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1、Veterans Day A Reading AZ Level U Leveled BookWord Count:1,758Visit www.readinga- for thousands of books and materials.www.readinga-Written by Amy WeberLEVELED BOOK UWritten by Amy WeberVeterans Daywww.readinga-24Glossary allies(n.)people or groups that join with others for a common cause(p.5)armist
2、ice(n.)a wartime truce(p.5)casualties(n.)people wounded,injured,killed,or missing during a war,accident,or disaster(p.5)civilian(n.)a person who is not a member of the military or police(p.13)combat(n.)fighting between military forces(p.14)dedication(n.)words that express in whose honor something ha
3、s been created(p.21)draft(n.)a system that requires people to join the military(p.12)post-traumatic a mental condition that can stress disorder(n.)follow a very disturbing experience,such as battle(p.15)recognition(n.)thanks and honor given to someone for service or an achievement(p.19)sacrifice(n.)
4、an action or object unselfishly given to help other people or a cause(p.4)stationed(v.)assigned to a place(p.12)tuition(n.)the fee charged for instruction at a school(p.13)2423The next time November 11 rolls around,think about the veterans who help defend you and your country every day.Give thanks f
5、or their service and sacrifice.Students from the Texas School for the Deaf salute while watching a Veterans Day parade.Veterans Day Level UVeterans DayLevel U Leveled Book Learning AZWritten by Amy WeberAll rights reserved.www.readinga-CorrelationLEVEL UQ4040Fountas&PinnellReading RecoveryDRAPhoto C
6、redits:Front cover:615 collection/Alamy Stock Photo;back cover:Stephen Lance Dennee/The Paducah Sun/AP Images;title page:Nailia Schwarz/123RF;page 3:Jeff Greenberg/PhotoEdit;page 3 and throughout(icon):Elena Barbakova/123RF;page 4:Brett Duke/The Times-Picayune/Landov;page 5:Rue des Archives/The Gran
7、ger Collection,NYC;page 6:David Crossland/Alamy;page 7:The Granger Collection,NYC;pages 8,13(top):AP Images;page 9:Stephen D.Cannerelli/The Post-Standard/Landov;page 10:Kevin Dietsch/UPI/Landov;page 11:Gary Cosby Jr./The Decatur Daily/AP Images;page 12:Shannon Stapleton/Reuters/Landov;page 13(bottom
8、 left):Cliff Lipson/CBS/Landov;page 13(bottom right):U.S.Air Force Photo/Tech.Sgt.James Branch;page 14:David Grossman/Alamy;page 15:REUTERS/Alex Gallardo;page 16:Michelle Gabel/The Post-Standard/Landov;page 17:Mike Maple/ZUMA Press/Corbis;page 18:Richard Sennott/MCT/Landov;page 19:Mary Ann Chastain/
9、AP Images;page 20:Paul Bersebach/ZUMA Press Corbis;page 22:A.Ramey/PhotoEdit;page 23:Bob Daemmrich/PhotoEditFront cover:Salvatore Giunta placed himself in the line of fire in Afghanistan to save two army comrades.In 2010,he received the Medal of Honor(see page 15).He is the first living Medal of Hon
10、or recipient from the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.Back cover:A fifth grader calls out to veterans passing by during an annual Veterans Day parade in Kentucky.233Table of ContentsIntroduction.4History of Veterans Day.5Honoring Veterans Today .9Life as a Vet .12Eagle Scouts Honor Veterans.18Conclusio
11、n .22Glossary .24A veteran talks to Brownies and Girl Scouts at a Veterans Day parade.Veterans Day Level U22ConclusionNow that youve learned about Veterans Day,consider how you might honor veterans.There are many different ways:hh Visit a veteran at a Veterans Administration Hospital or community ce
12、nter.hh Find out if there is a cemetery or memorial for veterans in your area.Maybe you can help maintain it or help place flags or wreaths on military graves.hh Send a care package to a soldier serving abroad.hh Write a thank-you note to a veteran,thanking him or her for serving our country.A Brown
13、ie places U.S.flags at veterans graves in a Los Angeles cemetery.4IntroductionIf youve ever made a sacrifice to help someone,you know it isnt easy.Yet millions of American veterans have sacrificed for the sake of their country.Veterans are people who have served in the U.S.armed forces;they may or m
14、ay not have fought in wars.The U.S.armed forces include the army,navy,air force,marines,and coast guard.Today,there are about 25 million veterans in the United States.Many more millions of Americans served in wars in which the United States fought.Those who died are remembered on a national holiday
15、called Memorial Day.Veterans Day honors the sacrifices of all veterans,living and dead.A Vietnam veteran salutes the flag during a Veterans Day program.21Mahoney was declared dead a year later.His body was found on the side of a mountain in 1949,returned home,and buried in Stoughton.Sweet never marr
16、ied.Sixty-six years after his plane went down,Mahoneys story came to light again through the work of eighteen-year-old Daniel Noyes.For his Eagle Scout project,Noyes decided to build 70 garden boxes for veteran memorial markers.He spent more than 250 hours building and placing the garden boxes throu
17、ghout Stoughton with the help of his troop.For years,Sweet had kept a memorial at the street sign for Mahoney Avenue,but in her eighties was no longer able to continue.Instead,she made a donation to the project,asking that a garden box be built at Mahoney Avenue.Noyes and his father found the street
