lives of both Japanese and U.S. people‚ weakened Japan who wasn’t as innocent as many believed‚ and ended the devastating WW II. II. Save many lives a. U.S.A. i. No invasion of Japan ii. Many casualties: battles @ Tarawa‚ Iwo Jima‚ Okinawa alone iii. Death rate 50-80% iv. Save generation “ultimate collapse…” (G) b. Japan i. No military surrender‚ lack sympathy for people – Emperor Hiroshito ii. Less people dead than from all out
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think bombing Japan was what had to be done. Even though it potentially killed innocent people‚ it saved just as many lives in the US‚ if not more! Many Japanese soldiers lives were saved‚ mainly because of the scheduled invasion. The experience of Iwo Jima and Okinawa proved their willingness to fight to the last man. The war ended much quicker. An invasion of the Japanese home islands was scheduled to begin no earlier than 1946 and would’ve lasted at least the better part of a year. At the end of
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------------------------------------------------- Throughout most of Japan’s history poetry played a large part in the process of death. A jisei is a death poem‚ a poem that any person on their deathbed was encouraged to write. While if you were a samurai‚ according to the bushido code of honor‚ if you wanted to die with honor and not at the hands of your enemy‚ if you had dishonored yourself or fellow samurai‚ or if your master had died you would commit the ritual of seppuku. Seppuku is a ceremony
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Online 112 Section #90151 Essay Exam Two World War II World WarII was very different in comparison to World War I. It presented differentchallenges for the Americans that were not presented during the First WorldWar. This was the first time that two capable and determined enemy nationsfaced America simultaneously. The two enemies Nazi Germany and Japan at thistime were not nations to be looked down upon. Nazi Germany had the potentialtechnological capability to launch devastating
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Lincoln by Steven Spielberg. Unite trailer: http//www.youtube.com/watch?v=F_PfTl63qQQ Steven Spielberg directs two-time Academy Award® winner Daniel Day-Lewis in "Lincoln‚" a revealing drama that focuses on the 16th President’s tumultuous final months in office. In a nation divided by war and the strong winds of change‚ Lincoln pursues a course of action designed to end the war‚ unite the country and abolish slavery. With the moral courage and fierce determination to succeed‚ his choices during
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The Last Stand of Fox Company The battle on Fox Hill in North Korea was known as an inspirational triumph to the Marine Corps and to America. The courageous acts made there were just as heroic as those done in Iwo Jima‚ Khe Sanh‚ and Belleau Wood‚ which were also marked as some of our proudest moments in history. In 1981‚ the 27th Commandant of the Marine Corps‚ General Robert H. Barrow‚ wrote in a letter to Captain William Barber‚ “I regard your performance as commander of Fox Company at Toktong
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September 21‚ 2011 The American Spirit When I think of the words “the American Spirit” so many images come to mind: raising the flag at Iwo Jima‚ the fire fighters running into the Twin Towers‚ John Kennedy Jr. saluting at his father’s grave. Is that‚ however‚ really the American spirit? Or is it the feelings that were felt by the entire country as these and other events were happening. When I looked up the word spirit it amazed me how the word’s definitions fit how I think of American
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surrender at General Eisenhower’s Headquarters in Reims‚ France‚ May 7‚ 1945. "After the unconditional German surrender in Europe the war shifted to Asia and the Pacific. As the war continued against Japan the Allied forces captured islands such as Iwo Jima and Okinaawa close to Japan brought the Japanese homeland within range of naval and air attacks." (Dannen) On August 6‚ 1945‚ the city of Hiroshima was the target of the first atomic bomb used against civil population in history. On August 9‚ 1945
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authorized by the current president‚ Bill Clinton‚ in 1994 and a site for the memorial was chosen. The chosen site was however not the site where it stands today. Instead‚ the memorial was planned northeast of the Arlington National Cemetery‚ close to the Iwo Jima Memorial. One of those memorials or attractions that people often overlook‚ Plus‚ on the
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Smith GySgt William R USMC 1171176944/1169 Date: 130716 BOOK REPORT: Flags of Our Fathers AUTHOR’S NAME: James Bradley‚ Ron Powers BOOK TYPE: Non-Fiction About when and where the story took place: Time: February‚ 1945 Place: Iwo Jima‚ Japan The person who the story is about? Characters: The book accounts the early lives of Pharmacist’s Mate Second Class John Bradley‚ Sergeant Michael Strank‚ Corporal Harlon Block‚ Private First Class Ira Hayes‚ Private First Class Franklin Sousley
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