July 24th, 1939. It was my birthday that day, I turned 19. 25 years after World war one. I was getting ready to blow out my birthday cake. “Happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you, happy birthday dear Johnny, happy birthday to you.” my whole family sang. They were all smiling with a big smile, that made me also smile. I was in New York at the time. I had never shot a gun ever. I had no military training at all. But later did I know I would be in a war in a month. August 31st, 11:32 pm. “You better get to bed.” mom said. I said okay and then went to bed. The next day. I woke up at about 9:30 to my mom crying. I asked what was going on “Japan has just bombed Pearl Harbor.” she said still crying. That day there was a man at the porch of our house asking if I wanted …show more content…
When we got about halfway there we had some food, canned peas and tomato juice. The peas didn’t taste too good but Sargeant Reynolds said “Peas will give are high in vitamin K, vitamin C, and vitamin B1.” So I ate them all but the peas weren’t that filling, I tried to get at least a little fuller by drinking the tomato juice but it didn’t work either. When we got to the camp were we moved out into the war we slept since it was at least 1 in the morning. After we slept we got up at around 4:30 to get ready. After we got up, we went outside, then we grabbed our guns. When we got to the area where the fighting was, the first thing I heard was a soldier screaming in pain. “Help! Help me!” The soldier said still screaming in pain. “Watashi wa korosa nakereba naranai!” A japanese soldier said. Then he shot a american soldier, killing him instantly. “Oh my god!” I yelled “Get down!” A soldier said, then he tackled me and he saved me. But he got shot in the neck. Blood ran down his chest. I started crying, he tried to talk but it was no use. He died minutes later, I got so mad that I got up and aimed at a japanese
I was born in 1943, in the midst of this war. And I sense now that my life is still bound up with the lives of those who lived and died in this time. Even with Heinrich Himmler. All the details of his existence, his birth, childhood, adult years, death, still resonate here on earth. . . .
When telling a story details can be difficult to remember. Sometimes what happened can’t be pinpointed exactly. The lines between what is fact and fiction can easily become blurred. The short story “How to Tell a True War Story” tells of the difficulties of telling a true war story along with examples of true stories that are hard to believe. “In any war story, but especially a true one, it’s difficult to separate what happened from what seemed to happen.” ("How to Tell a True War Story.”).
The day after my grandfather left Playku Central Highland the army was overran by the Vietcong and there began the hand to hand combat. My grandfather was really scared for his little brother because he was afraid he would never come back, and...
“Mama, do you remember why we came to America.” I said with wonder and curiosity in my eyes. “Yes dear, I remember the story, because, Grandma Tsunade has told me it enough times. I was about your little brothers age around 2, the day was an unforgettable event to, Grandma Tsunade. It was a bright summer day, the wind was blowing just right, and the older kids were working in the fields, the day was going perfectly, until(Mama paused for a second)... All of sudden “Boom! Boom! Boom!” bombs and mines were set off, shots were fired, and many people lost their lives that day. Grandma had to round up all the young ones and sadly had to leave the older kids in the field. As we were running we were stopped by a woman telling Grandma Tsunade to take
I found this story not only good but, it was also a little disturbing because, the connection between the text and my own personal life is I remember when my father came home after the war was over suffering from Post-Traumatic Disorder. He did not return the same man that had left to go off to war. We lived in the backwoods of a small town and he would always be staring at the tree line waiting for Charlie to make his presence known. I thought that this story would go along nicely with the movie Full Metal Jacket because, that movie was the most realistic war movie ever made about how they trained the people that was being sent to
The First World War, also known as the Great War, began in about 1914 and went on until 1918. This brutal war was an extremely bloody time for Europe and the soldiers that fought in it. These men spent their days in trenches holding down bases and taking in attacks from all sides. The soldier's only free time was consumed with writing letters to those on the home front. The letters they wrote contain heart breaking stories of how their days were spent and the terrible signs of war. The War consumed them and many of them let out all their true feelings of war in their letters to loved ones. In The First World War: A brief History With Documents we can find some of these letters that help us understand what the First World War might have been like for these young and desperate soldiers.
Every sense I was a little girl my grandfather would tell me about his experiences during WWII as, Elie Wiesel did in his essay “A God Who Remembers”.My grandfather would tell everyone his story his grandchildren,friends, family and our neighbors(even if they didn’t understand him). I remember one day my grandfather asked me to sit down with him, he wanted to tell me his story. Even though I 've listen to his story many of times, I had this feeling that I should stay and listen to him. While everyone else was downstairs and playing I sat with my grandfather and listened diligently. This was the last conversation I remember having with my grandfather before he wasn 't able to speak anymore, because of his sickness. He told me about how he had to hide, so that the Germans would not find him.
June 6th, 1944, we were on the HMAS castlemaine boat, our General, Dwight D. Eisenhower, was about done with his speech and was ready to send us in. We were in our Landing Craft Assault boats, heading towards the Omaha beach in Normandy, France. In our LCA boats we fit about 15-20 men but, when we go to Omaha there will be 30,000 soldiers, if we all make it in alive. I was facing the battle known as operation D-Day.
One cold, snowy night in the Ghetto I was woke by a screeching cry. I got up and looked out the window and saw Nazis taking a Jewish family out from their home and onto a transport. I felt an overwhelming amount of fear for my family that we will most likely be taken next. I could not go back to bed because of a horrid feeling that I could not sleep with.
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“Can I get you something to drink Mr. Armstrong?”the nurse asks. “No, I think I'll be okay for now .” he responds. The elderly man sits and stares out of his window into the horizon. “Any breakfast Mr. Armstrong?” the nurse asks. “No thank you.” he responds. The man wheels himself to the bathroom and brushes his teeth. He stops and stares, skims his fingers lightly across the scar that was left across his face. A day he’ll never forget. Sounds of artillery shells hitting the ground and the roaring of bullets zipping by play in his mind repetitively as if they were in the same room. As he comes back to reality the nurse asks him, “I know it's not polite to ask nor is it any of my business, but how exactly did you get that scar?” The man glares
In giving a speech, it is beneficial to establish the topic to get one's point across. If I were discussing the history of World War I, I would give examples of events during the war, stories from articles and first-hand knowledge, testimonies from war veterans, and facts and statistics about happenings in the war. The other four topics given are slightly different, yet similar. An analogy is a comparison. For example, I could describe an event and compare it to something that would be easier to understand. An opinion would side with my personal thoughts or the thoughts of others much like a story or testimony. Furthermore, a comparison and contrast draw parallels to an example that would give similarities between two events or situations.
It was the last Saturday in December of 1997. My brother, sister, and I were chasing after each other throughout the house. As we were running, our parents told us to come and sit down in the living room. They had to tell us something. So, we all went down stairs wondering what was going on. Once we all got down stairs, the three of us got onto the couch. Then, my mom said, “ Well…”
People of every generation remember key events, defining moments that shaped their lives. The Greatest Generation, or the generation directly involved with World War II, in their own sense, despite witnessing various other significant events in their lives, continuously refers to D-Day as a major historical checkpoint, perhaps a critical event that ultimately shaped the success of American diplomacy throughout the twentieth century. Modeled after Cornelius Ryan’s bestseller of the same title, the wildly ambitious the Longest Day captures D-Day’s best and worst moments, delivering an utterly compelling story through the efficient integration of an overarching panoramic view and individual anecdotes, transcribing intangible emotions into precise