D-Day’s 65th Anniversary June 6, 2009
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Welcome to the Modern Typewriter, a daily blog to discuss topics that can’t be answered easily, or are just some fun topics! Today is June 6th, 2009, I’m Royce, and I’m here to talk about the 65th Anniversary of D-Day, the largest amphibious assault in history.
June 6th, 1944, the sky is dark, gray, and solemn. You’re sitting in a LCVP with your comrades. You are headed to Normandy beach, France to invade and recapture the country from German forces during World War II. Paratroopers already landed in the night before, and your job is to follow them. Your LCVP boat reaches the shore, and you see what is happening – soldiers storming the beaches, and many of them getting shot and killed. Your job is to reach the beach and hold. The fight for survival begins.
“This is one of the greatest victories to celebrate in all of history. Each year that goes by, we need to celebrate the victory, but yet we need to remember the price we had to pay for this victory, over 10,000 lives lost.” Melanie, a writer at the Modern Typewriter said.
“This is the day that changed the world. This was the beginning of the end for the Nazis during World War II. Other battles contributed, but this is the major battle that started the end. Without this battle, the war might still have been going on today.” says Cody, another writer.
D-Day was a major amphibious assault that occurred on June 6th, 1944. Allied forces crossed the English Channel over to the Normandy Beaches with thousands of soldiers to invade and recapture France, which had fallen to the Germans. Their aim was to succeed and begin to work inland toward the German capital, Berlin so they could defeat Nazi leader Adolf Hitler and end the war in Europe.
Adolf Hitler was the Nazi leader of Germany during World War II. He was a racist man, and believed Jews, blacks, Homosexuals, Gypsies, and others to be inferior. He blamed Germany’s defeat in World War I on the Jews of Germany, and insisted something be done to rid Europe of them. He set up places called ghettos to send the Jews and keep them isolated from the rest of the world. Soon, the ghettos got overwhelmingly filled with people. Hitler then devised up a plan called ‘The Final Solution’. It consisted of sending the Jews to concentration camps to be gassed to death. If you were able to work and were healthy, then you were told to work. If you didn’t work yourself to death like the Nazis practically ordered, then you probably starved with the little food that they gave you.
“D-Day should be a national holiday. This is the day that began the end of the war. This should be a day of national remembrance and celebration.” Rochester, another writer said.
The National WWII Musum, formerly the National D-Day Museum, is hosting events throughout today celebrating and commemorating the Anniversary of D-Day.
“The National WWII Museum is in New Orleans, Louisiana. I thought that was a very peculiar place to put a museum dedicated to WWII. Once I researched it more, I realized that the National WWII Museum when it was the National D-Day Museum was placed there because of that is where the Higgins’ Boat was invented. The Higgins’ Boat was the type of boat that was used during the invasion of D-Day. They’re also called LCVP’s.” Said anonymous.
“I’ve visited Washington D.C. and I went to the National Holocaust Memorial Museum there. It was very interesting to actually see some of the things there. There was a railcar used to transport up to one hundred people to concentration and death camps. It was unbelievably small. The Nazis were absolutely atrocious. But anyway, once I visited that museum, I researched more for more museums about WWII. I found the National WWII Museum. I was excited to find such a dedicated museum. And now, I cannot wait to go and visit this museum, because it looks really cool and I’ve heard the artifacts on display are incredible.” says Karina, another writer.
This post is dedicated to all who Allied soldiers died on D-Day, June 6th, 1944. You are forever in our memory as the ones who saved the world and ended the war.
We hope everyone has a wonderful day of celebration and remembrance. Remember, I’m Royce, and this is the Modern Typewriter, OUT!
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Idol History Has Been Made April 16, 2009
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Welcome to the Modern Typewriter, a daily blog to discuss topics that can’t be answered easily, or are just some fun topics! Today is April 16th, 2009, I’m Royce, and I am here to talk about last night’s episode of the number one show in America, American Idol.
For those of you who didn’t see the results show for the Top 7, it really was a shocker. Idol history has been made, ladies and gentlemen.
