Under a heavy sky, a smattering of tears began to fall as "Taps" played in the presence of the more than 300 gathered in a somber service honoring American veterans at Cambridge American Cemetery Nov. 12. Attendees looked on as leaves danced lightly in the air before landing in the reflecting pools of the Great Mall, at the base of white crosses, or at the feet of one of the four giant statues of a Sailor, Soldier, Airman and a Coast Guardsman guarding the Tablets of the Missing. Standing in front of the Portland stone tablets and their 5,126 names of the missing, Maj. (Chap.) Peter Fischer, 501st Combat Support Wing chaplain, set the tone for the ceremony when he quoted Winston Churchill in his invocation, "Never in the field of human conflict has so much …show more content…
Gen. Craig Franklin, 3rd Air Force commander, reminded everyone of the ultimate sacrifice made by some veterans. "Some 3,812 killed in World War II are laid to rest in this cemetery, and they fought for liberty in several different ways," Franklin said. "Some of them were nurses tending the wounded; others were Sailors who brought vital supplies to England; and still other Airmen fighting in the skies over England and Europe." Calling on the memories of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Franklin spoke of how July 4, 1942, was a significant day, as six Royal Air Force crews and six U.S. Army Air Force crews flew 12 British bombers on the first raid against Occupied Europe. The continued efforts of the Allies in World War II were merely one example of the shared commitment to freedom, he said. "Today, we say thank you to those who have served in the never-ending vigils of freedom," Franklin said. "American, British and Allies around the world, those who served in the past and those that are standing vigilant today in places like the Balkans, East Africa and
The speech that I have chosen is of Lieutenant Colonel Harold in the 2002 movie We Were Soldiers. The speech occurs in the beginning of the movie prior to the soldiers heading into war in Vietnam. I chose to deliver this speech because its message is very powerfully and meaningful. Due to it encouraging soldiers to look beyond their identity and unit to accomplish a
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Americans are defined by the respect they have for their country and its government, in taking advantage of their freedoms and rights that they gain by showing respect through allegiance, pride, and loyalty.
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Veterans day means a day for us to thank the ones who have served in the military and war. Sacrificing every moment of their lives to defend our country. The Veterans have a significant importance everywhere. Whatever the reason is for them serving our country we should appreciate them for all their work. Veterans day was created because World War I ended . Fighting and wars did not end and are still going on and there are still Veterans out here today. Veterans day is a day to celebrate ones who were in war. Not to be confused with Memorial day , memorial day is when we celebrate the ones who died serving. People today in our society don’t take in consider the ones protecting us every single day. Who do you think fights for us and our country.
Throughout the course of history, there have been many civil wars. In those civil wars, many persons fought and died in battles to defend their beliefs. In the aftermath of a major battle, a people’s morale is as shattered and broken as the bodies of those that were slain. Following the battle, a funeral is conducted in remembrance of the deceased. At these funerals a funeral oration is usually given by a well-known domestic public figure, such as when Abraham Lincoln gave his “Gettysburg Address” in 1863 AD and when Pericles gave his funeral oration to Athens in 431 BC. These speeches were made not only to put to rest the souls of the dead and the grief of those who knew them, but to give those people hope that their friends and loved ones did not die in vain and to remind them why their civil war was being fought.
This gathering to honor the American Veteran is a tribute to their glory and their devotion to duty.
During Roosevelt’s “Four Freedoms” speech a war was occuring over in europe. World War 2 to be exact. Beginning at 1939 to 1945 war was about, with Adolf
11 months before the United States of America would declare war on Japan, President Franklin D. Roosevelt delivered a speech to the American people known as the “four freedoms” on January 6, 1941.1 The main purpose of this speech was to rally support to enter World War 2, however in order to declare war the United States Of America had to abandon the isolationist policies that emerged out of WWI. These four freedoms would establish human rights after the war, but more importantly they would resonate through the United States for decades after the war. Some of these freedoms have remained the same and some of these freedoms have changed throughout the years. We will be looking at three periods and comparing how the freedoms varied from each of the three periods.
President Franklin D. Roosevelt (FDR) and President John F. Kennedy (JFK) were both very inspirational people who gave important speeches during their presidency. These men both wrote about their own ideas in each speech they presented. The speech from Roosevelt’s “Four Freedoms” and Kennedy’s “Inaugural Address” both write of their own beliefs of freedom, and their purposes. Although during Roosevelt’s time in 1941 the situation was different from Kennedy’s situation, because Roosevelt was entering WWII and Kennedy was in a cold war.
... freedom. Abused and scorned though we may be, our destiny is tied up with the destiny of America." This statement unwaveringly rings loud and clear and still inspires hope in confidence in the reader this many years later. Closing with such a statement destroys all illusion of fear and ends the letter with a confidence that makes everything the audience read shine and remain imprinted on the mind.
The United States Army has been through many changes since its start in 1775, yet it remains the greatest, most disciplined all volunteer fighting force in the world. Like the service members of the past and present, many Army units have contributed to the success of our military, and like those service members many have been lost. Even though these units are not as well known as the divisions they have belonged to, they have enriched the history of our Army just the same. The achievements of the 123rd Aviation Battalion have contributed to the history and success of our nations battles.
The title ‘Anthem of Doomed Youth’, is juxtaposed to its real meaning of anthem being something to celebrate and be proud of. The assonance between the ‘Doomed’ and collective noun ‘Youth’ can come as a shock to society as topic of death and youth do not go together. In other words, the soldiers are too young and are already fated to death by enlisting in the war. This highlights how war is cruel as the soldiers are stolen of their youth, entering a battlefield designed to ‘sapt the soldier 's spirit.’ Furthermore, Owen shows that the fallen soldiers themselves will not get a proper burial of “candles,” “pall,” nor “flowers.” Instead, these are substituted with negative imagery “The pallor of girls’ brows” and personification “patient minds” to demonstrate that the thoughts of the ones waiting for the fallen soldiers back home are the closest thing they will have to a funeral. This is epitomised in the personification “bugles calling them from sad shires,” which conveys a nation in mourning back home. Collectively, these poetic devices in “Anthem for the Doomed Youth” shows that the death of the young soldiers negatively affects the people around
In the summer of 1940, World War II had been in progress for nearly a year. Adolf Hitler was victorious and planning an invasion of England to seal Europe’s fate. Everyone in the United States of America knew it. The Germans were too powerful. Hitler's Luftwaffe had too many planes, too many pilots and too many bombs and since Hitler was Europe's problem, the United States claimed to be a neutral country (Neutrality Act of 1939). Seven Americans, however, did not remain neutral and that’s what this book is about. They joined Britain's Royal Air Force to help save Britain in its darkest hour to fight off the skilled pilots of Germany's Luftwaffe in the blue skies over England, the English Channel, and North Europe. By October 1940, they had helped England succeed in one of the greatest air battles in the history of aviation, the Battle of Britain. This book helps to show the impact of the few Americans who joined the Battle of Britain to fight off an evil that the United States didn’t acknowledge at the time. The name of Kershaw’s book was inspired from the quote, “Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to sow few,” which was said by British Officer and Prime Minister Winston Churchill.
As a result, his poem has been But brings people around the world together to mourn the fallen. ‘They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old: Age shall not weary them, nor the years contemn.’ Roberts goal when writing this poem was to make the suffering of loved ones a little more bearable. This phrase reassures the families of the lost that no matter how old we may grow their loved one’s sacrifices will never be forgotten and they will forever be the young, brave men that fought for their country. ‘At the going down of the sun and in the morning, we will remember