A Soldier S Thoughts

Author : Duke Sherman
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Page : 388 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2012-08
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 9781477146422

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A Soldier's Thoughts by Duke Sherman Pdf

Veterans of the Vietnam Conflict When I was Young and Wild; No longer a Child, I went to War with my Brothers. From the North, East, the South and the West; we were, America s best. Many lost their Girls and Wives to Jody; along with their Booty! He was their best friend! While we were away, Jody did play! We went to fight; for you, and the Red White and Blue. We were taught: To shoot between the eyes, that way we knew they would die! We were highly trained in Weapons of Mass Destruction and, Combat (Hand to Hand)! Bullets would scream by our heads, one Inch closer, we d be dead. The sounds of the Big Guns would pierce our Ear Drums. Bombs and Napalm would fall from the Sky: Many men died on both sides; No matter how much, they tried to hide! Booby Traps and Land Mines were all around, on Tree Trunks, in and on the ground. Atop the Trees, Charlie would wait for us, to take his Bait. Immersed in Water; with Weapons above our heads, slowly we moved, make NO sound or we d be dead. Our way through Villages we made: Children approached us with Grenades. Charlie would hide everywhere, of our Soldiers, they were scared! The Cong were famous for the Tunnels in the ground, in our Tunnel Rats they were Bound, Armed with only a 45, they left no none alive! The Jungles were full of Tigers and Snakes, our Lives they could take! Those 2 days in the Rear; the Women we had to fear! "5 Dollars GI, Me make You Feel Real Good"! Entice us they would! Inside them; a Razor Blade they would embed, as to make Us Dead! Our Tracers Red, their Tracers Green, in the night they could be seen! To Fight at Night, No Moon light, 'twas a Terrible Fright! Our MOTTO was: NEVER GIVE UP NOR ADMIT DEFEAT! There was No Call for Retreat! As We Charged Into Battle, We would Yell: REMEMBER THE BLACK HORSE ! WE LL SEE YOU IN HELL! We were the Cav, the 11th Cav. No fight did we Loose, Most Fights we did choose. A Solider Then, A Solider Now,

Author : Peter S. Carmichael
Publisher : UNC Press Books
Page : 405 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2018-11-02
Category : History
ISBN : 9781469643106

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The War for the Common Soldier by Peter S. Carmichael Pdf

How did Civil War soldiers endure the brutal and unpredictable existence of army life during the conflict? This question is at the heart of Peter S. Carmichael's sweeping new study of men at war. Based on close examination of the letters and records left behind by individual soldiers from both the North and the South, Carmichael explores the totality of the Civil War experience--the marching, the fighting, the boredom, the idealism, the exhaustion, the punishments, and the frustrations of being away from families who often faced their own dire circumstances. Carmichael focuses not on what soldiers thought but rather how they thought. In doing so, he reveals how, to the shock of most men, well-established notions of duty or disobedience, morality or immorality, loyalty or disloyalty, and bravery or cowardice were blurred by war. Digging deeply into his soldiers' writing, Carmichael resists the idea that there was "a common soldier" but looks into their own words to find common threads in soldiers' experiences and ways of understanding what was happening around them. In the end, he argues that a pragmatic philosophy of soldiering emerged, guiding members of the rank and file as they struggled to live with the contradictory elements of their violent and volatile world. Soldiering in the Civil War, as Carmichael argues, was never a state of being but a process of becoming.

Author : HENDRIK DE. MAN
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1033174041

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REMAKING OF A MIND by HENDRIK DE. MAN Pdf

Author : Hendrik De Man
Publisher : Palala Press
Page : 314 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2015-11-18
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1346787891

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The Remaking of a Mind; A Soldier's Thoughts on War and Reconstruction by Hendrik De Man Pdf

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Author : Hendrik De Man
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2013-11
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1295259486

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The Remaking of a Mind by Hendrik De Man Pdf

Author : De-Witt A. Herd
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Page : 76 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2012-08-31
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 9781479706754

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A SOLDIER' S THOUGHTS IN POETRY by De-Witt A. Herd Pdf

A Soldier’s Thoughts (About the Book) The poetry with the Soldier’s thoughts has different levels of inspirational momentum that draws each individual’s imagination. The thoughts of time reflect on daydreaming, and when it comes to everyday life, this would help the readers’ to see what poem they can relate to that makes someone wonder. The soldier’s poetry and the food service poem aim to open the reality that happens. The love poems is to express how difficult love can be, where forever in time are share with new inspiring poets. Last but least there is the literature of the mind, these series of poems were intended to draw out the readers own interpretation on what the author is actually saying. Now, take time and explore through “A Soldier’s thoughts in Poetry”.

