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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Impacts of The Vietnam War The Vietnam War lasted twenty years. It took more than two million lives away including many American soldiers and citizens (Rohn). The United States involvement in the Vietnam War caused many unnecessary deaths. The United States used twenty million gallons of herbicides and many bombs to attack the Viet Cong (Rohn).American soldiers were fighting the Viet Cong in Vietnam. America destroyed crops from villages and reduced the wooded areas where the Viet Cong could hide
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Vocabulary- The Vietnam War 1. Ho Chi Minh- a Japanese nationalist leader during the Vietnam War who supported communism. He later became the president of North Vietnam. 2. Vietminh- an organization whose goal was to win Vietnam’s independence from foreign rule‚ mostly formed by Ho Chi Minh 3. Domino Theory- The theory that if one nation is taken over by communism‚ many other countries would become communism too. 4. Vietcong- A communist opposition group in the South that
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History 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
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War is always a controversial topic whenever it is discussed in a political setting‚ or even a private conversation between friends. No War has ever been a more controversial than the Vietnam War. The Vietnam War was the longest War the nation has ever engaged in. The United States entered the war in 1961 and pulled out in 1975. Although the death toll did not reach as high as the civil war‚ or either World War One‚ or World War two. The Nation still lost over fifty thousand soldiers in the deadly
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of the Vietnam War extremely well. Many people were killed‚ young and old‚ much money was spent on this war‚ and much violence spread back in the USA with years of protest and anti-war movements that defined the 1960’s in America. On the Twenty-Ninth of June‚ 1965‚ 10 years into the intense fighting and bloodshed that is the Vietnam War‚ 4‚000 Paratroopers of the United States of America’s Army’s 101st Airborne Division‚ also known as the Screaming Eagles‚ arrived in Cam Ranh Bay‚ Vietnam. (101st
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both World Wars‚ with that said‚ most Americans supported both those Wars. Vietnam emulates the complete opposite‚ a pointless family more crowded in controversy and fought thousands of miles away. It had all the makings to become the most unpopular American war ever. Since Vietnam did not go well at all for the US Military many people did not support the war and its soldiers. The use of Agent Orange on top of the My Lai massacre gave U.S. citizens all the ammunition they needed to wage a war to protest
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The Vietnam War was probably the most problematic of all US wars‚ not the least due to the fact that there were many paradoxes. The US built up a harsh regime in the south of Vietnam in the name of protecting democracy; “saving” lives by destroying villages and communities. Although America was only meant to "advise" the Vietnamese; the border was crossed very quickly. This was mostly caused by the vague definition of the US objectives; everything was quite unclear and imprecise so that no one really
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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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The Vietnam War began in December 1956 and ended with the fall of Saigon on 30 April 1975. It was fought between North Vietnam‚ supported by China and USSR‚ and South Vietnam backed by the US. The US involvement in the war was part of the wider strategy of containment to stop the spread of communism. The North Vietnamese government and the Viet Cong were fighting to reunify Vietnam under communist rule. Vietnam launched a full-scale invasion of Democratic Kampuchea on 25 December‚ 1978 after
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