John F Kennedy tweets

Big J

Cuban revolution is over! Cuban's new leader seems a bit shifty.

January 1st 1959.

Big J

I knew this guy didn't sit right with me, he's a communist dictator, we have dismissed him of US relations and pledge not to use military action

January 3 1961

Big J

The Cuban citizens rebelled against Castro today, they couldn't manage to overthrow his government, thousands of troops captured. Not a good day.

April 17, 1961

Big J

Castro says if we try to take action the USSR have armed him with weapons to cause a third world war. i might call that bluff.

July 27, 1962

Big J

the CIA have informed me that Castro has medium range ballistic missiles from the Soviets deployed in Cuba, but don't be afraid i will handle it.

August 10, 1962

Big J

Called for a recon flight over Cuba, delayed right now due to the harsh weather. Don't worries we'll get it done as soon as it's safe.

October 9, 1962

Big J

The flight has discovered that Cuba is constructing the medium range missiles and we have pictures. We are setting up a conference with the Soviets to eradicate any misunderstandings with Soviet intentions.

October 10, 1962

Big J

I have a big speech to give today. Tune in for the scoop on the crisis.

October 20,1962

Big J

I wrote a letter to Khrushchev, i told him we wouldn't get involved with Cuba if he removes the missiles. Pray he comes to terms with these crazy ideas.

October 27, 1962

Big J

Judgement day is here. Sit back and pray the Soviets come to, or we will be in for a lot of trouble.

October 28, 1962

Media differences

The difference between the media's portrayal of the Vietnam war compared to the war on terror is the words they use to describe the events and our troops. In the war on terror the media makes our country feel sorry for the soldiers and to give them support in their war on the evil terrorist that want to kill us all. In the Vietnam war they showed the bombing of innocent people by our troops and gave the country a negative connotation about the US military, which lead to the rise of anti war hippies. The media is how we receive information whether it be lies or truth, it is all we have. So how the media chooses to portray an event or people persuades US citizens to think the same.

Current issue song

"I smoke two joints in the morning, i smoke two joints at night, i smoke two joints in the afternoon, it makes me feel alright" Smoke two joints by Sublime. Really i couldn't choose a single verse of this song to explain the issue. The entire song is an example of how drugs are very popular in society even though they are unhealthy. The issue with drugs is similar to the issue of unhealthy food. These problems have been prevalent in society for quite a few decades and i think even though it'd be nearly impossible to halt these problems i feel we should avoid the popularity and praising they obtain.

Vietnam interview

Q : What was your reaction to the negative responses you got when returning from the war?

A : I feel cheated out of my glory. Other war veterans were praised when they came home and i feel i deserve the same.

Q : Was it emotionally challenging to have to split up families during the war?

A : Yes, but you learn to do what you need to to follow orders.

Q : Was the events in the war sometimes too hard to absorb, and did this sometimes put you on the verge of insanity?

A : When you go to war, you lose a lot of your emotion, and have to avoid getting attached to things, cause war is hell.

Q : How much did you have to carry around everywhere you went?

A : Tons of gear, and we moved carefully because the forests were so dense the enemy could ambush us from anywhere.

Q : How did you feel knowing you were dropping napalm on what could be innocent villages and people?

A : We try to neglect the fact that we were killing anyone. It caused us less trauma because we could never see what we were doing, just pretending it was empty forests that we needed to get rid of.

Timeglider

Carl Heumann

1: How did it feel to be betrayed by the Germans, having known you earned a German Iron Cross in World War 1?

2: How was your perception of religion affected by being moved to and forced to work in Auschwitz.

3: Did you make any friends in your camp, or were you out to keep you yourself alive?

4: Did your wife and daughter Lore manage to live in Auschwitz, or were they executed immediately? Also, how did you manage to cope with your family being gone in the camp?

5: While in the camp, did you think more about getting out, or just living day by day?

6: How has your appeal towards life changed throughout the experience?

World War 2 artifacts.

This is the medal for the European air offensive in World War 2. My grandfather's close friend was awarded this medal for piloting an aircraft into battle to deploy troops. The medal has a cool design of the aircrafts used to bring in paratroopers in world war 2. This medal may not be highly regarded as of achievements required to earn it, but is important to me as a memory of the man who might as well be my grandfathers brother Will.