The sight is horrible! Why are they fighting? I take in a breath that feels very painful. Hopefully this will end soon. I am so distracted by this fighting that I haven’t thought to ask myself why? Why am I sitting on a chair in the middle of a war zone? There’s got to be some good reason‚ but what? Suddenly I see a light. It is the headlight of a tank coming right at me! I have to move but I can’t! I am tied to the chair! "This has to be a dream!" I yell. The tank lights dim and the
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Harry Truman had helped provide economic aid to France after Vietnam had gotten their independence from them because he wanted to contain communism. He also provided aid to countries like Turkey and Greece. However‚ despite the support from the United States France lost their battle against communism in Indochina. This led to the Geneva Accords which divided Vietnam in the 17th parallel. This was put in place trying to keep peace in Indochina‚ but it only angered Minh because the Soviets and China
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_____________________ The Vietnam War‚ Nixon‚ & Watergate CHAPTER 16 Chapter 16 Highlight Packet 16.1 Origins of the Vietnam War: 1. What started the U.S. involvement in Vietnam and why did we fight? Who was President at the beginning? French went to the U.S.A for money and the United States did not want Vietnam to become a communist country because if they had all the other poor little countries would follow. 2. Page 533: Who is Ho Chi Minh? Ho Chi Minh is a communist Vietnam revolutionary leader
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of my pipe and tried to think of something pleasant. I hated the jungle’s heat. Upon my return stateside‚ I believed my blood carried the jungle’s heat. It would surface unexpectedly‚ and it brought with it the misery of war. Although I hated the jungle like I hated the war‚ there was a beauty to the jungle‚ and I remembered one particular morning. Some colorful birds were coming out of the foliage. It wasn’t the monsoon season‚ and the sun with the multicolored birds mingled among the plants
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The Vietnam War was the longest war in which the United States took part in. This heart breaking war began in 1957. Vietnam is a small country in Southeast Asia that was divided into the Communist-Democratic Republic of Vietnam‚ known as North Vietnam‚ and the non-Communist Republic of Vietnam‚ called South Vietnam. North Vietnamese and Communist-trained South Vietnamese rebel’s goals were to overthrow the government of South Vietnam and to eventually reunite the country as one. The United States
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Vietnam had a hard time facing foreign invasion which happened quite frequently. After World War I the French and Chinese had a large influence in Vietnam and Ho Chi Minh was one Vietnamese who tried to stop that. He worked his way into creating an independent Vietnam and organized an army using guerrilla warfare. Minh went to war with the French and ended up winning and this helped create a free North and South Vietnam. South Vietnam had an uprising and a communist group called the Vietcong arose
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and my mind. When I think of those years‚ the awaiting dark holes are released to blacken the rest of the few memories filled with light. *** The war had broken out and all the children were being evacuated to distant cousins or aunts in the surrounding war-free countries for safety. My parents had told me that I was only going away for a while‚ the war would be over and I would see them soon. Those memories are the only few that bring light to the darkness inside‚ the ones that keep me sane. I
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In 1961 the worst war ever fought by America had just started. The Vietnamese of the north also known as the Viet Cong had invaded the south to take control of the entire country. America and other democratic countries felt the spread of communism to this country would be a stepping-stone for other communistic countries around the world‚ also known as the Domino Effect. America‚ as cocky as they were‚ invaded Vietnam to help the southern Vietnamese. Although America is one of the most powerful countries
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involvement in the Vietnam War started in 1962-75. Some of the reasons for Australia’s involvement in the Vietnam War were mostly to do with the fear of communism and using the “forward defence” strategy to prevent the domino theory from happening. During this time Australia’s attitude towards the war changed due to the protesting of anti-war groups such as ‘save our sons’‚ it was believed that it was more of a civil war then a communism war‚ and because it was a television war. Communism was greatly
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In the course of the Vietnam War‚ there have been many different factors why the USA became increasingly involved. One reason included how they believed it would be a ‘simple’ war to fight and for that reason‚ they would have the ability to easily win plus the war would not continue on for too long. Additionally they desired to contain communism as they believed they might be capable to stop the growth of communism within Asia. In order to help retain communism‚ they believed in the ‘domino theory’
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