Overview
For this project I looked at Thinkers, Dreamers, and Doers. So after some debating, and searching the web to try to understand all aspects of the Thinker, The Dreamer, and The Doer. I believe that I have found a way to nicely tie all the aspect together. War. Littered with all types of people, and they don't even need to be fighting. So I looked at the best soldiers of all. Recipients of the Medal of Honor. With the facts I not only learned about the Medal itself, but the recipients and recipients enemies I formed my project. I hope you enjoy
History
For my Social Studies aspect of it I decided to write an informative essay about the Medal of honor as well as some of its recipients. After learning about them inside, and out i compared them to find out what it takes to be real Medal of Honor hero. after that I decided to compare my soldier Isaac to a normal soldier. In doing that i actually stumbled upon interesting facts regarding regular soldier. overall, I really tried to illustrate the Doer. The Doers in war. The biggest Doers in war. The soldiers who showed the valor in order to receive the Medal of Honor
Research
In order to really figure out my three recipients i researched them, and really tried to pick their brains. Some of my research is shown below.
P2 notes from 17nroberts
Comparison
These are my charts I used order to compare the three recipients, and The Medal of Honor Soldier to the Regular Soldier
P2comp from 17nroberts
The Essay
Essay
What is a hero? A hero is someone who stares in the face of adversity, and doesn't falter no matter how big of a hardship it is. A hero is someone who can inspire, who is looked up to, and who achieves what was previously thought impossible by society's standards. A hero is someone who is perceived not only as a hero, but also a terrorist. A hero is a living concept. A hero is a hero regardless of age, sex, or preference. So what do the men and women who do the unthinkable as they defend our great country from the atrocities that surround us get? Those men and women deserve the highest honor. So what is that honor? Surely there is something our country has to honor these heroes that put their lives on the line every single day. That honor is the Metal of Honor.
The Medal of Honor is the highest honor a soldier in the military can receive. The original Medal of Honor was actually called the Medal of Valor and was something given to navy soldiers who showed outstanding patriotism on the battlefield. It was actually the army that dawned the name in 1862 for their soldiers who showed outstanding valor. The Medal is usually gifted to the person being honored by the President at the White House. Over three thousand people were gifted the Medal of Honor after the civil war, and the Medal of Honor actually looks a little different depending on what branch you receive it from. Receiving Medal of Honor is a huge accomplished, and to get one not only takes valor and bravery, but also being a hero.
But, what is a hero? Well, in my opinion a hero is someone who you can look up to someone. Someone to rely on when things are tough. A hero is someone who his people loves. Now some may be thinking "Ok so this Medal must be a big deal, but still the biggest honor in the military? I don't know." Well to silence all fears what I did was I compared three Medal of Honor recipients, and really tried to look at their entire lives, and tried to see what made them or attributed to them being Medal of Honor heroes. Then I took all the information I gathered from them, and put them into something. What was that something? The ideal Medal of Honor Hero. Then I wanna take him. Let's call him Frank. To normal soldier who we will call Bill. All in order to illustrate just how prestigious receiving the Medal of Honor is. But, before all of that let's introduce you to the three heroes in question.
Audie Murphy received the Medal of Honor for fighting in World War 2. He was born in Texas, and grew up in a big family; which naturally lead to financial struggles within the family. Audie was forced to drop out of school at an early age to support his family. Eventually, after the bombing of Pearl Harbor he wanted to join the military, but wasn't of age so he got his sister to get fake transcripts. After lots of training he began his long career as a soldier. After going on a few tours and raising up the ranks he found himself at The Colmar Pocket, 850 miles in the Vosges Mountain. It had been occupied by the Germans since 1944. January 1945 Murphy came back to rejoin his platoon after battling sickness. But he met up with his platoon which had been moved to the Colmar area. Anyway, they were eventually met with a strong German resistance. After fighting for a long time it looked as if the Germans were going to take over the area. Instead of leaving he told his men to retreat as he would hold the immediate German attack. He then mounted a burning tank, and held off the German for an hour. He only got off the tank because he ran out of ammo. After he got off the tank it actually blew up. Kind of like one of those shots in an action movie. During his standoff he was actually shot a few times, but instead of getting medical attention he coordinated a counter attack. He was shot! That's unimaginable. For his efforts he was given the Medal of Honor. After leaving the military he actually had a very good acting career. Staring in mostly westerns he even had a film made about his life, and the hardships he faced. He even had his hand in songwriting! Unfortunately, he died in a plane crash.
