PTSD in the Vietnam War The Vietnam War was considered one of the bloodiest battles ever in the history of the United States. Not only were soldiers harmed physically during the war‚ but they were also wounded mentally. There are endless accounts of soldiers leaving the war and coming home not just with bullet wounds‚ but the memories that followed with it. These memories caused soldiers to not sleep at night and in some cases ruining their lives and forcing them to suicide. After the war‚ specialists
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My name is Paul Meadlo and I was entering my 20’s when I was a soldier fighting in the Vietnam War alongside Lieutenant William Calley. When I was first forced into the selective service system‚ or draft‚ I expected this war to end within a year or so. However‚ I now have come to realize that I greatly underestimated the Vietcong as they are much stronger and smarter than we were in the jungles of Vietnam. As the years of fighting went on‚ every encounter with the Vietcong and the stress knowing
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Why did the United States Withdraw From the Vietnam War? The United States withdrew from the Vietnam War for several reasons. The Army had to fight in unfamiliar territory‚ was lacking in moral‚ were not prepared for the conditions‚ could not shut down the Ho Chi Minh Trail‚ and were untrained to respond to guerilla warfare. This combination of disadvantages and the loss of public support led to the United States withdrawing from Vietnam. The United States Army was forced to fight in a new land that
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Goodnight Saigon is a song written by an American musician‚ Billy Joel. The song was written sometime around 1982 in response to the harsh treatment of the Vietnam War veterans. Joel tried to paint a picture of what it is like to go through the war in this song. The main theme of the song‚ the struggles of men in war‚ is depicted through simile‚ antithesis In this song‚ simile is used to compare the men drafted into war to other things with word such as “as” or “than”. To show the struggle of the
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The Vietnam War is one of America’s longest lasting wars beginning in 1955‚ and lasting until 1975. The United States became involved in the Vietnam War because of its efforts to stop communism in Southeast Asia. The United States feared that if communist took over Southeast Asia it would cause a domino effect around the world. The United States began sending financial aid and military advisors to South Vietnam to help stop a communist takeover. North Vietnam was run by communist leader Ho Chi Minh
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Déjà Vu is the first episode of the PBS documentary The Vietnam War. Directed by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick‚ the documentary focuses on the historical developments that occurred prior to the Vietnam War; for example‚ there was discussion on French imperialism‚ the First Indochina War‚ and the power struggles between Vietnamese coalition leaders. However‚ the most intriguing aspect of this film was the story and rise of Ho Chi Minh. Ho Chi Minh (1890-1969) was a communist leader that sparked a movement
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Explain why the United States became increasingly involved in the war in Vietnam The war in Vietnam was a conflict that started in the 1950s and ended in the early 1970s. During this time period‚ the United States became increasingly involved in Vietnamese political‚ economic and military affairs. There were a combination of reasons as to why the United States became more involved‚ the most important of which in my opinion were the Domino Theory and the growing influence of the National Liberation
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of the Vietnam War extremely well. Many people were killed‚ young and old‚ much money was spent on this war‚ and much violence spread back in the USA with years of protest and anti-war movements that defined the 1960’s in America. On the Twenty-Ninth of June‚ 1965‚ 10 years into the intense fighting and bloodshed that is the Vietnam War‚ 4‚000 Paratroopers of the United States of America’s Army’s 101st Airborne Division‚ also known as the Screaming Eagles‚ arrived in Cam Ranh Bay‚ Vietnam. (101st
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are disgusted by the use of hard drugs. But little do most Americans know that soldiers during the Vietnam War were corrupted by the conditions of the war and left with no choice but to use hard drugs such as heroin in order to cope with their pain. Looking through Tim O’Brien’s The Things They Carried the troops in his novel were guilty of using hard drugs in order to cope with the war. The Vietnam war was a highly disputed war in the United States many Americans were against the fact that we were
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April 30‚ 1975 the date that goes into the history of South Vietnam and the minds of many South Vietnamese as well as many Vietnamese-Americans. Especially‚ war veterans like Senator John Mc. Cain‚ this day remind him of a most painful memory‚ bruised and bitter feelings. On that day‚ North Vietnamese communist troops triumphantly rode T-54 Soviet-made tanks in column on one main street of Saigon leading to the South Vietnamese Presidential Palace‚ called "Doc Lap" (Independence) Palace. The tanks
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