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  Talk:List of people known as war heroes - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This List of notable war heroes page was inspired by noticing that war hero and war-hero are not WP pages, and knowing i couldn't write one.
Julius Kuperjanov is an emblematic war hero of the Estonian War of Independence.
Sharon is one of the biggest war heroes in Israel, particularly for 1973.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/War_hero   (2656 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: William Henry Harrison
As a general in the subsequent War of 1812, his most notable contribution was a victory at the Battle of the Thames, which brought the war in his region to a successful conclusion.
This list of notable war heroes does not make judgements about what constitutes true heroism, but rather acknowledges the fact that the term is normally used to designate anyone serving a miltary role in time of hostilities, who is treated as an outstanding example of honorable service by their chain...
After the war, he was elected to various political offices, including the U.S. House of Representatives from Ohio, serving from October 8, 1816, to March 3, 1819.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/William-Henry-Harrison   (6565 words)

  
 List of people known as war heroes - LearnThis.Info Enclyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Moltke, Helmuth von, Prussian Generalfeldmarschall, hero of the Franco-Prussian war
Sharon, Ariel (born February 27, 1928); Major general (aluf in Hebrew), Israel, Israeli Defence Forces; was an armored division commander in the Six Day War and Yom Kippur War; At Yom Kippur War, October 1973, he held off the Egyptian attack, surrounded the Third Egyptian army and breached through the Suez Canal.
Tal, Israel (born); Major General, Israel, Israeli Defence Forces; was an armored-division commander in Sinai in the Six Day War and Yom Kippur War; the developer of the Merkava Tank.
encyclopedia.learnthis.info /l/li/list_of_people_known_as_war_heroes.html   (828 words)

  
 Heroes in the Trojan War
In the Trojan War, Achilles was regarded as the handsomest, the swiftest, the strongest and the bravest of the Greeks who fought in the Trojan War.
In the last year of war, with withdrawal of Achilles from battle because of his quarrel with Agamemnon, Hector's prowess in battle rose to great height, inspired by the gods, Zeus and Apollo.
It was Helenus who told the Greeks of the requirements of winning the war, such as Neoptolemus and Philoctetes with the bow of Heracles was needed at Troy, the bones of Pelops need to be relocated and stealing the Palladium from the altar of Athena.
www.timelessmyths.com /classical/heroes2.html   (7193 words)

  
 History in Focus: Medical History: War
Wheeler's study considers the effects of the English Civil War upon the military character of Britain, and it is in the area of the study of revolutions, insurrections and counter-insurgency that scholars of war have sought new subjects.
War is the transformation of matter through the agency of destruction, and industrialized conflict creates and destroys on a larger scale than at any time in human history.
The new war museum for the north is a shard-like structure, consciously reflecting the shattering nature of war, with floors that are not flat and walls that are not true.
www.history.ac.uk /ihr/Focus/War   (4288 words)

  
 Teacher Resources - Collection - The Spanish-American War in Motion Pictures, 1898-1901
The Spanish-American War in Motion Pictures includes footage of many important events of the Spanish-American War, from the arrival of the first members of the U.S. Expeditionary Force in U.S. Troops Landing at Daiquiri, Cuba to the triumphant celebration of victory in General Lee's Procession, Havana.
War Correspondents and New York Journal Despatch Yacht Buccaneer put the journalists themselves, and their quest to get the story, at center stage.
The chronology is emphasized in the Special Presentation The Motion Picture Camera Goes to War and in The World of 1898, which includes an overall chronology of the war, as well as separate chronologies by country (Cuba, The Philippines and Guam, Puerto Rico, and Spain).
lcweb2.loc.gov /learn/collections/saw/file.html   (1627 words)

  
 Black Heroes in Every War
A war in which the contributions of fl heroes were badly needed, but the obstacles of racism were thrown in their paths.
The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs, leading the war, was General Colin Powell, later to be knighted by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth.
During the "brothers war" many African Americans were eager to strike a blow for freedom long before American public opinion was ready to support the fighting efforts of the "Sable Arm." This is the story of the 6th Regiment of United States Colored Infantry and their war against prejudice as well as the Confederacy.
www.geocities.com /mclane65/black-heroes.html   (4680 words)

  
 Notable Women Circa the Year 1000 C.E. - Women in World History Curriculum
A canoness could leave the convent for outside visits, thus giving Hroswitha the chance to view the world beyond the abbey, and the knowledge to create her long epic poem detailing the rule of Otto I, "the Great." She also wrote plays and poems.
Not all have survived, but those that do deal with the battle between Christianity and paganism, the lives of saints, and of heroic "frail" women who victoriously defend their virtue against "strong" men.
As a woman who was forced by war to become a refugee, her poetry and writings range from the political upheavals of China during the early years of the Sung Dynasty to musings about her personal feelings.
www.womeninworldhistory.com /notables.html   (1837 words)

