The Vietnam war had a huge effect on the outcomes of the Vietnamese people. According to the Migration Policy website‚ Vietnamese Immigration on the United States‚ Was small one prior to 1795‚ and it has grown a lot. And it has roughly been doubling every decade in 1980-2000. And it has been increasing 26 percent in 2000. And Vietnamese represented the sixth largest immigrant group in the country‚ and those who were born in Mexico‚ India ‚ China. Every year the Vietnamese Immigration has been growing
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The Vietnam War (1965-1975)was fought between the North and South Vietnam. The North was called Democratic Republic of Vietnam and the South was the Republic of Vietnam which was supported by the United States. On August 2nd‚ 1964 the USS Maddox was on a secret intelligent mission on the North Vietnamese coast where in the Gulf on Tonkin they were attacked by torpedo boats. The USS Turner Joy was attacked in the same area two days later. Due to the second attack Congress declared the Gulf of Tonkin
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Vietnam War Research Paper: During the 30 years of XX century Vietnam was at war. It all started in the 1940′s‚ when the Communists fought against French colonial rule‚ and was completed in 1975 with the fall of Saigon. The period‚ which the Vietnamese know as the “American War” and the Americans call the “Vietnam War”‚ lasted from 1965 to 1973‚ during the time of the U.S. intervention. The communist leader Ho Chi Minh led his forces based in the north and defeated the French in 1954
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Australia grew more divided between the anti-war movement and government supporters. Australia’s anti-war movement was strongly connected to protests against conscription‚ or ‘National Service’ as it was called. The conscription lasted for 42 years. 1950‚ Prime Minister Menzies introduced a limited form of conscription requiring three months of full- time training and home service. This system was abandoned in 1958. 6 Years later Menzies introduced a Bill in Parliament that became one of the most
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The Vietnam War was thought to have been fought for a good cause. In the beginning‚ soldiers‚ as well as American civilians‚ were confident in preventing a Communist takeover of South Vietnam. Consequently‚ the Vietnam War‚ in the end‚ proved that this “good cause” turned out to be the exact opposite: a destructive effect on the social‚ economic‚ and cultural life of America. Beginning in 1964 and growing in later years‚ anti-war protests began forming when President Johnson issued the draft‚ because
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help‚ and everyone chips in to build the best monument they can. One day‚ a rainbow appeared right above the monument and triggered something in the hero’s mind. The hero had a flashback to when he was young. There was a house with pictures all over. One picture in particular caught the hero’s eye. It was a picture of two young kids who looked familiar‚ and then a picture next to it showed adults in the same pose. Those adults were the hero and the comrade. When the hero looked around‚ he saw every
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Vietnam War Richard Nixon‚ former United States president‚ once stated‚ “No event in American history is more misunderstood than the Vietnam War. It was misreported then‚ and it is misremembered now.” The Vietnam War was exhausting for soldiers because it involved unknown attacks brought on by the North Vietnamese. Tony Arellano‚ a Vietnam veteran‚ shared out his experiences overseas in Vietnam. He witnessed deaths‚ injuries‚ and surprise air strikes. In remembering the Vietnam War‚ it’s important
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Background: The Vietnam War was a long and costly war that involved communist North Vietnam forces known as the Vietcong and Southern Vietnam with the help of U.S. forces. The unpopular war costed 58‚000 American lives and a communist controlled Vietnam. Truman’s Presidency (1945-1953) Dwight D. Eisenhower (1953-1961) John F. Kennedy (1961-1963) During Kennedy’s time as president he dispatched 16‚000 advisors and soldiers to Vietnam in attempt to stop communist in north Vietnam. Then later on
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bear any burden‚ meet any hardship‚ support any friend‚ oppose any foe‚ in order to assure the survival and the success of liberty.” With these defiant words‚ John F. Kennedy seemed to be spelling out his position on American policy toward the Vietnam War during his inaugural address on 20 January 1961. However‚ it is questionable whether or not he maintained this conviction throughout his brief stint as this nation’s leader. Throughout Kennedy’s term in office‚ evidence points to the fact that
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always been dominant in war‚ except for one which left a foul taste in the mouth for all citizens; this was the Vietnam War‚ one of the most controversial wars the U.S ever participated in. Not only was it an incredible defeat‚ it additionally was seen as having the worst aftermath of any war fought by the United States previously. A large sum of the combatants in the Vietnam War suffered from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder PTSD)‚ which plagues veterans to this day from this war‚ as well as several others
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