Lessons that Spencer Morgan learned from the war: Reader response from "Soldier Boys" by Dean Hughes. describes 2 lessons spencer learned from WW2

Reader Response: Spencer's lessons in the War from "Soldier Boys" by Dean Hughes <Tab/>Many of the men who enlisted in World War Two were not actual men, but merely boys, wanting to be heroic and do something to support their country. One of these boys, Spencer Morgan, was only seventeen when he enlisted. He, like many others, wanted to prove himself, to be a hero, even if he was known …

…participation in the war taught him various lessons; it taught him that war is not heroic, and it taught him that all people are equal. Even though Spencer only realized these lessons before his death, he still did discover them. Despite his unfortunate death, Spencer's participation in the war taught him lessons that he would not otherwise have learned, and it can be said that he will remember these precious lessons forever, even in death.