The Vietnam War was started by President Eisenhower. He was the first to involve the United States in the conflict between North and South Vietnam, by putting in CIA operatives and military advisors in South Vietnam (ushistory). The US's involvement grew with every passing president. President Kennedy was the first to put soldiers in Vietnam. Johnson orders the first official combat of the United States soldiers. Finally, the war ended after eighteen years after it was declared by President Richard Nixon.…
Soldiers at War. Stories! They are amazing to listen to as you feel connected to a writer or connected to the speaker. Stories tell two sides of things on each perspective on how both sides feel. Like In The Things They Carry and Sorrows of War we are able to know how both sides felt and what they went through while they were at war.…
I order to fully understand the difference desert Storm and the Vietnam War, you must understand the lessons learned by the U.S. after Vietnam. Vietnam soldiers were not adequately trained to handle the obstacles on the ground. The limitations of air power were very apparent as well. In Vietnam, the high cost of substituting machines for people in combat didn’t pan out and results were not visible. With that said, I believe the biggest difference between Desert Storm and Vietnam was the gain of experience. The now accepted and revolutionized technology allows robots and remote controlled airplanes to affectively replace people. The biggest and most significant difference was the strategic planning coordinated to allow, the Air Force to successfully drop bombs at the start of Desert Storm (Morrocoo, 1992).…
Tim O’Brein tells more than just three things about war in his stories but in my personal opinion these three are important. The way veterans, and their families are effected are recognized but not as often as they probably should be. Also, the effects of war is something everybody can be emotional about not just people involved as it is a sad thing to some people and when you really think about the harm it can do to people, not only physically, but…
Was it really a moral choice to use Agent Orange during the Vietnam Conflict? Agent Orange was a defoliant used during the Vietnam conflict. According to the U.S. Veteran Dispatch ,the herbicide was first called in to action in 1962 by the U.S. military. The powerful herbicide known as “Agent Orange” contained two main chemicals dioxin and TCDD 1, 4, 5. These chemicals were already potent by themselves but when combined they created one of the most powerful herbicides known to man. Agent Orange was only one of the many “Rainbow herbicides”. The different rainbow herbicides used in Vietnam were: Agent White, Agent Purple, Agent Blue, and the most lethal of them all Agent Orange. The nick names given to the different defoliants and herbicides were the cause of the barrels they were shipped in. For example Agent Orange was shipped in an orange striped barrel. The defoliant was…
It has been known that the Vietnam War affected many American soldiers who were involved in the war physically and psychologically. The Vietnam War was one of the most memorable wars in history. Many Americans' lives lost for no objective at all. Chapter 10 informed us about how the Vietnam War started and what really happened during that time. It also gave us background information about Vietnam Veterans and nurses who were involved in the war and what they went through during the war. I had the opportunity to interview a Vietnam Veteran also.…
This marked the start of Johnson’s downfall as people did not like how he was going against what he preached during his campaign, with only his commitment to fight communism keeping him on some people’s good side.…
I finally understood the importance of the past, its affect on the present, and its lessons for the future. The doctor?s bravery, the photographer?s strength, and young David?s immeasurable love for his mother became examples that I strive to follow for the rest of my days. The bravery, love, and sacrifice of the millions of people during World War II deserve to be more than a distant story, their lives deserve to be remembered, honored, and cherished. They deserve to live on until the end of…
1. To introduce the argument and give a general overview of the landscape of the war and its brutalities, the Veterans frustrations and views…
The bloody plane was shot down…I was sleeping dreaming about a concoction of fish and chips and my home before the war. I lived on a farm, and I had my own horse…I miss him. My dad taught me how to ride when I was four; riding would provide me relief from school and farming. Anyways, I then I awoke to a storm of fire. The plane was literally sliced in two. I think the beastly enemy shot us down. Even though they shot us clean out of the sky, I wish to thank them and show some British manners to them because this island is beautiful. It has fruit, and the sights are more beautiful than anything back home. There are even pigs on the island that we could eat. Sadly, I thought myself alone until a booming noise thundered through the jungle. I was scared; I thought it was an earthquake, although I have never experienced one before.…
When you are someone’s support system you take on multiple roles that indirectly deteriorate your self preservation. Being a listener or a shoulder to cry on, requires sacrifices that, in the moment, you do not even recognize as imposing. Voluntarily and willingly being there for someone begins with the unwavering doubt that you and your own problems cannot and will not prevail over your person’s immediate crisis. Depending on the duration of your duty, a somewhat selfish thought of inconvenience is bound to surface. But, that wave of retraction is almost always combatted by a riptide of dedication and loyalty that brings you back to sea, where all you can do is tread. In turn, the suppression of self regarding issues regularly comes with a layer of obligation and a sting of bitterness.…
I believe the poem the listening post by John kent is about a man who has lost all emotion, and is now numb to his surroundings- " cold bones, numbed brain". The writing doesn't contain any similies but I think it has more of an effect being said straight out. In the poem he is writing of a man who blackened sockets now take the place of where hopeful eyes used to lay. His fingers are "frozen and swell through the gloves, cradeled weapon held with love". His hands are cold and tired from the weather and holding that weapon just in case is all he knows, its like a second nature to him and he has grown bored with the repetition.. He tries to hold onto the happy memories but they are becoming nothing more but dull faded pictures in the back of his mind., while e wonders " will it ever end' will there ever be peace and no violence again.? The way its written brings a depressing mood to it yet still hopeful?…
What if I could tell you that you could be hurt and not even know it. By the time you realize something is wrong it’s been so long that you are now confused and have no clue why you hurt the way you do. There is an average of twenty-two veterans a day that commit suicide. Of those, a majority of them are Vietnam Veterans. That war has been over for decades so why did it take so long for a soldier with suspected PTSD to finally have enough? Sebastian Junger believes that it is not war that affects a soldier after their military service, it is rather the society in which we live and the culture shock of what you were and what you now are.…
People believe that there is no benefit to war. Others believe that there is benefits to war. War is necessary and beneficial for many reasons, those reasons are; to maintain alliances, to make new allies, and to provide jobs.…
War veterans have been experiencing poor service dating back to an article released in 1974, these issues are still occurring today, and they are ending fatally (WND Staff, Military and Defense par. 1). The Veteran Health Administration (VA) was established in 1778 and provides medical care, benefits, and burials/memorials for all American veterans. To get into the VA system one must be discharged from the armed services and then enroll in the system. Patients must undergo a test to review their information (Zezima par. 5,7). Long wait times and false records are problems the public is facing, which is causing multiple fatalities. Curt Devine stated on CNN, “More than 1,000 veterans may have died in the last decade because of malpractice or…