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The brutal war had just begun. The fog was heavy, the distance we were able to see was less than 30 yards from our position. My men and I separated, The fog became misty and darkness began falling rapidly. I thought I had walked more than far enough to be able contact the soldiers on the right and left side of the field. We had started setting up a huge barbed wire in front of our defensive position. In our trench I could see filthy, weak men with sacks twice the size of them on their backs. The sacks were filled with heavy ammunition and aid for the badly injured soldiers. An aircraft appeared in the night sky. Bombs were being dropped on the Germans side of the battlefield. Me and my men rushed towards the opposite side knowing the fact that
they were going to die. But that never stopped them from giving up. I could see the German soldiers on fire burning in the blistering heat. I could smell gun powder burning away from every bullet fired from a gun. I could hear the sounds of soldiers screaming, guns shouting, bombs exploding and the rain showering away the bloods of those who have fallen. I could feel the weight of the gun i was holding, the metal reminded me of the first time i had fired a bullet from a gun. As ammunition exploded around them a German soldier had escaped from the bullets we had fired, he returned to his trench revealing other soldiers of his own, injured with serious wounds, some began to fall.
...uld find a mass of blood around the bottom of your legs and these would be full of leeches, dropping off and lying on your socks. But in these moss forests, where you couldn't see the sun, the roots of the trees are all covered in moss and the track was only root from root. If you were the last in the evening, and it had been raining for two hours, you were dead unlucky. The mud was a foot deep all the way along. [Don Simonson, 39th Battalion, interviewed on the Australia Remembers Pilgrimage to Papua/New Guinea, June/July 1995, http://www.kokodatreks.com/history/thekokodacampaign.cfm ]
Germany developed a 'night fighter' force to counteract the bomber fleet. They were equipped with an on board radar, which enabled them to locate the bombers in the darkness. The German industry was sub-divided in an attempt to minimise the effectiveness of bombing raids.
On their feet they carried jungle boots—2.1 pounds. O’Brien 2. In this example, after many hours of carrying these supplies, the soldiers would start to break down physically. Fatigue and muscle pain start to cloud their vision and judgment. The weight of the things that they carried had devastating effects on their bodies, but the soldiers had to endure.
would snow up to depths of eight inches and sometimes it would rain and hail for
That afternoon, my mother and I were tending to the rice field along with other women and children from our village. The sun was beaming so brightly that it permeated through the interstices of my straw hat. “Kim Phuc, don’t stay out in the sun for too long,” my mother yelled from across the field, “your skin will get too dark and aged!” I wondered why she cared so much about my tan when the greater concern, clearly, was the war in our homeland. Although, her remark forced me to revise how poorly I was dressed for the weather. After examining my grey, cotton shorts and flowered tank top, I decided to go back to our hut and find a change of clothes. “Mom, I’m going back to the hut,” I yelled, “but I’ll be back!” Then I hurried out of the rice
Today is the day before we go over the top. I’m dreading it, dying or
Brock awoke to the sound of a trumpet. He was ready to get training. Brock put on his long johns, pants, shirt, coat, and hat. Then he slowly walked out of his tent. When he walked out he was greeted by Major General Wayne. He said, “Follow me i'll show you where you will be training.” Brock followed him for a about a mile until they walked into a large field with hundreds of saddled horses, and about 80 other men. Major General Wayne said,
We open in the middle of a field , for miles all you can see is red
The Creature That Opened My Eyes Sympathy, anger, hate, and empathy, these are just a few of the emotions that came over me while getting to know and trying to understand the creature created by victor frankenstein in Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein. For the first time I became completely enthralled in a novel and learned to appreciate literature not only for the great stories they tell but also for the affect it could have on someones life as cliché as that might sound, if that weren’t enough it also gave me a greater appreciation and understanding of the idiom “never judge a book by its cover.” As a pimply faced, insecure, loner, and at most times self absorbed sophomore in high school I was never one to put anytime or focus when it came time
I have received your letter, are the children healthy and well? How are you lately? Have you been sick recently? I am fine, well, as right as one is capable of being over in this land. I have thought of you every second of every day, there is not one moment I have forgotten about you. I just wish to be back home again. Last time you said that Henry was feeling slightly ill, I have some medicine stashed away in the bottom cupboard near the grand clock. If he shall start to feel very poorly, you may go there and find him medicine. You will know which one it is once you see it, I do not want Henry to turn out like poor Will did.
Captains began yelling commands, soldiers were sprinting past him to get to the firing lines of the Trenches. He followed them right into the path of the yellow-green cloud.
I noticed the broken metal equipment and the drags marks throughout the field. Pictures were taken of the equipment and markings
It was a dark, cold, cloudy day. The clouds covered the sky like a big black sheet, nothing to be seen except darkness that seemed to go on forever. This was the third day in a row that there had been complete darkness, there was no getting rid of it. This was because of ‘the meteorite.’
We don’t really have much of a plan set out yet. It’s been 5 weeks. We just want to escape from this torture.
“What is a hero….” she thought as she looked to the world,she gripped a green,black and blue fabric,tears falling from her black eyes “fight with honor….” she yelled,her back eyes ablaze with a dark yellow flame,she was enraged,noone could stop her now…”why did you give up soldier...WHY DID YOU STOP THE FIGHT!?...we….i...i loved you...why did you have to die…” she fell to her knees,the dark yellow flame disappearing,now replaced with dark yellow tears,her body racked with sobs and hics “please i don’t know what i did...why..w-why...this is all i have of you now…a mere goddamn scarf...I WANT ALL OF YOU BACK PLEASE!” a light wind blew through the battle field,blowing dust around,a bloody massacre,the battle of humans and monsters took the general’s