Drew Dix was raised in Pueblo, Colorado, and he was a very ambitious child. He always wanted to be a Green Beret, and anything regarding them he had read it. When he turned 18 he rushed to the recruitment center and joined the 82nd Airborne. After five years he finally moved to special forces, and worked intelligence during the Vietnam War. Skipping forward a bit Sergeant Dix got intelligence on a Vietcong offensive. On January 31, he returned to Chau Phu the place in question to find it was being invaded. By the time they got there it was already taken over. Quick side note if you're wondering how it was taken over so easily it's because the South Vietnamese thought it was cease fire due to the New Year. However, they were wrong. Dix began moving through the town trying to save anyone he could. After he got back he found one of the Navy Seals that accompanied Dix was killed. The Seals immediately pulled out leaving Dix behind with only a few indigenous soldiers. For the next several hours he moved from house to house liberating the people of Chau Phu. He then continued to fight through the night actually recruiting people as they went to fight back against the Vietcong. By February 2nd after 56 consecutive hours the city of Chau Phu was liberated. Many many many years later he received the Medal of Honor. When told he would be receiving it he asked for what
Daniel Inouye was a teenager in Honolulu during the bombing of Pearl Harbor. Because of this he was discriminated against being part Japanese. After a few years in the University of Hawaii he decided to drop out, and serve his country. He was assigned to the 442nd Regiment combat team. After some time with his squad, and he even became the squad leader. On April 21, 1945 the European War was reaching its end he and his unit found themselves attacking a heavily guarded road in the vicinity of San Terenzo. They wiped out the German resistance and got to the main line before the rest of the American forces. Up the hill three German machine guns focused their fire on them. Inouye made his way towards the first bunker, and not even realize he got shot he chucked a grenade into the first bunker killing the enemy soldiers. He began to feel weak after receiving his wound. But, he continued up the hill throwing two more grenades into the second bunker. He attempted to continue, but he fell. His unit tried to assault the third bunker, but they failed. So he dragged himself towards the third bunker, and gathered the energy to stand up. As he was pulling the pin on his grenade a German soldier blew off his arm. He then proceed to actually pick up the grenade out of his cold dead hand and chucked the grenade into the third bunker. But, he wasn't done he grabbed his gun with his remaining hand, and successfully held off the Germans and secured the position. In the hospital he had to get the remnants of his hands amputated. After his service in the army he actually became the senator of Hawaii and is considered the most influential American of Asian descent. In 2000 he received the Medal of Honor from President Clinton for his Valor in Italy. He passed away in 2012.
These three heroes are some of America's finest, and after researching them and exploring their very beings I've took the best, and most common aspects of their personality to develop a soldier a Medal of Honor Hero. So I want you to meet Isaac Darryl Mason. The embodiment of The American Way. He was is an ambitious young boy. He was the captain of his football team. He joined the military at the age of 18. He was a ranger. Over time he trained and rose up the ranks becoming the leader of his squad. Way later he found himself in The Middle East. Stationed there because of the sudden escalation in the ISIS crisis. He was walking through a town with his squad after hearing about an imminent attack on a US military base. They were almost done when a woman walked up to the man next to Isaac, and hugged him. Its then that Isaac saw the bomb strapped to the women. All he could get out was she before the bomb went off. Isaac woke up to see that they were quickly getting surrounded by the enemy forces. He had to protect his men so he grabbed his M4, and began to fight back against the terrorists. Hiding behind buildings grabbing the ammo from his injured comrades to hold off the forces. He had to hold them back. The lives of his friends were at stake. After many hours he finally managed to push back the terrorist. He collapsed because of all the gunshot wounds he received. He awoke in the hospital where he was soon discharged, and given the Medal of Honor for the valiant fight he fought. In later life he stayed single,a don joined a band called Screeching Sirens. Their popularity blew up, and they became rock stars. What attributes to his success? The nightmares Isaac had. He suffers from PTSD. He lived a long life, and passed away in his sleep.
