Arnold R Issacs Vietnam War

The American soldiers that came home from the war between the Vietnam War and World War II were treated differently by the public when compared to each other. The soldiers that came from World War II were greeted as heroes and the country would celebrate for their return and acknowledging the hardships, difficulties and sacrifices invested during their service. (National Archives) Unfortunately, the Veterans of the Vietnam War were treated with no welcome-home rallies or honorable recognition that previous soldiers had. The public gave the homecoming men with distaste, anger and distrust. According to a historian/author named Arnold R. Issacs, he quotes “According to the historian/author named Arnold R. Issacs, he quotes “But they did not …show more content…
(Dougan, Weiss) The Vietnam War is classified as a lost war as the United States were withdrawn from South Vietnam and the North Vietnamese forces were able to take over Vietnam as a whole, losing the prime objective of the U.S.; failing the Containment Policy. As the soldiers came home with Post Traumatic Stress, disabling injuries and a sense of hopelessness; the veterans had a difficult time readjusting to society and the receiving of acceptance from their loved ones. (Josh Hochgesang, Trayce Lawyer, and Toby Stevenson, The Psychological Effects of the Vietnam War) The soldiers were given the cold shoulder and treated as the source of failure of the war with the addition of deep distaste from the anti war protesters. Although the protesters labeled the soldiers as “cold hearted murderers” and “ignorant dupes”, they haven’t fully understood the actions of what the soldiers had to do in Vietnam as the public received mediated information about the war and think that the soldiers would bomb and now down innocent Vietnamese lives. The public with their knowledge from the media would continue to harass the soldiers with name calling like “baby killers” and spitting on the returning