Richard Peters is the co-author of Voices from the Korean War: Personal Stories of American, Korean, and Chinese Soldiers. Along with co-author Xiao-Bing Li, they compile a collection of personal experiences during the Korean War. These personal accounts are told by American, North Korean, South Korean, and Chinese survivors of the war. Both Peters and Li are professors of history at the University of Central Oklahoma; Peters emeritus. While Professor Peters served in the Korean War with the Fifth Regimental Combat Team of the U.S. Army, Professor Li served in China's People Liberation Army.
Walker does not just take the reader on a tour of the decision-making process of President Truman and shows what made him to order the use of Atomic bombs on Japan, but he also provide an exploration of the historical situation that prompted the decision. He also examines the viewpoint of the Japanese, not only regarding the impact of the bombings on their ultimate decision to surrender, but also how their Allies called for an unconditional surrender. This call could possibly have led to the Japanese Emperor, Hirohito, being tried on counts of war crimes, which may have possibly made the Japanese to be reluctant on surrendering even in light of a crushing defeat (Huczko). Samuel Walker also provides useful insights into contribution made by the decision to use Atomic weapons on Japanese decision to surrender.
Once Chinese soldiers were identified, inland Marine battalions, which only consisted of about 3,000 men each, dug in at important land areas. The huge Chinese army would attack hard, night after night with huge forces, at the battalions until many either got captured or had to retreat. The battalions that retreated went to the sea, where they evacuated out of the country. Soon an armistice was signed ending the war for now and returning everything geographically to how they were before. The author’s thesis was to honor Marines who fought through the enemy forces with ferocity, ingenuity, and nearly unimaginable courage while facing probable annihilation and temperatures plunging to twenty degrees below zero.
The Korean War Chart Somebody ... Wanted ... But ... So ... North Korea Wanted to make sure the Korean peninsula into a Communist nation United states and nation Stopped them The Chinese joined the war on the Korean side and pushed the united states and nation back to the 38th parallel line General MacArthur To win china over before they became communist with the soviet union Wasn’t allowed to be a general anymore and he was ordered to stay the 20 mile mark We stayed away from china for the most part and failed to get them to become democracy President Truman To stop soviet expansion , the war, and the spread of communsim Americans didn’t want to go to war The war ended in a statement China To stay in the “safe zone” that way there were no interruptions in their reconstruction They feared that the united states would break into china if the us and south Korean were allowed into war China planned a surprise attack and defeated American troops
Although there have been many things I’ve heard about, this man this man has done great things in Arkansas .He has been there to help us through good times ,and bad time my person has helped us through I am going to be talking about is Douglas MacArthur. Here are a some facts and some reason why I pick this person and why he was such a great Arkansas hero. Douglas MacArthur was born on January 26, 1880 in Little Rock Arkansas. He was born to the parents of Captain Arthur MacArthur and his wife, Mary Pinkney Hardy, and he was the third son of the family. His dad was Arthur MacArthur had served in the Wisconsin Twenty-fourth Volunteer Infantry Regiment during the Civil War and was stationed at the Little Rock Barracks (“Spurgeon”).
Colder Than Hell: A Marine Rifle Company at Chosin Reservoir was written and published by Joseph R. Owen in 1996. This book gives us a riveting point-of-view of the early and uncertain days of the Korean War through the eyes of Owen himself, as a platoon leader (PL) in a Marine rifle company. As a PL of a mortar section in Baker-One-Seven-Baker Company, 1st Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment- Owen witnessed his hastily assembled men of a few regulars and reservists (who to mention some that have not gone to boot camp) quickly harden into the superb Baker-One-Seven known today. He makes it known quickly (in the foreword and the preface) that some of the major problems he initially encountered was due to how unprepared his unit was. Owen makes the
General John J. Pershing was a United States Army General who served his country in numerous conflicts such as the Indian Wars, The Spanish-American Wars, the Philippine Insurrection, and the Great War. He was reported by many to be a natural born leader and due to this he rose through the ranks as an officer and with a minor amount of political assistance, and sheer effectiveness and experience as a commander, he became the General of the Armies after his successful leadership of the American Expeditionary Force in Europe during the Great War.(1) John Joseph Pershing was born on September 13, 1860 in Laclede, Missouri.(4) His molding to become a leader started early in life during the economic depression of 1873, when his family lost most
Arthur Currie was one of the greatest generals in Canada. He led Canada to win Vimy Ridge and he was known for his training, strategies and for telling his soldiers the goal of what they were doing. Arthur Currie trained his soldiers in variety of ways, which lead to his greatness. Currie was in fact devoted to his men. Determined to keep casualties low, he challenged impractical orders from the high command, ensured every attack was meticulously prepared by putting them through rigorous training (Unlikely General, 2001).
