PPT-We Were Soldiers Based on the book “We Were Soldiers Once… and Young” written by

Every damn Hollywood movie got it wrong Lt Moore was determined to get it right this time We Were Soldiers Research the differences between the film and the book Write 23 thesis driven paragraphs answering the following prompt. Ms Leslie. Nanking. (also Nanjing). During the Sino-Japanese War that preceded WWII. . Anywhere between 100,000 – 300,000 died. . Nanjing was the capital of Nationalist China from 1928-1937. . General Matsui . A Soldier in a Red Jersey. My soldiers Stand around me. We all fight together . I can taste the saltiness of sweat with a hint of coppery blood. I think about the battle plan and look around . These are my soldiers and I must lead them . Margaret . Postgate. Cole. Intro…. Is this really a poem about Falling Leaves?. Margaret . Postgate. Cole. Dame Margaret Cole was born in Cambridge in 1893 and died . in 1980. .. . She . wrote about politics and history and became . I’d live with scarlet Majors at the Base,. And speed glum heroes up the line to death.. You’d see me with my puffy petulant face,. Guzzling and gulping in the best hotel,. Reading the Roll of Honour. ‘Poor young chap,’. Wilfred Owen. Jer Ning . 17.6.2014. Background of Poem. Drafted May- April 1917 at Ripon, Yorkshire where Owen was holding camp then. . Revised July 1918 at Scarborough.. Subject. The Send-off describes a group of soldiers being sent off to the Front by train. However, their destination remain unknown.. Validity . = it cannot be the case that the premises are true and yet the conclusion is false;. Soundness . = validity + truth of all premises. Female soldiers (1). Female soldiers have the skills and talent required for combat.. A Long Way Gone. An estimated 250,000 children are forced to fight in wars around the world — some as young as 9. . Children conscripted into military service are used as:. Front-line combatants. Transform Personnel Management. Engage . the Army . Community. Provide . Personnel . Services Support. Provide responsive Personnel Services and Programs to Soldiers and their families (Awards, Casualty Records, Boards, etc…) . The Tank. 1. st. use: WW1. Combat barbed wire. “Little Willie” – 3 crewmen, 3 mph. More modern tank – 10 crewmen, 4 mph. (Revolving Turret). During the Video: . Write one weakness you see of the tank. African Americans. Women. Civil War. Roles & Perspectives. Children. Faced the same hardships as other members of wartime society.. Some boys as young as 10 served in the armed forces and as drummer boys.. - . Momo. (a child soldier in Liberia from the age of 10). What is a Child Soldier?. According to UNICEF:. "A 'child soldier' is defined as any child - boy or girl - under 18 years of age, who is part of any kind of regular or irregular armed force or armed group in any capacity, including, but not limited to: cooks, porters, messengers, and anyone accompanying such groups other than family members. It includes girls and boys recruited for sexual purposes and/or forced marriage. The definition, therefore, does not only refer to a child who is carrying, or has carried weapons" (. Blanket roll/Bedroll: The bedroll basically consisted of one blanket, tightly rolled up into a cylinder, which was then doubled over, bound together at the ends, and worn over the shoulder. In some cases, a tin cup or . When Canadian soldiers left for Europe and the war in the fall of 1914, most were expecting adventure, heroism, and excitement. What they encountered upon their arrival was much different, and far from glamorous. Soldiers were living in trenches- long, narrow ditches, dug by hand, that they would live in day and night. The trenches would often fill with water from the rai, and muddy puddles would fill the bottoms of the trenches, causing trench foot when soldiers would stand in the water for long periods of time. It was certainly a difficult way of life while fighting day in and day out.. Write Title:. The Soldiers in the Civil War. Write essential questions:. Who were the soldiers of the Civil War? . What were the C.W. soldier’s identities? . Further notes and questions will be in .