Author : Layli Long Soldier
Publisher : Graywolf Press
Page : 114 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2017-03-07
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 9781555979614

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WHEREAS by Layli Long Soldier Pdf

The astonishing, powerful debut by the winner of a 2016 Whiting Writers' Award WHEREAS her birth signaled the responsibility as mother to teach what it is to be Lakota therein the question: What did I know about being Lakota? Signaled panic, blood rush my embarrassment. What did I know of our language but pieces? Would I teach her to be pieces? Until a friend comforted, Don’t worry, you and your daughter will learn together. Today she stood sunlight on her shoulders lean and straight to share a song in Diné, her father’s language. To sing she motions simultaneously with her hands; I watch her be in multiple musics. —from “WHEREAS Statements” WHEREAS confronts the coercive language of the United States government in its responses, treaties, and apologies to Native American peoples and tribes, and reflects that language in its officiousness and duplicity back on its perpetrators. Through a virtuosic array of short lyrics, prose poems, longer narrative sequences, resolutions, and disclaimers, Layli Long Soldier has created a brilliantly innovative text to examine histories, landscapes, her own writing, and her predicament inside national affiliations. “I am,” she writes, “a citizen of the United States and an enrolled member of the Oglala Sioux Tribe, meaning I am a citizen of the Oglala Lakota Nation—and in this dual citizenship I must work, I must eat, I must art, I must mother, I must friend, I must listen, I must observe, constantly I must live.” This strident, plaintive book introduces a major new voice in contemporary literature.

Author : Quince R. Brown Sr
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 58 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2015-06-10
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 1504916166

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Thoughts of a Soldier's Heart by Quince R. Brown Sr Pdf

This book is a culmination of thoughts racing through the mind of one soldier. There are so many soldiers that have a passion for life and living while going through the pains and agony of being away from their loved ones, trying to complete their education or preparing for life outside the military. This book was written for those military members who had something to say but were emotionally unable or incapable of expressing their true feelings. For those who cannot speak for themselves, feel free to allow my words to speak for you.

Author : Harry Zody
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 92 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2015-07-06
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1330853024

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Over Here and Over There by Harry Zody Pdf

Excerpt from Over Here and Over There: A Soldier's Thoughts of Home and War In publishing this book I have no intention whatsoever to offer a work of great literary value. As such it would undoubtedly be a failure, because, being of a non-English-speaking race, and only having been in this country a comparatively short time before going over to France, I cannot claim a mastery of the English language. The incidents described in this book are all based upon actual facts, while the poetry was composed on the impulse of the moment. It has merely been my intention to express the spirit which led me to America and thence with Pershing's Expeditionary Forces to France. Not only American citizens of foreign birth, but also those who had the good fortune of being born and raised in this country and who claim to have reached the highest standard of Americanism, should find inspiration and encouragement in these lines. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Author : Delia Falconer
Publisher : National Geographic Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2009-10-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781582435282

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The Lost Thoughts of Soldiers by Delia Falconer Pdf

Georgia, 1898: On what may be the last day of his life, Captain Frederick Benteen — the man who saved Custer’s Seventh Cavalry from almost certain death at Little Bighorn — receives a letter from an ambitious boy offering to “restore” his reputation. For over 23 years Benteen has silently watched Custer’s legend grow. His General has been dead for more than 20 years, killed in action, considered a hero, while the public has never forgiven Benteen for surviving. Now, at last, he begins to put down some account of those two horrific days pinned down on a ridge. What follows is an exquisite eulogy for his fellow soldiers, both alive and dead. Funny, moving, rich in character and incident, this acclaimed novel avoids the bloody battle scenes and maudlin romance that characterize much Civil War-based fiction in favor of an unsparing and poetic story that explores what it means to be a soldier — then and now.

Author : Reed R. Bonadonna
Publisher : US Naval Institute Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : History
ISBN : 1682470679

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Soldiers and Civilization by Reed R. Bonadonna Pdf

