John Kim's essay 4

World War II

John Kim

  I am an U.S. army. We didn't have much to do since America was peaceful, but some other countries are at war. We did not wanted to be part of the war, and stay neutral.

  One day, me and the other soldiers heard the news about the Pearl Harbor, and how Japanese has attacked it. I realized that there is no possibility for us to avoid the fight now. As I thought, we were going to be sent to war. The commander told us that we are going to fight in the Battle of the Coral Sea. This was probably the first time that aircraft carriers were used in battle. I was carried in a fleet. Then suddenly, I heard loud noises. It was the Japanese fleet. Then we started to fire back. We had a big problem. We had no idea where the Japanese fleets were, so we couldn't aim properly, but had to guess where the Japanese fleets are. Then we figured out that the Japanese couldn't really see us either, and none of us got hit by their bombs. This was one of our first encounter with the Japanese, so we learned some tactics for this war.

  I heard some news from my wife, who is back in America. She sent me a letter. She wrote that she has been working in a aircraft factory, and so has most of her friends back there has been. Since all the men are fighting in war, there were only women left to take care of the supplies. She also told me that the workers' pay is pretty good, and the economy has gotten better than how it used to be before the war. That was very surprising, that a war could actually help a country economically, by giving a lot of people jobs.

  This war has been going on forever. I thought this war would never end. But today I heard that our army is going to bomb Japan with an atomic bomb. I've never heard of that before, but I heard that it is a very powerfull bomb and Japan will have no choice but to surrender.

  The next day, I heard that Japan has surrendered. The  Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki has lead us to victory. I was thrilled to hear that. I felt so happy that the war ended without having to have big injuries.

  When me and the troops returned back to America, we honored by all people, for what we have done for this country.