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Was Iwo Jima a nice place to be? What did soldiers have to deal with in Iwo Jima? Did Iwo Jima help win the war? Iwo Jima was very unforgiving to soldiers, was a horrible environment for soldiers, and helped us win the war. The battle at Iwo Jima was very unforgiving, especially for the soldiers who fought there. Some soldiers were killed by the Japanese or critically wounded. Some soldiers gained PTSD from the horrible environment, fighting the Japanese, and witnessing friends and family die. Many soldiers lost limbs from mines and other explosives fired by the Japanese. Some soldiers gained injuries from the Japanese soldier’s constant firing. Some of these soldier’s wounds were fatal, but others were able to heal. The soldiers had to
deal with the horrible environment that was Iwo Jima during battle. Japanese soldiers constantly fired at the American soldiers through the day and the night. Many American soldiers had to watch people they knew died on the battlefield unable to help. Both sides were constantly firing large explosives at each other, creating a deafening noise. These sounds were not the only factor in Iwo Jima. The sand and trees may have been helpful in some cases, but fatal in others. The constant barrage of explosions created holes for soldiers to take cover, but were also targets for Japanese soldiers. Some trees were hit by explosives and created wooden shrapnel-like projectiles that flew quickly through the air and injured American soldiers. The victory at Iwo Jima helped us win the war in a major way, and was one of the reasons the Japanese lost. The victory gave the Allies more air bases near Japan to refuel and repair planes and strengthened our air force near the Japanese. The victory also took air bases from the Japanese, weakening their air force tremendously and causing them to not be able to fight from the air. The Japanese used these air bases to bomb ally ships, crippling our naval forces and strengthening their dominance in the ocean. This battle was one of the biggest reasons we won the war in the Pacific. In conclusion, Iwo Jima was very unforgiving to soldiers, was a horrible environment for soldiers, and helped us win World War 2. World War 2 caused a lot of unnecessary pain for soldiers fighting in it.
War is cruel. The Vietnam War, which lasted for 21 years from 1954 to 1975, was a horrific and tragic event in human history. The Second World War was as frightening and tragic even though it lasted for only 6 years from 1939 to 1945 comparing with the longer-lasting war in Vietnam. During both wars, thousands of millions of soldiers and civilians had been killed. Especially during the Second World War, numerous innocent people were sent into concentration camps, or some places as internment camps for no specific reasons told. Some of these people came out sound after the war, but others were never heard of again. After both wars, people that were alive experienced not only the physical damages, but also the psychic trauma by seeing the deaths and injuries of family members, friends or even just strangers. In the short story “A Marker on the Side of the Boat” by Bao Ninh about the Vietnam War, and the documentary film Barbed Wire and Mandolins directed by Nicola Zavaglia with a background of the Second World War, they both explore and convey the trauma of war. However, the short story “A Marker on the Side of the Boat” is more effective in conveying the trauma of war than the film Barbed Wire and Mandolins because of its well-developed plot with well-illustrated details, and its ability to raise emotional responses from its readers.
War has been a constant part of human history. It has greatly affected the lives of people around the world. These effects, however, are extremely detrimental. Soldiers must shoulder extreme stress on the battlefield. Those that cannot mentally overcome these challenges may develop Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. Sadly, some resort to suicide to escape their insecurities. Soldiers, however, are not the only ones affected by wars; family members also experience mental hardships when their loved ones are sent to war. Timothy Findley accurately portrays the detrimental effects wars have on individuals in his masterpiece The Wars.
19 February 1945 marked the beginning of one of the fiercest and bloodiest; and more decisively, the most strategically important battles fought during World War II. A total of 6,821 U.S. Marines had lost their lives, along with 19,217 wounded over the five-week span of the battle for Iwo Jima. Of the 22,000 Japanese soldiers on the island, only 212 were taken prisoners. “Iwo Jima was the only battle by the U.S. Marine Corps in which the overall American casualties (killed and wounded) exceeded those of the Japanese, although Japanese combat deaths were thrice those of the Americans throughout the battle (O'Brien, 1987).”
“Kiowa was gone. He was under the mud and water, folded in with the war…” (O’Brien, 155). Many soldiers in war may lose an extremity or get bumps and bruises, but Kiowa did not make it out so lucky. Lieutenant Cross got commands to take the route he knew was much
A certain matter-of-fact quality pervades the descriptions of the wounds inflicted and received by soldiers; the face-to-face attacks with rifle butts, spades, and grenades; the sounds, smells, and colors of death and dying in this book.
A small volcanic island in the South Pacific, the eight square mile Iwo Jima sat between the Marianas Islands and Japan. The island held little significance for Japan, until they declared war on the United States of America. Iwo became a waypoint and airstrip for Japanese bombers and fighter planes. Japan utilized the island for fuel and rest while they were patrolling the Pacific Ocean close to mainland Japan. After the Americans decimated the forces of Japan in previous maritime battles, they sought to use Iwo Jima as a stepping-stone for the invasion of the mainland. America wanted the island so it could more efficiently conduct bombing raids prior to a full-fledged assault. American bombers would stage there attacks from here and if bombers were damaged they could fly back to the relative safety of an American occupied airstrip.