  
 A Collection of Thoughts: November 2003 Archives   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
The list goes on and on but the point is they all died either doing what they loved or was at the wrong place at the wrong time.
The Greeks told heroic stories both as a means of giving examples of selflessness and of preserving the memory of the individual.
That is why they honored their heroes and made sure never to forget them, since the health of their society was so often dependent upon the individual acts of these men.
www.jenmartinez.com /mt/archives/2003_11.html   (10642 words)

  
 War film   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Films of the war film genre deal primarily with actual warfare, usually featuring sea, air, or land battles and their combatants, or on daily military or civilian life in the midst of battle or the threat of battle.
Many of the dramatic war films in the early 1940s in the United States were designed to create consensus at the expense of "the enemy".
War films produced during and just after the Vietnam War era tended to reflect the disillusionment of the American public towards the war.
www.worldhistory.com /wiki/W/War-film.htm   (870 words)

  
 Salon Books | The never-ending war   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Wrong to fight the war, wrong to commit American troops to a civil war in Southeast Asia and wrong to sacrifice nearly 60,000 American lives and nearly 4 million Vietnamese in a failed effort to preserve an independent, non-communist South Vietnam.
With some exceptions -- the most notable being Michael Lind's upcoming book, "Vietnam: A Necessary War" -- contemporary writers on Vietnam are united in their analysis that this was the wrong war in the wrong place at the wrong time.
Vietnam was a battle in the Cold War, which was a global struggle that used proxy conflicts in lieu of nuclear weapons to decide the outcome.
www.salon.com /books/feature/1999/07/19/vietnam   (827 words)

  
 Five Civil War heroes finally gain recognition
The five heroes - John Brown, John Henry Dorman, Manning Ferguson Force, George A. Loyd and John P. Murphy - rest in the historic cemetery's tree-shaded groves.
He pledged that their names will make the cemetery's Web site on its list of notable burials.
The veteran of World War II and the Korean War - "I enlisted in the Navy when I was 17" - is persistent.
www.graveaddiction.com /sgroarticle.html   (999 words)

  
 General overviews in print and video (from Vietnam War) --  Encyclopædia Britannica
Called the “American War” in Vietnam (or, in full, the “War Against the Americans to Save the Nation”), the war was also part of a larger regional...
A prolonged civil war resulted in a victory for the Communist north, and reunification occurred in...
Includes a videography of documentaries and films depicting the war, as well as a list of notable films produced in the 1960s.
www.britannica.com /eb/article-234641   (1028 words)

  
 Timeline of Notable Pre-war Voices
Some of the dissenters listed include Brent Scowcroft, George H. Bush's national security adviser, along with Secretary of State Colin Powell, Henry Kissinger, and Republican Sen. Chuck Hagel of Nebraska.
The list includes House Majority Leader Richard Gephardt of Missouri, Joseph Lieberman of Connecticut, John Edwards of North Carolina, and John Kerry of Massachusetts.
"The [political] polls are dropping, the domestic situation has problems...So all of a sudden we have this war talk, war fervor, the bugles of war, drums of war, clouds of war.
www.fromthewilderness.com /free/ww3/100102_iraq_timeline.html   (3460 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Baghdad Express: A Gulf War Memoir: Books: Joel Turnipseed   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Turnipseed's narrative is not just about war, but also about his struggle to find meaning, refuge, and happiness in great works of philosophy and literature--quotes from which are woven into the text.
Most war memoirs are by combat troops, and so it's a nice change of pace to see the war from the rear.
That final acceptance of the welcoming as proud heroes feels a little sudden and almost forced, but it also comes across as the result of spending so much time in a group, making friendships, enjoying the camaraderie and bonding, learning to see oneself as less of an outsider than one thought.
www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0142001538?v=glance   (2453 words)

  
 Thousands of NAMES for your dog, horse, cat, pet or child from Chinaroad Lowchens of Australia -
A short list of women's names culled from secondary sources ranging from the 12th to the 17th century.
The name lists are from the top first and last names from the 1990 US Census.
Full list of gang names in each state of the US This list of notable war heroes are outstanding examples of men of honorable service as chosen by their chain of command and their comrades in arms
www.lowchensaustralia.com /names.htm   (2888 words)

  
 Thousands of BOAT NAMES, SHIP NAMES, MILITARY NAMES, AIRCRAFT NAMES, CAR NAMES  for your dog, horse, cat, pet or ...
A list of fictional ships, waterborne vessels that have been identified by name in works of fiction but do not really exist as such (oftentimes a real ship is used as a stage set, but the real name is not used).
A list of names of some train-routes that became legendary during the past.
This list of notable war heroes are outstanding examples of men of honorable service as chosen by their chain of command and their comrades in arms
www.lowchensaustralia.com /names/boats.htm   (947 words)

