One of the great importance to the growth of Little Saigon, was the strong sense of community that was established by the Vietnamese Americans. It was likely that the socioeconomic diversity of the Vietnamese population played an instrumental role in creating such an interconnected occupational structure and enabling them to build a community. They were lumped together as downtrodden “refugees,” which masks their internal differences, such as how they escape, arrived, and the variations in their social economic status. Although as refugees, they did lack material capital, but they however came with a range of human and social capital, most notably the first wave that arrived in 1975. Nonetheless, to see such capital in action, we first have…
In 1945, France controlled Vietnam. However, the communists in Vietnam wanted control, so they fought the French. In 1954, the Geneva agreement ended the fighting and declared Laos, Cambodia, and Vietnam independent countries. The agreement also split Vietnam into two countries; communists governed North Vietnam and South Vietnam became a democratic country. North Vietnam reneged and the communists tried to take over South Vietnam, so the American military fought the communists in a battle that became known as the Vietnam War (Barr, 2005). The Hmong in Laos experienced tragic, long-term consequences for their wartime allegiance with the United States by secretly fighting in the Vietnam War.…
The Vietnam War had different effects on many people. It affected people at home and obviously greatly affected those who were fighting in Vietnam. An excerpt from Everything We Had by Al Santoli and Beginning and Arrival, excerpts from If I Die in a Combat Zone: Box Me Up and Send Me Home by Tim O’Brien, are memoirs that explore the effects and influences of war on two young men. Tim O’Brien wrote about his own experiences in the war, and in the piece of work by Santoli, he tells about the events of a soldier named Robert Santos. These men are quickly shaped and molded by the war and the people there.…
The Vietnam War had a lasting impact on Vietnam Veterans, who although they fought their hardest for their country, they returned to a country who saw them as less than heroes. They suffered both psychological and medical problems from open battles, sniper attacks and chemical warfare, and stress from war-life. Although the Vietnam War had some negative impacts, the Vietnam War was the turning point in Australian society, changing to a multicultural community we are proud of today.…
Filipinos- During World War II, Philippines was taken by Japanese Army. Filipinos in America worried about their home land, Philippines. They wanted to join U.S, Armed Force to get back Philippines to fight for the liberation of their home land. According to page 359, chapter 10, "On February 19, 1942, Secretary of War Henry Stimson announced the organization of the First Filipino Infantry Regiment: this new unit is formed in recognition of the intense loyalty and patriotism of those Filipinos who are now residing in the United State." Filipinos were allowed to join U.S Armed Force by U.S Government. Because of this new policy, Filipinos who were members of…
Vietnam war was the longest war in American History which fought between 1964 to 1975 and the most unpopular war for the American of the 20th century. This is the only one war that United States lost the war but no one knows the truth because the US government had not told about this war yet. The resulted in nearly 60,000 American deaths and in an estimated 2 million Vietnamese deaths. It seemed like the American won the war but actually they were not. The experience for the American soldier in Vietnam was long and painful one for the nation. During the war, the Vietnam is spilt in the two groups; the South which was Capitalism and the North which was Communism. To support the South Vietnam’s government, the American sent the soldiers…
The Vietnam War failed to advance status as Americans and help their civil right battles. Even though they fought bravely Chicanos still faced prejudice before and during the war and received minimum recognition for their efforts in the War .…
In her essay, ‘’Vietnamese Youths No longer Look Homeward’’, Wride familiarizes readers with the so-called 1.5 generation and does this by interviewing a group of California high school and college students, who share their thought about the American dream, Vietnamese ancestry, and assimilation. According to Wride the 1.5 generation are Vietnamese who immigrated to the United States of America, typically at an early age, thus most their life spent growing up took place in the U.S, and little in their homeland--Vietnam. The students in the essay all seemed disconnected to the war that forced them out of their own homeland, unlike their parents- who are first generation immigrants, they don’t share the same hatred of communism or suspicions about trading with a former enemy. I believe the 1.5 generation have a lot of cultural conflicts to overcome, like should they retain their homeland’s culture and resist conformity? What would they be giving up or gaining to do either?…
Before 1975, most Vietnamese immigrants living in the US were the wives and children of American servicemen or academics leaders. “The existence of a hierarchy of immigrant desirability and the increased importance of administrative, rather than legislative, regulations in immigration control also remain important continuities”(Hastedt).After receding from Vietnam, the vietnamese people were seen as refugees and due to America feeling responsible for making the south vietnamese people lose their loss homes, so in exchange the United States aided almost $405 million to the refugees and they were distributed all over the country. Even though many Americans resented the immigrants they were able to deal with the vietnamese people with barely any…
The war was a twenty year war starting in 1954 and ending in 1975. The Vietnam War, a long war between North and South Vietnam over communism, impacted all generations by changing the way Americans viewed war and by hurting the Vietnamese people; furthermore, the U.S. presidents during the Vietnam War had many different views, which affected U.S. polices and the country for many years after.…
The Vietnam War is referred to as the “longest and most unpopular American War of the 20th century”(Overview), that lasted from 1955 to 1975. In the US, the war began as a result of the U.S. policy of Containment. This policy’s goal was to prevent the spread of communism throughout the world. The Viet Minh is a communist led…
The Greeks and Romans had one thing in common and that was war. Wars through the centuries change events and the mindsets of people experiencing them. Many wars occurred through the centuries and have affected the United States in various ways. One particular war that changed the outlook of America would be the Vietnam War. The Vietnam War affected the culture in the United States during 1950 to 1960’s by citizens striving for love and compassion instead of hate and violence throughout every home, bringing millions together to form one massive group trying to cause the change everyone was hoping for.…
In 1969, Richard Nixon was elected into presidency. One of Nixon’s campaign promises was ‘peace with honour’. Peace with honour was a strategy that involved taking U.S troops out of Vietnam, but did not involve directly giving in to North Vietnam and the Vietcong. Peace with honour started the process of Vietnamization. From 1969 to 1974, negotiations and ceasefires took place, until in March 1975 no further aid was given to Indo-China from the USA. There are many important causes and consequences of Vietnamization; these include Anti-War protests in America, the Tet Offensive in 1968 and the election of Richard Nixon. Consequences include the fall of Vietnam to Communism, the Cambodian civil war and the fall of Laos.…
In popular culture, Vietnam veterans are often portrayed as isolated and neglected in a society that took out its hatred for the war on the veterans returning home. In actuality, the stressors of war caused the problems many Vietnam veterans faced more than the societal reception that they received, as they were given opportunities to readjust. Though Vietnam veterans desired more benefits and received a somewhat lukewarm reception, it was combat and not society that caused them so many problems readjusting. The mixed reception and subpar programs could have exacerbated the problem, but likely the same issues would have occurred with readjustment, as they have in other wars.…
Throughout the Vietnam War, the Americans used many tactics to defeat the Vietcong. The reason for the American involvement in the war was to prevent the spread of communism. This spread was known as the Domino theory. Two of the tactics used were ‘Search and destroy’ and ‘defoliation.’ Both of these tactics were used greatly throughout the War. As well as this, both tactics were implemented by General Westmoreland.…