Honor guard

“Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.” (King James Version). This verse from the Bible is perfectly displayed in the life and death of Billie G. Kanell. To those who do not know his story, Private Kanell is simply considered another small town boy who went off to fight in the war, as many young men did during that time, and never came back. However, to those who know his story, he is considered a very courageous and heroic young man who touched the lives

advertisements. There was the usual; plumber, electrician, bag boy at a local grocery store. But there was one that caught my attention. It was for a night guard position at a pizzeria that I had never heard of before, in the next county over, which would have been about a 25 minute drive. The advertisement was as follows, “Help Wanted. Night Guard position has recently been vacated and looking for a capable replacement. $100.50 a week. Not responsible for harm to personal property.” That last bit

A guard was patrolling carrying information. The guard’s eyes opened with horror, struck by fear all he could say was “You!!” Before the guard could take his next breath the assassin charged. A swift but hard blow to the chest left the guard unable to breathe. A thundering kick to the head dislocated his neck and left him dead. He looked into his victim’s

“Abolonia is also preparing their defenses and our scouts report that King Rolthoss has been in contact with Parsis’ King Teravan almost every day.” “This is not the news I was hoping for, Sara. Do you have any good news for me?” It was clear to Sara that her report had caused him distress. “I’m sorry, my lord, but that is all the information I have.” Standing uneasily, she waited for her dismissal, aware of the negative emotions emanating from him. “You may leave and go back to your duties.”

Everybody knows that usually wherever you live that the first warrior that you know is a knight. However not many people know how important the Anglo Saxons were. The Anglo Saxons made many technology development and their culture is very interesting and their stories everyone loves. First while they were not the first ones to try they were the first ones to build a successful trebuchet, catapult, and mortar. The trebuchet is a siege and defense weapon that uses a counter weight and a rope attached

I didn’t do it. I swear! It was those little kids. You may be wondering what I did. Why I was in a freezing cold dungeon, or possibly feeling bad for me. Well, I’ll tell you the whole thing.     I was making my stew, the kind that I let the chicken bones sit in. I had no idea that two tiny demons were hiking up the hill by my house. “Just add some salt.” I mumbled to myself. CRUNCH! I peeked my head around the corner of my graham cracker wall and saw two kids (I assume they're eight or nine). Both

Asif Rahman English 320: Multicultural American Literature 25 October 2017 The novel, Open City, by Teju Cole is a story that demonstrates the life of the fundamental character, Julius, who is a Nigerian doctor doing his residency in New York City. In the novel, Julius is seen to be strolling around the city frequently. He does this in order to keep himself from his actual job, which is working with his patients. Julius uses the strolls to clear his mind of individual issues or situations. An example

was confronted by a security guard as soon as he reached the gate. “Card, please.” Aeron handed the one time card over. The guard scrutinized it carefully, then started examining his face. “What are you looking at me for?” he couldn’t help but ask the guard. “Memorizing your face so that I don’t need to stop you again,” the guard replied. Ah, so that’s why it is one time use only, to make sure that you don’t copy it and use it to get extra people on campus. The guard will simply recognize me and

Alcatraz Penitentiary harbored some of this country's worst criminals from 1934 until its closing in 1963. This prison was located on Alcatraz Island, which was in the San Francisco Bay. It was housed on this island so the prisoners would not be tempted to escape. This prison was shut down because of the high costs to keep it running. Although many prisoners attempted to escape, the prison claimed that all of them failed at it. Alcatraz was set apart and on an island, it was greatly guarded because

replied. My eyes widened and I looked over at Hunter, honestly scared for my life. “It’s okay, we’ll be fine,” he reassured me quietly, “follow my lead.” The guards had reached our cell and were fumbling with the keys to open it. The blade of a rather large axe shined from the glow of the torch, reminding me the stakes were high. The second guard walked into the cell, grabbed my hands, and twisted them around my back rather forcefully. He tied them together with a rope and pushed me out of the cell