First women, then blacks and dogs?!

Throughout the history of the world or at least mainly in the U.S at the time, was a time when women were deemed unfit to do a man's job and only purpose was to stay indoors and have children. This changed and now woman can work alongside men, have the same rights as men, and be free to do what they want under the law of course. Then, the blacks and other races who had been suffering in America for years upon years because of segregation had gotten their chance to be citizens. It began with Abraham Lincoln's fight in the civil war and Roosevelt eventually let the black men participate in the war and take the road left by Lincoln. The blacks now have the rights of a white man, can have jobs with white men, and are citizens of the United States. Now all these people have received their rights that some have waited too long for. It's still not perfect because of groups that still exist today such as the KKK but, we've been doing a decent job at it. These black men, and women have gotten their chance to fight for their country and help make the U.S a safer place for us all. Now, even the dogs got a chance to shine. Ever since the civil war, dogs have been used in battle to help support soldiers such as Sallie a Stafford shire Bull Terrier who started out in the 11th Pennsylvania Volunteer infantry at 4 weeks. She followed the men on their marches and was separated from them at Gettysburg. Even though she was lost, she still helped defend the dead and wounded by calling others to help the wounded by her. She continued her faithful service until 1865 where she was struck by a bullet in the head in the battle of Hatcher's run, Virginia(Who freaking shoots a dog in the head if I was a soldier, and the dog was an enemy I couldn't shoot it no matter what.) She was buried on the field of battle and is memorialized at the 11th Pennsylvania Monument at Gettysburg. Dogs in World War 1 and the civil war were trained as medical dogs or casualty dogs. They ran off to search for the dead and wounded to call their masters over to help the wounded or bury the dead. 15,000 years ago the first domesticated dog species was the Eurasian Gray Wolves and have become best known as man's best friend some dogs more than actual people. In fact, dogs were much earlier on then even the revolutionary war and Americans. They  They were used by the Egyptians, Romans, Greeks, Persians, Samaritans, Bagandas, Alans, Slavs, and Britons. The earliest use of war dogs in a battle recorded in classical sources was by Alyattes of Lydia against the Cimmerians around 600 BC. The Lydian dogs killed some invaders and routed others. Another important dog was a dog named Rags in World War 1. Rags had saved soldiers despite being bombed partially blind and gassed. The Soviet Union had strapped explosives to dogs to blow up German tanks. It didn't work out very. During World War 2, the Doberman Pinscher became the official dog of the USMC(United States Marine Corps.) All breeds of dogs could be trained to be war dogs. The 549 dogs that returned from the war, only 4 couldn't be returned to civilian life. One dog that stood out in World War 2 was a dog named Chips who was donated to the Marines from the Wren family. Chips was a German Sheperd-Collie-Siberian Husky who served in eight campaigns. He served with the 3rd infantry division in North Africa, Sicily, Italy, France, and Germany and his handler was Pvt. John P. Rowell. Chips served as a sentry dog in the Roosevelt-Churchill conference in 1943 and later that year in the invasion of Sicily, chips and his handler were pinned by an Italian machine gun team. Chips broke free from his handler and jumped into the pillbox and caused the four crewmen to leave the pillbox and surrender. Later in that same day, Chips helped capture ten Italian priosoners. Chips was the most decorated war dog from World War 2 with the distinguished service cross, Silver star and, purple heart. Sadly they were all revoked because of a policy preventing animals from being commended. His unit had unofficially awarded him a theater ribbon with an arrowhead and a battle star for each of his campaigns. Chips was discharged in 1945 and returned to his original owners. Who would've thought that man's best friend could fight in all of these wars and still be used to this day. They're used to attack, search for bombs, and serve in war. Dogs are truly amazing even if they don't go to the bathroom where they're supposed to or just bark way too much and are just lazy like my dog but we still love em. 



 
 

   (MY DOG)



https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dogs_in_warfare#History

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chips_(dog)

