Differences Between America and Vietnam Essay

a small village in the central part of Vietnam. When she was seventeen, her father married her off to a twenty one year old man in the village, his name was Binh Ngo. During the Vietnam War, her husband and brothers were all drafted to fight in the South Vietnamese Military. Ngoc was separated from her husband and family during the war and escaped the country in 1978; she had not reunited with her family since then. She came to the United States of America at the age of thirty-one and was placed…

why Fogerty wrote this song. The meaning of the song is very clear, it pretty much tells you what it's about in the title. "Some folks are born made to wave the flag." I feel like in this lyric of the song John Fogerty made it clear that the difference between unfortunate and fortunate sons has EVERYTHING to do with birth. "They point the cannon at you." In this part of the…

chain reaction, spreading communism like wildfire. The United states quickly took action stationing troops to “stop the spread of communism” thus beginning the Vietnam war. Ultimately this war ended in failure for the United States, at the cost of 211,454 American lives. There are too many opinions of why the United States failed in Vietnam too talk about in one sitting,…

On September 9, 2001, the United States of America was hit with a devastating blow. The Twin Towers were taken down on October 7, 2001, less than a month later. However, was this war necessary? Bush stated “that this was a multinational effort as proof that America, in the aftermath of the September 11 attacks, was “supported by the collective will of the world.” […] He vowed to continue to take what he called the “war on terror” to those countries that sponsored, harbored or trained terrorists”…

powerful America. And shoot them for what? They never called me nigger; they never lynched me.” Antagonistic, yet honest words from World Boxing Champion Muhammed Ali at his refusal to be enlisted in the U.S Army in 1967. Unlike the previous World Wars that were unquestioned as to America’s involvement; the Vietnam war, even from its onset is one that has held a contentious point of division among many in America. Platoon is a film that that attempts to give an accurate depiction of the…

discussions between the United States and the Soviet Union grew to include limits on many nuclear weapons and the elimination of others.” Following the Cuban Missile Crisis in October 1962, President Kennedy and Premier Khrushchev understood that they had come hazardously near atomic war. Both leaders…

many movies as the Vietnam War. Hopefully, these movies are here to remind us of the mistakes we made and how we should approach similar situations better in the future. There should be no reason that a marine sergeant verbally abuses a cadet the way Gomer is patronized in Full Metal Jacket. We should be taking better care of our troops when they return home. Nothing on the homefront is remotely comparable to the constant angst that these military men feel on a daily basis. In America, the war…

not America won the war in Vietnam. While there were many factors that played a part in the success, or failure of the war one factor that affected the war greatly was the public opinion on the war. While the Vietnam War garnered a vast amount of hate from the American population that viewed the war as a battle that did not involve the American people, the war garnered hate in Vietnam for other reasons. The American view on masculinity, among other American ideals, created a great rift between…

Perfume Dreams: Reflection on the Vietnamese Diaspora, is a collection of personal essays that documents Lam’s quest and struggle in finding the right identity as a Vietnamese American. At the age of 11, Lam fled with his family to America, during the ending years of the Vietnam War, as war refugees. This sudden exposure to a new environment, tore Lam’s past perception of who he was , created the identity dilemma that Lam struggled through his lifetime. Throughout the book, Lam’s essays reflect…

Like in America, they have bills and coins with the faces of presidents of their country. She said families across the country view saving differently. After our discussion about saving she said that her family always saved in cash. Her parents, like many others…