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Vietnam Veterans M 16
1,176 wordsThe Vietnam War is slowly fading into history. The 20 -year struggle between South Vietnam and its American, Australian an New Zealand allies against the communist North Vietnamese is remembered today through films, songs and poetry. Films such as Platoon and songs such as The Real Thing written by Russell Morris and I Was Only Nineteen written by John Schuman and performed by the band Red Gum are examples of this remembrance. Elected lines: When each step can mean your last one, On two legs: it...
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Sort Of Thing Racial Profiling
1,655 wordsIts a little after 9 A. M. , at Ronald Reagan National Airport, and a middle aged man of indeterminate nationality has his hand in my pants. Hes not very far down into them, barely over the belt line, but a little of this sort of thing goes a long way (Goldberg 29). This sort of thing, airline security, has reached a new level resulting from the 9 / 11 tragedy. The quiet solitude stemming from an early morning layover in LaGuardia International Airport is all but interrupted by the feeling of Bi...
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Lieutenant Jimmy Cross Bonnie And Clyde
1,716 wordsFirst Lieutenant Jimmy Cross carried letters from a girl named Martha, a junior at Mount Sebastian College in New Jersey. They were not love letters, but Lieutenant Cross was hoping, so he kept them folded in plastic at the bottom of his rucksack. In the late afternoon, after a day's march, he would dig his foxhole, wash his hands under a canteen, unwrap the letters, hold them with the tips of his fingers, and spend the last hour of fight pretending. He would imagine romantic camping trips into ...
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Soviet Union Nuclear War
1,660 words... was denied entry to GRU library. By this time KGB had suspected him to be involved in leaking the governments sensitive issues Trial of Penkovsky: Finally KGB suspended Penkovsky as a traitor. They moved quickly. On October 22, 1962, Penkovsky was arrested for treason. 10 In early 1963 Oleg Penkovsky went on trial. The proceedings were highly publicized with lots of fanfare and publicity. During the trial Oleg Penkovsky gave his confession to the espionage charges filed against him. Some mon...
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Viet Cong Machine Gun
3,574 wordsCreative Writing: Instant Ill always remember Instant. That was the nickname the men had tacked onto the muscled giant that wielded the M 60 in my unit. Instant was short for Instant Death. And Ill always remember the first time I saw Instant in action. I was a new Lieutenant assigned to Vietnam. Back then, the Army didnt try to develop any team spirit within the corps; men were rotated frequently before any friendships developed. Consequently, my men were a group of strangers united only by the...
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U S Companies U S Government
1,001 wordsMany people just dont realize what espionage is. It involves Industrial, Economic, and just plain old fashion spying. In order to better understand this phenomenon, we must review the history, briefly, of espionage and define the types and impacts of its modern versions. The end Of the Cold War has caused an evolution in the definition of national security. (Diane C. Snyder 1. ) Economic crime and corruption has caused companies to lose over $ 260 billion dollars a year from the United States al...
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Hand To Hand Combat Medieval Warfare
1,966 wordsThe traditions established in the military of the middle ages has had a lasting impact and still influences modern warfare today. It is also the basis for some modern day customs and courtesies. Many modern day weapons were influenced by medieval thoughts and ideas. The idea of striking the enemy before meeting on the battlefield began at this time period. Changing weapons also meant changing tactics. The invention of the longbow eventually led to demise of knights (cavalry). Nowadays, many peop...
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