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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Sound and stories from Vietnam One of the biggest protest during the Vietnam war era was the march to withdraw troops from Vietnam in Washington D.C. The protestors believed that Nixon’s policy of gradually withdrawing troops from Vietnam was not effective enough because soldiers were still dying in great numbers. The meaning of this protest to save lives was a similar meaning of the famous song “War.” The song “War” by Edwin Starr is a song about stopping war because it only causes problems
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Paper: The Media and Vietnam War The Vietnam War was a war of mass destruction‚ leaving Vietnam to become bitterly divided and claiming the many lives of Vietnamese civilians as well as American soldiers. Out of all the wars in American history‚ the Vietnam War was the first war to be broadly televised and covered by the media. It came to be known as the first “Television War”. Journalists began to pour into Vietnam from all over the nation‚ to cover the lives of the American Soldiers as well as Vietnamese
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from the Vietnam War The Vietnam War took a lot from the United States including human life‚ money‚ and supplies. Thousands of lives were lost. Some countries think we don’t feel loss because we are so strong‚ but we feel loss just like any other. Resources are vital to wars and so is manpower. Lives shouldn’t of been thrown away carelessly. It cost more than it should’ve ever had over a useless war. The loss of life was ridiculous over fifty eight thousand United States soldiers died in the
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During the Vietnam War ROA was initiated‚ it was a very controversial aspect of that conflict. Intended to reduce the change of friendly fire incidents and recognize international law regarding the conduct of war‚ especially to protect civilians. For Vietnam it was a political tool – Commanders and individual soldiers became frustrated. Chain of command links every uniformed service to each other‚ from the junior rank following the chain of command to the President. We will look at six of these levels
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The United States got involved in the Vietnam War because The United States felt like communism would spread quickly‚ causing the domino theory‚ meaning that each neighboring country would start to believe in communism and before too long the world would believe in it. Since Vietnam was divided into two parts -- South Vietnam and North Vietnam -- an election would take place so that reunification could take place. Unfortunately‚ an election never took place because the two sides could not agree on
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In her article‚ “The Vietnam War in American Memory‚” Marilyn Young discusses that the Vietnam War “happened among Americans.” What Young is saying is that there was a war going on in Vietnam‚ but there was also animosity between the American soldiers and citizens. It was a horrifying and devastating time in American during the Vietnam War and Young even describes it as‚ “American civil War.” Young inquiries the government on why America got involved in this war in the first place. In the film
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Introduction The Vietnam experience was a war that lasted for almost twenty years. The American military and leadership appear to have learned some lessons from our involvement in the Vietnam War. This paper will discuss the lessons learned from the following arenas: diplomatic negotiations‚ presidential leadership‚ and cultural/social contexts. Diplomatic Negotiations Princeton University (2006) defines diplomatic negotiations as between nations. The lesson learned by the Americans was the need
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The Vietnam War was a major conflict in the cold war. Vietnam was divided into two. The north was communist controlled. The government in the south‚ although ran by a dictatorship than a democracy‚ was supported by the United States. In 1960‚ the United States started the war against the north Vietnam. Men as young as eighteen were being drafted for mandatory military service for the Naval and the army. In 1965‚ the United States increased the number of the United States troops and authorized the
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The Vietnam War is different when compared to other wars that the U.S has been involved in. It is different because it was not widely supported across the nation‚ it was physically different war‚ it was also lost because of government policies. One reason why the Vietnam War was different compared to other past wars is because it was not widely supported by the nation. There are many reasons why it was not supported‚ one of them being that the war was considered the first ‘television war’. The
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