Blog #22 The Vietnam War, the Wall and the 58,286 names that are there.

Since we are studying the Vietnam Conflict/War and visiting Washington D.C., it is only fitting that you should research at least one of the names listed on the wall and give a brief synopsis of their story.  You can post a rubbing of their name as a JPG Graphic to our blog as well and hopefully this will put into perspective just how many soldiers lost their lives in South Vietnam. Yes, there were women that were killed there as well so you female cadets can search for one of them if you would like. You can also search to see if someone with your last name died there as well.  This is a tough task and can be sad for some but do your best to honor at least one individual that made the ultimate sacrifice for our country.  Comment on at least one of your peer's work and I look forward to see whom you have chose.  Here is the link where you can search for names on the Wall in Washington: Vietnam Memorial Wall Search . Regards and here is my person, a friend of mine from High School, Rex Thornley.

REX EDWIN THORNLEY

PFC - E2 - Marine Corps - Regular Length of service 0 years His tour began on Mar 3, 1970 Casualty was on Jun 11, 1970 In QUANG NAM, SOUTH VIETNAM HOSTILE, GROUND CASUALTY GUN, SMALL ARMS FIRE Body was recovered Panel 09W - Line 4

Term Project Worksheet 2016   Term Project Worksheet 2016 Word Doc

Click on the above links and you can download the PDF File or word document to work on your Movie Reviews.  Good luck and I look forward to seeing some great work for your final project.

Blog #21 Memorial Day is more that just a day to party and BBQ!

Happy Monday cadets and it is one week before Memorial Day. I hope that you are enjoying your new awards that you received over the past few weeks.  Your task this week is to post a video or story that pays tribute to a Veteran that you know or to Veterans that you don't in support of their sacrifices that they made for America.  Post your information to our site and comment on at least one of your peer's work and as usual, you will be rewarded with an excellent grade for your work.  The following is one of my all time favorite Memorial Day Videos. I hope that you enjoy it and I look forward to watching your choices as well.  Good luck and I hope you have fun with this topic this week.

Blog #20 The Holocaust and WWII

Cadets, since we are learning about the Holocaust during WWII as well over the next couple of days, I hope you have learned something from the video in class that is a personal survivor's story.  There is the link for the story in case you did not get to complete the movie on Thursday and Friday.  Once you have viewed the video, post your thoughts here to our site and also find a Holocaust related story of your own to post to our site. Comment on your peer's work and I can't wait to see what you have accomplished while we are on our Washington D.C. trip.  Here is the video:

Blog #19 Your Vietnam War Movie Term Project

Cadets:  

    Your work this week is to post the name of your Vietnam War Movie that you selected for your term project and to explain the reasons why you chose the movie.  You can list your movie and basic information about the movie. Remember that you must watch the movie and fill out the Term Project Worksheet just like you did with your Book review.  You'll get the date when your movie is due this next week when we return to class.  As always, remember to watch your movie the first time for your own enjoyment and the second and third time for your required work.  Good luck and I hope you enjoy this assignment.