When I visited the Vietnam Memorial in Washington‚ D.C.‚ I was struck with an immense feeling of patriotism and gratitude for these soldiers that gave the ultimate sacrifice for our freedom. While I was walking through the dark-tiled pathway‚ the solemn environment gave me a chance to reflect on the lives and services of these great men and women. I imagined them fighting in an unknown land for the freedom of people they would never meet‚ the thousands of dead and wounded strewn across the battlefield
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Appendix line. A dig. An archaeologist can explain. The walk is slow at first Easy‚ a little black marble wall Of a dollhouse‚ A smoothness‚ a shine The boys in the street want to give. One name. And then more Names‚ long lines‚ lines of names until They are the shape of the U.N. building Taller than I am: I have walked Into a grave. And everything I expect has been taken away‚ like that‚ quick: The names are not alphabetized. They are in the order of dying. An alphabet of
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The Vietnam War was the longest deployment of U.S. forces in hostile action in the history of the United States‚ lasting from 1955 to 1973. Although there is no formal declaration of war from which to date U.S. entry‚ President John F. Kennedy’s decision to send over 2‚000 military advisers to South Vietnam in 1961 marked the beginning of twelve years of American military combat. The war also had great effects on the American people at home. It was the first war ever to broadcast on television. The
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The Vietnam war spanned roughly 20 years‚ making it the longest war Australia has fought to this day. The civil war made Vietnam into a warzone‚ but also affected the neighbouring countries of Cambodia and Laos. As a result of the war and estimated 1‚300‚000 civilians and soldiers were killed and almost 2 million civilians were forced to seek asylum elsewhere. During the war Vietnam was an extremely dangerous country to live in‚ hundreds of civilians died every day because of the conflict‚ causing
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law In law‚ a sentence forms the final explicit act of a judge-ruled process‚ and also the symbolic principal act connected to his function. The sentence can generally involve a decree of imprisonment‚ a fine and/or other punishments against a defendant convicted of a crime. Those imprisoned for multiple crimes‚ will serve a consecutive sentence (in which the period of imprisonment equals the sum of all the sentences)‚ a concurrent sentence (in which the period of imprisonment equals the length
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Task 2 – Anti-war Speech The Vietnam war has gone on for too long! How many more fellow citizens must die before this war ends? How much more money is the government going to pour down the drain in attempt to win this war? You and me. We both know the horrific events taking place in Vietnam as we speak! We watch these events unfold in our very own homes on the television screen. We must bring our troops home alive and well for the sake of both our nation and Vietnam. The war originated from Ho Chi
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How far would you agree with the view that Curzon made a ‘colossal failure’ of his job as Viceroy. It was Curzon’s life ambition to become Viceroy of India‚ therefore he worked extensively as a young man to ensure that he was prepared for the job should the situation arise that he was given the job of Viceroy. As a boy he studied at Eton and Oxford which would show not only that he gained the level of education expected of someone that would later become Viceroy but also that he represented the
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The history of Vietnam is one of great struggle and conflict. For centuries the vietnamese people have had no choice but to change their society by force in order to gain their own freedom and independence. Pivitol events in Vietnamese history such as the Battle of Bach Dang in 939 and the Battle of Dien Bien Phu in 1954 are examples of how the conflict theory brought change to Vietnamese society and culture. For centuries Vietnam had been under Chinese rule. The Vietnamese people were an oppressed
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Essay 1 Vietnam was in quite an unstable state following World War Two. It was not until the Geneva Accords in 1954 that some stability came to the Indochinese state. The Accords established a temporary cease-fire between the newly divided nation‚ but hostilities mounted as two radically different worldviews plagued its 27 million inhabitants. Ho Chi Minh and the communists in the North had their troubles‚ but they managed to build along party lines and continually increased their power and influence
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for Vietnam Meeting with Prime Minister Phan Van Khai and his delegation Professor Michael E. Porter Institute for Strategy and Competitiveness Harvard Business School Cambridge‚ Massachusetts June 24‚ 2005 This presentation draws on Michael Porter‚ Klaus Schwab: The Global Competitiveness Report 2004-2005‚ Oxford University Press‚ 2004 and other sources. For further information on the Report and on the Institute for Strategy and Competitiveness see www.isc.hbs.edu 200506 GCR Vietnam – KC
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