Flags of our Fathers

flags of our fathers was a very patriotic book. We lost many good marrines on the battle of Iwo Jima including three of the flagrasiers. Only three returned home, this battle came with a high cost of young men and many hours of hard work to win this battle.They went through months of boot camp preparing for anything the japs might throw at them. Jack "doc" Bradley was one of the boys who made it home. He never really talked about the battle or the flag raising, his son was very intreseted in knowing his fathers past. It takes many years but he finally learns about the 6 men on the island. I would recomend this book to anyone who like a non fiction book and war stories.

Henry vs. Forrest

In intense situations, a person's instinctual reaction causes him/her to react for self-preservation, whether that means taking flight or taking a stand.

      Henry was scared and definatly went into self-preservation. When the Confederate Army charged there lines he ran when he wasnt told to retreate. He ran with no intentions to return to the fight. When the next battle came up he had a new fire in his eye and it seemed as if Henry was mad at the Rebels for even getting that close to them and ran out of the trench like a wild man and actually turned the rebels around.

     Forrest done what he was told he was the perfect soldier in the start. When he was givin an order he done it to his best ability. His best friend Bubbe (Benjamin Buffard Blue ) was hit why the regiment was retreeting. He was told to stay but he he ran back to get Bubba but on his way he found many men that were wounded that he knew. He found leutenatn Dan just before he found bubba and he wanted to die there but forrest took him out. Shortly after he found bubba got him out of the woods just as the airstrike came in and bomb the place and bubba died on the river bank.

    Forrest and Henry are completely diffrent Henry was running out fear trying to get out of the battle. He left his friends behind and ran for his life. Forrest ran but he was told by his commander to run, even after he was shot he went back into the fight trying to find his friends and save everyone he could.

Wounded Warrior Project

The Wounded Warrior Project is a wonderful project for the community to get involved in. These wounded soldiers fought for all of our freedom. They left there family's and friends behind to go over seas and fight for the united states. Chad Brumpton, one of the wounded warriors lost both of his legs for this country after a 500 pound IED went off under his left foot. Anthony Villarreal, was also a warrior who gave up alot he also was hit by an IED leading a supply convoy. He wasn't inside a tank though. He under went over 70 surgeries to get where he is at today. Its the least we can do is to send the backpack of necessities over to our wounded warriors and show them that we do care and that there sacrifices will not go unnoticed.

War Is...

War is needed, protecting our rights.
War is strength, power through the nation.
War is gory, sheding blood for our country.
War is conflict, disagreement between two nations.
War is painful, hurts all the relatives.
War is helpful, our soldiers are paid for there services.
War is costly, the losing side pays but both sides lose.
War is protection, keeping us safe from terrorist.
War is demanded, some country's cant leave well enough alone
War is inevitable, it will happen to every country no matter how small or big.

Remebering 9/11

Its the tenth aniversary of the air planes being flown into the twin towers. That horrific day was just a faint memory of mine because I was only in 2nd grade. In later years tho ive noticed that the terroistic act was a great event that started us into another war. Rebuilding the wtc is a very good idea in my mind. It shows no matter how big a blow America takes we can always bounce back. No large scale scene will happen like the world trade center and not go unpunished. I hope that the rebuild both the towers instead of just one.

Boot Camp by Todd Strasser

Boot camp. One place any kid never wants to go, but a few unlucky kids with major problems and rich parents get sent to a horrible place without there knowledge. Garrett, is sent to this place called lake harmony. He is taken in the middle of the night, hand cuffed, and stuck in a car. When he arrives at lake harmony he discovers that his parents have sent him here. Garrett soon discovers how this place works the staff can only do so much to beat you down but they have kids that will gladly do it for them.  There are diffrent levels you must get to before you can graduate this boot camp and your completely brainwashed when you get out. Garretts very smart and he is trying to beat the system when he hears of a plan to escape from his friend Pauly. They make a mad dash when the plan was finally completed and make it out, but in the end two people get away one gets caught and hes in for the worst punishment of  his life. This book was a very good read full of action I kept picking it back up always wanting to know what was comeing next.

Night by Eli Wiesel

Night. A very depressing novel about a man and his strugles in the holocost and haveing to watch his whole family die. During there ordeal in the prision camps Eli tried to stay connected with his family especialy his mother. Keeping there family close was something that helped Eli keep going. Father son bonds were a big deal after seeing so many familes split up and sent to many parts of the concentration camps and they never seen one another again. These bonds kept them strong. Some of the familes were tore apart by children willingly seperateing there families and sending there fathers to death. Some of the sons would even beat there fathers. He witnessed one incident where one man beat his father to death.