The American Legion Serves On The Side Of The Nation That Had The Oil

The Japanese were buying oil from the United States. Document D shows that when the Japanese were buying oil, they were buying 80% of it from the United States. When the Japanese established their “New World Order”, the United States realized their true intentions and slowly started selling less oil to Japan. In 1941, the United States had established an embargo on oil shipments to Japan. Document C.

World War II prompted U.S. leaders to pay greater attention to the oil resources of the Persian Gulf region, because in order to maintain its status as one of the global elites in oil in the case of a domestic shortage, the United States needed to secure an available foreign oil source during the war.

Local bands, home-made signs, cheers, parades and countless American flags greet the members of each Honor Flight leaving Fort Wayne, Indiana. People drive more than an hour to attend the send-off and arrival of heroes they might not even know. But it doesn’t just happen in Indiana. It’s happened in small towns and big cities all across America every month for the past several years.

The veteran I selected to research for this paper is Carl D. Beck. He was born in Avondale, Missouri on November 21, 1925. Mr. Beck served in the US army during WWII and the Korean war, with the 501st parachute infantry regiment. It is unclear what his rank was at the time of his service, but by the end of his military career, Mr. Beck’s rank was master Sergeant.

During my senior year of high school, Berkmar High School celebrated its 50th year anniversary with the 2nd annual “Patriot Day”. Patriot Day is an event that was created to unite the community members of the Berkmar Cluster. I had been a member of the Student Council since my sophomore year of high school, and the organization allowed so many opportunities to volunteer. In addition, I decided I wanted to volunteer for this event because I loved the idea of bringing people together in order to celebrate Berkmar High School.

A patriot is someone who shows bravery, and someone who is willing to risk their life for our country. Similarly in the essay “Veterans Day: Never forget their duty” by Senator John McCain, the main character Mike Christian shows his love for our country by wearing his shirt

Life has up's and down's but you can get through because people come together to help. For instance, in the book Fever, 1793, the Free African Society went around to help the yellow fever victims. The doctors thought the Africans were immune to the disease because hardly any Africans died. When people come together, like the Africans helping the victims, you can get through it. You can get through it when people come together, because everyone starts working together instead of avoiding the

For at least one serviceman from Wichita, Kansas, the irony of being asked to die for a country that denied him basic civil rights was too much. James Thompson wrote to the Pittsburg Courier, and asked “Should I sacrifice to live ‘half American?” The newspaper responded by calling for a “Double V” campaign. The campaign borrowed on the well-known two-finger “V for Victory” salute from Winston Churchill. The paper proclaimed that blacks should work for the victory of democracy both at home and abroad. The Double V campaign caught on.

A veteran creates in me pride for my country. I am proud to be a part of a country that someone would respect enough to willingly endanger their life to protect its values. These

“All of my family is happy and out of harm's way. They are living in Israel.” I didn’t know where this magical place called Israel was where people were happy, but I prayed there were safe and away from the war.

Both events prevented the major powers from utilizing the carbon resources (Miller 74). He states that World War I was the “first carbon-fueled conflict”(Miller 68), drawing on the use of coal to fuel the factories that produced the weapons and ammunition as well as the food and clothing that were needed for the battles. Oil also played a role in the post-war politics as countries debated how to best maintain control of the areas where the resource was abundant. Miller expands these ideas as he explores the mechanisms used to maintain control of the areas where oil was found and transported. He introduces the concept of self-determination, or “consent of the governed” (Miller 78) and how this idea was used to maintain Imperialism by ascertaining that the less developed areas were not capable of governing themselves and needed the assistance of the European powers to do so (Miller 80). This viewpoint allowed Europe to remain a superpower in the years following the war despite the location of the oil reserves in the Middle

turmoil can be a blessing as well as a curse. In the face of suffering, may all of us be people who

However, the government found it difficult to decide upon and state one overriding reason for going to war. Was it to oppose aggression or was it just to protect global oil supplies? Other powers were more directly concerned as consumers of Persian Gulf oil, but they were not as eager to commit military force, to risk their youth in battle and to pay for the costs of the war. Critics of President Bush continued to maintain that he was taking advantage of the issue of energy supplies in order to manipulate the U. S. public opinion in favor of war.

"I have a very strict gun control policy: if there's a gun around, I want to be in control of it."

Like in many wars in history, “money,” “power,” and “oil” were the primary resources for combat and defense. However, out of the three, oil was the most important resource, causing many to seek its presence. Oil was not only for getting the engine started but also for getting the war done thoroughly and keeping the economy running. During World War II, oil became even more of a necessity putting countries at war. However, most importantly, oil became the decisive factor that determined the unfortunate and successful results of desperate, oil-seeking countries.