know it. By the time you realize something is wrong it’s been so long that you are now confused and have no clue why you hurt the way you do. There is an average of twenty-two veterans a day that commit suicide. Of those‚ a majority of them are Vietnam Veterans. That war has been over for decades so why did it take so long for a soldier with suspected PTSD to finally have enough? Sebastian Junger believes that it is not war that affects a soldier after their military service‚ it is rather the society
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I had always thought that war was a fascinating topic. It wasn’t until I interviewed someone that had lived during the Vietnam War‚ that I realized war is terrible. That interview made me decide that I didn’t want to do a research paper on the Vietnam War. I decided to do something else that had a major impact on peoples lives. More specifically my grandpa‚ who contracted polio before there was a cure. The memoir that I read was interesting‚ but I felt that it was more well known than the cure
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How did the opponents of the Vietnam War affect the Vietnam Era? “After a massive 250‚000 “March of Death” protest in Washington‚ the New Zealand and Australia peace movements decided to do the same. The first moratorium was held in 1970.” Impacts on Australia In Australia‚ resistance to the war was at first very limited‚ although the Australian Labor Party (in opposition for most of the period) steadfastly opposed conscription. However‚ anti-war sentiment escalated rapidly in the late 1960s as
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During class‚ the Vietnam War was discussed. The biggest impression I had of the war was the number of casualties on both sides. Based on our study‚ the two lessons that could be learned were that strategies were more important than the size of the army and that a government should never lie to its people. North Vietnamese and the Vietcong were winning mostly throughout the Vietnam War because of their efficient operational plans. In fact‚ the North Vietnamese army had fewer and less powerful
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War 2. Numbers (Wounded and Killed) i. .7 percent of Vietnam veterans died of injury or factor from the war‚ number still rising with agent orange and other long term effect 1.8% had to go to hospital due to their injuries. ii. About 1‚830‚000 were in the war‚ not all US. Large number were physically wounded. 3. Buzz of the war i. War hadn’t always been dreadful‚ volunteers signed up B. What made Vietnam Different? 1. Was it more stressful? i. Much more
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relatives across the world. We get all caught up in our pleasures of vacationing‚ that we fail to see things from the perspectives of others. For relatives wanting to travel to different countries‚ saving enough money is no easy task. In the wake of the Vietnam war‚ economic hardship runs rampant in communities with run-down neighborhoods and disheveled street beggars. My Vietnamese cousin‚ Thai Minh‚ doesn’t let these difficulties deter him from traveling. Minh travels not only to search for job offers
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The Vietnam War last from 1964-1975 for America and was it longest war. Throughout those eleven years many stories and letters were written and many more would come long after the wars end. While officially the conflict was considered to be a police action‚ many consider it be just rough and brutal as any other war fought in modern history. The majority of soldiers who did return home came back to an America far different than the one they left behind and were subject to the hatred of anti-war protestors
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Reasons for US failure in Vietnam War The US initiated a war which was based on; speculation‚ misinformation and pride. The US felt obliged to do something based on what they assumed and speculated‚ and this would have a big impact on the entire nation. The US would need to use every resource which was available to them to be able to defeat Vietnam in their evident uphill battle. Speculation could be seen as one of the reasons the US started the war and also why they lost it. There was great speculation
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When people are asked what they think of the Vietnam War the responses are from one extreme to the other. The Vietnam War has said to have been one of the most controversial wars in American history. It was after this war when Americans quit putting their trust in the arms of the government. The ultimate reason for the United States getting involved in the war was to stop the spread of communism. Many people supported the war in the beginning‚ but as time went on many minds were changed because;
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Early in the year 1968‚ President Lyndon Johnson realized he lost the support of the Americans. He had announced that he was no longer going to be sending troops‚ which was putting a limit on the United States promise and from there the only thing that could have been done was to completely disengage. Richard Nixon was elected that year; he promised voter’s ‘peace with honor‚’ which to Nixon described the Paris Peace Accord to end the Vietnam war. But of course this was more easily said than done;
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