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Why I Want
To Be An Army
Officer
has forged an unbreakable bond, and it’s only after you try to protect
the people who are so innocent together you find out how close they
are. Eamon and Tilly aren’t big men with tattoos and no teeth.
They’re people too.
This Anzac Day, maybe don’t treat it like any other day. The
average men who try their very hardest but might not get
remembered are the ones we need to remember. My brother isn’t a
war hero, but he’s my hero. He went to another country to protect
faces he didn’t know. And he accomplished that. This Anzac Day,
remember the people who gave their lives for the war, and those
who didn’t. They’re all heroes.
And they come back just the same as they always do. When my
brother came back, he gave me an Afghan hat, a big grin and a hug,
just like always.
After I talked with my brother, I’m trading my Starbucks for
confidence, and my iPhone for an ability to stand up for people. I’m
no hero, and I’m not in the army either. But I can show them that
what they do matters, in my own way.
This Anzac Day, we will remember them.
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