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 do whatever they wanted. Then a big thing called “The Red Scare” spreading around
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His task in Vietnam was among the most complex and challenging ever faced by an American military leader. As MACV commander‚ Abrams was responsible for implementing the Vietnamization program‚ which had originated in the Johnson administration and which was announced with much public fanfare in 1969 by President Richard M. Nixon. Abrams viewed the Cambodian incursion of 1970 as a means of keeping Vietcong and NVA pressure off the gradual American withdrawal and turnover military responsibility to
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A storm is brewing in a forest in China. Soldiers fly on broomsticks throughout the city casting evil spells and setting buildings ablaze. Everyone is panicking. Some people try to fight back. Others run and hide. While the soldiers strike fear in their city‚ some self-proclaimed heroes are thinking about how they can stop the soldiers. They form a plan and start executing. One hero goes to the soldier’s fort and knocks on the door‚ saying he is a new recruit. The soldiers accept him‚ train him‚
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1.0 Introduction ‘War does not determine who is right – only who is left.’ Bertrand Russell War never ends quietly; while the battlefield tells the most immediate brutal stories‚ it is the aftermath that shows the greatest tragedy. The Vietnam War is not an exception; it resulted in countless damages‚ the worst being the psychological trauma suffered by its participants. This therefore becomes a recurring subject explored by many Vietnam War authors‚ who wrote of an experience they lived first hand
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significantly due to significant changes in American social norms in the 20th Century. This tolerance‚ in conjunction with a transition to the primacy of personal rights over institutional needs has resulted in a society where the good of the many has become subordinated to the good of a few. It has been said that if society as a whole were more like the military in this regard‚ the U.S. would be a better place. Although diverse‚ the U.S. military is strengthened by the unified goal of preserving freedom
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“All’s fair in love and war” can’t be true since war fails to prove it’s fair. Like any other war‚ nothing was fair in the Vietnam war. It had unfair‚ numerous psychological ramifications on the troops. Many of them felt obligated to go to war‚ they suffered from desensitization from serving‚ and faced hostility upon coming home from the war. These were unjust ramifications that not only impacted the soldiers during the war but after the war ended as well. It all started with the draft. Chaotic
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Wood Grouse on a High Promontory Overlooking Canada I Is it possible for a war to change your personality for the rest of your life? People do lots of bad things‚ but killing other human beings is probably the worst. Coming home from war can be a hard thing for even the bravest and strongest man‚ it leaves you with all kind of fears‚ many soldiers don’t even know that they have killed people‚ because their mind won’t accept the fact that they have done these terrible thing. This may lead to depressions
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Unit 1 D6: Ideology‚ Conflict and Retreat; the USA in Asia‚ 1950-73 A: The Korean War‚ 1950-53; causes‚ course and consequences Background to the Korean War Korea had been under Japanese occupation since 1910. With the defeat of Japan in 1945 the USA and USSR agreed to divide the country into two zones along the 38th Parallel. The United Nations demanded free elections for the whole country and was supported by the USA which did not see this as a permanent division and believed that since
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Text 1 is a black and white photograph that represents what influence the war had on the civilians of Vietnam through the use of camera angles. The camera angles were used to gain a sense of contrast between the young boys and the weapons around them and the body language of the civilians gives us an idea of what these times were like. Taken during the 1950’s in Vietnam‚ the text demonstrates that the war and the people the young boys were around have had an influence on how they think they should
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open. The media gave people a reason to be against the war by showing these images‚ but it did not give people a reason to support the war. Little to no purpose was given for the battles as they were reported night after night on TV news programs. The media intentionally gave off the impression that the war should not be fought and that it should stop. Throughout the war the media contradicted the view of the war officials‚ who viewed the war in a more positive light‚ and it was the
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