" Bob Dylan "The Things They Carried" is a story of love during the wartime. Every man in our humanistic society has a role to play, but because of the war in Vietnam, many men were forced to carry what they loved to the battlefield. In reality, the things every man carried into the war were a representation of the role of man in a society and the influence of war on such roles. ... Whenever he looked at the photos, he thought of new things he should've done'' (O'Brien 4). The war therefore disrupted not only the relationship between Martha and Cross, but it also disj...

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(pg 221, The Enduring Vision) In order to get by this law American ships would carry goods back to American ports, send them through customs, and then carry it to other countries as American goods. ... This caused all kinds of problems for U.S. vessels due to the fact that if they complied with British regulations the French would seize their ships, but if they sided with the French they became a target for the British. ... The British also added impressments to their list of things to do to American vessels. ... It didn't work like they would have liked which caused some to have ide...

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Later the missile base was described to have inter-mediate range missiles, which were capable of carrying a nuclear payload! ... The US intelligence was right as, the missiles were carried on deck, in full pledged view of US observer planes. Things seemed that they couldn't get any worse, but the in the back of their minds, they knew that they could be blown out of existence in a matter of days, and more U2 photographs indicated that the missile base would be fully operational in just a few days! ... The next day, a fleet of Russian boats was heading even closer to the US quarantine, ...

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Cuba was also affected by the US blockade, which prevented them from importing or exporting goods and other things. ... The CIA thought that if they killed these communists, they would be able to stage the coup without flaw. ... These Communist Guatemalans were "to be disposed of during military operations to be carried out by Calligeris" (Execution, 1). ... If the CIA had thought things through, they would have seen that overthrowing the government of such an unstable and tedious country would lead to its imminent downfall. Because they didn't think things through, Guatemala fe...

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Obviously they cannot get away from the war and the monotonous, dire lifestyle they faced every day in the ranks. Everywhere they turn constant reminders of the war surround them, weapons or perhaps even people that remind them of the loathsome duties they have to carry out. I know if it were I, I would feel that a sense of claustrophobia, an unease and repulsion of the things that I would be forced to cope with and an irrepressible urge to escape. ... The word takes a while to get through to the men properly but the second time they hear it they realise the imperative situation and know they ...

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There are also times when war was not necessary but carried out none the less. The United States has made decisions just like other countries, where they think they are helping their people, when in reality they are hurting themselves, and others. ... They can't just let people walk in and step all over them. Nations have to stand up against these things. ... Countries should have legitimate reasons on why they want to go war. ...

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I am going to tell you about a book called Neighbors which show how people of Poland called Poles imposed many indecent and appalling things to the Jews that they have lived with for many years. ... A very important argument in the book says how the Germans were, "At the time the overall undisputed bosses over life and death in Jedwabne and they were the only ones who could decide the fate of the Jews" (Neighbors, pg. 47). This clearly states that the Germans were in charge in Jedwabne and it was within only their power to do what they pleased with the Jews. ... Even though there were not...

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For example the fact that they only had a bath and got a new change of clothes once and a while as Les states "I"m felling particularly well today as I had a good bath & change of clothes." ... Some of these are " work of a cold footed A.M.C man- (A.M.C = Australian Medical Core) and this is backed up by the fact that he doesn't really tell directly about the death but rather the saving of the wounded, for example " carrying stretcher cases to the advanced dressing station- and " return journey with the wounded-. He shows us more positive things about the war rather than the negative one...

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The incredibly cheap and effective V-1 and V-2s were created, amongst other things. The German Fieseler FZG-76 (V-1) flying bomb had a range of 150 miles, traveling at a speed of 410 mph carrying 1,870 lbs of high explosives. ... More than 5,000 ships from battleships to landing crafts carried, escorted, and landed the assault force along the Normandy coast. ... One leader told his men that there were two types of people that would stay on the beach, the dead and those going to die, so they"d better get the hell out of there and, and they did. ... The General ordered landing crafts carryin...

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In fact, they are not able. ... They called it wing warping. ... "Commercial aircraft are those used for profit making, usually by carrying cargo or passengers for hire. ... Airplane makes things easy for human life. It transport passenger, or carries cargos. ...

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They can also be used for arms-control, such as in Iraq. ... Bombers are classified as aircraft the carry out massive bombardments. ... A few historical things the B-52 did was complete a trans-world flight in 45 hours 19 minutes with only 3 in-air refuelings. ... They first appeared in World War I as scout planes but figured out to have a more important role combat wise. They were soon equipped with machine guns that shot through their propeller on the planes. ...

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They introduce a kipande which was like an I.D that each working Kenyan or any Kenyan who's over 16 had to carry wherever they went. White settlers that lived in Kenya didn't need to carry a kipande. ... One example of discrimination is the Kipande, which was like an ID that every Kenyan and African had to carry. ... The religion made them more religious and to show the British that they could handle things on there own without the help of the British. ... Some things they resorted to were brutal, and they savagely killed many whites and also 2,000 Africans who they believed were col...

