Brian Drennan History 1493 11:00 Stephen Ambrose. Band of Brothers, E Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne: From Normandy to Hitler’s Eagle’s Nest, New York, Simon & Schuster (1992) Stephen E. Ambrose’s novel, Band of Brothers entails a look into Easy Company, 101st airborne units that jumped into Normandy during World War II. Although, citizen soldiers, Easy Company and the 101st were known and respected as the top rifle companies during World War II. These high reputations lead to nearly impossible missions. Their missions were some of the hardest and most historical battles of World War II, including The Battle of the Bulge and dropping in at night on D-Day.
The reading, “The Biggest Decision: Why We Had to Drop the Bomb,” by Robert James Maddox, explains the process taken in for the Americas to decide to drop the two newly discovered atomic bombs over the Japanese homeland cities of Hiroshima and three days later Nagasaki. Americans should be well informed on this information. This is a perfect article for this class because it marks a very important milestone in our nation’s history. The Japanese were a strong powerful enemy of the US during the end of WWII. “The Japanese had more than 2,000,000 troops in the home lands, and were training millions of irregulars” pg.
Full Sourcing I Am Legend, Village Road Show pictures, Associated with Warner Brothers Pictures. Content an explanation of why you chose this text for your AOS I have chosen this text because it is an unusual, unexpected thriller/action movie. I also enjoy this movie because it has blood thirsty mutant zombies that are taking over New York. It is a very sad, strong and emotional story about a man named Robert Neville who is a military Virologist who is trying to find a cure for an incurable virus. This contagious virus infects the whole human race of New York City and turns them into flesh and blood thirsty mutant zombies.
voSubmitted to: Caemeron Crain Submitted by: Arthur Nazarov Date: 1/20/12 Euthanasia vs. Utilitarianism The film “You Don’t Know Jack” was produced and presented by HBO. A documentary based on a true story with great detail that it is definitely worthy of being nominated for an award. Pacino is always naturally gifted and extremely talented as an actor. In my belief, he is a legend when it comes to acting. His movies depict the fine artworks of a perfectionist.
On the 21st of July 1942 at the North Coast of Papua New Guinea, the Australian’s started the most significant battle ever fought, the battle of Kokoda. During this battle the Australian’s were able to successfully save our country from possible invasion by the Japanese through using particular tactics, weapons and the ability to get new soldiers when others needed to be replaced. While battling through the treacherous jungle against the Japanese, they faced horrific conditions and difficulties such as catching diseases and fighting through the brutal obstacles of the Kokoda track. Today Australia celebrates and honours the significant battle and respects the Australian soldiers that fought to keep our country safe. These three arguments will
The Lost Battalion Analysis Lost Battalion(2001) Analysis The Lost Battalion( 2001) is a film produced by David Craig and takes place during the end of the First World War. American troops penetrate deep into German held French territory, under pressure from French and British allies to advance quickly and smash the last of the German Army in France. "The Lost Battalion" is the true story of a group of 800 American soldiers, attached to the 77th American Division, who were ordered to advance into the Argonne Forest, against heavy German resistance, and hold their position at whatever the cost. However the title can misguide viewers. In ,The Lost Battalion, the (battalion themselves) weren't really lost, but a series of command failures and tactical errors kept them trapped for days while the whole world wondered what would happen to them.
On the movie True Grit After watching the movie, I think it’s really a good one. The language used in the movie is very interesting, humorous and full of wisdom. What’s more, the movie a detailed description of the frontier heritage in America. The characters in the movie are very true and vivid. Let’s see the spirits within them.
‘If you don’t think Christ is down here on the waterfront, you got another thing coming’. These scenes have a really strong and magnificent impact that continues to resonate throughout the whole entire film. ‘On the Waterfront’ is a magnificent film because it is created by Kazan and Schulberg. The two people who had lived through the real thing. The actors, Marlon Brando, Karl Malden, Rod Steiger and Eva Marie Saint played their roles so well that it game the characters a strong presence in the film.
Title: Hell Island Date: 2/12/2012 Author: Mathew Rielly Text Type: Novel Hell Island by Mathew rielly is a thrilling and exciting novel about Lieutenant Shane schofeild call sign scarecrow and his team of crack marines as they get dropped into an unknown location known as Hell Island with three other teams of Special Forces being dropped into the same location. “The whole thing seems eerily like a training mission except for one thing they’re carrying live ammunition “.they finds out that the mystery enemies turns out to be hundreds of genetically modified apes carrying rifles. These apes are over twice and strong as regular apes and prove to be a formidable foe .the author illustrates the ideas of bravery perseverance and teamwork as the marines endeavour to find out what is really happening. A complex character that is Shane schofeild is complex because of the way he remains creative mysterious and calm while he is commanding his team through some of the most terrifying and extreme situations to defeat the apes for example when he tells his team to switch off their radios to a blind eye this could seem extremely foolish but scarecrow knew that the enemies could be tracking there location through the radio waves and how he remembered the flood gates in the Japanese’s tunnels from the stories his granddad told him when he was younger which he used to get rid of the apes and the delta team (who turned against them). An important moment in Hell Island is when they hear a radio transmission from Gator the leader of the marine’s team which says “All units this is Gator.
“The World’s Fastest Indian” (2005) is an insightful movie directed by the world renowned director, Roger Donaldson. A character I enjoyed in this film was Burt Munro. I enjoyed this character because of his high, uplifting spirit of determinat ion. Burt Munro is important because he reveals the ideas of ‘Manawanui (Perseverance),’ ‘Realising Your Dreams’ and ‘Overcoming Obstacles.’ These ideas are seen through the film techniques: dialogue, lighting and types of camera shots and angles. Burt Munro is a character I enjoyed because of his total dedication and wholeheartedness towards his dreams, living a day at a time.