In With the Old Breed, Eugene B. Sledge chronicles his departure from the Marion Military Institute, through Marine Corps boot camp, and through two grueling Pacific island campaigns during World War II. E.B. Sledge initially wrote this memoir to describe war to his family, later publishing the piece for the public. What started out as writing during “down time” in the war, Sledge later spent countless hours with military documents, fact checking his writing so that it matched what was happening in the war. Because of the additional research that E.B. Sledge sought out and included in his memoir, the piece is very well organized and readable. This memoir could be read by curious civilians, academic scholars, and even professionals looking to
Throught this powerful essay it is clear that MacArthur is passionate about his Country and the military who serves it. Being very vivid in the descriptions of the world at war, was a way that this essay provokes emotion. Stating “...many a weary march from dripping dusk to to drizzling dawn,slogging ankle-deep through the mire of shell-shocked roads, to form grimly for the attack,blue-lipped, covered with sludge and mud, chilled by the wind and rain, driving home to their objective…” Those striking words hit the audience like an arrow piercing the hearts of those in attendance. This diction drives home the the point through the use of the audience's emotions keeping their feeling on the surface to be further affected by the speaker's words.
In A Viet Cong Memoir, we receive excellent first hands accounts of events that unfolded in Vietnam during the Vietnam War from the author of this autobiography: Truong Nhu Tang. Truong was Vietnamese at heart, growing up in Saigon, but he studied in Paris for a time where he met and learned from the future leader Ho Chi Minh. Truong was able to learn from Ho Chi Minh’s revolutionary ideas and gain a great political perspective of the conflicts arising in Vietnam during the war. His autobiography shows the readers the perspective of the average Vietnamese citizen (especially those involved with the NLF) and the attitudes towards war with the United States. In the book, Truong exclaims that although many people may say the Americans never lost on the battlefield in Vietnam — it is irrelevant.
For instance, MacArthur’s promise of glory is shown when he says, “Duty, Honor, Country: Those three hallowed words reverently dictate what you ought to be, what you can be, what you will be.” MacArthur’s use of pathos shows the veneration and honor that will come to the students who follow those three words and the phrase also instills a higher sense of calling from the General. Furthermore, MacArthur also inspires a fear of failing when he claims, “Yours is the profession of arms, the will to win, the sure knowledge that in war there is no substitute for victory; that if you lose, the nation will be destroyed; that the very obsession of your public service must be: Duty, Honor, Country.” The effect of the previous statement leaves a warning and creates a lasting impression emotionally on the Cadets that they must win and cannot accept defeat.
The lieutenant was charged with delivering an important message to a Cuban general. The book was seen as the perfect portrayal of loyalty and obedience. There are multiple tactical lessons that can be taken from this book/essay, not only to include how individual ethics can create an enormous impact.
Questions relating to the analysis of PLOT 1. Who is the protagonist of the novel? Identify him/her by name, age, era, locale, social class, family, and occupation. On this island in the early 1900s, there is one assassin and nine protagonists. The protagonists of the novel are the group of islanders who are trying to fight for their survival.
Robert McNamara in the film The Fog of War proposed eleven lessons he learned in his life focusing around theories of strategy used in management. McNamara identified there are limits to these lessons and found the importance of ethics to these decisions. Although he admits fault in some of his actions during the Vietnam War, he addresses the issue that even a business strategist needs to recognize the boundaries of logic from indefinite elements, and not so much the unpredictability of human nature. Bottom line up front, The Fog of War provided me a sentimental look into the mind of arguably one of the most memorable Secretary of Defense so far and how individuals with different personalities alter the course of action of U.S. foreign policy.
