5. On 31 August 2011, Retired MAJ JRB, who was formerly a 1LT, infantry platoon leader, 2nd platoon, C Company, 4th Battalion, 47th Infantry Regiment, submitted a DA Form 638, recommending the applicant for award of the Bronze Star Medal for meritorious achievement from 6 January 1967 to 8 January 1968. With this recommendation, he submitted his statement together with several other statements from former members; summarized as follows: a. 1LT JRB stated, in the summer of 1966, he wasas a second lieutenant he was assigned to C Company, 4th Battalion, 47th Infantry at Fort Riley when the 9th Infantry Division was reactivated for combat duty in Vietnam. He was assigned to train an infantry platoon and ready his men for the rigors of combat
In If I Die in a Combat Zone, author Tim O’Brien argues that the Vietnam War was unjust by expressing his disapproval of the war through his own moral beliefs, sharing the descriptions of deaths in Vietnam of the innocent citizens, and by describing how much the war impacted himself and others negatively. In the beginning of the book, O’Brien openly stated his beliefs on the war. He believed it was wrongly accepted and unjust, but he battled his own opinions with society’s views anyway (18). Constantly, O’Brien discussed within his own head about the true definition of bravery and courage (147).
I see that one of the Man 's rhetorical appeals worked for you. He also claimed,while being thought of as a ballad-singer, that the escapee had previously murdered other sergeants with " a lump of stone". Is he bluffing or did he really kill other sergeants? Yes, they 'd be dead if they were assaulted with a lump of stone unless,for whatever weird reason, the Man was giving body shots with a lump of stone. That is highly improbable considering how the Man, while describing the attacks, states "nothing was known for certain.
He felt as if he was obligated to serve in the military to defend his home and his country. His father was outraged and was against it but his uncle understands his decision to wants him to defend the country. His father has no choice but to respect his decision even though he doesn’t like it. On the plane going to the U.S. military base in Doha, he meets a few of his fellow soldiers. They all have conversations about
Many of the soldiers were cruel, not only killing unarmed people, but also raping "hundreds of women, young girls, widows" (Menchu 166). These murders discouraged some people from protesting, but it made other people realize that they had to be willing to sacrifice their lives to bring about change However, it is revealed the soldiers, who were painted as monsters, may also be victims of state terror. One broke down, claiming that he had to take "orders from a captain" or else he would be killed. If he obeyed, he would be "an enemy of the people" and if he didn't, he would be "the army's enemy," conveying how some soldiers had no choice and were as scared as everyone else (Menchu
On one rainy day Tim and his platoon came across a young Viennese soldier on a dirt trail. After the event Tim Admits, “I was terrified. There were no thoughts about killing. The grenade was to make him go away—just evaporate—and I leaned back and felt my mind go empty and then felt it fill up again(173).” This is one interaction that Tim had faced, which had a big impact on him.
The Meaning of A True War Story Some stories give us insight into other people’s lives and some give us in site to other people’s lives. When people read stories they show them something they have never seen before. Tim O’Brien writes in one of his stories of how war destroys morality. He wrote the story “Where Having You Gone Charming Billy?” showing an example of how stories show true emotion.
The person had to deal with death and the reality of war under the worst case scenario. Bob “Rat” Kiley was that soldier and one of the many soldiers that left something in the war. He had lost his friend Curt Lemon and that’s the first sign that the war has been turning to be painful for him. This coping mechanism for the death was to write letters to lemon’s sister and he shot a baby Water Buffalo. This coping mechanism is seen in the chapter “How to tell a true war story”, shows how he has been affected and explained the toll the war had taken on him.
A round had entered thru his left thigh and exited near his ass causing him to start losing a large amount of blood. The other soldier that had come unwounded in the advanced bandaged Patton’s wound up and wanted to try and get him back to safety but Patton refused. Patton made the soldier run back to the tank brigade and give the position of the German machine gun nest.
At first he feels he can’t do it, but then he finds the courage to fight. He feels he has to protect his fellow soldier. Crane’s account of the assault also shows the bond the young soldier feels with his regiment and the pride he feels being a part of
He was constantly faced with close calls, like when was in a situation where a woman was hiding a grenade under her clothes. (Deutsch, Lindsey) Should he take the woman 's life, even if not completely sure of her intentions? He was always in danger and had to think on his feet. Ending one previously seeming innocent person 's life could save his whole troop.
Not only is the action of the guard immoral, but how the author portrays his activity shows that his morals are unsubstantial. The guard has witnessed one on one how the war has progressed. The effects of this are harmful to the human mind. His morals have slowly changed to
“His hand trembles with eagerness. Pressing his lips together, he took a deep breath through his nostrils and fired” (208). This quote is showing the nerves and anxiety the sniper had received from out tricking his own brother. The last example in “The Man He Killed” the war had
The nature of the enemy was changing and as there was conflicting guidance from MG Odierno to use more force and COL Rudesheim to use more non-lethal methods to combat the enemy, whoever that was. LTC Sassaman viewed COL Rudesheim as the desk jockey who did not really know what was going on in the field, and as a result of the conflict in guidance, discipline started to break down within the battalion. LTC Sassaman did not have a “how to” manual on how to combat insurgency and at the same time stand up a government. LTC Sassaman points out in the case study that the intent of the Soldiers who forced the two Iraqi’s over the bridge were not criminal. The decision by LT Saville to make these civilians jump into the Tigris River as a non-lethal threat describes the permissive attitude allowed that leads to unethical behavior in combat.
In All Quiet on the Western Front, the main character Paul faced a challenging decision in which he decided to take the life of an enemy soldier while stuck in a trench. After the chaotic bombardment that occured he quickly realized that “[He] did not want to kill [him]...[he] was only an idea to [him] before... But now for the first time, [he] see[s] [he] is a man like [him]” (Remarque 223). The immoral action of killing