A true hero if I ever made one. Now what would happen if I compared him to a regular soldier? A hero of the regular. Well what happens is you can see a fine line between the two. First I wanna point out the memorable factor. Although it may not be important in terms of life or death it is still noteworthy, because it shows that medal of honor heroes really do have that ambition, and are really willing to go that extra mile for their country. The other thing I wanna point out is the suicide rate. Something the government doesn't really tell you is the mental stress fighting in war really has. Sure you can try to imagine it, but unless you experience it first you can't really know. Those medal of honor heroes were able to take the massive load of hardships, and they not only conquered them, but they also were able to live past them, and keep on flourishing. The Medal of Honor hero is nothing to think likly of. They are courageous, ambitious, head strong, and resilient. They adapt to their situation, and strive to be the greatest. And, what do these amazing soldiers get for their actions? The Medal of Honor.
What is a hero? A hero is someone who stares in the face of adversity, and doesn't falter no matter how big of a hardship it is. A hero is someone who can inspire, who is looked up to, and who achieves what was previously thought impossible by society's standards. A hero is someone who is perceived not only as a hero, but also a terrorist. A hero is a living concept. A hero is a hero regardless of age, sex, or preference. So what do the men and women who do the unthinkable as they defend our great country from the atrocities that surround us get? Those men and women deserve the highest honor. So what is that honor? Surely there is something our country has to honor these heroes that put their lives on the line every single day. That honor is the Metal of Honor.
The Medal of Honor is the highest honor a soldier in the military can receive. The original Medal of Honor was actually called the Medal of Valor and was something given to navy soldiers who showed outstanding patriotism on the battlefield. It was actually the army that dawned the name in 1862 for their soldiers who showed outstanding valor. The Medal is usually gifted to the person being honored by the President at the White House. Over three thousand people were gifted the Medal of Honor after the civil war, and the Medal of Honor actually looks a little different depending on what branch you receive it from. Receiving Medal of Honor is a huge accomplished, and to get one not only takes valor and bravery, but also being a hero.
But, what is a hero? Well, in my opinion a hero is someone who you can look up to someone. Someone to rely on when things are tough. A hero is someone who his people loves. Now some may be thinking "Ok so this Medal must be a big deal, but still the biggest honor in the military? I don't know." Well to silence all fears what I did was I compared three Medal of Honor recipients, and really tried to look at their entire lives, and tried to see what made them or attributed to them being Medal of Honor heroes. Then I took all the information I gathered from them, and put them into something. What was that something? The ideal Medal of Honor Hero. Then I wanna take him. Let's call him Frank. To normal soldier who we will call Bill. All in order to illustrate just how prestigious receiving the Medal of Honor is. But, before all of that let's introduce you to the three heroes in question.
Audie Murphy received the Medal of Honor for fighting in World War 2. He was born in Texas, and grew up in a big family; which naturally lead to financial struggles within the family. Audie was forced to drop out of school at an early age to support his family. Eventually, after the bombing of Pearl Harbor he wanted to join the military, but wasn't of age so he got his sister to get fake transcripts. After lots of training he began his long career as a soldier. After going on a few tours and raising up the ranks he found himself at The Colmar Pocket, 850 miles in the Vosges Mountain. It had been occupied by the Germans since 1944. January 1945 Murphy came back to rejoin his platoon after battling sickness. But he met up with his platoon which had been moved to the Colmar area. Anyway, they were eventually met with a strong German resistance. After fighting for a long time it looked as if the Germans were going to take over the area. Instead of leaving he told his men to retreat as he would hold the immediate German attack. He then mounted a burning tank, and held off the German for an hour. He only got off the tank because he ran out of ammo. After he got off the tank it actually blew up. Kind of like one of those shots in an action movie. During his standoff he was actually shot a few times, but instead of getting medical attention he coordinated a counter attack. He was shot! That's unimaginable. For his efforts he was given the Medal of Honor. After leaving the military he actually had a very good acting career. Staring in mostly westerns he even had a film made about his life, and the hardships he faced. He even had his hand in songwriting! Unfortunately, he died in a plane crash.
