Volunteer Training Corps Research Paper

Not every man who 's fought in a war planned on doing so. In fact, not all of them even want to. It 's rare to find enough people voluntarily willing to lay down their lives for their country, so more often than not militaries used what we would call “citizen soldiers.” Citizen soldiers are exactly what they sound like, regular citizens taken from society and turned into people capable of serving in the military. Although it may seem obvious when plainly written out, citizen soldiers had vastly different experiences compared to career soldiers, and Stephen Ambrose attempted to pin down that specific experience in his book Citizen Soldier. Ambrose uses oral interviews from World War II veterans and other materials to explain the experiences of the common American soldier who served in WWII between D-Day and the eventual surrender of the German forces. However, when examining his book, it 's important to ask how successful Ambrose was in painting an accurate picture of this kind of soldier 's life during his service. Is the information he uses specific to the men who served in Europe, or can it also be linked back to the soldiers in the Pacific? This paper will evaluate his work by comparing it to oral interviews from WWII veterans both from the same areas that Ambrose 's veterans serve in and in locations not included in his work.

Would the beautiful state parks that we have today still exist if the Civilian Conservation Corps never happened? Well, that is up for debate, but nobody can argue that they didn’t do a lot of work. The Civilian Conservation Corps or CCC was launched twenty-nine days after Franklin Delano Roosevelt took office. The CCC members did anything from planting trees to building trails that you can see at state and national parks.

After witnessing and experiencing war first hand during service in the ambulance corps and as a soldier in World War I, Cummings understood the crippling impact that war has on young men. For this reason, Cummings condemns war and its supporters, who do not understand the danger of warfare, but encourage their sons to join the forces. Ironically, these young men who are launched into duty, are, “sen[t] home to [their] mother[s] in a new nice pine box”(62), as a result of their service. The families that once pridefully bragged about their

After reading Module 1, the first WWI had practically involved every nation. So the Army and Navy in 1914 began to organize for any circumstance that may occur. While preparing for these conditions by modernization and expansion, they were in the preparedness movement. During the Preparedness Movement, advocated voluntary military training called the Plattsburg movement developed. “These summer camp movement took its name from Wood’s encampment at Plattsburg, NY. By 1915 the camps were held at four locations and enrolled nearly four thousand volunteers (Millett, Pg. 306).” The Plattsburg camp had become popular by 1916 by demonstrating the

Symbolizing their fight under the U.N flag, dressed in their honorable blue jackets, sat six Veterans before an audience, many of who are the reflection of their younger selves who shared their experiences of war. A series of questions were asked by the audience and each Veteran response encouraged

The boy scouts in Preston Connelly’s 2nd Foreign Volunteer Legion, in addition to their roles as Vanguard and Reservist, were given new roles in form of Grenadier and Leicht, because of 2nd FVL possessing a high amount of members with exceptional degrees of perception and meticulous attention toward detail. Their female equivalents in Gudruna Hurley’s 1st Foreign Volunteer Legion, also Vanguard and Reservist, were instead given additional training as Jackbooters and

The idea for Camp Lewis was fought for by the civilian populace of Pierce County in Washington State. Late in the year of 1916 the “Battle of the Somme” was at full force when a private group of concerned citizens got together at American Lake to organize a training program that was designed for non-enlistment personnel. The program was designed to encourage readiness among the community in preparation for

Have you ever met a combat veteran? Have you ever felt their pain or experienced what they have? Well, 18 A DAY just can’t stand it. That’s the number of veterans that commit suicide every day. That is 126 suicides a week and 6552 veterans that are lost each year.

The U.S. Army Corps of Non-Commissioned Officers (NCO) has been in a steady decline which over the last 70 years can be traced to two major factors. The first of which is the change to an all-volunteer Army and secondly societal changes in the form of political correctness and a gender-blurred redefining of what it means to be an American and more importantly an American Soldier.

Whatever attempts were made to lift spirits it was clear to all that, on the domestic front, the war was causing growing shortages. The price of meat increased sharply and housewives found themselves paying more for the Christmas joint. In the trenches Christmas was quite uneventful. One soldier wrote, ‘The Bosch was rather quiet. Our orderly officer set up his gramophone and did a good day’s work. 11a.m. a Padre turned up and we had a service in the mess. We had mince pies for lunch and they were very good. At 6p.m. we were invited to a concert. The singing was not very great but quite cheery. The Christmas pudding came in on fire in great style. So ended Christmas in this weary waste of France.’

In 1940, Air Minister Power instructed that a nationwide voluntary organization be formed to sponsor and develop a select group of young men who would be trained to meet the increasing need for pilots in the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) during World War II. On

There was little cheer as the war entered its fourth year; living with war had become the norm. There were some who found it difficult to recall a time before war had broken out. Europe struggled beneath winter’s iron grip; action on the Western Front had slowed and the outlook on all fronts was bleak. The people of the Isle shared the nation’s sullen obstinacy; they had come to hate war, something they had entered with a clarity of purpose but, to which, they saw no end. The Epworth Bells commented that it was as though everyone was experiencing the same bad dream. The paper began the year showing photographs of the Epworth men killed in the past six months. It was conceived as a patriotic gesture, with overtures of remembrance, but it did

In the military, boot camp represents an abrupt, often shocking transition to a new way of life. Discipline is strict and there is an emphasis on hard work, physical training, and unquestioning obedience to authority. The new private is told when to sleep, when to get up and when to eat. He marches with his platoon everywhere he goes such as to meals and to training. Orders must be obeyed instantly and personal liberty is almost nonexistent. By the end of boot camp the new private has become a different person. Such was the hope for boot camp, or shock incarceration, programs in American prisons: that young, nonviolent offenders could be diverted from a life outside the law using the same tactics successfully employed by

Through this malaise of bad news, however, there was a scattering of good. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Brooks of Epworth received information that their son Tom, of the East Yorkshire Regiment, had arrived back in Britain. Tom had been a prisoner of the Germans since March 1918 and his injuries had meant he had to remain abroad until he was fit to travel home. Finally, he was moved to the King George Hospital on Stamford Street, London amid much rejoicing. He told his parents he was being ‘fed up a bit’ and went on to add that, ‘I cannot explain in words how glad I am to be once more in Blighty.’ Around the same time Private James Jubb of the Yorks and Lancs Regiment, whose wife, fearing him dead, had been living with her parents at the Fruit Gardens in Epworth, arrived home having been a prisoner in Germany for several months. He found the house locked and boarded up! Private Selwyn Crosby of Rectory Street, Epworth, had the distinction of being the last Epworth soldier to be released from captivity in Germany. He had been taken prisoner in April 1918 and for two months had to work behind the lines and live on a very basic diet. Later on he was put to work on farms, wearing suits made from paper and boots made from compressed paper and wood.

In the United States a jail is a institution that houses people who have committed less serious crimes or it acts as a storage unit for them while they are awaiting trial. Prisons are considered to be reserved for those who commit more serious crimes or inmates who will stay there for longer period of time. The Louisiana State Penitentiary, also known as Angola, is an example of a prison. There are also institutions reserved for young adults like a detention center. Parents sometimes choose to send troubled young adults to a boot camp or a Youth Challenge Program (YCP). YCP is a program where a young adult can apply for admission and upon completion of the program receive their GED. However, young adults that are sent to a boot camp or detention