https://armyhistory.org/the-dogs-of-war-the-u-s-armys-use-of-canines-in-wwii/

https://www.alexandriava.gov/historic/fortward/default.aspx?id=40198

http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/28604874

Desmond T. Doss conscientious objector

Paolo Del Pielago

September 1st 1939, World War 2 begins and after six long years of war, on September 2nd 1945 the battle is over. With over 65 million dead both soldiers and innocent there are some of these brave men who were lost to the war are honored. What about all the other soldiers who fought and came back to live to tell the tale this is one of the millions of soldier's stories. Desmond Thomas Doss born February 7th 1919 was one of the craziest soldiers in world war 2. Doss' parents, William Thomas Doss and Bertha E. Oliver in Virginia. The second oldest child siblings to Audrey Miller the oldest ,and Harold Doss the youngest. Doss was drafted into the U.S Army April 1st 1942 and served as a Corporal and fought in three battles, the Battle of Guam, Leyte and, Okinawa. The most notable battle that Desmond was in was in the Battle of Okinawa. In Guam and Leyte they were training for what Desmond had accomplished in Okinawa. During his training to become a soldier his beliefs as a seventh day Adventist made more trouble for him in training. Doss did not want to take people's lives but he still signed up for the military and, was in the infantry rifle company. Doss wanted to be a combat medic to be on the battlefield and help the soldiers around him. After this, Doss was harassed because of his beliefs and refusal to carry a rifle. One soldier even said, "Doss, as soon as we get into combat, I'll make sure you won't come back alive." Hell even his commanding officers wanted to get rid of him because they thought he was a liability. Doss was pushed harder than everyone else they tried to intimidate him, scold him, give him extremely difficult duties, and even court martial him for not carrying a weapon. Doss was very religious and followed the commandments of the bible ever since he was a child such as "Thou shalt not kill". One of these commandments would cause more trouble and that was going to church every Saturday. he requested to be excused weekly to attend Church. After this, the soldiers saw just how much of a Christian freak Doss was and they bullied him for it. In their first battle, the soldiers had been surprised at Doss' actions to even the soldier who would bully him by helping with the blisters on their feet and giving them his own canteen to recover from heat stroke. He never held a grudge because of his golden rule, "... Do to others what you would have them do to you..."(Matthew 7:12 NIV). In the battles of Guam, Leyte and, Okinawa, when someone cried medic or needed help Doss would always rush to them ignoring his own safety. He would constantly run into the heat of battle with bullets whizzing by him and mortar shells going off all around him. Doss got so close to enemy lines to treat a soldier that he could even hear the Japanese whispering. Maeda Escarpment was one of the last barriers until the the allies could invade their homeland. The soldiers call this rock face Hacksaw Ridge a huge cliff to climb up and to meet face to face with Japanese arms. The officers ordered an immediate retreat when they were met with the Japanese's counterattack once they climbed up. Less than one third of the men that climbed up made it back down in that retreat. Despite the order to retreat, Doss stayed up on the cliff to save what soldiers he could all alone. His iron willed determination had saved 75 men that were abandoned by the soldiers that retreated. Every time he was feeling overcome by fatigue or intense pain, he would always say, "Lord help me get one more." Several days later, the battle still continued and Doss was hiding with two other rifle men in a shell hole when a Japanese grenade landed at his feet and injured him severely. The shrapnel tore into his leg and, went up into his hip. He treated his wounds to the best of his ability and, then went to a safer spot. While going to safety, his arm was shattered by a sniper's bullet and his duties as a combat medic were over. Doss shows just how much he cares about other people's lives by insisting that the litter bearers take someone else first before they take Doss. Doss truly shows his kindness of putting others before himself. After the battle was won Doss returned home with two bronze medals, three purple hearts, The Asiatic pacific medal with three bronze stars, the beachhead arrow(served in four campaigns), the good conduct medal, the American defense campaign, and the not common presidential Unit Citation. This was given to the 1st battalion, 307 inf. and the 77th infantry division for taking Maeda Escarpment. Doss was chose to represent the medal of honor at the White House ceremony. Doss was the first Conscientious objector to receive a medal of honor from Harry S. Truman 33rd president of the United States. Truman states that "I'm proud of you. You really deserve this. I consider this a greater honor than being president." Doss was discharged in 1946 and he had developed tuberculosis. Doss spent the next six years in hospitals and suffered from his experiences of sleeping in muddy cold, and wet foxholes in the pacific. The tuberculosis had grown and Doss had to get his lung and five ribs surgically removed. He lived the rest of his life with one lung until it too failed and Doss died at age 87 with difficulty breathing on March 23rd, 2006.








http://edu.lva.virginia.gov/dbva/items/show/98

https://www.adventist.org/en/service/religious-liberty/desmonddoss/

http://desmonddoss.com/bio/bio-real.php

https://www.npr.org/2016/11/04/500548745/the-real-hacksaw-ridge-soldier-saved-75-souls-without-ever-carrying-a-gun

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desmond_Doss

                             

