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FALLEN ANGELS

FALLEN ANGELS. By: Walter Dean Myers Book Report by: Chris Derby Middle School. WAR. The year is 1967 In the middle of the Vietnam war Takes place over the course of a year In the jungles of South Vietnam. “Richie”. Known as Perry (his last name). He is 17 years old.

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FALLEN ANGELS

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  1. FALLEN ANGELS By: Walter Dean Myers Book Report by: Chris Derby Middle School

  2. WAR • The year is 1967 • In the middle of the Vietnam war • Takes place over the course of a year • In the jungles of South Vietnam

  3. “Richie” • Known as Perry (his last name). • He is 17 years old. • He is a new recruit in the army. • Nervous about the war. • Receives 2 purple hearts. • From New York

  4. Henry”Peewee”Gates • Perry’s best friend. • Stays with Perry the whole year • They are both African-American • Always looks on the good side of things

  5. Johnson • The strong guy of the squad • Carries the big ”pig” the sixty cal. machine gun. • Third African-American • From Georgia

  6. Monaco • Their Italian friend. • From New York like Perry. • A religious man. • Has a wife back home.

  7. Vietnam • War against communism. • Very bloody war. • Longest war America was involved with. • Many protests against it. • Left some men traumatized.

  8. Personal Conflict • Perry is trying to survive a year in vietnam. • Has a little brother named Kenny. • Perry wants to be a good role model. • Has trouble with all the killing going on.

  9. Thoughts on what happened. • War is not pretty. • Vietnam is a war we lost. • Americas first experience in guerrilla combat. • Many people died.

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