The war scarred the soldiers permanently, if not physically then mentally. After the war the soldiers usually never recovered from the war. Two of the most common side affects of the war were shell shock and stir crazy. When suffering from shell shock a soldier’s brain doesn’t function properly and the man is a “vegetable”. This means the man is alive but he can’t do anything because he is in a state of shock because of the war. Stir crazy is a mental illness caused by the firing of so many bullets that when no bullets are heard by the victim he goes insane. Everyone was scared to go to war when it started. Young recruits were first sent because the veterans knew they were going to come back dead. "When we run out again, although I am very excited, I suddenly think: “where’s Himmelstoss?” Quickly I jump back into the dug-out and find him with a small scratch lying in a corner pretending to be wounded.” (P 131) Even the big men like Himmelstoss are scared to go fight. They too go through the mental illnesses like stir crazy and shell shock. “He is in a panic; he is new to it too.
In all works about war, the element of pain is essential. Without pain, there is no real happiness. The men described in these works all endured vast amounts of physical and emotional pain on their tours serving the country and the accurate representations of their time overseas wouldn’t be able to be complete without this element.
One of the worst things about war is the severity of carnage that it bestows upon mankind. Men are killed by the millions in the worst ways imaginable. Bodies are blown apart, limbs are cracked and torn and flesh is melted away from the bone. Dying eyes watch as internal organs are spilled of empty cavities, naked torso are hung in trees and men are forced to run on stumps when their feet are blown off. Along with the horrific deaths that accompany war, the injuries often outnumber dead men. As Paul Baumer witnessed in the hospital, the injuries were terrifying and often led to death. His turmoil is expressed in the lines, “Day after day goes by with pain and fear, groans and death gurgles. Even the death room I no use anymore; it is too small.” The men who make it through the war take with them mental and physical scarification from their experiences.
...6 wounded. The Battle Okinawa lost two of the highest ranking officers to die during WWII, with both Commanding officers dying in the Battle. The battle of Okinawa was an example of applying lessons learned and TTP’s in previous battles along with sound leadership and effective training that ultimately led to the Americans victory. Even without normal intelligence assets the Americans adapted their own TTP’s and used other assets to cover missing intelligence gaps on the battle field.
There you stand over the body of a fallen friend, a brother or sister in arms. You are asking yourself why them, why not you? What could have I done to save them? That is when you wake up, sweating, panting. It was just a night terror, yet it feels the same as the day they died, even though it has been ten years. This is just one of the many emotional scars soldiers of war face. Though why do we go to war when this is the cost? For many it is because they are unaware of the psychological cost of war, they are only aware of the monetary cost. Tim O 'Brien addresses the true cost of war in The Things They Carried. O 'Brien suggests that psychological trauma caused by war impedes daily life in young Americans drafted into the Vietnam war. He does
As Americans, we all have civil rights. After the attack on Pearl Harbor during World War II, these rights were taken away from the Japanese Americans. They were forced to leave their daily lives (job, house, and friends). These Japanese Americans on the mainland were put into concentration camps and left there for 4 years. During World War II, The Japanese-Americans were withheld from their rights and were forced to leave their homes and relocate to internment camps. During this time, America did not uphold their responsibilities, as the Japanese-Americans were not treated equally.
Camp Manzanar stretched out over of a total of 6000 acres. Housing took up 500 acres, leaving the other 5,500 acres for military homes, sewage and the reservoir. Surrounded by barbed wire, there were 504 barracks that were divided into 34 blocks. Night and day, guards patrolled the area heavily. Leaving no privacy what so ever, forcing everyone to share showers, toilets and laundry rooms. Eight individuals shared one room and was given an oil stove, a light bulb, blankets, furniture and a mattress made of straw. Making it particularly harsh in times of bad weather. During the summer time temperatures rose to 110 degrees. In the winter, temperatures dipped below freezing. To make the most of the it, evacuees started The Boys and Girls Club.
The war destroyed and put an end man's life. It destroyed people in physical and even the emotional. These soldiers with major injuries will hold them all back from what they love to do most and what they w...
From the story “In the Field” Tim O’Brien talks about death of a fellow soldier Kiowa, something so simple as turning on a light can cost one's life. This is pretty ironic since light is usually associated with life, happiness and love. Only the irony is a flick of a switch and a man is dead. The soldier set up camp in the field that was far from good, it was a flooded area covered in water, mud and as they put it crap. This was not easy to begin with, Tim O’Brien puts it great himself “War is hell, but that is not the half of it, because war is also mystery and terror and adventure and courage..war is nasty; war is fun. War is thrilling..war makes you a man; war makes you dead.” This relates to Kiowa since he is a man who literally died in