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He said he became depressed. He would stay home, not wanting to be ridiculed for his service. He said he suffered from nightmares about the months he had spent in the

Pash mentions the effect of the conflict on soldiers when they returned. Pash acknowledges that even academic scholars had been reluctant to challenge the initial hot war of the Cold War. The historical significance is that these soldiers served their country receiving little acknowledgement for their services and accomplishments. The returning veterans of the Korean War faced a very different America than had the veterans of the two world wars. The nature of the limited war meant that, proportionate to the population, a far smaller percentage of draft age men had been involved in the war effort. The war was not universally popular and the government opted to fight it on a limited basis, the veterans were often overlooked upon their return. The civilian population had been able to go about their business without sacrificing anything to the war effort. The war itself was quickly “forgotten” by the wider

Lee’s writing is littered with descriptive and flowery visuals that truly capture both the environment and his emotions. In one such case, he recalls an evening where he “[stared] at the brightest star, viewing it not so much on this night as a beacon, something [he] wanted to believe would lead [he] out of this dark tunnel, but instead as a place [he’d] rather be” (155). His juvenile wistfulness is tangible in the words and the reader can almost feel the chill of the night air. He continues, wishing to be “anywhere but here…[wishing to have] been born anywhere but here.” (155). His yearning twists the heart with sympathy for his lonesome and pitiable plight. This moment is but a minute fraction of the incredibly intimate tale that Lee

The climate of the period was cold months and there were horticulturalists they used stone things to do many things they lived in shelter like homes with their family and many

Transportation was a big deal back then so they all can still get around and not have walk but most of them did not have way of transportation back then. Most of them

When Korean veterans returned from the fighting, everyone was overjoyed to be reunited with their loved ones after two huge, deadly wars.

There are many things that make up those who have fought for the America I believe in, courage, bravery, sacrifice, and honor for our country. Many people have fought for us, for the lives of others. It takes a lot to leave families for the war. The thought of not returning must be haunting to most, if not all veterans.

the season by practicing mobility; they rarely stayed in one place. They developed villages with

Some of the major characteristics of the walking city was congestion, being able to tell the difference between the city and the country, the mixture of its functions, distances between work and home for the residents and the location of the addresses from most favorable to least,

Here are some things about Life in the cities, they were market places downtown, it smelled bad like rotten garbage. They had everything they needed in the market like food clothes cleaning and apartments where they lived in. When a fire broke out the whole town helped put it out and formed a line to river and had buckets to fill and bring back and forth. For lights they would use torches made out of pine wedged between hearthstones. City homes were close together on winding streets. Most were built of wood thatched roofs. That is what life was like in the

Based on these interviews it seems the citizens on the American Homefront had decided to go to war because they respected president Roosevelt and trusted his decisions and felt the war was necessary. Edward Huddy from New York said, “the whole country is behind him” in reference to president Roosevelt after his speech which both Edward and Luis Andrew, also from New York city called a “fine speech”. The librarian from Minneapolis, Minnesota said “it has to be don’t” when talking about sending soldiers to war. The neighbors of the interviewer in Burlington, North Carolina said “we’ve got to win this war”. While the citizens in America seem to support the war to preserve their home lives and the regular peace of the nations it seems many of the servicemen may have decided to fight to change their home lives. John Jeffries says that many Americans only had “glimpses of the war”, all the horrors were censored out leaving just leaving war as a glorifying fight. Because of these many recruits likely decided to fight to come home a heroic symbol, receive personal gains, to have a better different future than the recent past they had lived in. Sadly “real” war wasn’t like what they had seen back home and the welcome back was sometimes the same shock. War was gruesome and cruel and upon return to America some veterans were “feared as disruptive

Farmers and individuals from small outskirt towns were not as isolated as they can drive up to the city for their shopping and their needs. This freedom also created an expansion of cities as more and more people started to move away from the congested city life. The frequent use of cars also allowed the streets and cities to be cleaner. Horses were no longer needed, because of this, the amount of manure decreased expediently. No one felt this freedom more than the typical housewife in the 1920’s.

5. Is living in America difficult after being over in Korea with the other soldiers?

Back in the Spring of 2013 we did a tour with The Story So Far across America called Suppy Nation… it was one of the most fun tours we’ve ever done so when we decided to head to the other side of the globe, it was a no brainer to team up with our old buds… Together, we present, SUPPY WORLD.

My return to Korea in the summer of 2001 was nothing short of a culture shock. I was in a country I thought I had learned by heart. It was the country I always rooted my identity and pride from. I wasn’t ready for the shock. I