The Life of Adam: Heroes Don’t Run

Heroes Dont Run A fresh of the peace-loving War Author Harry Mazer Brennan Gaspard October 2, 2009 5th hour, Mrs. Reeves Heroes Dont Run A Novel of the Pacific War written by Harry Mazer. This is a manufacturing account statement with a lot of action and history. Reading this story make me feel like I was re each(prenominal)y there along the billet of offer during the Pacific war. ex is determined to serve his country in honor of his get, a naval officer, who was killed in Pearl Harbor. go enlisted in the Marines hoping that serving his country would be honoring his pay backs wishes.It was what his father would give up expected of him. fling felt like he had to do his part by serving in the Pacific war out front it ended. What Adam didnt know was that war was not at all like he expected. In 1944, Adam Pelko, waits for his eighteenth birthday to bugger off so he can sign up with the Marines and serve his country. The story began in Bakersfield, California where Adam live d with his get down and little sister Bea. Adam was only s raseteen years old and could not get his intellectual off of signing up for the Marines.He knew his mother was against him signing up, but he had to follow his dream. Adam lastly got the opportunity when he got to visit his grandfather, Osker Pelko, who lived in Watertown, New York. He served in World War I and unsounded why his grandson wanted to sign up so bad. Adams grandfather signed him up even though he as well as did not want to lose him because he had already lost his son, Adams father to war. Adam is sent to boot camp, then to Okinawa to fight the Japanese and to do his part in the Pacific war.During the war Adam friends Ben and Rosie are killed. Adam has constant memories about his father and witnesses unforgettable experiences. Adams level gets injured by a mortar shell blast that blows fragments of rock, dirt, and even bits of bone into his body. He is sent to the Aiea Naval hospital in Honolulu. Adam had to have several operations and a cast put on his leg. While in the hospital Adam thinks about his two friends Rosie and Ben existence real heros because they were killed in battle.In the summer of 1945, Adams was released and able to go home. As soon as he the ship docked he called his mother and grandfather to tell them he was coming home. After being released by the doctors at the San Diego Marine hospital, Adam goes home to California. Once Adam finally gets home he realizes that the whole war isnt about the guns or cleansing people. He was put in the situation to fight for his life and his legal opinion about war had changed. He remembered how scared he got and tried to negate fighting.He did not feel like a hero. Adam also know what he had put his mother through having her worry if he was brisk or dead. He considered giving her the purple heart and saying, Its for you too, mom. Adam enjoyed being home with his family and did not want to talk about the war. He did not feel like a hero, even though he had fought for his country instead of running. I really liked this story because it showed me what soldiers have to go through to keep our freedom.