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Second Head Count Found Private Pruner Team
928 wordsIt was a hot, humid Hawaiian night, and we could see the lights shining along the beach at the Turtle Bay Hilton. Though we could not hear the sound of the waves crashing, we saw the the white shadow of the waves as they broke. This beautiful sight just hurt the moral of my team and my job that much harder. When I joined the Army I never thought Hawaii would be a hard place to work. Apparently I was in for a journey that would seem like an eternity. We were on a 32 hour mission, with very little...
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Group Of People Real War
911 wordsIn most wars, once a person is shot they are hurt, or even killed. These days people are experiencing war without getting hurt or killed. They do this by participating in the game of paintball. Anyone one young or old can wear armor, carry a gun, and fight a make believe war. The object of this game is to capture a flag from another group of people who are also armed with guns and armor. When the game begins there is no telling whats going to happen next. The players experience feelings of fear,...
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Reality Of War Opposing Forces
745 wordster> What point of view does each character show in regards to their attitude to the war? The war is a symbol of how things are not always what they seem. Recruiting posters and propaganda to join the army convinced many boys into thinking the war is an exciting adventure. The characters Gene, Finny, and Leper are used as opposing forces struggle between that cold reality of war and a separate peace (Brian, Gatten), A peace away from the real war and all the terrible things that come. ...
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Reality Of War Separate Peace
1,193 words... le, dont you? He continues, Or hospitals... And Naturally no schools. Or churches. Finny doesnt fully understand the impact of war on people, he doesnt understand that war kills people physically and mentally and he doesnt understand that it affects everyone that has a close relationship with the it (not including himself). It affects women, children, old people, hospitals, churches and schools. Finny has created a false reality here and it is emphasized even more on the next page when he sa...
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Center Of Gravity Political Leaders
4,798 wordsClausewitz and the Nature of War In seeking out the fundamental nature of Clausewitz's own mature theories, perhaps the best place to start is with some of the most common misconceptions of his argument. Such misconceptions are almost always the product of writers who either never read On War (or read only the opening paragraphs or perhaps a condensation) or who sought intentionally (for propaganda purposes) to distort its content. The books specific arguments are very clearly stated and rarely ...
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Reality Of War Gene And Finny
2,464 wordsPd 2 4 / 25 / 00 InDifferent Peace Nathan Gourmet Pd 2 4 / 25 / 00 In John Knowles book A Separate Peace he communicates how the war in him was taking its toll on him. He uses the characters in a complicated plot to show the destructive forces of war. The characters, Gene and Finny, are the opposing forces in a struggle between the reality of war (World War II) and a separate peace. A peace away from the real war and the awful things that come from it. Through their relationship, which is a stru...
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