FALLEN ANGELS FCA's:1. ... The name "Warrior Angels" was given by Lieutenant Carroll to American soldiers who fought in the Vietnam War. When soldiers are killed in action, they become "Fallen Angels." ... He has an easygoing attitude with a hint of American pride. ... Americans were on unfamiliar territory. ...
The loss of innocence is an evident theme in both Walter Dean Meyers' "Fallen Angels" and Tim O'Brien's "The Man I Killed". ... Comparatively it is evident in both pieces from Myers' with Lieutenant Carroll calling the dead soldiers "angel warriors" because usually young boys were the ones who fought the war; despite the fact that they were quite young and most of them couldn't vote. ... In "Fallen Angels" Myers' characterizes the loss of innocence through the young soldiers differs from O'Brien in "The Man I Kille...
Anti-socialist movements in 1950's America fueled the hysteria and paranoia of the Cold War. Senator Joseph McCarthy, head of the House of Un-American Activities Committee, amplified the chaos and accused many Americans for being enemy spies. Innocent Americans were prosecuted for being communist spies in a modern day "witch-hunt." ... Hale references the demotion of the Devil from an angel in the Bible. ... The Red Scare resulted in mass hysteria and paranoia throughout 1950's America. ...
About 58,000 Americans were killed and over 300,000 American soldiers were injured. ... Altogether, the U.S spent a little over 16 weeks preparing the American soldier for a different kind of warfare. ... After his surgery he was sent back to America for further care. When my grandfather was sent back to America he was placed in the Maryland hospital. ... He finished his time in the service after having two surgeries and being shot, I guess you can say his determination was very high and that he had a guardian angel when it came to him getting shot. ...
