of soldiers deployed to Vietnam over the course of the war‚ as well as the rising KIA numbers and wounded in combat. A gruesome part of this war as well was the thick jungle that the soldiers had to navigate through blindly until ambushed by the Vietcong‚ and I thought the film did an excellent job of revealing that to the public. One of the most powerful moments of the film was when a soldier‚ grieving over his superior officer exclaimed that “he’ll be given a silver star‚ and somehow that is supposed
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Please read the attached documents on ORT. You need to make notes on the aims of ORT‚ successes and failures. Your essay is due in for two weeks time. Edexcel AS History Unit 1 Ideology‚ Conflict and Retreat: the USA in Asia 1950-1973 by Geoff Stewart ------------------------------------------------- Operation Rolling Thunder ------------------------------------------------- Programme of bombing of North Vietnam authorised by Johnson on 13 February 1965 but not begun until 2 March. It was
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The message of the song “Eve of Destruction” by P.F. Sloan is mainly about the Vietnam War. Specifically‚ it is against the War‚ and it states disadvantages of it. In the first verse‚ McGuire sings‚ “You’re old enough to kill but not for votin’.” This line expresses anti-war ideas and is about the disapproval of the drafting of eighteen-year-olds. The message is also about the possible destruction of humanity that all the chaos of the War was capable of causing. “We’re on the eve of destruction”
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In the novel‚ The Things They Carried‚ the narrator is revealed to be obedient yet a sensitive character. We see Tim O’Brien as an obedient person in the chapter Ambush. He explains how it was just instinct for him to throw the grenade at the man. “I had already pulled the pin on a grenade. I had come up to a crouch. It was entirely automatic.” (page 126). This quote shows that when he saw the man‚ with a weapon‚ walking on the trail‚ he only did what he was trained to do which was to the man. However
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side in terms of size‚ money and military equipment so they had been expected to win. In all of these aspects the US out performed Vietnam‚ for instance‚ in its peak the US army had reached 543000 men in 1968 against the highest membership of the Vietcong (VC)‚ 245000. The US was also stronger economically‚ managing to spend $28 billion per year on the war‚ supplying high-tech weapons and machinery. There were a number of reasons that the US failed to win in Vietnam‚ namely‚ the weakness of the American
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but how simple was it truly to let it be? There was so much going on regarding disobedience‚ drugs‚ and combat. During the 1960s‚ President Johnson had declared war with Vietnam. Young adults in this time period insisted on resorting to different tactics of coping and began to follow the trend that bands and movies supported: drugs. With drugs came strange ways of life including their fashion choices‚ beliefs‚ and ways of life. The 1960s to the 1970s was an era full of excitement and change that introduced
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Vietnam was controlled by the afranch. Then‚ Ho Chi Minh fought the French and won. Then the Vietnam split into two countries: North Vietnam and South Vietnam. The North was communist and the South was not. This later became a conflict because the Vietcong fought the leader of South Vietnam because he only favoured the wealthy people. After that‚ the U.S got involved and fought with
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Lieutenant Calley was under direct orders from Captain Medina2. We thought Lt. Calley would show some sort of mercy. We were all scared and wanted to help the people that were being slaughtered in Pinkville. On that day‚ there were no sightings of the Vietcong (VC). For almost
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The United States army was very involved in the Vietnam war. The United States did not get involved right away‚ but when the threat of a communist takeover arose they jumped in. When they became involved they only had one goal‚ to stop communism. Over the course of the war their efforts grew‚ but they were all directed to the efforts of the main goal. The United States became involved in the Vietnam War to stop the expansion of communism. The United States had an irrational fear of communist subversion
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Ho Chi Minh; was a leading figure for not only his people but also the nation of Vietnam‚ he was a tireless figurehead for Vietnam’s struggles for freedom. He was a committed nationalist and communist whose main goal was to achieve a united and independent Vietnamese nation. Ho Chi Minh; born Nguyen Sinh Cung (one of his many alias’) on May 19th‚ 1890‚ to very loyal parents; and proud son of Nguyen Sinh Huy; a Vietnam nationalist and teacher‚ employed under French rule – Ho’s father was an extremely
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