Precise figures are not available for Hispanic participation in Vietnam. Prior to the full-scale escalation of the Vietnam War‚ Special Forces Advisor‚ Sergeant First Class Isaac Camacho’s fire base was overrun by Viet Cong in November 1963. After an intense firefight‚ Camacho was taken prisoner. He is most likely the first Hispanic POW of the Vietnam era. Remarkably‚ Camacho escaped his captors after 20 months and made his way to freedom. He was awarded the Silver and Bronze Stars in September
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The United States got involved with the fight in Vietnam mostly as a result of three things: Eisenhower believed in what’s known as the domino theory‚ which is the belief that if one country in southeast Asia gave into communism more and more would start to follow suit‚ just like falling dominoes. Eisenhower said in his speech “This would lead to disintegration in Southeast Asia‚ with the "loss of Indochina‚ of Burma‚ of Thailand‚ of the Peninsula‚ and Indonesia following” (http://www.history.co
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Throughout the Vietnam War‚ the Americans used many tactics to defeat the Vietcong. The reason for the American involvement in the war was to prevent the spread of communism. This spread was known as the Domino theory. Two of the tactics used were ‘Search and destroy’ and ‘defoliation.’ Both of these tactics were used greatly throughout the War. As well as this‚ both tactics were implemented by General Westmoreland. There were two kinds of Search and Destroy and they were search and destroy in
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the Hmong people being forced to leave Laos and Thailand because the Hmong people help The United States in the Vietnam War. Being trained by the CIA from 1959 to 1973 to fight communist rebellion The “Secret War”‚ was planned when the Hmong president Vang Pao‚ who had already worked with French‚ visited United States President John F. Kennedy‚ the U.S. couldn’t get in the North Vietnam and Lao border to couldn’t retrieve falling soldier pilots.
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Vietnam‚ which is an Asian country‚ used to be known as a peaceful‚ ancient and traditional land. However‚ as the living standard is being developed day by day‚ the images of the wide‚ broad streets on which people rode their bicycles sparsely are no longer existed nowadays. That is the reason why Miles Walker (2007)‚ who founded New Asian Values for the 21st Century‚ wrote an article: "The Streets of Vietnam - a Fatality Every 45 Minutes" to criticize most of the cities in Vietnam for being "uncontrolled
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Global Restaurants‚ Inc (KFC Vietnam 2008). The company now was known as Yum! Brands Inc which included all the restaurants: A&W Restaurants‚ Long John Silver’s‚ Pizza Hut and Taco Bell. KFC has more than 11‚000 restaurants operating in more than 80 countries and territories in the world. Today it is one of the most famous and strongest brand names in the fast food market (Entrepreneur Media 2009). In 1997‚ KFC restaurants opened its first outlet in Ho Chi Minh City - Vietnam. Today‚ due to the trend
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“Non-explosive land mines” to defeat their enemy: examples being deploying Booby-traps‚ ambushing American patrols or planting bombs. Booby-traps and tunnels were two essential methods regarding the engagement of Vietcong and American soldiers in Vietnam. Booby-traps were placed all over the Vietnamese jungle‚ in irregular locations thus making many soldiers feel anxious and fearful. Examples of this would be the Side Closing Panji‚ A spike board‚ the Grenade Trap and the Door Trap. Tunnels however
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Lessons of History and Lessons of Vietnam DaviD H. Petraeus This article was first published in the Autumn 1986 issue of Parameters. One of the few unequivocally sound lessons of history is that the lessons we should learn are usually learned imperfectly if at all. —Bernard Brodie1 Trying to use the lessons of the past correctly poses two dilemmas. One is the problem of balance: knowing how much to rely on the past as a guide and how much to ignore it. The other is the problem of selection: certain
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SUPERSTITIONS IN VIETNAM Vietnam has many customs involving superstitious activities. Some of them are: burning votive paper‚ meeting fortune tellers to ask for a prediction of future‚ especially some negative superstitions prevent some young couples from marriage because of their contrasting ages. Vietnamese people think that it is a lucky thing to pick some buds from a pagoda‚ receive lucky money on Tet holidays. Some people also think that if they eat tofu and peas before an exam‚ they would
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Vietnam War The war first began in 1959‚ five years after the division of the country by the Geneva Accords. Vietnam had been split into two. The communist government in the north was under Ho Chi Minh and democratic government in the south was under Ngo Dinh Diem. The Vietnam War stated because France tried to make another attempt to takeover Vietnam by having a foreign power to rule. In Vietnam the target of containment was Ho Chi Minh and the Vietnam front he had created in 1941. Ho and
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