Everyday you can tell that the Vietnamese are spying on us here at Khe Sanh. I heard that on December 15th the number of troops here will start to decrease to go back home and I hope that I am one of them. They were supposed to make a truce when Tet New Year came but that did not happen. Only more killing and fighting occurred from that. The VC hide so well in the jungle. You have to watch out for them or else they will sneak up on you and take you out. Sincerely‚ Jonathon Is this
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holiday but also the biggest event of the year. It is tradition of thousand years of history. In Vietnamese‚ New Year means Nam Moi or Tet Nguyen Dan‚ which also means “the very first morning”. Nevertheless‚ people commonly call it Tet as its short form. As traditionally‚ the holiday lasts three days‚ starting from January first on lunar calendar. However‚ the spirit of Tet starts on December twenty third‚ seven days before Tet’s Eve. It is the day people bid the Kitchen Gods‚ the genies who live in the
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It seems clear that the Tet was indeed a major U.S. military victory. Else‚ why would LBJ’s military advisors begin to push for more troops‚ and a stronger war effort? (Small page 91). At the same time‚ the Tet offensive did some real political damage to LBJ‚ when Americans saw the Vietcong in the U.S. embassy‚ it caused many to doubt victory in S. Vietnam was possible. On the other side of the question of victory‚ this offensive was later viewed as a turning point in the war. For the first
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Enveloped in a state of domestic and international crisis‚ 1968 America was divided. The Tet Offensive ended the country’s feint hope that the war could be over soon‚ and racial tensions left many Americans either feeling ignored or fearful for their lives. Constant protest and riots concerning race and the Vietnam War brewed a feeling of insecurity in the country. The feelings of intense nationalism and American pride seemed to have dissolved in the wake racial conflict and Vietnam. The American
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“Born in the U.S.A.” (Bruce Springsteen) “Born in the U.S.A.” is a famous song written and performed by Bruce Springsteen and liked by almost all the Americans. It was written in 1984 and is taken from the album with the same name. Born in the U.S.A.’s lyrics expressed signs of hopelessness in the daily fight of the standard American in following the American Dream. Springsteen in his song had tried to convey the hardness associated with the American culture to show themselves higher than others
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Kristin Strickland History 370 Book Essay March 21‚ 2013 Letters from Vietnam I found that trying to find a book to read about the Vietnam War was rather difficult because there are so many of them out there. I chose Letters from Vietnam edited by Bill Adler because it was a point of view from many soldiers in the war and they were what they were truly feeling at the time. It is not one point of view when you read this many letters and a little background on each of the authors‚ but there are
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that no officers show up at the front door telling me something that I am peterfied to hear. The whole family prays for your safety everyday. I cannot stand you being out in that jungle fighting. Now I am even more scared because of this whole Tet Offensive. I’ve seen it on TV and it looks like the VC are putting up a strong fight‚ I mean I’m scared it seems like they may be making progress and I’m scared for your safety. Deaths of the U.S. troops are rising and rising. You have to be careful out
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fought in‚ up until the Afghan War. Like most wars there is many events that occur during them and for the Vietnam one event that stood out was the Tet Offensive. The Tet Offensive was an attempt for Vietnamese communist to gain back control and cause a wedge between the U.S. and the South Vietnamese. To develop a better perspective of the Tet Offensive‚ it would help to Know the Vietnamese communist perspective‚ What the Americans were being told‚ an individual who experienced it and how it still
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How does media affect presidential elections? Media has the power to sway the opinion of the people according to what the politicians desire. PIE#1 P: The media sways the truthfulness of a situation in support of the people in charge. I: Politicians during the Vietnam War said that America was full blown winning against the Vietnamese. E: The Vietnam war was a very interesting war considering it was really the first war that the American people could see what was happening in Vietnam
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Tet Offensive : In 1968‚ the National Liberation Front and Vietcong launched a surprise attack against American and South Vietnamese forces on the eve of the lunar New Year’s Day. This surprise attack is known as the Tet Offensive and many people viewed this as a turning point in the Vietnam War. Militarily‚ the Tet Offensive showed the significance of Vietcong/Vietminh’s military power and nowhere in South Vietnam was safe. On 31st of January 1968‚ the simultaneous attack the towns and cities in
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