Although the Vietnam War was clearly a detrimental event in the history of America‚ some still try to argue that it benefited America and or strengthened our nation. They may say it benefited our country because in reality‚ it was a place where we had the opportunity to test new weapons and learn about many new medicines. When trying to refute my personal claim that Vietnam was a bad war for America to join‚ these are the only two main reasons others say the war was a good event for America’s history
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Lessons Learned Over Time In this class‚ we read different epic tales and watched one considered to be a modern day epic tale. Each story had a “hero” who proceeded on a journey to find their happily ever after. In the Odyssey‚ we meet Odysseus who takes 25 years to get home. We meet Dante from Inferno who is trying to get to heaven. Finally‚ we meet Arthur who becomes king of Camelot due to a sword in a stone. Three episodes that teach us life lessons are watching Odysseus patiently waits for the
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The United States strategy in Vietnam from 1965 to 1968 went through various changes and revisions as leadership tried to find a feasible plan of action. US Army General William Westmoreland and Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara were two of the major forces in US leadership that would shape the war effort. They devised a military strategy of attrition through tactics of search and destroy‚ covert operations‚ and other factors in hopes of wearing out the enemy. While their strategy found some success
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The 60’s were full of drugs‚ sex‚ and war. All of this was possible thanks to Democracy and Freedom; America would be damned if they let Communism threaten that. The draft was reinstated and young‚ able men were given a slap on the back and sent off to fight for their country. As‚ “Democratic”‚ war in Vietnam flared‚ many lives were being lost and many more ruined - physically‚ economically and mentally. Although the war in Vietnam had the complete support of the American government‚ the American
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wisdom and life lessons that would be beneficial to them throughout their life journey. Coelho displayed that particular wisdom and lessons through a young shepherd boy named Santiago. Santiago ventured out on a quest to find his dream‚ the treasure. Along the way Coelho placed certain people in Santiago’s path to give him wisdom and life lessons to help him find the foreseeable treasure that occurred in his dream. Throughout Santiago voyage he gathered at least five valuable lessons to help him succeed
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The Lesson Learned Through Tough Times Essay 1 Kyrsten Cramer Gaines’ novel‚ “A Lesson Before Dying‚” depicts a setting of a small town in rural Louisiana in the 1940’s. Slavery was abolished in 1865 in the 1940’s‚ however African Americans were still not treated with equality. Entire towns were still segregated; schools‚ churches‚ stores‚ bars‚ etc. African Americans were no longer slaves‚ but still lived on White American plantations‚ tending to their fields‚ houses and families. Grant
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Thesis: It was right of the United States to draft soldiers into the Vietnam War because we needed to look bigger‚ and the way we drafted was completely fair to the men drafted for war‚ the United States needed to look more powerful. I. The Vietnam War draft included millions of Americans‚ you weren’t chosen by skill‚ you were chosen if you could shoot a gun. A. There was about 2.2 million people in the United States that were drafted into the Vietnam War. B. There was not a choice‚ if you dodged the draft you were considered to be
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Odysseus: Lesson Learned In the Odyssey‚ Odysseus goes on a journey that lasts twenty years. He is faced with many challenges and must overcome these challenges if he is to get back home to his son and wife he has left behind. Along the way Odysseus learns about himself and learns many truths. When he returns home he is a wiser man because of what he has seen and also by what he has done himself. Odysseus is a very strong man but Odysseus learns that even the strongest men sometimes have
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The book I read was titled Here There are Tigers‚ The Secret Air War in Laos‚ 1968-69. It was written by Reginald Hawthorn and is his personal experience as a Major in the Air Force. I wanted to know an Air Force pilot’s perspective since I read about so much bombing going on during the Vietnam War. He was an FAC (Forward Air Controller) and flew an O-2 single prop airplane during Vietnam from 1968-1969. Major Reginald Hathorn was an instructor at Laughlin Air Force Base when he got the call on Friday
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them to death‚ and felt no mercy. I hated those Jews. They discarded our win and caused us to lose in World War I. They stabbed our backs‚ now it’s time we stab theirs. Only seems fair‚ right? They had doubted us that we would come. It was denial. They knew we were coming. We don’t get defeated that easily unless of course‚ someone is disloyal‚ but by now I think we have learned our lesson. They were going to pay for what they did to us. We arrived on their streets at noon‚ so everyone would know
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