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The book "Montana 1948" shows us how people can be very dishonest and shows us that certain people will choose what they want to see and what they want to forget about. ... During World War II he carried three soldiers to safety. Many saw him as a hero because of this, they saw him as the man they wanted their kids to be just like. ... So Wes keeps his brother captive in his basement for a few days to figure things out. ... This shows that even someone who was an ex sheriff, they still may not be a person you can trust. ...

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This news meant various things for different people . ... Wanted money from Germany for the damage they had caused . ... Also joining the League meant that this might involve having to do things that might set back the economy or damage America otherwise . ... Sanctions didn't work because they were too slow . ... Sometimes they came too late for effective action . ...

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The WC51 was created with seats so that both soldiers and equipment could be carried in the back. ... "With the WC51 being able to reach speeds of up to 45 mph resulting in quick and safe delivery of artillery, food, parts for repairing things such as ships, guns, and even there camps."" 5(www.robertsarmory.com A Traveling World War II History Museum. ... The condensed liquid produced hydrocarbons that had a high enough volatility that they were able to run the gasoline engines. ... They experimented for years with half-track adapters, which were a track that could be added onto any normal veh...

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Soon after the Americans joined the Allies in World War Two President Roosevelt meet with his chiefs of staff and they decided they would attack Germany before they would go after Japan. ... There was many things the Allies had to do to prepare for operation Overlord, so they organized them as different operations. ... The Americans were doing just everyday things but some of the things were making the British people mad. ... So the Germans then started making tank barriers, land mines, and other things to defend from an Allied invasion. ... There was 5 thousand ships that carried ...

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As soon as they were tattooed with their prisoner ID number, they became another cattle in the herd, and nothing more. ... At home, they valued security, nourishment, and shelter, but they took it for granted, never thinking that it would be stripped away. ... Only those things that were required for survival carried any weight, and everything else was trash. ... Life, security, 3 square meals a day, and shelter are all things we grew up with and never considered for a moment. ... As a society, we need to appreciate those things that we take for granted on a daily basis, the same things that...

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Most Americans did not save their money and felt that the excess money they had would continue to come into their hands. They also put much hope in the stock market as some of the key manufactures", such as automobile makers, stocks continued to grow. ... The PWA invested federal funds into extremely large construction projects, building everything: schools, libraries, roads, and even aircraft carries and destroyers for the navy. They employed approximately 650,000 workers but did not stimulate a rapid recovery like had been hoped. ... It is the minimum requirement of a more permanently sa...

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The governments, allowing complete destruction of the enemy, lost complete control of those men carrying out their mission. ... The next few lines emphasize just how tragic the war was to Yeats: Things fall apart; the center cannot hold; Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world, The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere The ceremony of innocence is drowned; (3-6) Once the falcons have been released, they cannot be called back. ... They have done their "duty" and destroyed the enemy with no convictions concerning the destruction they c...

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They were built at the direction of the Works Projects Administration (WPA) of the 1930's. ... Much of what they created has survived through the efforts of museums, libraries, and archives. ... They wanted "a new car every few years-. ... Perhaps one of the things that most characterize the 1950's society was the strong element of conservatism and anticommunist feeling. ... People carrying small transistor radios listened to music, which could be heard in any location because it was now portable. ...

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All of these things were considered to be important to the major industrialized countries but they all chose to handle these things differently. ... His last solution to the uplifting of the people and the nation after the Great Depression is that they need great national effort to carry on work and to increase the programme of public works and to enable more and more men to put more work on hand. ... All of these things were done I believe to get ready and continue the fight to make Japan a more profitable nation for its government and its people. They knew that the only way they were go...

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Living life the Korean way was becoming a constant struggle to carry on. ... Yet, the Koreans did not leave solely for the political problems plaguing their country; they left for the work they were promised to find in the plantations, most specifically in the islands of Hawaii. ... If they liked what the saw, then they were to send a picture of themselves back and a match would be made. ... Yet, like many of the instances, these men did not turn out to be who they said they were. ... There are many things that we take for granted today that the Koreans contributed to our society. ...

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I think the most important thing that I realized in watching this movie is that, while we try to un-personify the enemy, they are people just like us, they fight for their own cause, just as we fight for ours. ... Men are willing to trade things that they had previously held with high value for mere scraps of food. ... They could not believe that the people in charge had any idea of what was actually happening. They only saw the numbers and had calculated a certain amount of death to be acceptable. ... When out by themselves, Kat is shot and Paul is forced to carry him back. ...

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After the bomb was dropped he said that Japan would have made peace with giving them warning and in turn we "gave them all the tremendous things we gave them in those 5 days Participation in the war". ... Crewman Carry could only say "Holy Moses what a mess". ... But they say if the U.S had to drop the bomb they should have done it in a less populated area that would have just shown the enormous power of the bomb. ... They had to get this war over. ... They killed and sunk many ships in their air raid in Pearl Harbor. ...

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Few things exist that provoke as fearful or as gruesome an image as war. ... These feelings of war have carried through to future generations as well; young people of today have not experienced a war first hand, but can still relate to these feelings and emotions with the help of descriptive texts in literature. ... Obviously, no one knew what they were fighting for and why. ... These young men, unaware of the cause they are defending, viciously shoot at whoever stands opposite the enemy line. ... When children of today's generation think of war they can hardly relate to the devastati...

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