This photograph taken by Eddie Adams on 1st February 1968 during the Vietnam War shows the execution of Vietcong officer Nguyen Van Lem‚ also known as Bay Lop by South Vietnamese Gen. Nguyen Ngoc Loan‚ chief of the national police. The prisoner’s hands are tied as “Colonel” is about to pull the trigger. This picture was taken in the city of Saigon on the second day of the Tet Offensive; a series of attacks on all of South Vietnam’s major cities by the communist North Vietnamese and Vietcong rebels
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Teacher: Ms. Lanie Pabilona I. EVOLUTION OF MAN: Evolution – Change over a long period of time Theory: * Charles Darwin’s Theory: His book was published on 1859 with the title of “On the origin of the Species of Man” This book stressed that man and all other species on earth were products of a long process of evolution. All species are related to each other and evolved over a long period of time. He pointed out that changes occurred among them through: Mutation – occurrence
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It’s hard to discuss the Vietnam War without mentioning President Richard Nixon. Like everything else related to Nixon‚ his role as a leader during the Vietnam War is the subject of debate‚ speculation‚ and much interest. For one‚ President Nixon won the 1968 election thanks to his secret plan to end the war through a strategy known as “Vietnamization” in order to bring “bring peace with honor”. However‚ Nixon’s leadership during this period cannot be discussed without mention of his domestic
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prisoners of war during the Vietnam War (Ruanyin). The name of Hanoi Hilton was came from the American GIs. “To the Vietnamese‚ the prison was known as Hoa Lo” (McMahon‚ Mary). The name Hanoi Hilton may sound a little luxurious but it actually a place that had full of brutal‚ torture‚ dirty‚ and dark in the history. First of all‚ the Hoa Lo prison had been around over a hundred years ago. It was constructed or built by the French arounds 1886‚ when French had the control over Vietnam. Back then‚
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Ends the Vietnam War The Cold War was a dark time period. Richard Nixon‚ the 37th president of the United States‚ had two wars on his hands. The first war was the fight to defeat the communists‚ and the second war was in Vietnam. The Vietnam War was a difficult war to win because it was against the communists‚ but Nixon found a way to end it. With the help of HUAC he was able to hunt down the communist. A major person he brought down was Alger Hiss. Richard Nixon ended the Vietnam War because
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Reconstruction was a time period of rebuilding economy and society. The South had needed to rebuild their economy and society because of the civil war. Many people disagreed with the idea because people thought that they did not need this and that they should live in ruins. Reconstruction occurred in 1867 many people felt devastated because they did not have adult males to help around. This time period was for people to get back
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HISTORY ASSESSMENT In the early 1960’s John.F.Kennedy pledges financial and military aid to South Vietnam who were struggling. As a political unrest grew‚ the support from a war in North Vietnam grew and in 1963 John.F.Kennedy was assassinated. President Johnson felt that‚ to keep in with the US foreign policy of containment‚ he would have to send a vast amount of young troops into Vietnam to help fight the rising influence of the Viet Cong. For over 10 years‚ the Us pledged thousands of soldiers
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The Vietnam War greatly changed America forever. It was the longest war fought in America’s history‚ lasting from 1955 to 1973. The Vietnam War scarred America’s self image by because this was the first time in history the United States failed to accomplish what they planned to do in war. The war also had great effects on the American people. It was the first war ever broadcast on TV. The public was able to see what happened on the battlefield. The Vietnam conflict began long before the U.S. actually
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Herr and O’Brien Vs. Vietnam and Objectivity When reading selected short stories‚ novels‚ and plays from any literary time period‚ there is always a number of patterns that can be spotted in the subject matter that the writers of the time choose to discuss in their stories. During what is generally referred to as the “post-modern” literary movement‚ which is usually considered to be from after the Second World War until present day‚ an obvious subject is the Vietnam War. There have been many different
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‘’Too Little‚ Too Late’’ – Could the Vietnam War have been won if intervention had started earlier‚ or firepower been increased? ‘’We are not about to send American boys nine or ten thousand miles away from home to do what Asian boys ought to be doing for themselves.’’ Were the words of Lyndon B. Johnson in October 1964‚ [Lyndon B. Johnson Re-election Campaign speech 1964] in reference to the pressure the American government had been facing from questions raised about how far their support in
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