Discussion on the soldiers, sailors, and airmen (and women) of World War II. 

  • Discussion on the soldiers, sailors, and airmen (and women) of World War II.  To prepare for this discussion, be sure you have read the document, Soldiers’ Send Messages Home .  This document is a collection of letters/messages which soldiers, sailors, and airmen sent home to their families during the war.  The document is included in this module (and the Reading Assignment).

Here are your discussion prompts:

  1. How did war impact these men?
  2. What did these soldiers think about their fellow soldiers and their enemy?
  3. How has reading these first-hand accounts of the war changed your views on WWII?

Guidelines:

  • Initial Post
    • Respond to the questions shown above.  Be sure to include the question, followed by your answer.  Include the word count after each answer.
    • Include specific material from each of the letters to support your answers.
    • Because of the nature of this assignment, you may use an abbreviated version of a Chicago style footnotes.  Simply place the author’s last name in parentheses at the end of the sentence.
    • This is what an abbreviated citation would look like for information from Strobing’s radio message (Strobing).
    • Minimum word count: 300.  Include word count at the end of your posting.
    • There should be at least 1 footnote for each of these 5 letters.
 

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