Surviving The Vietnam War Summary

Surviving the Vietnam War In the book Road of 10,00 Pains, Chapter 16, by Otto J. Lehrack, there is first hand experiences from different marines fighting the Vietnam War. As I read chapter 16, I learned that the Vietnam War was very gruesome. The U.S marines had to fight very hard everyday to stay alive, even though they were fighting a war they did not seem as necessary. During this battle the American soldiers used many tactics to survive. They relied on the help from air support, and the help of each other. They fought long and hard everyday in order to protect their friends alongside them.
The Vietnam War was a war between North and South Vietnam. North Vietnam was a communist party, while the South was a democracy. The North wanted to join North and South Vietnam and become …show more content…
Many American troops did not agree with the decision that our country had made to join the war. The troops, along with many other people, felt like it was not our country’s place to fight in the war. They felt like this was something that needed to be just the countries involved. However, the U.S joined the war anyways. President Lyndon B Johnson passed the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, which was a resolution to aid South Vietnam during the war. President Johnson was trying to stop the spread of communism around the world, therefore he felt the need to help South Vietnam fight off the communist. Almost immediately after the North invaded the South, the United States was involved. Since this was a war that the American troops did not believe in they were refusing to volunteer to fight. With there already being a resolution to aid the south, and no troops volunteering to fight, the U.S has left with no other option than a draft. Millions of American soldiers were drafted into the war. Which meant they were being ripped away from their friends and loved ones to fight. They were being forced to fight in something they did not believe