Came To America

Is coming to America worth the trip?

I think that coming to America would be worth the trip. I think because you will get the chance to get more money. You will give a better life to your family. People would progress more in the United States, be a person with a better chance of having more money. Having a better life. Is struggle at first but than it gets easier.

Why do so many immigrate to the U.S. and what awaits them here?

Many people immigrate to the U.S. They immigrate for a better life. They immigrate to get more money. They come for a better chance to help their families back home. Many people immigrate but all of them struggle. Many people get injure coming the U.S. and some even died trying to come here. It awaits them struggle and joy coming to this great country.

The Life of the Medal of Honor

As the bullets were sounding all over the place. As the soldiers were depending just in one man. He was running from place to another, passing a piece of paper saying what movements they needed to do. He was the only person who was risking his life to do this dangerous job. After the war he was standing with all the officers receiving less medals than anyone else, the commander reach to him and gave the Medal of Honor to this great soldier. Everybody saluted this great person officers and enlisted soldiers. With this great medal he was thank. In America this medal originated from war to thank the people who help others and risking their own life. The Medal of Honor a very high award in the United States of America. To get this high award people needed risk their lives and have courage do to it. This means someone is not sure they deserve this high award.

The Medal of Honor is high award in the United States. This medal had originated from the Navy. It was in the year when the Civil War was happing. This medal is given to a great hero. This hero was is a regular person, who did not had superpowers just a regular person. This person is name a hero for his great deed he or she had done.

This person needed a lot of courage to do something very dangerous to save their squad, platoon, or their company. This people thought maybe that they were just doing their duty. This people maybe were saving their friends because they have being working together that everybody feels that they are family. This people are thank for their bravery. People honor this great man for doing something is very dangerous.

Soldiers who receive these great medal and that they are still alive some feel that they don't deserve this high honor. People think that if they deserve this medal everybody will think that they are going to do always the right thing to save someone. People struggle wearing this medal because they think they don't deserve the medal. These medal builds up character to people.

The Medal of Honor is a great value to America. A president said that he would like to have the Medal of Honor rather than being president of the United States of America. Many people honor this high award. This award is giving to the brave people or even animals. Anyone who did something courageous to save someone most likely will receive these medal.

Donald E. Ballard

Allegiance
United States of America



Service/branch
United States NavyKansas National Guard



Unit
3rd Marine Division



Battles/wars
Vietnam War



Rank
Colonel
Awards
- Medal of Honor







Donald E. Ballard (born December 5, 1945) is an American colonel in the Kansas National Guard and former member of the United States Navy, in which he was a Hospital Corpsman in the Vietnam War and was awarded the Medal of Honor.Ballard was born in Kansas City, Missouri and it was there that he enlisted in the United States Navy.While under fire, Ballard directed aid to other wounded US Marines and when a grenade landed nearby, he lay on top of it to protect the wounded. The grenade failed to explode and Ballard was able to throw it away to explode harmlessly, and then continue to treat the wounded. For his actions, he received the United States of America's highest award, the Medal of Honor. In 1970, Ballard received his medal from President Richard M. Nixon and General Westmoreland. On April 5, 1998, Ballard was promoted to colonel by Major General James F. Krueger and currently serves as Special Assistant to the Adjutant General. Ballard is one of only three Medal of Honor recipients currently on active service in the United States and the only Kansas Guardsman to have received the award.


This person was going to give up his life to help another person survived. This person was thank by receiving the medal of honor. This person had a lot of honor and courage to do what he did! My respect for this great person or better terms a hero.


This person was in the military service. When he was fixing the wounds of one of the soldiers a grenade landed were he was, so he threw himself to the grenade but it fell to explode so he threw away from his area. I thank this courageous soldier for his great deed he has done for this great nation. I wish that there would be a great ceremony to celebrate this courageous soldiers. Thank You.