  
 The Red Badge of Courage: Critical Reception
Given that Henry had enlisted in "hasty pursuit of a vanishing ambition," Wyndham suggested that Crane's "battle pictures" were used to dramatize the replacement of Henry's early "tinsel bravado" with his later discovery of "courage in the bedrock of primeval antagonism" (113).
Red Badge was a "tremendously effective battle painting;" the trial of a soldier in war, he maintained, "seems never to have been painted as well before" (118).
One of the most notable features of Red Badge's reception in America is the controversy about Crane's patriotism that raged in the pages of the Dial, a magazine owned by the conservative General Alexander C. McClurg.
xroads.virginia.edu /~HYPER/CRANE/REVIEWS/SECTION1.HTML   (1744 words)

  
 Print Story - Voices from the Past salutes veterans
Cole was a World War II veteran and medal of honor recipient.
FARMINGTON - A number of local war heroes will "come back to life" for the second annual Voices From the Past tour.
William Murphy, a veteran of the American Revolution and founder of Farmington, is among the list of notable veterans.
www.mydjconnection.com /articles/2003/10/09/community/news1.prt   (791 words)

  
 War and War-Era Movies: Media Resources Center UCB
It is a study of a prisoner of war camp and the disillusionment of captors and prisoners alike.
Black comedy about war, revolving around an inept and idiotic lieutenant who is first assigned to North Africa to construct a cricket pitch in the middle of the desert, and then to Europe to capture a bridge over the Rhine, which he accomplishes by making a deal with a German officer.
The film is notable for its grimly explicit battle scenes as the soldiers become familiar with death and the hardships of war.
www.lib.berkeley.edu /MRC/Warfilm.html   (13486 words)

  
 Revolutionary Links
Revolutionary War This interactive web site allows students easy access to information to decide which side of the American Revolutionary War they would have been on.
Revolutionary War Flags This is an extremely excellent visual presentation of a student in 7th grade.
Betsy Ross: Her Life Women played a significant part in the American Revolutionary war, which unfortunately is often overlooked.
www.ecsu.ctstateu.edu /depts/edu/textbooks/revolutionarylinks.html   (813 words)

  
 Major Projects - RPGnetWiki
A listing of all the quickie RPGs created as part of the 24 Hour RPG event/contest.
Please be sure to list which game system your supplement is for if you include something in this section.
Amongst all the turmoil of the mortals, the gods of Alia are nowhere to be found, prayers are unanswered, the righteous fall to the tyrants and the world seems destined to end in ruin.
wiki.rpg.net /index.php/Major_Projects   (1642 words)

  
 John Hudson Tiner   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
These heroes are determined individuals who succeeded while remaining faithful to their Christian principles.
For a listing of all books click on John Hudson Tiner or search one of the other on-line books stores.
For a listing of all books click on John Hudson Tiner or search by author name on one of the other on-line books stores.
www.tinerj.com /Books   (1432 words)

  
 The First Rule Of Education Should Be: "Do No Harm"   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
There are many notable people, who did not complete their formal
There are, however, many other people who have reached the highest echelons of their profession without even completing elementary school, let alone high school.
The following list offers a small sample of the thousands of individuals who have achieved tremendous success in their lives without completing their formal education:
www.education-reform.net /dropouts.htm   (1299 words)

  
 Web Quest   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
We think of these men as war heroes risking their lives for the Patriotic cause.
The student will write a summary of the contributions made by one women and by one Afro American of their choice.
They were treated as second class citizens before the war and they received no more after the war.
coe.west.asu.edu /students/tosborne/web_quest.htm   (517 words)

  
 List of people known as war heroes at opensource encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
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 Amazon.com: Once Upon a Time in America (Two-Disc Special Edition) (1984): DVD   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
On the other hand, it's almost four hours long, and this sometimes-indulgent Sergio Leone film is no Godfather.
Still, it is notable for the contrast between Leone's elegiac take on the gangster film and his occasional explosive action, as well as for the mix of the stoic, inexpressive De Niro and the hyperactive James Woods as his lifelong friend and rival.
Watch the NEXT best films of all time, 101-150: by adman5189, Now I can call myself a film freak...
www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B000092T6K?v=glance   (1964 words)

  
 A Celebration Of Business Innovators And Ideas - Forbes.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Nineteen notable thinkers on 85 years of breakthroughs.
Richard Friend's supermolecules will give us paper-thin display screens--and much more.
Forbes Lists - Award List - People List
www.forbes.com /2002/11/01/85.html   (544 words)

  
 Locus Online: 2004 Recommended Reading
It takes at least two positive mentions to make the final list.
The Faery Reel: Tales from the Twilight Realm, Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling, eds.
The First Heroes: New Tales of the Bronze Age, Harry Turtledove & Noreen Doyle, eds.
locusmag.com /2005/Issues/02RecommendedReading.html   (1525 words)

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