OH+Reflection

OH REFLECTION

World War II was always an interesting topic to me. It's never ending mystery intruiged me, and I always felt like there was something to learn. When Mr. Taft presented the Oral History project, I thought of my grandfather. He is a World War II veteran. He doesn't normally talk about the war to anyone, but I convinced him to talk about it because it was for school. I knew a lot about WWII from school, but I wanted to learn more. I did not know that much about segregated troops in WWII, and my grandfather could offer me this perspective. This was a great opportunity to learn.

My grandfather elucidated so much to me. I had the facts, but his interview showed me the soldier's side of everything. I was amazed at how little action was actually encountered. My grandfather told me most of time he was marching, training, or doing chores. My grandfather also earned a bronze star for helping four wounded men in his platoon under shell fire from the Italians. He showed me his bronze medal pin. Also, he told me about the discord between the whites and blacks, and how the black soldiers thought that they were fighting a white man's war.The Afrian American soldiers still fought tho, because they said that they were all fighting for the same thing. I felt so honored to talk to my grandfather about this, and I'm glad that I got the chance to do it.

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