Post by Walter Schmidt on Mar 11, 2009 18:04:16 GMT
Accepted as a Coporal, there was a frequent and rapid change in tense throughout your application, any higher rank would not possible. Stick to the past tense on this site as that is what everyone uses by requirement.
Welcome to Issuing Orders and if you have any questions feel free to ask, but make sure you read through the rules and legislations, they can take a bit to get through as there are multiple threads.
-JT
Account E-Mail: EDITED OUT!
Name: Walter Schmidt
Nationality: United States, United States Army.
Character History:
Born on 12th of January 1921, His father, a World War 1 Veteran and a retired Marine CO, and his mother was a nurse for ten years, now a stay at home mom. Growing up in the depressive time, he was better off than most of his peers. Well educated, Walter was a privileged individual. But, Walter did not let it get to his head. He held on to the Corp beliefs, Honor, Commitment, and Courage. He wanted to be like his father. He was trained as a marksman with a rifle and have been given pointers on leading group of individuals by his father. He learned German and Russian, two languages of his ancestors'.
September 1st, 1939
War broke in Europe, once more. Fuhrer Adolf Hitler and his nationalist socialist party, along with his destructive army, invaded Poland. Walter's father knew it would not be long, before United States will get involved. However, before the retired Marine CO could speak his mind on the matter, Walter already enlisted in the United States Army and soon begin training. His father question, why not the Corp? But, Walter's father quickly realize the answer. Walter wanted to fight on the land of his father and fathers' father, he wanted to liberate Germany from Hitler.
"The day that will live infamy" December 7th, 1941. Japanese forces attacked the United States Naval Base in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. United States declare war on the Japanese and declare they will get involved with War in Europe. Few months prior to this event, Walter finished his training. Now, he is waiting for his orders or initial assignment.
Military Rank: Corporal, higher if allowed.
Writing Sample:
Scenario: You’re alone behind enemy lines and you get the eerie feeling someone’s watching you. You’re trying to remain quiet, stay low, work your way back to the front lines - but you can’t help but feel you’re being followed.
Holding his M1903 Springfield tightly with one hand, Walter tries to go slowly through a wooden area. However, Walter has been getting a feeling someone is following him. Walter decided to lay down, belly crawl to an old log. He waited for a little while. Then, Walter spotted a small searching party of vier Deutsch Soldat (four German Soldiers). He could shoot and kill all four of them with his M1903 Springfield, which Walter wished it was the Air Force variation with the 25 round magazine in case if there is more in the area. Walter, then, thought up an interesting idea. Walter looked down at the ground he is laying on, it is muddy.
Walter grinned as he remembered playing with his friends on his Grandfather's farm and how his team tricked the other by using natural material to camouflage. Walter lay fully on the ground and rolled around in it, but his rifle is laying against the log. Sticking few leaves into the mud, he would look like the ground with some grass coming out of it. Well, he'd look like a mound of dirt with grass out of it. Checking to make sure he had his knife on him and the rifle does not have any mud in it. He lay down and crawled out of his hiding area.
A German soldier just walked passed Walter, who just stood up behind the German soldier. Walter, with a swing of the rifle, struck the soldier in the ear with the butt stock of the rifle, dropping him instantly. Other German soldier heard the loud thump as well as the comrade yelled, they seen a big pile of mud fall to the ground on top of their fallen comrade. They do not know what to believe. Walter used the down soldier as a support and aim towards the nearest approaching German soldier. A loud crack could be heard as Walter shoots the German soldier in the chest. The other German soldiers scramble to find cover, while Walter working the bolt action smoothly. Fire once more, striking a German soldier in the neck, blood sprayed outwards in almost all directions.
One left, the German soldier decided quickly to lay down in the tall grass. He sounded like he was praying out of the fear of dying. Walter decided to use the "Potato Masher", stick hand grenade, that he found in the down soldier's pocket to flush out the remaining soldier. Instead of flushing the soldier out, amazing luck has struck Walter. The grenade fell and exploded right where the German soldier was laying. Not wasting time, Walter got up and took off running across the dry creek bed, he is only few kilometers from Allied occupation area, now.