18、 but discovered there was no dedication sign,only a small American flag.Thanks in large part to Noyes project,Daniel Henry Mahoney Jr.now has an official memorial on the street sign that bears his name,a white Killed in Action marker with green writing.That recognition felt right to Noyes,to Sweet,a
19、nd to Mahoneys family.Veterans Day Level U5History of Veterans DayVeterans Day actually began as a different holiday:Armistice Day.This holiday celebrated the end of what was known as the“Great War,”a war the United States entered in 1917.It fought on the side of its allies,which included Great Brit
20、ain,France,and Russia.In all,more than four million Americans fought.In 1918,the Great War came to an end after more than four years.Casualties reached more than thirty-seven million.The modern world had never experienced such wartime losses.On November 11,1918,both sides signed an armistice that en
21、ded the fighting.The armistice started on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month of the year!An American flag is raised near Paris to celebrate the armistice and end of World War I on November 11,1918.Veterans Day Level UMahoney Avenue in Stoughton,Massachusetts,was one such str
22、eet.Years ago,it was named for Sergeant Daniel Henry Mahoney Jr.,a World War II veteran born in Stoughton in 1920.According to the Stoughton Journal,Mahoney was drafted into the U.S.Army Air Force in November 1942.He promised to marry Dorothy Sweet,then went off to Europe,where he died at the age of
23、 23.A bomb from another Allied plane was mistakenly dropped onto Mahoneys plane and destroyed it over Yugoslavia.Sweets last few letters came back to her,returned with a message“Missing in Action”written in red.20Sometimes soldiers termed“Missing in Action”are later found.This Western Union telegram
24、 from 1945 was sent to Robert Barons family shortly after he became a prisoner of war.Baron survived,however,and returned to the United States after World War II.6Why Poppies?On Veterans Day,some veterans wear a little red poppy on their shirts.Some hand out poppies and accept donations.The donation
25、s that the U.S.Veterans of Foreign Wars(VFW)collect are used to help wounded or disabled veterans.Poppies grow in a region called Flanders,which stretches across areas of France and Belgium.Many soldiers died there during World War I.A Canadian army surgeon named John McRae served in Flanders and wr
26、ote a poem called“In Flanders Fields.”The poem spoke of poppies growing in an Allied graveyard“between the crosses,row on row.”Even now,the red poppy helps keep alive the memory of those fallen soldiers.It also raises funds for soldiers living today.The poppy helps the VFW live up to its motto,“to h
27、onor the dead by helping the living.”19Other Eagle Scouts repair and restore veteran memorials and cemeteries.They raise sunken vet grave markers,build paths for vets in wheelchairs,and sometimes create new memorials.They gain recognition for vets who may have died in action,which can be a great com
28、fort to the loved ones those vets left behind.Sometimes recognition can be a long time coming.Children may walk down a city street every day on their way to school,never knowing that the street is named for a soldier who died at war.In 2003,members of an Eagle Scout troop exposed the headstone of Ar
29、ch Clayton,a World War I veteran buried in 1952.As many as one thousand veterans were thought to be buried at the abandoned South Carolina cemetery.Veterans Day Level U7 In September 1939,war broke out in Europe again.Even more soldiers were sent to fight,and more soldiers were killed than in the Gr
30、eat War.People later called this war World War II and then referred to the Great War as World War I.The sacrifices that the United States and its allies made were huge.After the war,many Americans started to call for recognition of World War II veterans.In fact,they wanted all veterans to be honored
31、,not just those who fought in wars.American soldiers land on the French coast on June 6,1944.Veterans Day Level UEagle Scouts Honor VeteransWe dont always know what sacrifices veterans have made for us,but some people go out of their way to educate us,remind us,and show their appreciation on Veteran
32、s Day .or any day.In order to become an Eagle Scoutthe highest award given to a Boy Scout before his eighteenth birthdaya Scout has to complete a service project that benefits the community.Eagle Scouts often choose a project that honors veterans.Some Eagle Scouts take part in the Veterans History P
33、roject.As part of the project,they interview American veterans.The stories they collect end up at the Library of Congress,preserved for scholars,researchers,and future generations.18Anthony Thomas became the nations two millionth Eagle Scout in 2009.8Like many other American presidents before and af
34、ter him,Dwight D.Eisenhower was a veteran.An army general during World War II,he rose to become Supreme Commander of the Allied Forces in Europe.On June 1,1954,President Eisenhower signed a bill that changed the name Armistice Day to Veterans Day.The bill also changed the purpose of the day to honor
