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When one thinks of sacrifice what

will the one think of, and of duty,

what will one think of? Most will

think of Death, offerings, life

threatening, saving someone else,

or giving up you for a cause. All

are true, but with a world filled

with propaganda, good and bad, and

news articles spread through out

social media, the true meaning.

Sacrifice

Sacrifice is an act of giving or

lending, time, money, or any item

or idea of value, to one person or

many, with in a cause the person

feels necessary and or obliged to,

but will not be reprimanded on

failure to give, and has no obliga-

tion to give, unless they so seek

to; with to the extent of giving

with no returned income, or reward.

Simply stated sacrifice is an act

of giving when not needed.

Duty

Duty is an act of giving or lend-

ing, time, money, or any item or

idea of value, to one person or

many, with in a cause the person

feels necessary and or obliged to,

and will be reprimanded on failure

to give, and has an obligation to

give, even if they so not seek to;

with to the extent of giving with

returned income, or reward; yet one

may chose to exempt them selves

from the action with expenses.

Simply stated duty is an act of

giving when needed, or asked to.

Well, what if a person decides to

go further then duty and sacrifices

some?

So be it then, where a person de-

cides to do more than asked and

gives a part of him or her self, it

is a choice for the person; as oth-

er givings, to give a part of him

or her self for a system or organi-

zation in to what he or she feels

right.

Here are storys of sacrifice and

duty, in which we will analyze and

determine what came from them;

9 11

On September 11 2001, two boing

planes crashed into the two twin

towers in lower Manhattan, killing

over 3,000 people. This was later

to be accused and sustained to be a

terrorist attack.

With in seconds sirens could be

herd, as hundreds of alarms would

go off in the two towers. Later

more than 1,000 firefighters ap-

peared on spot, in full uniform to

help and save hundreds and thou-

sands of injured. Most would lose

their lives in this terrible trage-

dy.

Here many firefighters where not on

their shift, but sacrificed their

lives for cause of rescuing others,

it would be a noble cause, where

all would be remembered. Even

though a duty of the Fire Depart-

ment to be first responders, it is

not in their code to stay inside of

a building about to crash down.

When risks are too high, they are

not forced to enter, as many did,

to give their lives to save anoth-

er.

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This is an act of both Duty and

Sacrifice.

The Titanic

On the Titanic, March 1912, the

sink less boat would hit an ice-

berg, and split in two. In addi-

tion, fall to the bottom of the

sea, more than 1,000 men and women

lost their lives in this triadic

event.

The men and women that held to the

ropes of the lifeboats, and casta-

way valuable time, are sacrifices,

while the crew, or at least most of

the crew, where serving duty.

It is necessary to state that of-

ficers who did stay on the boat af-

ter fulfilling their posts also

sacrificed their lives.

Almost all of the crew that signed

up for the job took on the act of

sacrifice, when they enlisted in

their job dutys.

Analyze

So what the heck you ask.

Well yes the people, where amazing

and many lost lives, but you can do

the same, with out losing yours.

When you take a person you like or

know in your hands, and there are

glints of tears in their eyes, and

you comfort them, you have just

given part of you to them, sacri-

fice. But as a friend, you are also

at duty to comfort and care for

them. So you have done both.

Altogether it is the

Duty of a member of our US Military

and guards, to protect lives and

care for us, protect our freedom

and wealth. However, nothing says

that they are to act as a human

shield, or take a bullet to protect

another. That is their choice. That

is their Sacrifice.

When one goes to Arlington ceme-

tery, the Tomb of the Unknowns, and

any resting place of men and women;

it is important to remember that

the sacrifices made for us, where

not in vein and to embrace their

gift, and not gamble it.

So nows your choice, how will you

serve?