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The Moon Is Down |
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Since the beginning of man, war has been a part of life. Millions of people have |
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lost their lives. Uncountable countries have been ravaged. In each battle fought, there are |
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people that lose their lives. There are always persons that are named as heroes and |
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heroines. Actions of bravery and courage are displayed. Are these heroes only located on |
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the battlefield? If they aren't just found on the battlefield, can we become one? The |
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anwers to these questions are "Yes". These brave people can be found anywhere. |
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What does it mean to be "brave"? According to the The American Heritage® |
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Dictionarythe definition of "brave" the state or quality of mind or spirit that enables |
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one to face danger." |
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We often associate heroes with bravery. Who are these heroes? What have |
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they done to have that title placed upon themselves? Does someone have to put |
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their life on the line to he one of those "heroes"? I think not. Think to ourselves about |
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who might our heroes be? Those "heroes" might still be alive today or they might |
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already have died. |
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What made them heroes to us? They might have preserved our freedom in |
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war. They could might also may have done something as minor as lending help to |
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yourself when you are in need. It takes a special person to be so selfless, that to put |
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the needs of others above their own personal needs or desires would not be |
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unusual. |
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Who are these people? They might be someone that put their own life on the |
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line for the good of others. It could be your neighbor or it could be yourself. They |
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come from all walks of life they could be your family doctor, or an architect or even |
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a politician. |
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On May 28th we celebrated Memorial Day which is a national holiday set |
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aside to the memory of the members of the military that have lost their lives in the |
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service of our country. This weekend is often used not just as a day for |
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remembering the dead, but for a opportunity for families to spend together. During |
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this same weekend, was broadcast on all of the major television networks, was |
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televised documentaries surrounding the largest attack upon a U.S. naval base. On |
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a quiet Sunday morning of December 7, 1941 hundreds of Japanese airplanes |
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armed with torpedoes and other ammunition attacked Pearl Harbor with such a |
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horrendous fury. It was so fierce that in just a few minutes five battleships were |
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destroyed and hundreds of airplanes were destroyed. There were a total of three |
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waves of attacking enemy airplanes. |
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The most damaged boat in this attack was the USS Arizona. This battleship was |
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attacked with two direct torpedoes as well as having two torpedo near misses.Out |
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of the 1,731 men on board during the attack, there were only 554 survivors. It was |
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during and in the aftermath of this attack that some of the most brave actions that |
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have ever been witnessed occured. These mililtary servicemen were no longer |
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individuals, they were all brothers. No one put their own well-being more important |
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to their neighbor's. Many gave their life so that their fellow serviceman could make it |
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out of danger. These men were selfless in every sense of the word. This is one |
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example of "bravery". |
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Someone does not have to be attacked my enemy airplanes to be |
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considered a "brave man". Nor does one have to be a "super hero" like figure. It |
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could be a good deed as helping someone who had a flat tire on the side of the |
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road. |
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If there were more "selfless" and "brave" people, this world would be a much |
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better and happier place to live. By thinking about the happiness of others first |
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and not our own, we can help to bring about an improvement in society. As the |
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motto of a popular youth organization goes as saying "Do a good deed daily". Let |
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us be a cheerful and selfless people. |
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