Veterans Day Never Forget Their Duty Analysis

Americans are defined by the respect they have for their country and its government, in taking advantage of their freedoms and rights that they gain by showing respect through allegiance, pride, and loyalty.
Americans are a group of people living in the United States of America who will do everything in their power to prove their allegiance, and show the pride in which they have for their country and being an American. In the article Veterans Day: Never Forget Their Duty by John McCain, McCain talks about a friend of his who was a prisoner at war with McCain himself. McCain explains how his friend was beaten because the guards of the prison found his American Flag he had sewn to his shirt, so they beat him. In the article McCain states “Sitting

there, beneath that dim light bulb, with a piece of white, a piece of red cloth, another shirt and his bamboo needle, was my friend, Mike Christian.” Mike Christian showed true allegiance to his country by the bravery and courage he had to mad yet another American Flag even after being beaten, and in the circumstances he was. McCain, Christian, and all of the other prisoners of war at that time were proud to be Americans and had much respect for America: hence why they said the pledge of allegiance every single day while looking at the American Flag in which Mike Christian made from a piece of red and white cloth and his bamboo needle.
Like with the men who were taken as prisoners, Kasaya Noda who wrote Growing up Asian in America both articles are examples of how people have shown their respect and loyalty to their country, the United States of America.

Noda explained how her grandparents and parents were treated during and after Pearl Harbor, and how after all of that, they still showed their loyalty to the United States by not resisting the government. Noda asked her parents, “”Why did you go into those camps,” “Why didn’t you do anything to resist? Why didn’t you name the injustice it was?” Why were we so passive?” (citation). Noda’s grandparents and parents went into these camps to prove their loyalty to America, by not resisting they were showing that they were no threat, and had no reason to fight. Noda later talked about how she would be looked down upon by some people if she classifies herself as an American, all because she doesn’t look like the stereotypical American. Noda said “I can see myself today as a person historically defined by law and custom as being forever alien” (citation). Despite all of the discrimination that Noda and her family get, they are still loyal to their country and show respect towards the people in the United States of

America.
McCain and Noda’s articles showed how between their allegiance, pride, and loyalty towards the United States of America that they respect the country in which they live in; these two documents show the overall reason for having the respect in which they have for the United States. The first document would be The Four Freedoms by Franklin Roosevelt, in his speech Roosevelt talks about how people should have the freedom to express themselves in any way, freedom to worship God however they choose to do so, freedom of want, and lastly freedom from fear. These 4 different freedoms are all things in which Roosevelt thought should be something everyone around the world is entitled to. Then there is the second document, one many people are familiar with, that would be the Bill of Rights, also known as the first 10 Amendments. Being a citizen of the United States of America entitles you to have right, most of them being in the 27 Amendments. Both documents go pretty hand in hand, but they represent the incentives Americans get for having an allegiance, sense of pride, and a sense of loyalty to their country; because of the respect they have for the United States of America.
In conclusion, being defined as an American means you have respect for your country and prove it by showing allegiance, pride, and loyalty: while taking advantage of the freedoms and rights an American obtains and takes advantage of.