Tuesday, April 27, 2010

letter

You are a soldier at (choose one of the following specific battles): Midway, Normandy, Iwo Jima, Okinawa, Battle of the Bulge.



Write a letter to a friend or family member. Think of what might be in a letter like this: it would be on a specific date & from a specific city. this letter might describe your hopes, feelings, expectations, fears, etc. It might reference current events (or, then-current events), technology, or politicians. It might describe people, places, settings, technology and more. It might include the other person's life, perspective or questions. In fact, the person the letter is written to might be one of the people on that list!

i am choosing to be general George s Patton i am going to write about the fight he lead in the battle of the bulge and how he makes decisions in less then 24 hours and how he he does crazy things. I want to write it as if i haven't made the decision to do something yet but I'm a little nervous because i don't want to lead all my men in to a death trap. and the feelings of being responsible for the troops. i want to talk about the fears i have about making this decision and the good things that might come out of it. i want to write this letter to my brother that i was very close to.

Monday, April 19, 2010

blog 14

. What are the most interesting aspects of World Wars 1 and 2?

i found the number of casualties really high in USSR it was 17million and the over all number of deaths was way to high in USSR it was 29million



i found a lot of the quote interesting one that stood out was Americans love to fight. All real Americans love the sting of battle. -General George S. Patton, Jr.



The youngest US serviceman was 12 year old Calvin Graham, USN. He was wounded in combat and given a Dishonorable Discharge for lying about his age. (His benefits were later restored by act of Congress).
2. What do you hope to learn about these wars?

i want to learn why it went so long i also want to know all the real reasons for why it had started. it would be interesting to find out how many people joined the military well the war was going on.

i believe these wars are important because it helps us to make better decisions when deciding what to do and how to do it in wars that we have today. it can be something that we learn from. it is also important because the wars cause other things to happen in peoples every day life. maybe it opens up jobs. or new technology is made. the economy changes when we go to war in rises and it falls so i believe it is important Because it impacts everyone weather they think so or not.