The foremost section of the poem introduces the seemingly routine task of transporting dead bodies as if it were trivial. ... Additionally the word 'them', integrated so casually, supports the dehumanizing tone intended to display detachment of the living from the dead. ... 'Bringing', 'picking', 'zipping', 'tagging', and 'giving' once again provide a horrible contrast between the living and the dead, as the verbs, as simple as they are, indicate the vibrancy and liveliness of those bringing home the dead, lifeless bodies. ... This m...

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For instance the death toll on allied troops was 282,000, on just Americans the toll was 55,000 not including the 365,000 civilians dead resulting in 1.3 million casualties of war. ... This was a result of 100,000 Iraqi soldiers dead, 200 Allied troops dead, 90 American soldiers dead, and 175,000 Iraqi prisoners. ...

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But of the 20000 Americans who had fought at this point. 4280 were dead by September 15. ... Having there country back did have a price for South Korea, 111000 dead and 57000 MIA. American casualties totaled 6,954 dead, 13,659 wounded, and 3,877 missing in action. ...

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From the lyrics: "When I'm dead/ No more good times will I crave/ You can stand and shout hero/ All over my lonesome grave"(1.) he shows us that war will do nothing for him but kill him. ... In the end of the song Dylan proclaims that he wants these men dead, he is very hateful and it is easy to see how strongly he feels about these men. "And I hope that you die / And your death'll come soon / I will follow your casket / In the pale afternoon / And I'll watch while you're lowered / Down to your deathbed / And I'll stand o'er your grave / 'Til I'm sure th...

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By the end of it, tens of thousands of soldiers were dead, and almost one million civilians lost their lives in the conflict. ... The missiles were key to the victory of the Mujahedeen because it gave them ability to shoot down Soviet helicopters, and transport planes, giving them more freedom of movement and putting an almost dead stop to soviet supplies. ...

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After the Bomb Cody Carlson After the Bomb, written by Gloria Miklowitz, is a thrilling novel that takes place before, during, and after a bomb that supposedly was sent to the U.S west coast from Russia "by accident". This is thought to happen in modern time. Los Angeles and all the su...

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In his novel he makes the army unable to recognize that Mudd is dead and Doc is alive because they have more faith in the military's records than the reality of one live body and one dead body (Miller 43). ...

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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. ... Furthermore seeing close up what he did to the man he killed, he is faced with many demons making him incapable to stop staring at the man's body "he was a slim, dead, almost dainty young man of about twenty. ...

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FALLEN ANGELS FCA's:1. The report must follow the focus correction standard for Writing in the Social Studies. 2. The report must be a minimum of two word-processed pages. 3. The report must include an organized, clearly written answer to each of the questions. 1. What ...

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The American Policy Of Containment The American Policy of Containment created and executed by United States after the WWII it was a key purpose in the Truman Doctrine of 1947. The Soviet Union wanted a world the way they wanted it to be without caring for anyone. The US always saw Communism in th...

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WAR MAY NOT SEEM REAL REAL TO EVERYBODY BECAUSE THE TRUE MEANING OF WAR LIES INSIDE THE EYES OF THE SOLDIERS. "HOW TO TELL A TRUE WAR STORY" BY TIM O'BRIEN SHOWS AN AUTHENTIC VALUE THAT ONLY A TRUE SOLDIER CAN CHERISH AND REMEMBER FOR THE REST OF HIS LIFE. AN INDIVIDUAL MUST EXPERINCE WAR TO UNDERST...

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In the early morning hours of August 6, 1945, the American bomber Enola Gay dropped a five-ton bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima. Four square miles of the city was reduced to rubble and more than 80,000 innocent civilians were killed on impact. The second bomb was dropped on Nagasaki three days...

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In a sense, NATO was the program that all of the previously mentioned Relief programs centered and revolved around, and although NATO was offered to help support any country who needed relief, there was still the underlying notion that red was still dead. ...

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Chieko Nichieushi Chieko Nichieushi was born in Fukuoka, Japan in 1925. She grew up with 2 brothers and one sister, all older. Her mother owned a nice hotel along the coast in Fukuoka. Nichieushi's father owned a large fleet of fishing ships, which is what made their family wealthy. Her mother's...

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The Quiet American The Quiet American by Graham Green is a story set during the Vietnam War before the United States entered it. The main character is Thomas Fowler, an English reporter stationed in Vietnam. The story follows approximately six months of his life where he is faced with per...

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"What difference does it make to the dead, the orphans, and the homeless, whether the mad destruction is wrought under the name of totalitarianism or the holy name of liberty or democracy?" This is the question posed by Mahatma Gandhi, which can be applied to many of the wars that the United States...

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Harry S. Truman was the 33rd President of the United States. Born on May 8, 1884, in Lamar, Missouri, truman had no middle name. When asked, his parents said they gave him the middle initial "S" to appease two family relatives. At age six, his family modeled thick glasses to correct his poor eyesigh...

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Nuclear Warfare: A Total Disaster "We have genuflected before the gods of science only to find that is has given us the atomic bomb, producing fear and anxieties that science can never mitigate" (Martin Luther King qtd. in The Columbia World of Quotations). August 6, 1945 was the day that World...

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The Vietnam War Throughout the past century, there have been numerous controversial topics from suffrage to slavery. Perhaps one of the most controversial, at least in my opinion, was the war in Vietnam. Even today, right now, if you ask someone what he or she thinks about the Vietnam War...

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The Korean peninsula was first established around the fourth century when the Chinese colonies were replaced by three kingdoms. These three kingdoms were very competitive and maintained very close ties to China hoping to gain an advantage over each other. The three kingdoms unified at around 660 a...

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