Abstract Following the Paris Peace Accords‚ Operation Homecoming returned 591 American prisoners of war (POWs) to the US. At the time‚ over 1‚300 prisoners were listed as missing in action (MIA). An additional 1‚200 were killed in action (KIA) and body not recovered. In the ensuing 20 years‚ activist groups pushed the American government to look into the matter‚ and several investigations were launched. While no governmental investigation has determined that American POWs were left behind‚ there
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Juan Lemuz Kent Andrade English 101 9/14/2014 Essay #1 “Why are we in Vietnam” and “This is not our War” were on the minds of many Americans during the post-World War 2 era. After World War 2 the war had left Europe and other surrounding countries devastated‚ and to many countries adopting Communism ideals were their only option. Tensions were running high between the two “big nations” The Soviet Union and the United States‚ each of which wanted to spread their influence as much as possible
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Vietnam Fact Sheet After World War II‚ the United States was still playing tug of war with Communism. The enemy was China and the USSR‚ it soon gained the name “cold war”‚ as they were trying to keep Communism at bay‚ and try to spread the way of Democracy. As Communism was spreading‚ it had its eyes on a new victory; Vietnam. The US feared that if Vietnam was to fall to Communism‚ it would lead all of Southwest Asia to fall to Communism as well. The US described it as “falling dominoes”‚ which
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Was the Vietnam “War” justified? In 1965‚ 3‚500 United States Marines put boots on the ground in South Vietnam. The Marines being the first United States battle ready troops on the field in a skirmish that had been brewing for years. The comnie government of North Vietnam supported by the Soviet Union and the Chinese was confined in a battle with South Vietnam reinforced with the US in a Cold War proxy fight. The U S had been offering help as well as consultants to the South ever since the beginning
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Vietnam – Japan Relations The economy of Vietnam Vietnam – a country locates in South East Asia which has the area of 329‚560 sq km. With the history spans over 4000 years‚ Vietnam’s identity has been shaped by long-running conflicts with foreign forces. The Socialist People’s Republic of Vietnam was founded in 1954 and unified in 1976 after the Vietnam War. Since 1986‚ Vietnam has embarked on the course of “Đổi mới” (Renovation Policy) – the comprehensive economic renovation which aims to eliminate
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Vietnam War The Vietnam war for the USS Boston a Guided Missile Heavy Cruiser didn’t turn out so well the USS Boston returns to Boston’s bay some of the crew from the USS Boston got transferred to a Heavy Cruiser Attack on the interior of Vietnam. A squad that got transferred to Riverine Assault Force or known as RAF as they were fighting along with the help of the army to flush the Vietnamese off the coast of Vietnam. As the team moved more inland the Vietnamese try desperately to hold them off
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The Vietnam War versus the Iraq War With a husband in the Army and currently on his third deployment to Iraq‚ I am often asked how I think this war is different from past wars. In order to answer this question properly‚ I found that I needed to do a little bit of research and acquaint myself with some war history. As I learned about previous wars that Americans have been involved in‚ I learned that only two wars have had a great deal of controversy. The Vietnam War and the Iraq War‚ while
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Vietnam war protests and the antiwar music of the 1960’s Rachel Allison AP us history due 12/12/14 The Vietnam War had a huge impact on the American people that will not soon be forgotten. During this period of time America was facing many serious challenges all at once. Americans were at war fighting for freedom and democracy because of the fear of the domino effect; a theory that a communist victory in one country would lead to a chain reaction of communist takeovers in neighboring countries
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Conflict media policy is seen as a series of rules‚ regulations or even methods of control which are used for the media during a conflict. Conflict media policy has changed drastically since the Vietnam War and has had many different affects upon reporters and subsequently the public back at home. This work seeks to look at how conflict media policy has changed‚ focusing on the effects it has had on reporters and their work whilst also referring to the changes in public perception of a conflict as
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The First Vietnam War was fought by France and Ho Chi Minh and many lessons had to be learned to win this war. The Vietminh were not your traditional trained army‚ but made mostly of peasants who needed to be trained. Both the Vietminh and the French army had strengths and weakness which would impact the outcome of the war. The one thing Ho Chi Minh had over the French was he focused on the French weaknesses and used them to his advantage. Another important advantage was the knowledge the Vietminh
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