Drew Dix was raised in Pueblo, Colorado, and he was a very ambitious child. He always wanted to be a Green Beret, and anything regarding them he had read it. When he turned 18 he rushed to the recruitment center and joined the 82nd Airborne. After five years he finally moved to special forces, and worked intelligence during the Vietnam War. Skipping forward a bit Sergeant Dix got intelligence on a Vietcong offensive. On January 31, he returned to Chau Phu the place in question to find it was being invaded. By the time they got there it was already taken over. Quick side note if you're wondering how it was taken over so easily it's because the South Vietnamese thought it was cease fire due to the New Year. However, they were wrong. Dix began moving through the town trying to save anyone he could. After he got back he found one of the Navy Seals that accompanied Dix was killed. The Seals immediately pulled out leaving Dix behind with only a few indigenous soldiers. For the next several hours he moved from house to house liberating the people of Chau Phu. He then continued to fight through the night actually recruiting people as they went to fight back against the Vietcong. By February 2nd after 56 consecutive hours the city of Chau Phu was liberated. Many many many years later he received the Medal of Honor. When told he would be receiving it he asked for what
Daniel Inouye was a teenager in Honolulu during the bombing of Pearl Harbor. Because of this he was discriminated against being part Japanese. After a few years in the University of Hawaii he decided to drop out, and serve his country. He was assigned to the 442nd Regiment combat team. After some time with his squad, and he even became the squad leader. On April 21, 1945 the European War was reaching its end he and his unit found themselves attacking a heavily guarded road in the vicinity of San Terenzo. They wiped out the German resistance and got to the main line before the rest of the American forces. Up the hill three German machine guns focused their fire on them. Inouye made his way towards the first bunker, and not even realize he got shot he chucked a grenade into the first bunker killing the enemy soldiers. He began to feel weak after receiving his wound. But, he continued up the hill throwing two more grenades into the second bunker. He attempted to continue, but he fell. His unit tried to assault the third bunker, but they failed. So he dragged himself towards the third bunker, and gathered the energy to stand up. As he was pulling the pin on his grenade a German soldier blew off his arm. He then proceed to actually pick up the grenade out of his cold dead hand and chucked the grenade into the third bunker. But, he wasn't done he grabbed his gun with his remaining hand, and successfully held off the Germans and secured the position. In the hospital he had to get the remnants of his hands amputated. After his service in the army he actually became the senator of Hawaii and is considered the most influential American of Asian descent. In 2000 he received the Medal of Honor from President Clinton for his Valor in Italy. He passed away in 2012.
These three heroes are some of America's finest, and after researching them and exploring their very beings I've took the best, and most common aspects of their personality to develop a soldier a Medal of Honor Hero. So I want you to meet Isaac Darryl Mason. The embodiment of The American Way. He was is an ambitious young boy. He was the captain of his football team. He joined the military at the age of 18. He was a ranger. Over time he trained and rose up the ranks becoming the leader of his squad. Way later he found himself in The Middle East. Stationed there because of the sudden escalation in the ISIS crisis. He was walking through a town with his squad after hearing about an imminent attack on a US military base. They were almost done when a woman walked up to the man next to Isaac, and hugged him. Its then that Isaac saw the bomb strapped to the women. All he could get out was she before the bomb went off. Isaac woke up to see that they were quickly getting surrounded by the enemy forces. He had to protect his men so he grabbed his M4, and began to fight back against the terrorists. Hiding behind buildings grabbing the ammo from his injured comrades to hold off the forces. He had to hold them back. The lives of his friends were at stake. After many hours he finally managed to push back the terrorist. He collapsed because of all the gunshot wounds he received. He awoke in the hospital where he was soon discharged, and given the Medal of Honor for the valiant fight he fought. In later life he stayed single,a don joined a band called Screeching Sirens. Their popularity blew up, and they became rock stars. What attributes to his success? The nightmares Isaac had. He suffers from PTSD. He lived a long life, and passed away in his sleep.
