life was going great: good grades‚ friends‚ freedom. That was until the draft hit all of a sudden. All my dreams and goals - everything was gone. I got a letter in the mail telling me I was being selected to be drafted and sent on active duty in Vietnam. My heart sank when I read the letter. What will my family do without me? I walked into my kitchen‚ sat down‚ and turned on the TV. I knew the basics of the war: Russia started Communism‚ a form of monarchy where they had an absolute ruler who could
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Haven’t seen you and dad for a long time. I still remember that day I went to the army to train and be ready to go to Vietnam. Not really sure why we were doing this. But that’s what America offered for us. I wish I could go to college with my best friend Jeff. Do you remember him? The guy who usually came to our house to play with me. I can still remember when we were kids‚ we broke the flower vase you just bought. You were really mad at me‚ you almost wanted to punish me. And Jeff said that it’s
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now my Fiancée. We have yet to consummate this union………..My man is a Vietnam Veteran. He signed up with the Army at the age of eighteen in 1968 while searching for meaning in his life. For eighteen months‚ he was in the line of fire in Vietnam. After witnessing the atrocities of an unnecessary war‚ he completed his tour of duty and returned home. While working on his BA at the local Community College‚ he met with members of Vietnam Veterans Against the War‚ and joined them in the 1971 anti-war protests
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“The Vietnam War and How It Changed America” At the end of World War II Military and Political tensions between the USSR (Russia) and the US greatly increased. Communism in the USSR presented itself as a big threat to the US’s national security. Fearing that the Communism would spread to Vietnam and other countries‚ the US opposed the independence movement there. The US first began by financially supporting France in the first Indochina War. The French defeat in Dein Bien Phu led to a peace
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I have decided to do my research paper about the effects of Agent Orange on the ecosystem and environment of Vietnam and the soldiers who were fighting during the Vietnam war. This topic is one of many examples of how dangerous chemical being used for warfare also destroyed the environment. This event also caused damage to the people who were in contact with the agent and spread genetically through their descendants. I often wonder how the government can use such dangerous chemicals without thinking
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The Vietnam War‚ arguably the most controversial war in American history‚ severed our country between the pro-war “hawks” and anti-war “doves”. With the seventeenth parallel division of North and South Vietnam‚ the United States stepped in to support the south against the communistic north and Vietcong. The discussion seems to always revolve around whether or not we should have inserted ourselves into foreign affairs; however‚ not many appear to take interest in the impact it has had on the men of
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For the design of this project‚ I looked at other Vietnam videos for ideas. I spent my time looking at previous works of Westlake High School students from previous years. Through that I got inspiration and started getting ideas for creating the design of my memorial project. Creating this memorial for me was pretty exciting I was really looking forward to making a video on memorializing the soldiers who died in the Vietnam War. I found it to be really interesting that I got to create a video on
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......................................................................................................9 Word account: I. Introduction: Children’s toys have been sold quite well in recent years in Vietnam. However‚ this fat land of hundreds of million dollar worth has been underexploited by the domestic producers. The fact is that 90% of toy on sales are originated from China and made in various types of materials such as plastic‚ metal‚ wood‚ cotton
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service during the Vietnam war impacted many orphans in Korea. Because of the war and his courage‚ John is a hero. John’s Involvement in the army started during the Vietnam war‚ when he was drafted at the age of 20. He went into the army branch and was trained at Fort Lender Wood in Missouri. “The hardest thing for me‚ was always doing exactly what our sergeant told us. We didn’t have any say in what we did‚ we just did it”. (Smith‚ John). John was originally supposed to go to Vietnam and fight‚ but
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In 1965‚ the United States entered into the Vietnam War. Millions of US troops were deployed during this campaign‚ many of whom were tasked with carrying out Operation Ranch Hand. This operation was a large scale attempt to clear out the Vietnamese forests which were difficult for American troops to move through and which provided the Viet Cong with ample cover. Gallons upon gallons of the defoliant Agent Orange were used to rid the land of the thick trees populating these forests. After the war
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