35、 all veterans who had served in the U.S.armed forces.Veterans Day was to be celebrated on November 11.General Dwight D.Eisenhower gestures as he watches troops and tanks in Great Britain on March 13,1944.17The American Legion in Action The American Legion is the nations largest veterans service orga
36、nization.Across the nation,American Legion members pledge to help one another in times of need.In May of 2011,the town of Joplin,Missouri,was devastated by a tornado.From 1,300 miles away,American Legion members in New York State took note.They gathered enough supplies to fill a 24-foot truck.Four m
37、embers drove it west.The truck was filled with things Joplin needed:clothing for men,women,and children,blankets,sheets,toiletries,and cash.In Joplin,Legion members spent the next week getting the supplies to those in need.Asked why they drove more than 1,000 miles to help,one Legion member said,“It
38、s who we are.Its what we do.A Legionnaire is a Legionnaire.Its that simple.”The tornado that tore through Joplin in 2011 was the deadliest in U.S.history.Veterans Day Level U9Honoring Veterans TodayAs on many other holidays,people across the nation hold parades on Veterans Day.Government offices and
39、 buildings are closed.Some businesses and most schools around the country close as well.Schools that stay open often conduct activities or lessons about veterans and Veterans Day.Some communities even offer service days in which students make care packages for soldiers serving abroad.They collect it
40、ems like gum,candy,toothpaste,soap,razors,and other things that soldiers cannot get easily.Some citizens deliver food to those in need.They may make sack lunches and deliver them to shelters.Others work in soup kitchens to serve free meals to poor and hungry people,sometimes including veterans.Fourt
41、h graders recite facts about Veterans Day.Veterans Day Level UBecause vets sometimes have to rely on each other during combat in order to survive,most vets feel a special loyalty to one another.Sometimes that loyalty lasts far beyond their years of service.Veterans groups try to offer veterans help
42、and support.Two such groups are the Veterans of Foreign Wars(VFW)and the American Legion.16Two Pearl Harbor survivors greet each other.Often on Veterans Day,the president or vice president of the United States visits Arlington National Cemetery,located near Washington,D.C.Many members of the militar
43、y are buried there,along with former presidents such as John F.Kennedy.The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier is also found at Arlington.In wartime,soldiers who die may not be able to be identified because of their injuries.Sometimes there are very few remains of a soldiers body.Some soldiers bodies are ne
44、ver found.After World War I,the British decided to create a tomb for an unknown soldier.The United States did the same.An American soldier killed in France during World War I could not be identified.On November 11,1921,the soldier was buried in the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National C
45、emetery.Since then,an unidentified soldier from every war in which the United States fights has been buried there.10President Barack Obama lays a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.15Soldiers who have seen combat are sometimes diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder.It can come in the f
46、orm of depression,anger,grief,fear,or guilt.The victims may suffer many different symptoms.Because of their experiences with gunfire and explosions,some veterans may be bothered by loud noises.Honoring the Brave The Medal of Honor is the nations highest military honor.It is awarded by the president
47、of the United States to members of the armed forces who go“above and beyond the call of duty”during combat.In doing so,they riskand often sacrificetheir lives.Sometimes recognition can be a long time coming.Often it comes after the hero has died.Few medals have been awarded for conflicts since the V
48、ietnam War,but the awards do continue.Some who have received the medal are buried in Arlington National Cemetery,one of the largest and probably the most famous U.S.military cemetery.Others may lie in a small country graveyard,a stones throw from a busy highway where drivers race by,never realizing
49、a hero is buried nearby.Veterans Day Level U11On Veterans Day,the president or vice president lays a wreath on the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.Laying a wreath or flowers on a tomb or headstone at a cemetery is one way to honor people who have died.Some veterans march in parades on Veterans Day.Citie
50、s all over the nation honor veterans of all wars by waving flags during those parades.Veterans who march in the Parade of Flags often wear the colors of the branch of the military in which they served.In fact,a“Parade of Flags”also takes place next to the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier on Veterans Day.