People did not understand what was happening except for the aspect of North Vietnam taking over south Vietnam. North Vietnam was communist also doing that period the US was in a Cold War with Russia (The Soviet Union) over communism. Meeker stated that the main reason the war started was to keep communism out of south Vietnam. When she first realizes that the war was going on she was about sixteen years old. She said at the time it did not mean much to her because she could not understand what was going on, until she watches her father leaving for the war then she started realize that war was serious because people were being taking without a choice. Also, she remembers when she was in school many of her male friends were being drafted out
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There was no grant or loans to help pay for college most people who went to college are the one who could afford it, many rich people use college has an excuse for them not to go to Vietnam to fight the war because it not required if ones in college. As time went on eventually most people knew someone who die in Vietnam war. Meeker stated that she has few friends from High School who went to Vietnam and never came back. She stated blaming the government for everything. Meeker stated because of the Vietnam war there was a lot of division in America people were protesting all around the country, college students were protesting. She also stated the peace sign came out doing Vietnam war. (make love not war). Many people would refer to the soldiers as (baby Killers) She said if South Vietnamese people ask US for help there would not be a war at the time but they never did. She explains to me how the country was very unsettling that is why they lost the war and the media is the reason US lost the war. The media were sending disturbing pictures which kept the war going for that long. She also explains how president Nixon were having break down which makes it difficult for the US to win. During the interview Her final statement was the US were not allowing to win the war. Many people who came back from the war have mental break down, and many of them end up homeless and
There was no grant or loans to help pay for college most people who went to college are the one who could afford it, many rich people use college has an excuse for them not to go to Vietnam to fight the war because it not required if ones in college. As time went on eventually most people knew someone who die in Vietnam war. Meeker stated that she has few friends from High School who went to Vietnam and never came back. She stated blaming the government for everything. Meeker stated because of the Vietnam war there was a lot of division in America people were protesting all around the country, college students were protesting. She also stated the peace sign came out doing Vietnam war. (make love not war). Many people would refer to the soldiers as (baby Killers) She said if South Vietnamese people ask US for help there would not be a war at the time but they never did. She explains to me how the country was very unsettling that is why they lost the war and the media is the reason US lost the war. The media were sending disturbing pictures which kept the war going for that long. She also explains how president Nixon were having break down which makes it difficult for the US to win. During the interview Her final statement was the US were not allowing to win the war. Many people who came back from the war have mental break down, and many of them end up homeless and