When Kipling says in "The Young British Soldier," "I'll sing you a soldier as fair as I may," he reminds us that a soldier is made of the words of poetry, history, and the laws and language of his calling. The complete solider is not only a contributor to the civilization that he or she serves. Drawing from military history, sociology, and other disciplines, Solidiers and Civilization covers the history of the military profession in the Western world from the ancient Greeks to the present day and shows how both soldiers and their civilizations have helped mold each other over time. Reed Bonadonna goes beyond traditional insights to locate the military profession in the context of both literary and cultural history, maintaining that soldiers have made an unacknowledged contribution to the theory and practice of civilization, and that they will again be called upon to do so in important ways. Throughout history soldiers have sought instruction and inspiration from the past to gain insight into modern conflicts. Military professionals of today must know, heed, and apply the examples and narrative of the most successful and exemplary of their predecessors to help advance a civilization into its future. However, this process can succeed only when it includes critical self-examination and a discourse with the larger society it serves. Soldiers and Civilization argues that the military profession, in its broadest consideration, might be viewed as an interdisciplinary branch of the humanities, a repository of important practical and abstract knowledge on armed conflict, ethics, community, and human nature. By representing and upholding the values on which civilization is founded, true military professionals provide the stability for it to thrive and create new ideas, thereby ensuring an existential symbiosis that serves and preserves both. -- from dust jacket.

Author : Jakob Walter
Publisher : Doubleday
Page : 195 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2012-05-09
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780307817563

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DIARY OF A NAPOLEONIC FOOT SOLDIER by Jakob Walter Pdf

A grunt’s-eye report from the battlefield in the spirit of The Red Badge of Courage and All Quiet on the Western Front—the only known account by a common soldier of the campaigns of Napoleon’s Grand Army between 1806 and 1813. When eighteen-year-old German stonemason Jakob Walter was conscripted into the Grand Army of Napoleon, he had no idea of the trials that lay ahead. The long, grueling marches in Prussia and Poland sacrificed countless men to Bonaparte’s grand designs. And the disastrous Russian campaign tested human endurance on an epic scale. Demoralized by defeat in a war few supported or understood, deprived of ammunition and leadership, driven past reason by starvation and bitter cold, men often turned on one another, killing fellow soldiers for bread or an able horse. Though there are numerous surviving accounts of the Napoleonic Wars written by officers, Walter’s is the only known memoir by a draftee, and as such is a unique and fascinating document—a compelling chronicle of a young soldier’s loss of innocence as well as an eloquent and moving portrait of the profound effects of war on the men who fight it. Professor Marc Raeff has added an Introduction to the memoirs as well as six letters home from the Russian front, previously unpublished in English, from German conscripts who served concurrently with Walter. The volume is illustrated with engravings and maps, contemporary with the manuscript, from the Russian/Soviet and East European collections of the New York Public Library. Honest, heartfelt, deeply personal yet objective, The Diary of a Napoleonic Foot Soldier is more than an informative and absorbing historical document—it is a timeless and unforgettable account of the horrors of war.

Author : David Finkel
Publisher : Atlantic Books Ltd
Page : 303 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2010-04-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781848877597

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The Good Soldiers by David Finkel Pdf

In January 2007, the young and optimistic soldiers of the 2-16, the American infantry battalion known as the Rangers, were sent to Iraq as part of the surge. Their job would be to patrol one of the most dangerous areas of Baghdad. For fifteen months, Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter David Finkel was with them, following them almost every grueling step of the way. The resulting account of that time, The Good Soldiers, is a searing, shattering portrait of the face of modern war. In telling the story of these soldiers, both the heroes and the ruined, David Finkel has also written a classic work of war reporting.

Author : Walter E. Piatt
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 152 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2003-01-24
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1403395128

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She Came to the Door to Wave Good-bye by Walter E. Piatt Pdf

Sonia never believed in her heart that her mother died during the Holocaust. She didn't see her dying, nor was there a grave to mark her prior existence. Intellectually, she understood that her mother was not among the living anymore, however, emotionally she was unable to accept it. In order to forget her past and help her to move on with her life she wrote It Couldn't Happen to Sonia. The author gave Sonia and her mother a make-believe life before she finally was able to bury her. The characters in this novel are fictional, but some of the sentiments expressed in the book are the author's.

Author : Ryan Flavelle
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 205 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2013-02-26
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781443407199

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The Patrol by Ryan Flavelle Pdf

In 2008, Ryan Flavelle, a reservist in the Canadian Army and a student at the University of Calgary, volunteered to serve in Afghanistan. For seven months, twenty-four-year-old Flavelle, a signaller attached to the Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry, endured the extreme heat, the long hours and the occasional absurdity of life as a Canadian soldier in this new war so far from home. Flavelle spent much of his time at a Canadian Forward Operating Base (FOB), living among his fellow soldiers and occasionally going outside the wire. For one sevenday period, Flavelle went into Taliban country, always walking in the footsteps of the man ahead of him, meeting Afghans and watching behind every mud wall for a sign of an enemy combatant. The Patrol is a gritty, boots-on-the-ground memoir of a soldier’s experience in the Canadian Forces in the 21st century. It is about why we fight, why men and women choose such a dangerous and demanding job, and what their lives are like when they find themselves back in our ordinary world.