. Michael P. Murphy was born on May 7, 1976 in Smithtown, New York. Michael was raised in Patchogue and attended Saxton Middle School. He went to BUD/s in January 2001 and graduated with class 236.

On December 7, 1941 the Japanese had made a secret attack on the American Naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, that day become extremely historic because President Theodore Roosevelt signed the Execution Order to force Japanese Americans to leave their homes around the country. The Government had called these places “relocation centers” because they were temporary and only used for a short period of time, before they would leave to arrive at their permanent location. Roosevelt didn’t want any Japanese-Americans stirring up trouble in the U.S. especially with the recent attack on Pearl Harbor. (THESIS)

During World War II, children, women and families worked tirelessly and contributed to aiding the soldiers during their perilous fights. In 1939 through 1945, American families came together and as a community to work the hardest they ever have. Families helped one another to hold up their country with the absence of their men. “Wear it out, use it up, make it do, or do without.” (qtd. In FDR and The American Crisis), were words stressed to the women and children for support. The sacrifices the families made on the homefront, became just as paramount as the battlefronts. If the choices that were made didn’t prevail, the success of the war wouldn’t have ensued.

Audie murphy is the most decorated soldier of all time and of WW2. Yet not many people know who he is. He shows many valued traits in a soldier such as a leader, an inspiration, he’s fearless, and many more. Audie Murphy should be considered a modern day hero. He was an amazing person and leader and has a

born in oakland, california, i am a nisei (second generation japanese), yet a citizen of the united states all the same. i have only attended public schools. when i left high school, i tried to enter the united states army, but i was refused because of medical reasons. after this, i entered a training program for a career in welding and metalworking. upon completion of this, i got a job working in a shipyard. my work was kept under surveillance because we were constructing ships as a war effort for the navy. i enjoyed my work, had many friends, and saved enough money to begin paying off a house. i was visiting my girlfriend when the attack on pearl harbor struck. the