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Military Hero Essay

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Who do you think is the most important in a play, the lead role, or the stage hands? Like how a play is, it’s just the same in the military. There are the soldiers that go out and fight, and there are ones that make, test, and fix their equipment. My grandfather, Glen Sauerbry, was a technician in the air force, and played the most important role in the air force and was and still is, a hero for doing it. Glen Sauerbry is a hero because he joined the military with no prior knowledge on what he was to do and did it willingly. This is important because if a hero is not willing to face danger and the unknown, then they cannot become a hero in the first place. In the words of Kendra Cherry, creator of the “Seven Qualities of Heroism,” “It takes both skill and self-confidence to rush in where others fear to tread” (Cherry). My grandfather was gaining both of these in taking the risk of joining the military. My grandfather is a hero because he joined the air force knowing the air force is dangerous. According to the Center for Disease Control, at an average death rate of 1,934, a total of 27,070 soldiers died serving in active duty. Annually, 94.9 of soldiers per 100,000 military personnel of all factions died. (“National Mortality Profile of Active Duty Personnel in the U.S. Armed Forces: 1980-1993"). My grandpa could have been one of those deaths every year for seven years, but he wasn’t. Knowing you could die at any moment is a heavy burden, be he took that burden and

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