Sacrifice

I have learned what true sacrifice looks like through this class, as well as the fact that there is no model mold for sacrifice it comes in all different “shapes and sizes.” Whether you were a trained nurse that moved across the world to work on the injured soldiers, quit your job to become a soldier, or give the ultimate sacrifice of losing your life for the cause, millions of people’s lives were forever changed by the various forms of sacrifice that took place during the second world war. Second Lieutenant Robert J. Watson clearly gave gave the ultimate sacrifice, and America will be forever grateful for that. In the Merriam-Webster Dictionary the definition for the word sacrifice is; something given up or lost. In all stories and people studied, that definition would barely be enough to truly represent what these people had to give up. Sacrifice big or small will always involve pain, and more often than not the ultimate sacrifice given by nurses, soldiers, pilots, during the war impacted all the other people who cared for them. I have really enjoyed taking this class, ranging from designing a memorial that we think belongs within the National World War 2 memorial, to a free choice project that I’m writing about now; it has all given me a deeper understanding of what true sacrifice. I would recommend this class to anyone, even if you think history or “war stuff” isn’t for you, this class goes so much deeper than that. I will forever be thankful for the men and women like Second Lieutenant Robert J. Watson, who gave the ultimate sacrifice for this free and beautiful country we get to live in.