A true hero if I ever made one. Now what would happen if I compared him to a regular soldier? A hero of the regular. Well what happens is you can see a fine line between the two. First I wanna point out the memorable factor. Although it may not be important in terms of life or death it is still noteworthy, because it shows that medal of honor heroes really do have that ambition, and are really willing to go that extra mile for their country. The other thing I wanna point out is the suicide rate. Something the government doesn't really tell you is the mental stress fighting in war really has. Sure you can try to imagine it, but unless you experience it first you can't really know. Those medal of honor heroes were able to take the massive load of hardships, and they not only conquered them, but they also were able to live past them, and keep on flourishing. The Medal of Honor hero is nothing to think likly of. They are courageous, ambitious, head strong, and resilient. They adapt to their situation, and strive to be the greatest. And, what do these amazing soldiers get for their actions? The Medal of Honor.
English
For my english section of my story I decided to write a poem each stanza following a rule. Free Verse, Iambic Tetrameter, and Troche. The poem is seemingly about three men trying to climb a mountain. However, it is really about a thinker, a dreamer, and a doer when faced with hardships in war. Its an abstract poem, and can honestly be interpreted many ways.
Research
In order to execute affectively I felt I needed to become more in sync with my poetic side, and really try to see what it takes to be a poet. Through the help of my teacher Mr. Ward I found out how mush work truly goes into a poem. Below are examples of my analysis of three poems by the poet Robert Frost.
Poemana from 17nroberts
A Moutain-Less Poem by Nathan Roberts
Art
For my art part I decided to make a Medal of Honor for a Thinker, Dreamer, and a Doer by pulling elements from other medals, and looked at the mental affects of certain colors and shapes.
Trial and Error
These were the previous designs that I went through in order to get to the final product
P2 md from 17nroberts
Final Product with Key
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Medal of Dreamer
Size: Bigger than 60mm because Dreamers dreams are limitless. They can be as small as a mouse or as vast as an ocean so it wouldn't be very fair to put a limit cap to someone's dream. Shape: I picked a circle, because after doing some research I found that circles or actually roundness can bring a certain sense of joy from innocence with its malleable undefined barriers. Kind of like the dreamer. Ribbon Color: For the ribbon color I chose blue with a white stripe. I chose blue because in studies blue is supposed to be a creative passive color. It's used to help thinking process and inspire creativity. I think this describes the dreamers dreaming process. The white stripe represents waver. Diluting the dreamer from becoming a doer. The Words: I choose the lines that I did because I think they illustrate the dreamer in the fact that unless the dreamer acts his dreams are only dreams. Medal Material: I choose rubber because the dreamer is very open and creative. THey are very flexible like rubber. Medal of Thinker Size: I used 59mm because when I think of the thinker I see someone who planned everything out but wasn't able to follow through. So looking at Olympic medal regulations it says it has to be 60mm at least so I made it so it would fall short, and not be able to do. Shape: I choose rectangle because a thinker has to have some kind of forceful nature to them, and a rectangle is has four rough edges but isn't so complex that it comes off as a force itself. Ribbon Color: I chose green because it's a passive color, and a more complex color that inspires the thought process. I chose three white lines because of the delusion, and obstacles that the thinker must do in order to become a doer. Medal Material: For this medal I chose gold. Because gold looks really nice like the thinker does. Shiny, Well put together, and visually pleasing (the thinker has very well thought out work, and you can usually visualize the person's journey). The Words: I chose the world plan to be repeated so many times because looking at the hardships that thinkers go through it seems sometimes they over plan. And over planning can be a hardship in itself. I used yellow thought bubbles to illustrate because the thinker is often associated the thought process. Medal of Doer Size: For size I used 71mm because Doers go beyond expectations set by society, and the Olympic Gold Meda has to be at least 60mm so 71mm seems like an appropriate size for the person who goes beyond. Shape: For this I used a complex shape with shapes inside to illustrate that doers have aspects to be adaptable and flexible in order to be the doer they are. So I used round and edged shapes. Ribbon Color: I used red because red is the most aggressive color, and doers have to be aggressive to achieve the feats they do. Medal Material: For the medal I used an imaginary metal called vibranium; from marvel comics. I used this because it's the strongest medal in the universe, and I think it shows that the doer is capable of achieving the impossible, and breaking society's standards. The Words: The words on my medal are doing words. I used these because the doer needs to have a certain mentality to be a doer. The I think I can mentality |