Welcome to Issuing Orders and if you have any questions feel free to ask, but make sure you read through the rules and legislations, they can take a bit to get through as there are multiple threads.
-JT
Account E-Mail: EDITED OUT!
Name: Walter Schmidt
Nationality: United States, United States Army.
Character History:
Born on 12th of January 1921, His father, a World War 1 Veteran and a retired Marine CO, and his mother was a nurse for ten years, now a stay at home mom. Growing up in the depressive time, he was better off than most of his peers. Well educated, Walter was a privileged individual. But, Walter did not let it get to his head. He held on to the Corp beliefs, Honor, Commitment, and Courage. He wanted to be like his father. He was trained as a marksman with a rifle and have been given pointers on leading group of individuals by his father. He learned German and Russian, two languages of his ancestors'.
September 1st, 1939
War broke in Europe, once more. Fuhrer Adolf Hitler and his nationalist socialist party, along with his destructive army, invaded Poland. Walter's father knew it would not be long, before United States will get involved. However, before the retired Marine CO could speak his mind on the matter, Walter already enlisted in the United States Army and soon begin training. His father question, why not the Corp? But, Walter's father quickly realize the answer. Walter wanted to fight on the land of his father and fathers' father, he wanted to liberate Germany from Hitler.
"The day that will live infamy" December 7th, 1941. Japanese forces attacked the United States Naval Base in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. United States declare war on the Japanese and declare they will get involved with War in Europe. Few months prior to this event, Walter finished his training. Now, he is waiting for his orders or initial assignment.
Military Rank: Corporal, higher if allowed.
Writing Sample:
Scenario: You’re alone behind enemy lines and you get the eerie feeling someone’s watching you. You’re trying to remain quiet, stay low, work your way back to the front lines - but you can’t help but feel you’re being followed.
Holding his M1903 Springfield tightly with one hand, Walter tries to go slowly through a wooden area. However, Walter has been getting a feeling someone is following him. Walter decided to lay down, belly crawl to an old log. He waited for a little while. Then, Walter spotted a small searching party of vier Deutsch Soldat (four German Soldiers). He could shoot and kill all four of them with his M1903 Springfield, which Walter wished it was the Air Force variation with the 25 round magazine in case if there is more in the area. Walter, then, thought up an interesting idea. Walter looked down at the ground he is laying on, it is muddy.
Walter grinned as he remembered playing with his friends on his Grandfather's farm and how his team tricked the other by using natural material to camouflage. Walter lay fully on the ground and rolled around in it, but his rifle is laying against the log. Sticking few leaves into the mud, he would look like the ground with some grass coming out of it. Well, he'd look like a mound of dirt with grass out of it. Checking to make sure he had his knife on him and the rifle does not have any mud in it. He lay down and crawled out of his hiding area.
A German soldier just walked passed Walter, who just stood up behind the German soldier. Walter, with a swing of the rifle, struck the soldier in the ear with the butt stock of the rifle, dropping him instantly. Other German soldier heard the loud thump as well as the comrade yelled, they seen a big pile of mud fall to the ground on top of their fallen comrade. They do not know what to believe. Walter used the down soldier as a support and aim towards the nearest approaching German soldier. A loud crack could be heard as Walter shoots the German soldier in the chest. The other German soldiers scramble to find cover, while Walter working the bolt action smoothly. Fire once more, striking a German soldier in the neck, blood sprayed outwards in almost all directions.
One left, the German soldier decided quickly to lay down in the tall grass. He sounded like he was praying out of the fear of dying. Walter decided to use the "Potato Masher", stick hand grenade, that he found in the down soldier's pocket to flush out the remaining soldier. Instead of flushing the soldier out, amazing luck has struck Walter. The grenade fell and exploded right where the German soldier was laying. Not wasting time, Walter got up and took off running across the dry creek bed, he is only few kilometers from Allied occupation area, now.