Write An Essay About The 1940's

On Memorial Day, 1921, four soldiers were exhumed from four World War I American cemeteries in France. U.S. Army Sgt.

So what did the people have to rely on for coverage of the war? They relied on Hollywood to tell of WWII’s heroic stories. The movie industry had taken over this generation as we became less of an intellectual and relied more on visual effects and entertainment for information. In the movies, viewers were lead on to believe that most wars scenes were about killing the evil bad guy and reigning in patriotic glory. While the “bad guys” got blown into oblivion, American soldiers rarely died, got injured, even bled for that matter. But not only did the movies warp how American’s viewed war, but the media had a twisted input on it as well. “But the news wasn’t manipulated only by censors. John Steinbeck, a tough minded writier who exposed human misery during the Depression, admitted that as a war reporter he deliberately slanted his stories to omit anything that might shock civilians. He didn’t report on the rotten conditions suffered by the infantry… (Adams 9). Eisenhower even said that “public opinion wins wars” (Adams 10). The news was altering the truth, and reporting it back to their loyal audiences all across America. Magazines like the Reader’s Digest boomed in the 1930’s with short and sweet stories that offered optimistic views towards the war (Adams 11).

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.

Through the years 1939 through 1945 there was the terrifying tragedy of World War II. It wrecked people’s homes and nations, killed many families and friends. However, the true destruction it caused was on the mind, the psyches and the sanity of the loved ones waiting at home and the men in battle. I am Louie Zamperini and this is my story from the war, and how I was unbroken.

The Economy in the 1940-50 was booming due to the money spent on WWII. Billions were spent in this war due to the amount of money borrowed from other countries. This went on until about the early 1970s, the “American Dream” was going on during this era and it was in perfect timing.

In-depth stories describe their lives as soldiers: their military prowess, their treatment as prisoners of war, casualty rates, and how

My soldier that I picked to research on is Percy Buckner, at 22 years old he was a 5ft 5in tall male with fair complexion, blue eyes and dark brown hair, He worked at the Post and Telegraph Department for eight years, he then went on to become a farmer with his parents Thomas and Emily Henrietta Buckner. He lived at 50 Norwich St, Christchurch. His brother William Thomas Buckner 40183 also served in the World War, where he died in October 1918. Percy enlisted in the army on 10th July 1917 under the number 62917 and was later assigned to D company, 32nd Reinforcements, Otago Infantry Regiment. He later trained at Trentham where he was fined two days’ pay for overstanding his stay at Trentham. On the 22nd of November, he embarked from Wellington arriving at Liverpool on the 7th of January 1918. He was later marched into Sling Camp on the 8th of January and later, three months to be exact he was shipped to France on

Many courageous people emerged from the shadows during World War II, it was a time of much sorrow and terror, yet heros were found all over. Ernie Pyle, a simple reporter that traversed the United States writing short 1,000 word articles ended up making a decision that changed how reportering was done and how it was viewed. He was the first ever embedded journalist that wrote about the lives of simple soldiers and showed how no matter your rank or where you're positioned, you have the ability to be something great. His childhood may have been a simple run of the mill life, but what he proceeded to do after he left his home town was anything but.

For this assignment, I visited the Veteran’s Museum on Mifflin Street. Admission is free to this museum and the only employees there are a gift shop/front desk employee and one security guard. The museum is self-guided, with the option to use headphones to hear recorded explanations about the exhibits. Most patrons walk around and view the exhibits at their leisure. The museum has exhibits about all of the wars the United States has been actively involved in since the United States became a country and highlights the contributions Wisconsin natives have made in these wars. The special exhibit at the museum when I visited was an expansion of their World War I exhibit. Information at the museum was mainly conveyed through displays of

On March 25th, 2017, I interviewed Charlotte “Putse” McCarroll who was born on June 3rd, 1935 in Cyrus, Minnesota. I asked her about her life and experiences during WWII. She doesn’t recall much about the actual War. She was a 4-year-old child during the start of the War and was in grade school when the War ended. She didn’t have any family members that she remembers actually being in the War. Putse told me that while the war was occurring she just stayed at home or went to school. She kind of remembers gathering around with her family and just praying for it to end. She said that life was very different because everyone was scared and no one knew what was going to happen. She thought to herself that anything could

My grandfather’s story was an amazing one. While he talked he spoke about so much passion the soldiers had fighting in the war. He told the story how the one day he had to go out into battle. The United States troops fought in the horrible plains, and tangled, unbearable woods. They walked through swamps, and lived in horrible conditions. My grandpa said that being on the field there was an almost seventy percent chance of being killed. The living conditions were so bad than many of the soldiers died along the way while moving locations.

Even though the letter was from the 1940s, and there were many documentations of that time, my mind was filled with awe of the historical relevance these letters could hold. These letters could be a gateway to tens or hundreds of minds of women and men who have personal experience with World War II. These letters were an entryway into the lives of those who had gone through years and years of strife, of conflict. These letters give insight into the lost shadows of people from the past, letting us forever memorialize and treasure their memories.

I sat down to talk to my great-grandma Bernice about WWII. At first I was a little worried that she wouldn’t be able to recollect something that happened that long ago. However, soon I realized that at 96 years old my grandmother still had a good memory.

As World War II raged on, my Great-Grandfather Frank Burns was deployed in Korea. World War II was a very hard war for the soldiers as well as for all of the families in America. It’s very hard to imagine what they all had to endure and what life was like before and after the war.

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