Just One Man's Opinion

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This is a picture taken during the D-day landings in Normandy on June 6, 1944. What attracts me about this picture is that the soldiers shown here represent each and everyone of us currently taking SPM. Some of us are like the dead man, lying down in the dirt. They think that just because they did badly for the first day, they can just give up and lie down in the dirt. Do not despair, comrade! A long battle awaits you and in it, many chances for you to seek glory and prove your worth, not just lie down and give up. As brothers in arms, we will pull you up so that we may continue the fight with you by our side. Some of us are like the man crouching in the right corner of the picture, taking cover, sighting with his M1 Garand rifle, and preparing himself for the next charge. Like him, some of us (including myself) did not prepare enough during the months before the SPM. Do we give up? No! Instead, we will be like the man, preparing himself in the moments where he is in cover. Studying one last time to make sure we can get as much as we can into our heads. Sighting at the enemy, aiming for the head and preparing to shoot, and pulling strength into our legs so that we may begin the next charge. And then, there are some of us, who are like the other four men in the picture. Charging headlong towards the enemy! Showing him no mercy! Bringing the fight closer to him and taking him out in a swift advance so that he is unable to retaliate. They are the ones that are ready. Their fear for the enemy is drowned out by their spirit to fight, their determination to win, and the adrenalin pumping through their bodies. Tomorrow, as we go into the 2nd day of the SPM, we will be like those men, charging headlong into glory, victory, or whatever else awaits us in the field of battle. Do not slow the advance comrades. Push forward and believe in yourself, because you are able to do it. I have to go now. Like the man in cover, I need to make last minute preparations so that I may be able to charge into the maelstrom of battle along with you all, fellow brothers and sisters in arms. Good luck, comrades. See you on the battlefield.

This is a picture taken during the D-day landings in Normandy on June 6, 1944. What attracts me about this picture is that the soldiers shown here represent each and everyone of us currently taking SPM.

Some of us are like the dead man, lying down in the dirt. They think that just because they did badly for the first day, they can just give up and lie down in the dirt. Do not despair, comrade! A long battle awaits you and in it, many chances for you to seek glory and prove your worth, not just lie down and give up. As brothers in arms, we will pull you up so that we may continue the fight with you by our side.

Some of us are like the man crouching in the right corner of the picture, taking cover, sighting with his M1 Garand rifle, and preparing himself for the next charge. Like him, some of us (including myself) did not prepare enough during the months before the SPM. Do we give up? No! Instead, we will be like the man, preparing himself in the moments where he is in cover. Studying one last time to make sure we can get as much as we can into our heads. Sighting at the enemy, aiming for the head and preparing to shoot, and pulling strength into our legs so that we may begin the next charge.

And then, there are some of us, who are like the other four men in the picture.

Charging headlong towards the enemy! Showing him no mercy! Bringing the fight closer to him and taking him out in a swift advance so that he is unable to retaliate. They are the ones that are ready. Their fear for the enemy is drowned out by their spirit to fight, their determination to win, and the adrenalin pumping through their bodies.

Tomorrow, as we go into the 2nd day of the SPM, we will be like those men, charging headlong into glory, victory, or whatever else awaits us in the field of battle. Do not slow the advance comrades. Push forward and believe in yourself, because you are able to do it.

I have to go now. Like the man in cover, I need to make last minute preparations so that I may be able to charge into the maelstrom of battle along with you all, fellow brothers and sisters in arms. Good luck, comrades. See you on the battlefield.


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