On December 1, 1967, Charlie Company heads to Vietnam after advanced training at Schofield Barracks in Hawaii. Charlie Company was led by the well – known and well respected Captain Ernest L. Medina, also known as “Mad Dog” from his high expectations and his quick temper when these expectations were not met. William Calley was the Lieutenant of Charlie Company’s 1st Platoon. He was described as a weak leader who struggled with basic leadership and was often ridiculed and belittled by Medina, who called Calley “Sweetheart.” (My Lai: A Brief History with Documents, page 13). When Charlie Company arrived in Quang Ngai Province, Vietnam, on December 3, 1967, they establish an 11th Brigade fire base at landing zone Carrington in the southern Quang Ngai Province.
Why not sell the air, the great sea, as well as the earth? Did not the Great Spirit make them all for the use of his children?” In saying this, the Chief is saying that selling the Country would be the same as selling the air; they are for the people’s use and not to be owned. Secondly, Martin Espada states that the Americans are invading Puerto Rico and his family is immigrating into America. He even states, “Another century, and still the warships scavenge Puerto Rico's beaches with wet snouts. For practice, Navy guns hail shells coated with uranium over Vieques like a boy spinning his first curveball; to the fisherman on the shore, the lung is a net and the tumor is a creature with his own face, gasping.” What he is saying is simple; even though he is in a different country Navy ships are firing shells that are actually coated with uranium just for fun.
Many soldiers recall this helpless moment where they could see their lives flash before their eyes and feel the anger, helplessness, and pain of that moment. As a result of this first attack, in addition to torpedoes, many US battle ships were annihilated as well as US planes that attempted to stop the attack. Ironically, Washington was just beginning to receive the news of the attack at the very same time that the Japanese were negotiating
Pelsaert, being the commandeer went to seek help from the port of Batavia with 30 others at his side as it was some 1,200 miles away. They left behind 268 castaways including Jacobsz and Cornelisz. In the first week many people died of starvation and thirst. Then Cornelisz constructed plan and convinced a small group of followers that there only chance of survival was to kill off everyone else and wait for Pelsaert to return and set off with the rescue vessel or if he didn’t return they would just build a new ship out of the wreckage. After moving a group of 45 soldiers to a nearby island under false pretences Cornelisz’ followers began to kill off people that posed a threat to them or caused any trouble.
They found out the information through radio communications and code breaking. Knowing Japan was planning to attack the U.S. had three carriers and strong armed men ready to fight to defend Midway. The day of the attack the general of the U.S. didn’t see the Japanese in the
Why were Anti- Vietnam war groups protesting about the war? Immorality of the war * My Lai massacre * Agent orange and Napalm (which burn the body through till bone) * The draft * Carpet Bombing towns with Civilians in them rather than the enemy * Racist war * Majority of the soldiers were between the age of 19 and 22 years old * Gruesome images of the war were put onto the tv everyday and executions etc caused alarm * Zippo raids Difficulty of winning the war * The enemy didn`t wear uniform * Many u.s troops were demoralised and didn`t know what they were fighting for * The tet offensive saw the north Vietnamese army seize 100 towns which meant they were stronger than the U.S first thought
On December 7, 1941, the Empire of Japan ordered the Japanese Air Force to launch and engage the American sailors and civilians during a surprise air raid at Naval Base, Pearl Harbor in Hawaii. With the heavy assault lasting at most a little more than two hours the damage and casualty count seemed devastating. More than 2,400 Americans were killed during the onslaught, at least twenty-one ships had either been sunk or damaged due to the missile explosions and strafing enemy gunfire; more than 188 U.S. aircraft destroyed as well at the nearby airfield. The attack on Pearl Harbor outraged nearly the entire American nation to the point where that the U.S. unwittingly abandoned its own policy of isolationism and declared war on Japan the following day -- this instance here officially brought the United States into World War II.
Carter 1 Pearl Harbor On December 6, 1941 darkness settled over the U.S. Navy base Pearl Harbor. Thousands of sailors and soldiers were returning from shore leave unaware of the attack that were about to be launched against them. A movie clip from the USS Arizona memorial shows, Pearl Harbor was one of the greatest tragedies ever to Americans which were neutral at the time into World War II. The misjudgment of two U.S. Commanders would cost over 2,000 lives and scores of aircrafts on this tragic day (Film).
The Japanese created a surprise attack on the United States using Japanese bombing planes. This devastating attack damaged all eight U.S. Navy battleship, with four of them being sunk. The Japanese also sank or damaged three cruisers, three destroyers, and anti-aircraft training ship and one minelayer. After all the damages were accessed, the totals were enormous, 2,402 Americans were killed and 1,282 wounded. The day after the devastating attacks on Pearl Harbor, President Roosevelt declared war on Japan.
Thesis: Edward Snowden is a whistleblower, he is interested in the general welfare of the people and is willing to sacrifice his privileged life in the US for the protection of rights and safety of US citizens. Edward Snowden is a twenty-nine-year-old NSA(National Security Agency) contractor through the Oahu office in Hawaii. He discovered and began collecting top-secret documents regarding domestic surveillance practices the NSA had been performing. He fled to Hong Kong and began printing documents that he had leaked to them conveying spying practices against citizens of the US. The government reacted by charging Snowden under the Espionage Act, he is also seen as a heroic whistleblower looking out for his country.