Children's Impressions of War

set down in writing in their own words after viewing the filmstrip “WAR” which honors our nation’s veterans and recalls many of the wars they have served in through more than two centuries of our nation’s history – background to students interviewing veterans in commemoration of Veteran’s Day [final spelliing correction by teacher for ease of typing, as well as reading]

http://www.unicef.org/voy/meeting/war/War3.html

by fourth graders in Room Five

November 3, 2003

Chelsey Gratz

There were nine wars. In some wars people were forced to go to war. Someone shot their foot on purpose. In the Spain War there were people who blew up an American ship. 10,000 prisoners were killed in the war. Some people didn’t fight with guns in the war. Women also served in the war – not just men. When they came back they came in big ships. Some people signed up for the war but never battled. A lot of people were killed from disease.


Zack Jones

War is painful and hard. We fight for freedom and if we lose there is no freedom. Now we are free and healthy but not all of us. In a war people die of pain and hunger. People that go to war don’t get that much food and die of diseases. They may have no food for the war and die of hunger.


Taqurri Sanderson

War is very scary and dangerous. And it’s outrageous. Some died. Some lived. There was a gun pointing at humans to kill them. But they have to do this to protect us. There was this man who just went in the war to be a hero. They tried to protect their town and their family. The reason that men went into war is because women wanted them to and to protect everybody. Some wars just happened and nobody really knows but when they hear a gun shot they go out. Some people’s heads just got blown off their shoulders. And in some tribes they sing songs for some people who died. 5,000 of army men died and felled their lives.


Kieran Cook

I couldn’t believe that some people liked the war!! Some people were even excited about the war! Couldn’t they see how awful being at war was? But they were protecting our country, and that is the good thing. They had a lot of good reasons to go to war also, like freedom.


Billy Bean

The red jackets were coming and people had to defend their house. It took a long time to get the news in war. There was a lady in a painting kissing a sword to honor the man. when men left for the war women had to do men’s work. Someone ate a dog because he was so hungry. Someone’s friend got his head blown off.


Taylor McMillin

They go to war so that they could save and protect people. One reason people went to war is because women wanted them to. The people that had signed up for war can not quit. They have to stay there. One guy went there, then left. He did something he wasn’t supposed to do. When somebody got hurt they would have to go to a hospital tent. One guy just wanted to go to war and nobody asked him to. I wonder why they had tents for hospitals.


Bonnie Cooke

This guy shot his foot on purpose. He got to go home. His buddy didn’t. This woman was kissing a sword. Women also do men’s work like welding when they’re at war. 5,000 men went to Washington and gave their medals back. They didn’t care anymore. George Washington fought in the war because the people wanted him to be their captain.


Dwayne Cooper

I just saw a woman kissing a sword. Sometimes women wanted men to go to war. 5,000 men gave their medals to George Washington. In 1775 there was no news passed out. You had to ride a horse to the newspaper store. People did wars to free people and to protect their country and protect the people also. Going to war is not fun because you can die. George Washington fought for his country. George Washington did not give the people money who fought.


Cody Briggs

Soldiers went to war and did not know what they were doing. Some soldiers when they got there they ran away. Some did not. They turned their medals in. It did not mean anything to them anymore. Some people when they got to their country they did not want them there anymore. My great great grandpa and my great grandpa and my cousin, all three of them went. They did not like it. My great great grandpa was dead. His leg got blown clean off. My great grandpa told me they won in World War Two. The blue coats won a World War Three to America. They have their own tent area. Their friends did not make it.

Tee’Ara Smith

Having faith is one thing that is important because everybody should believe in themselves and trust. You should have trust. That is another thing you should have. Why? Because it is right and giving up is not what you should be doing. Because war is important and you would let your country down if you gave up. You shall always believe in yourself and have faith.


Zachary Barnhart

A guy shot his foot. And some people got their heads blown off. Some people fought in planes. A girl kissed a man’s sword. Red coats are strong men. Most of our men died during war. Men fought really hard for USA. Women cheered us on until it was over. A lot of stuff blew up.


Rachele Allen

People had to go to war because of the children and the women. People lost their homes and houses. In the war some or maybe more people ran away because they did not want to fight in the war. People went to war to get freedom for their country and other stuff. A lot of people died in the wars. People were sad when people died.


James Sanders

George Washington was mean to the soldiers. And some of them were dead or alive. And some of the soldiers were not going to the war. And when his friend’s head got blown off he was happy. And at the beginning he wanted to go in the army. and he got his house blown up. And when he is in a hospital that is his favorite time in the war. And George Washington fought for his country. But he died a long time ago.


Jesse Rovai

I remember the burning ground and the horses, the gun sounds. I remember the dead people and the person telling them to defend their houses. I remember the woman kissing the sword. I remember the person getting his head blown clean off. I remember the ship sounds.


Tatiana Siaz

War is hurtful and painful. Ten thousand people died for their people. They fight for freedom and it was never the same when the soldiers came home. It seemed like the people wanted them to disappear. Diseases from the bullet.


Jacob Downing

War is about killing and victory. When we’re on a ship, you are in trouble. Because if you get shot at with a torpedo your ship is going to blow up and your ship will sink. When we’re on ground you might get shot at.


Billy Earls

In war you can very easily die. War is very dangerous. There are guns and swords and knives in war. I know somebody who served in the war and risked his life. There are lots of explosions. George Washington served in the war. He died.


Samantha Clemens

We had a war because the women wanted to. We have war in airplanes too. Girls do a lot of stuff that helps like hospital work and some go in wars. We protect our nation. It said some people were so hungry that they will eat their pets. We all do not like blood at all because it will hurt and some people will die.


Jeremy Burt

I remember all the people getting killed and the lady kissing the sword. And I remember all the sounds of guns shooting and firing. And I remember all the dead people and the women who went to war.


Derek Hanson

War is a very bloody thing. People die. People’s families will never know what happened. People sometimes can’t handle it and get sad. I think it is wrong to go to war just for a girl.


Jesse Komara

Going to war is not fun. Some people like to go to war. In wars there are explosions. Men die from it. George Washington was a brave man. He fought for his Country. Being a Captain is a big responsibility. You have to boss people around.


Kyle Surwillo

The girl on the “War” slide show she was kissing the sword. On the war part there were gun shots and people injured. Leg off. Some were even dead and there were some sick because of diseases.


Cody Chapman

How they fed prisoners to all of the sharks. That they were all hung on a rope to die and how they had to eat a man’s dog’s meat. And that five thousand of them gave their medals back. People got their heads blown off and their blood all over.

Sam Sprague

People getting their heads blown off. Ships blowing up and old guns shooting people. People ran off and got caught. And when the war is over they would get hung.