Vincent Michael Mckiinny Research Paper

Born Audie Leon Murphy to Emmet Berry Murphy and Josie Bell in the summer of June 20, 1924, Lt. Murphy was the sixth of twelve children and the oldest son. His father abandoned them in 1936, leaving Lt. Murphy the responsibility of dropping out of school in the 5th grade to provide for his family, doing odd jobs. From the days of his youth he was being molded into a leader, having to lead a family by providing food and income from this day on. Wanting to make a difference and provide for his family and being inspired by his veteran uncle he decided to enlist into the military. Of course he was met with opposition, being only 5’5” and 110 lbs with a “baby face” he had already been turned down by the Marines, the Navy and the Army Paratroopers. But this resilient, persistent young leader with a “never quit mentality” would not take no for an answer. In June of 1942 on his 17th birthday, he handed in a document signed by his older sister stating that he was old enough to enlist into the Army. In this back-story there is a foundation to leadership that I think most people would miss, he had a purpose. Throughout this book you can hear an endearing love for his mother, who died in 1941, which I believe would motivate him to fight day in and day out.

     When I asked him if he lost any friends or people he served with in the war he said that he lost some friends in combat but he didn’t talk much about that.

When Anthony turned 19 years old, he left his family to join the United States Marine Corps. He served a total of seven years in the Marines, traveling and living in the Carolinas, Japan and California. Anthony trained and worked as electrician in the military. He also received many awards during his service and was eventually honorably discharged in 1985.

Audie Murphy still had a lot of trouble and had to “fight the system” to get overseas and into actual combat. But he was very persistent and his persistence finally paid off, and in early 1943, he was shipped to Casablanca, Morocco in Africa as a replacement in Company B, 1st Battalion, 15th Infantry Regiment (United States), 3rd Infantry Division. Disappointed, Murphy didn’t see any action in Africa, but he participated in extensive training maneuvers along with the rest of the 3rd Division.

He was born during World War I. He herd the old men tell the stories of what happened when they were in World War II. All of his family members went to some war in their life time. His Uncles Guadalcanal, North Africa and the battle of the Bulge, his Cousins stories of Korea. Then finally it was his and his brothers turn, they had joined the marines just in time for the for the Cuban Missile crisis. After that his friends going to Vietnam tasting defeat the only war that America has ever lost. Finally it is his sons turn and he gets the other end of the deal. He doesn’t know if his son will be able to tell him his stories of his war or if he will have to cry at his grave.

To begin with, he enlisted instead of being drafted into the military and did not have a choice in the assignment he was given. On December 12, 1962, he joined the United States Air Force becoming a member of the 186th TAC Recon Group in Meridian, MS. His basic training was at Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio, TX, and he attended technical school at Chanute Air Force Base, Rantoul, IL, training to be a general purpose vehicle mechanic. His two instructors for basic

He dropped out of high school and on his 17th birthday he signed enlistment papers. He left for boot camp six days later. Once in the Marine Corps he received a job in the computer department, which is where his love for computers

As predicted by HR, the first man to make our list without ever playing in purple is Baltimore Colts Defensive End, number 89 Gino "The Giant" Marchetti. I never got to see Gino play live. He retired nearly 18 years before I was born. Everything I know about him I know from my father, who talks about Gino the way people my age talk about superheros.

He was a private (the lowest fighting rank in the military), but was promoted to a corporal. For some reason he decided to decline the higher position. The new position he was given had better pay, and more benefits from the army. He would be respected more by everyone else, but he declined. Most troops would have loved to take that position but he decided not to. Still to this day it is unknown why he declined. Almost all of his regiment was untrained, including him. Their regiment was in many battles but never any important battles. He was not injured badly in battle and he made it back home to his

Sam Siatta’s experience fully includes the heroic archetypal journey, in which his physical and emotional skills are tested not just along the battlelines, but at home, too. C.J. Chivers, the author of “The Fighter,” illustrates the physical and emotional costs which Siatta endured--primarily focusing on the initiation and return parts from his journey. With variations, however so slight in representing the archetypal journey, “On the Rainy River,” and “Speaking of Courage” by Tim O’Brien, and “Slaughterhouse-Five, by Kurt Vonnegut, support and refute Siatta’s experience, and their characters comparatively represent the physical and emotional hardships Siatta endured throughout all three stages in his journey. A stark difference exists between Sam Siatta from “The Fighter,” and Tim O’Brien from “On the Rainy River.”

In 1943 at the height of world war two. Japanese Americans from the mainland and Hawaii were brought together at camp Shelby in Mississippi. During their time at camp when assignments came they would work together. which meant they learned team work right away. a member of the 442nd missed home. However before he could leave he was killed by a sniper. At his funeral his teacher read a letter that he had sent her about missing

The rifle squad came to attention as they carried the casket across the short expanse of tarmac and placed it in the back of the hearse and then stepped back, rendered a salute until the rear doors shut and it pulled away. Afterwards, the honor guard relaxed and came forward to greet the men, inviting them for a drink tomorrow evening at the VFW hall. As soldiers, they didn’t care Jackson, and his men were fugitives, they were war veterans who just lost a friend, and that was all that mattered to them. After the honor guard departed, Mikey’s family, Mangus, and Frank walked up to the physically and emotionally drained men, which was easy to see with their shoulders slumped over, including Jackson as he stood leaning against the aircraft stairs

I asked my grandpa some questions regarding his experiences in war, he had a very difficult time, he are some of the things he shared with me. I asked him how his family and friends reacted when he told them he was going off to war, he told me " well understandably

During the daring rescue of prisoner of war Jessica Lynch from an Iraqi hospital, the first commando to reach Lynch identified himself as a United States soldier. The 19-year-old Army private replied, "I 'm an American soldier, too."

I got there late because I was a guide so I don’t quite know that He also told us that he commanded the largest engineer brigade in the military, which is awesome; but I didn’t hear about any of his experiences in the war. I didn’t get to interview anyone else because I was the guide to Barry Sweeney, and I got a little confused on what period was what and