“The Vietnam war was a war that occurred in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia from 1 November 1955 to 30 April 1975” [1].” Australia’s involvement in the Vietnam war did not only had extensive effects on the Australian society during the late 1960’s, but in the early 70’s as well.
Australia was greatly involved with the Vietnam War from 1962 and all the way until the end of the war in 1975. An effect of this was the amount of casualties that took 520 lives and left 2,396 wounded (and not to mention all of the PTSD cases) out of the 49,211 that served in the war [2]. This left a great effect on the Australian community as many men that were sons, husbands, brothers and uncles had to leave their families knowing that they may never return from the war …show more content…
A quote from the Apostolic Catechism of the Church by Pope John Paul III says that “because of the evils and injustices that all war brings with it, we must do everything reasonably possible to avoid it” [3].
However some people say in it's core, the Vietnam war was a religious war between Catholics and Buddhists. “President Ngo Dinh Diem was a Catholic and the brother of the traditionalist Catholic Archbishop Thuc.” “It was said that one of the issues about the government at the time were after Ngo Dinh Diem enacted a law saying that all religions had to petition the government first before being able to fly a flag for a buddhist holiday. [4]” Therefore, some considered The war to be a defense of
Australia was greatly involved with the Vietnam War from 1962 and all the way until the end of the war in 1975. An effect of this was the amount of casualties that took 520 lives and left 2,396 wounded (and not to mention all of the PTSD cases) out of the 49,211 that served in the war [2]. This left a great effect on the Australian community as many men that were sons, husbands, brothers and uncles had to leave their families knowing that they may never return from the war …show more content…
A quote from the Apostolic Catechism of the Church by Pope John Paul III says that “because of the evils and injustices that all war brings with it, we must do everything reasonably possible to avoid it” [3].
However some people say in it's core, the Vietnam war was a religious war between Catholics and Buddhists. “President Ngo Dinh Diem was a Catholic and the brother of the traditionalist Catholic Archbishop Thuc.” “It was said that one of the issues about the government at the time were after Ngo Dinh Diem enacted a law saying that all religions had to petition the government first before being able to fly a flag for a buddhist holiday. [4]” Therefore, some considered The war to be a defense of