Great tool to gain a deeper understanding of what it is like to be serve America during war.

How I Use It

The title of this web site, Soldiers, Veterans and War in American Life prepares you and your students for what they are going to experience. The site allows your students in depth analysis and understanding of what it is like to be a soldier fighting for America. It allows comparisons of fighting the war and returning home from war to war and century to century. It offers my students insights into what it was like to fight and return home in wars such as WWII and Korea compared to veteran's experiences returning from Vietnam. Comparisons are easily made between the way we commemorate individual wars also. It allowed my students to better understand the traumas and horror of the Vietnam War and how that was magnified by protests as they returned home. A further window of opportunity is added in that contemporary wars in Iraq and Afghanistan are also included and provide meaningful and relevant analysis of this generations wars. This provides a easily accessible way to teach students current events and draw connections from history to modern military operations.