Guerrilla warfare

The Vietnam War took place from 1954 to 1973. The United States became involved in this war because of the fear of communism spreading though out South East Asia. Throughout the war the American people started losing support because of all the men we were losing. All of the troops were finally pulled out of Vietnam, but not before the U.S. lost more than 58,000 soldiers. The movie Letters Home from Vietnam shows real film from the war, and shows what the American troops really endured. The title…

Not only were the soldiers not received warmly, but they were expected to return to their everyday lives, as if they hadn’t just endured months of war and culture shock. There was no government support for them, no debrief, no time to decompress. Unlike World War II, where soldiers came back by boat and had weeks to work through the trauma they had experienced, GIs from Vietnam were back in America within a day or two. “Not uncommonly, a soldier...[will] travel fifteen hours...arrive on a base…

The fictional short story "The Things They Carried” was written by Tim O'Brien and published in 1990. The short story gives you more of a personal view in the day to Day life of a soldier during the Vietnam War. The story is a very descriptive piece that allows you to feel in touch with the characters in the novel. "The Things They Carried" starts off with introduction of Lieutenant Jimmy Cross. Cross seems to be a very disturbed character in the sense that he is infatuated with a college…

The Bertuli Story It is known that passing stories down from one family member to another keeps the memories alive. The same can be said for those who have served in our military. Getting personal information from someone who has experienced that part of life can be so important in keeping those memories, both good and not-so-good alive. In interviewing Mr. Leonard Bertuli, a United States Marine from Mark, IL, my partner Seth Carlson and I learned more about his life before entering military,…

Annotated Bibliography "Conditions." Armour, Australia and the VIETNAM WAR, Commonwealth, http://vietnam-war.commemoration.gov.au/armour/conditions.php Accessed 6 Mar. 2017.This source provides a good description of what life was like during the Vietnam War, it explains how difficult life was during the wet and hot seasons. It also explains how much energy was taken from these soldiers. I believe this source is reliable because it has quotes from people who have served the war. Although the…

What A Soldier Carries Nowadays very few authors of fictional writings decide to use the mixture of fact and fiction in order to demonstrate the main ideas and themes of their writings. In the fictional novel The Things They Carried written by Tim O’Brien, O’Brien used the mixture of fact and fiction to demonstrate what the soldiers had to carry in and after the Vietnam War, and how these things affected their actions. The Things They Carried is a two hundred thirty three page novel that…

How far would you go for your country. Would you give your life for a outcome you’re not even sure about. That's what the brave soldiers at valley forge did. In this essay i will explain to you my reasoning on why i would have quit at the battle of valley forge and why you should have quit too. There are three main reasons why you should quit the war. Lots of people died in the war who's to say you won't be one of them. Terrible living conditions. Not only those two reasons but you have a low…

Treatment By Media Source 3:CBS/ABC News Threlkeld, Richard. “Vietnam War, 1970: CBS Camera Rolls as platoon comes under fire.” CBS , Mar. 1970. The CBS video begins with the American soldiers hiking through the jungles looking for a “elusive enemy”. The video continues telling how each of the soldiers plans for the future and how this war has effected them. “Blue didn't want to come to Vietnam and he much rather be a business man than a soldier” helps to show that this war was not something…

people dead. The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, better known as the FARC, and the Colombian government signed a peace deal that ended the longest civil war in the Western Hemisphere. After four years of negotiations, an estimated 7,000 guerrilla fighters pledged to give up their weapons, restart their lives as civilians, and re-brand themselves as a peaceful political group. This large-scale conflict demonstrates the five core ideas about social conflicts: social conflicts are universal…

The poem “Facing It”, by Vietnam soldier Yusef Komunyakaa, tells a story of himself visiting the Vietnam Veterans Memorial. The impact the memories and the memorial have on him are evident when he describes his emotional experience first seeing the 58,022 names. This is shown through the meaning behind his writing, figurative language, and the structure of the poem. The meaning in this poem is to show the impact the Vietnam War had on the soldiers and the family and friends of the soldiers.…