Napalm

The Anti-War Movement “Like most Americans, I had only seen war only through the cooling lens of a TV camera. I knew the statistics: so many dead, so many bombs dropped. But seeing in person, driving past dozens of devastated buildings, was far more emotional, even in the dark.” (Zimmerman 260). President Lyndon B. Johnson refused to lose Vietnam, and he feared losing Vietnam would send them in the direction as China. In 1960, Viet-Cong rebels from south revolted causing the election to be Ho…

The First World War was an extremely devastating conflict, whether it is to the millions who lost their lives or the decimated, crater-ridden landscapes the war left in its wake. The Great War was also a war of technological brilliance, because of the many new types of war technologies and ideas that were brought to light during this conflict. From new rifles to machine guns to airplanes; all of these types of technology, weapons and methods of waging war paved the way for technology and warfare…

's advances bombers and flight planes gave them a large advantage when covering air space. Along with controlling the skies, Southern Vietnam and the United States involved chemical warfare into their flight. Dropping napalm became a large part of the attack on Northern Vietnam. Napalm was a chemical bomb that released high amounts of carbon monoxide and polluted air quality above Northern Vietnam. Although the air attacks were often successful, Northern Vietnam fought with tactical guerilla…

The novel begins with reports of small gangs of enigmatic “bipedal, three-toed lizards” viciously attacking people within the jungles of mainland Costa Rica. Notorious paleontologist and dinosaur expert Dr. Alan Grant and his colleague, Dr. Ellie Sattler (a paleobotanist) are called upon to investigate these occurrences, and much to their shock and horror, these lizard-like creatures are revealed to be small carnivorous dinosaurs (Procompsognathus to be exact). Nevertheless, their investigation…

The Vietnam War; a war where millions of Americans went to fight a worthless battle that wasn't even theirs. This was essentially when America tried to be the hero and save South Vietnam from North Vietnam, pursuing their goal to stop the spread of communism. It all started when the nation split into two parts, communist North Vietnam and the democratic South. America’s involvement into this gruesome war simply escalated as time went on… and not in a good way. Even though the U.S was trying to…

into town / where our people are building / their armies again, short years after body bags, after burning," (45). Forche notes that the Korean war isn’t long gone. The mention of fire is a dead ringer for napalm; the army used it to protect retreating American soldiers in Korea. While the draft wasn’t immediately open, hundreds of thousands of young men were sent into Vietnam. This does bear in mind, what if the military didn’t initiate the draft? The draft…

Nick Ut Huynh Cong Ut also known as Nick Ut was born on March 29th, 1951 in Vietnam. He is best known for his style of photojournalism when he was working for Associated Press (AP), this is a multinational news agency. He started working at AP in 1965 when he was just fourteen years old, just a few weeks after this his brother who was also working for the agency was killed photographing the war in Vietnam. Ut was shot 3 times when he was documenting the conflict in Vietnam, in the arm, leg and…

inflicted on the civil population, the useless sacrifice of American soldiers. Those images that now appear as symbols of the Vietnam War showed the atrocity of the war and the capacity of humans to commit crimes against other human beings. 5 Nick Ut, Napalm Girl, photograph, 1972 The ethical problems and controversies come…

On March 12th, 1970 a long and ferocious battle commenced between the U.S. Army’s 101st Airborne Division and two heavily armed Vietnamese divisions. With the heaviest portion of the battle being a 23 day siege that was sparked when the North Vietnamese Army launched a mortar attack with an ensuing siege that was meant to overwhelm the American forces ten to one. The battle lasted until the 23rd of July 1970 with the evacuation of American forces and an air raid launched by Major General…

The odor of sulfur was everywhere. IT mixed with the burning gasoline from the flamethrowers and napalm bombs, the sharp tang of gunpowder, the overheated metal of machine gun barrels, so hot they were melting.” He also made very good plot development. As the story starts it is about a young Navajo’s life in conflict with the ideals of the white man…