War is an undeniably complex subject and although most people know how they feel about the Vietnam War‚ it is rare for us to agree on exactly what was right and wrong. Despite this‚ we have the tendency to support facts‚ and the fact in this case is that Agent Orange had detrimental effects wherever it was spread. Agent Orange is a herbicide that was used by the United States Military during the Vietnam war‚ it is made up of equal parts 2‚4-D and 2‚4‚5-T. Its purpose was to destroy forests and enemy
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War veterans have been experiencing poor service dating back to an article released in 1974‚ these issues are still occurring today‚ and they are ending fatally (WND Staff‚ Military and Defense par. 1). The Veteran Health Administration (VA) was established in 1778 and provides medical care‚ benefits‚ and burials/memorials for all American veterans. To get into the VA system one must be discharged from the armed services and then enroll in the system. Patients must undergo a test to review their
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the Vietnam War” (Hall xi)‚ a rightfully said statement. Lasting from 1960-1975‚ it is America’s longest war and changed the United States politically‚ socially‚ and culturally during that period. In the early 1970s‚ the voting age was lowered to 18‚ largely because of the war. Also‚ Vietnam was one of the first wars in which African Americans largely participated. Lastly‚ Vietnam changed America culturally by causing mistrust in government. In the 1960s through early ‘70s‚ the Vietnam War changed
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Presidential Administrations during the Vietnam era. Vietnam was not just a war on communism in a small Southeast Asian country. In his book The “Uncensored” War‚ Daniel C. Hallin describes Vietnam as a “public
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The United States as a country never experienced an international war conflict that will significantly destroy their land‚ cities or cost lots of lives of innocent civilians. If the US was participating in the war it was usually under the label of rescuers. It is right that they helped to save lots of nations during the war times but sometimes we should ask was it necessary to expand the problem into the war such as Vietnam War? They wanted to protect democracy and yes‚ it is important but they were
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Gloria Pollock was 16 years old when the Vietnam War began. When the war first started‚ Mrs. Pollock did not think much of it. She just thought of it as another war that the United States would take care of. It was not a big deal to her‚ until further into the war‚ when she realized it could affect the US in a pretty big way. Although she‚ or anyone in her family‚ did not fight in the war‚ she knew a few people that had entered the war. Most of them were her friend’s fathers or brothers. When asked
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country‚ was when Japan bombed Darwin and sunk a number of ships in Sydney‚ during World War 2. The question then has to be asked‚ why Australia has been involved in so many conflicts. A number of recent conflicts in this century come to mind‚ they include‚ The Boer War‚ World War One‚ World War Two and The Vietnam War. By far the conflict that drew the most outrage from Australian citizens was the Vietnam War. Australia has been drawn into these conflicts through a number of treaties and alliances
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diplomatic relations with China and the Soviet Union‚ ended the draft for Vietnam‚ created Title IX‚ helped fund the war against cancer and started a distrust between the people of the United States and the president. Besides Watergate‚ Nixon his best known for diplomatic
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Truman may have not been very involved in the vietnam war but his participation in this war dates back to the 1950s when he aided the french with around 160 million dollars. This started and established the U.S. interest in indochina. During President Kennedy’s presidency troops in vietnam increased from 1‚000 troops in the 1950’s to 9‚000 troops by 1962. Kennedy justified going to war to protect South Vietnam was because of the Domino Theory‚ that if vietnam becomes a communist country than other southeast
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states‚ “I covered the Vietnam War. I remember the lies that were told‚ the lives that were lost - and the shock when‚ twenty years after the war ended‚ former Defense Secretary Robert S. McNamara admitted he knew it was a mistake all along.” On November 1‚1955‚ President Eisenhower deplays the Military Assistance Advisory Group to train the Army of the Republic of Vietnam (Cuny 1955). This marks the beginning of the United States involvement in the war recognized by the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
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