History 110 essay 2 miguel flores
Miguel Flores
History 110
Smedley Darlington Butler in my opinion can be considered one of the most influential Americans during the 1900s for his many successful accomplishments as a Marine Corps officer and an American Patriot. Some of these significant experiences he attained as a Marine which influenced his actions as a civilian later in life were; his solid leadership abilities during the assault in Peking, China, despite his young age, in his tour in Nicaragua where he learned tenacity while staring down the barrel of a Nicaraguan-rebels pistol, or as a Haitian ruler after over-throwing a rebel stronghold, but the most meaningful experience were he gained wisdom and humility, was during his time as the Commanding General of Camp Pontanezen in France during WWI, were he raised the motivation of troops and assisted to sanitized a once flu epidemic sweeped base. Though these accomplishments aided him in achieving a prestige reputation with American citizens, these hardships and tribulations endured by him only helped him come to the realization that after 33 years of active duty service, he spent most of his time as a high class muscle man for big businesses. But as a civilian patriot, he would make things right during prohibition as the Director of Public Safety and about being outspoken about an existence of a political conspiracy.
Despite his fortunate up-bringing and prominent family ancestry, he decided to enlist as an officer in the United States Marine Corps at the young age of seventeen after the, “USS Maine blew up in Havana Harbor in February 1898 and war fever swept through the country,” (Devil Dog, pg.20). Once completing training and becoming a second lieutenant, he was shipped off to fight the war in Cuba, but arrived too late to see much action because he would be destined to prevail in China. There, he would prove to be a natural born commander and would win his men’s loyalty. He took a direct bullet to the thigh all while saving one of his
History 110
Smedley Darlington Butler in my opinion can be considered one of the most influential Americans during the 1900s for his many successful accomplishments as a Marine Corps officer and an American Patriot. Some of these significant experiences he attained as a Marine which influenced his actions as a civilian later in life were; his solid leadership abilities during the assault in Peking, China, despite his young age, in his tour in Nicaragua where he learned tenacity while staring down the barrel of a Nicaraguan-rebels pistol, or as a Haitian ruler after over-throwing a rebel stronghold, but the most meaningful experience were he gained wisdom and humility, was during his time as the Commanding General of Camp Pontanezen in France during WWI, were he raised the motivation of troops and assisted to sanitized a once flu epidemic sweeped base. Though these accomplishments aided him in achieving a prestige reputation with American citizens, these hardships and tribulations endured by him only helped him come to the realization that after 33 years of active duty service, he spent most of his time as a high class muscle man for big businesses. But as a civilian patriot, he would make things right during prohibition as the Director of Public Safety and about being outspoken about an existence of a political conspiracy.
Despite his fortunate up-bringing and prominent family ancestry, he decided to enlist as an officer in the United States Marine Corps at the young age of seventeen after the, “USS Maine blew up in Havana Harbor in February 1898 and war fever swept through the country,” (Devil Dog, pg.20). Once completing training and becoming a second lieutenant, he was shipped off to fight the war in Cuba, but arrived too late to see much action because he would be destined to prevail in China. There, he would prove to be a natural born commander and would win his men’s loyalty. He took a direct bullet to the thigh all while saving one of his