Winston Churchill

Paolo Del Pielago

The British Prime minister twice, man of great speeches, and had the resilience to never surrender. Winston Churchill Born November 30, 1870, in the United Kingdom. His mother Lady Randolph Churchill or Jennie Spencer Churchill an American and his father Lord Randolph Churchill a British Aristocrat. Winston Churchill was in a line of aristocratic people such as his father and grand father John Spencer Churchill. Lady Randolph was just a regular American who just scraped by through finance. When they married, they were frequently in debt. Churchill was born in the Blenheim palace his grandparents house and, lived in Oxfordshire, UK. He was then forced to move to Dublin because of his father's appointment as secretary to John Spencer-Churchill was appointed Viceroy of Ireland. In 1880 John Strange(Jack) Spencer Churchill was born a brother to Winston Churchill. Winston Churchill practically had no relationship with his father as if he didn't have a father  and he loved his mother but at a distance. The only one Churchill really got close to was his brother Jack. Churchill was taught English and math by a governess and was taken care of by a nanny named Elizabeth Ann Everest. Churchill says that in his twenty years of life in the beginning she was Churchill's most intimate and dearest friend. He even gave her a nickname of Woomany. Churchill went to a St. George's school in Berkshire and he hated it. He did poorly academically and misbehaved regularly. Churchill ended up moving to a new school in 1884 because of his poor health. In Brunswick school Hove, his grades improved but he continued to misbehave. In April 1888 he went to the elite Harrow school by barely squeezing through the entrance exam. He wrote poetry and letters that ended up in the school magazine Harrovian, excelled in academics particularly history. His teachers complained that he was careless. Churchill's father encouraged him to prepare to join the militray and he did that for the last three years even though he performed poorly on his exams. Churchill tried to get admitted into the Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst succeeding on the third attempt. He graduated in December 1894 and did well with horses at the academy. His father died soon to Syphilis after he graduated. Churchill joined the British army and made 150 euros. Churchill rushed to North London to pay visits to his dying nanny Everest and attended her funeral. In the span of four years Churchill went to Cuba, India, and Sudan to fight as a soldier. Churchill was taken as a prisoner of war in South Africa by trying to get information for "Daily Mail" and "Morning Post". He later escaped with two other prisoners. Churchill then raised 10,000 euros(990,000 euros today) While after winning the general election of 1900. Churchill published a biography of his father which he hardly knew in 1906. Churchill grew in the political realm as a liberal to his position of prime minister. Churchill's actions as a soldier were very brave and foolish saying that he doesn't condone of mass killings but goes into no man's land and the front lines during battle. During World War one, Churchill was appointed to first lord of admiralty and helped design things such as tanks which were being manufactured by the navy. Churchill took the blame for the incident at Gallipoli for fighting with the commander to keep on pressing forward but the commander wanted to fall back for support. They lost their opportunity and the battle ended in disaster for the British. He was then demoted from his admiralty position and returned home defeated and shamed. Churchill was haunted by this for decades and his political opponents said "Remember the Dardanelles," to taunt him and discourage him. It was from this that he gained some steely nerves. Churchill was for a conservationist until the 1930's then Churchill was at his lowest point in 1931. Churchill overcame this point in the mid 1930's even though he was much smaller now, he tried to gain supporters about Germany's rearmament. September 1st, 1939 World War 2 begins and Churchill gains his position as First Lord of Admiralty for the war. On May 10th 1940 George VI asked Churchill after Lord Halifax turned down the offer. Churchill's speeches inspired the embattled Britain to never give up and fight on. Britain held off the extremely large German army after France was lost and they defeated an all air attack in the Battle of Britain. Churchill knew he couldn't have done this without his connection to the U.S and Franklin D. Roosevelt. On September 2nd 1945, the war is over and Churchill reassures his people of their victory over the Germans specifically with his signature Victory sign and a speech. Churchill then went on to a second term as British prime minister from 1951-1955. Churchill married in 1908 to Clementine Churchill and had five children. The oldest child was Diana Churchill. Churchill retired in 1955 and was offered to be Duke of London but refused because once he died it would be passed on to his son Randolph Churchill and he didn't want that title. He was instead knighted by Elizabeth II as Garter knight. The British Bulldog was his nickname for his spirit and a photo of him with an English bulldog. Churchill's old age was causing him to become deaf and he was speculated to have Alzheimer's disease. John F Kennedy proclaimed him as an honorary citizen of the United States but he was unable to attend because of his illness. At age 90 Sunday, 24 January 1965 Winston Churchill died and his impact on the world for fighting off the Germans so long with out the real help they needed by never giving up. An interesting fact about Churchill was even though he had speech impediment he still gave his powerful speeches that inspired the British and empowered them through tough times. Churchill was an avid drinker and smoker and his parents were missing for most of his life. 

http://www.history.com/news/winston-churchills-world-war-disaster

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winston_Churchill#Early_life

https://www.biography.com/people/winston-churchill-9248164

https://www.nps.gov/articles/fdrww2.htm

https://www.winstonchurchill.org/publications/finest-hour/finest-hour-122/churchill-and-d-day/