Duong Van Minh

Out of the many stories that my grandpa James Haas, has told me about him serving his time in the war, the story of when my grandpa and grandma were stationed in at Fort Hood. The story was about when my grandma was living in a trailer house while my grandpa was training. One day though when my grandma was cooking some bacon for breakfast, the tray that the bacon was on had caught fire. My grandma had put the bacon back in the fridge though, and had found out later when she looked in the fridge…

The Tet Offensive was an arranged sequence of North Vietnamese attacks on more than 100 cities and outposts in South Vietnam. The offensive was an attempt to provoke rebellion among the South Vietnamese population and encourage the United States leave the Vietnam War. Though U.S. and South Vietnamese fought hard to hold off the attacks great damages were done. Despite the damages, North Vietnam did will with planning the Tet Offensive. Because of this the attacks were marked a turning point in…

Me my sister and my dad was going to the mall. When we was walking around my dad saw one of is friends so we stopped and talk to them. We talked about 10 20 minutes. Within that time period this old man he was in his 70’skept walking by about the 5th time he walked by. I released something. He had a hearing aid and he was wearing a Vetrener suit and hat. Right then and there I released to start respeacting everyone and everything. I also found out right then I wanted to go to the Marines.In…

conflict in Vietnam started with France’s imperialism. The French took over Vietnam and established Indochina in the 1880s. However, the people of Vietnam wanted to be free from France, and under their communist leader Ho Chi Minh they established a military organization called Viet Minh. This organization took over the capital and declared Vietnam an independent country. Ho asked for aid from the U.S, but the U.S distrusted their communist ideals. Instead, President Truman sent aid to their…

The Geneva Conference was held that same year, 1954. Its purpose was to resolve problems in Asia and potentially come to an agreement on what was to be done with Vietnam. The United States had supported the French in fear that if Ho Chi Minh was victorious, communism would spread quickly throughout Southeast Asia. Though they supported the French, the United States refused direct intervention in the war, which then brought the Vietnam situation to the Geneva Conference. After their defeat…

d Vietnam become an American War by 1968, and what problems did the United States have in winning the “Hearts and Minds” of the Vietnamese people? By 1968 American politicians committed hundreds of billions worth of resources and nearly half a million personnel to the Vietnam War. Which was a war based on fabricated research and statistics, blatant lies to the American public, and cherry-picked threats. Americans provided most of the financial assistance, resources, over half a million…

learned of a new power rising in North Vietnam under Ho Chi Minh who wanted to gain control of the South making all of Vietnam communist. Through Eisenhower’s tactics (which ran poorly) America lost many of its troops. The domino effect ran through the predecessors of Eisenhower who wanted to continue in his ways. However, each President proved that their policies were faulty and could not withstand the powerful rulings of Ho Chi Minh and the skillful North Vietnamese military. Eisenhower, at…

The purpose of the interview was to learn about Vietnam, the country where my informant was born and lived until 1975 when Saigon was invaded by the North Vietnamese. In addition, I had desired to see Vietnam from a perspective other than the Vietnam War where Americans fought. However, there is another reason I chose Vietnam, I work with students whose parents are from Vietnam even though the parents are a younger generation their culture is alive and lived out in their community. Some of…

Vietnamese independence and the decolonisation of Indochina. The Vietnamese nationalism was influenced by Quoc ngu (which was and still is the writing system for the Vietnamese language, that replaced the Chinese script previously), activists like Ho Chi Minh (a man who studied the world and would do anything for his country), and World War II during which Japanese forces occupied Vietnam (a perfect opportunity for the Vietnamese to regain Vietnam). World War II was almost like the final straw…

“When I was a kid, we watched the Vietnam War on the six o 'clock news, and it was desensitizing. You felt you were watching a war film; meanwhile you were really watching these guys getting blown to bits,” said Johnny Depp about the Vietnam War. History has a funny way of repeating itself, and people have the funny habit of staying stuck in the past. Many people believe the Vietnam War and the current War on Terrorism is a reflection of this. Some people believe that both of the wars are…