The bottom three were Anoop Desai, Lil Rounds, and Matt Giraud.
“I have to say that these were the three that I thought would be in the bottom three. I hate to say it, but it’s true.” Says Cody, a writer at the Modern Typewriter.
“I thought that Anoop was really good on Tuesday night. I was completely astonished that he was in the bottom three.” Says Melanie, another writer.
After Anoop was sent back to the couch by Ryan Seacrest, it was down to the final two: Lil Rounds and Matt Giraud.
Then, Miley Cyrus performed her hit single, The Climb.
“I love Miley Cyrus, but I have to say that her performance was ‘absolutely terrible’ as Simon Cowell would say. It was pitchy, she moved her arms like she was begging for food, and she anunciated the words too much. I was very disappointed with this performance.” Says Karina, a writer at the Modern Typewriter.
“That was probably the worst performance Miley Cyrus has done in her life. I felt like walking out of the room.” Says Alex, another writer.
After the commercial break, it came back to the final two…
The person with the lowest amount of votes was Matt Giraud. Lil Rounds was sent back to the couch.
As Matt sang for his dream, the judges discussed if they would save him.
“Personally, I wanted him gone, I voted for Danny Gokey.” Says Jaycee, another writer.
After he finished the song, the judges announced that they would save him, he would be back again for another week. This put him in tears.
But for every good news, there will be bad news. Simon Cowell announced that next week, two people will be eliminated, and that the genre of music will be Disco.
“I was on the edge of my couch, hoping that Matt would stay, and once I heard he would, I fell backwards celebrating!” Says Victoria, another writer.
“Next week is Disco week. I can bet you that Adam Lambert is going to probably rock on that. I have a feeling.” Cody says.
Stay tuned, America, we will post updates whenever someone goes home on American Idol.
Remember, I’m Royce, and this is the Modern Typewriter, OUT!
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Ivan The Terrible At Treblinka March 11, 2009
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Welcome to the Modern Typewriter, a daily blog to discuss topics that can’t be answered easily, or are just some fun topics! Today is March 11th, 2009, I’m Royce, and I’m here to talk about a recent news article about a German man charged for the crimes of being a Nazi Death Camp Guard.
Mr. John Demjanjuk, aged 88, is assumed to be responsible for a least the deaths of 29,000 Jews in the death camp of Treblinka during the Holocaust. Treblinka death camp was located in Nazi-occupied Poland during the years 1942-1942.
Demjanjuk denies that he was a Nazi guard. He says he was merely a prisoner of war of the Nazis, rather than a guard. But the documents he wrote the few years after the Holocaust proved that he was indeed a guard.
Investigators found lists of names of people who he personally led to the gas chambers at Treblinka. He was nicknamed, “Ivan the Terrible.”
Ivan Demjanjuk was born in the Ukraine.
In the 1980’s, he was sentenced to death in Israel, but the Supreme Court spared him, finding evidence suggesting that he was not the guard at Treblinka death camp.
In the year 2002, he was stripped of his citizenship by a US Immigration Judge, who had found enough evidence to prove that he was a Nazi guard.
Currently, authorities are deciding where to send him, seeing how they do not wish to have him here in the United States.
“I personally think he should be put to death. He is responsible for the deaths of almost 30,000 innocent people. Does he have the right to live? I believe not. He helped commit a crime against humanity. He personally led 29,000 Jews to the gas chambers at Treblinka. I think the only place he belongs is on death row.” says Melanie, a writer at the Modern Typewriter.
“Until they are exactly sure whether or not this man is responsible for these deaths, I think they should just hold him in a jail until further evidence is found. Because it is only fair that you provide enough evidence to totally prove that he committed these crimes. Otherwise, I believe it is unfair to just send him out of the country if you don’t have enough evidenciary support for your point.” says Cody, another writer.
So what do you think? Should he be jailed? Let go? Leave us a comment to express your opinion!
Remember, I’m Royce, and this is the Modern Typewriter, OUT!
News Article: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7937408.stm
Picture Taken From: http://faculty.berea.edu/gowlers/remembering/treblinka/Rail_Memorial.jpg
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