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Summary of The Journal of Scott Pendleton Collins by Walter Dean Myers

Home Sweet Home

While Scott was driving back to base from St.Lo his jeep got ambushed in which he was shot in the leg, And later he was sent home because of his wounds.

Life After War

Scott Pendleton Collins leg was later amputated in 1973. He married his long loved girlfriend, Julia. He worked with troubled youngsters in the Roanoke area . And lastly Scott and Julia always stayed in touch with Scott's war buddies. Scott dies in March 19, 1992 at the age of 65, After sacrificing so much for his country.

Bitter Sweet

As Scott Collins was going home he had a bitter sweat feeling because he wanted to go home but didn't want to leave his new found friends in battle.

Journal

Scott brought a journal so he could write down his story , even when they were to not to write down anything because if the Germans get there notes that could put the plan in jeopardy. Scott uses the journal to express his emotions and his fears, because Scott has never seen war up this close and stared death in the face.

Dreams

Scott Push Through

His battalion slowly marches through

France. His battalion fights hard for St.Lo but after they take the once beautiful city of St.lo in July 25,1944 Scott notes that is was all in ruins from the bombing.

When Scott joins the Army, he and his fellow soldiers had dreamed of marching into Germany and freeing the world from the evil plans of Adolf Hitler. But psychically and mentally he was broken form the heavy casualties he and company suffered through on the beaches of Normandy, France.

WAR

Scott Collins soon finds that being a soldier isn't quite as glorious as he had envisioned back home.

1944 MAY

Like many people in 1944 Scott Pendleton Collins went into war to support his beloved country. Becoming a soldier was a family tradition. His great-grandfather fought in the Civil War, and his father fought in World War I.

His Goal

Scott wants to have his picture in the living room just like his father and grandfather who have their pictures displayed (in their uniform) on the living room wall.

Once enlisted

Scott's first encounter with reality was on 6 June 1944. He and many other soldier landed on the beaches of Omaha. Scott didn't really know what was going on but he pushed through by hiding in water then hiding behind dead bodies. But somehow he makes it to the cliff side from where the enemy was firing from.

BY: HARMAN DHILLON

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