Overseas Vietnamese

hoping that this would lead to negotiations with North Vietnam (Woods). Soon after President Nixon became President in January, 1969 he began the policy of Vietnamization. The policy was to train and arm the forces of South Vietnam to fight the North Vietnamese so that the U.S. troops could withdraw from the region (Rohn). At the same time, Nixon considered Operation Duck Hook which was the bombing of many economic and military areas in and around North Vietnam specially the cities of Hanoi and…

succumbed to communism, so would the entirety of Southeast Asia. This fear had been growing for over a decade. In August of 1964, North Vietnamese ships fired at US ships located in the Gulf of Tonkin, off the coast of North Vietnam. President Johnson called on Congress to take action, who instructed Johnson to "take all necessary measures" to stop the North Vietnamese, but Johnson promised a “limited and fitting response.” Johnson started Operation Rolling Thunder which was an intense bombing…

bloodiest wars the country had ever seen. Troops were being deployed and lives were lost for reasons many found unclear. The war 's roots first started to develop in 1950 when the French, who were fighting for control of Indochina, began to deny the Vietnamese the privileges they were promised in exchange for French intervention. The Viet Minh, a communist group that fought control by the French and Japanese, were engaged in the First Indochina War against the French until 1954 when the French…

served as a Captain for a year with a specialty in general and cardiovascular surgery. Serving for the United States Army gave my grandfather a different, more understanding view towards the war in Vietnam than most Americans had. Also, serving overseas…

“It was at that moment, America knew, they fucked up”. The Vietnam war was not just any ordinary war. To this day, there is still a lot of controversy over the United States’ involvement in the war overseas in a communist dominated country. There is definitely hatred and regret of the people that watched it all live in their homes; as well as the soldiers that went through the scarring experience themselves. It will be probably never be fully understood why America decided to take part in the…

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Howard was never scared of anyone and even explains in one story that he was hidden in a foxhole with some other men and he heard the Vietnamese walk right past them. He could even hear their weapons clinking together. I think that showed what a smart and brave person he was to be able to find a good hiding spot and then also keep quiet enough to escape the smart Vietnamese enemy. Another character that I really thought was important was Captain Matt Dillon. He was one of the leaders under the…

The United States of America joined the Spanish-American war in February of 1898. President McKinley declared war when the armored USS Maine to Cuba was bombed and sunk. The bombing of the ship caused the death of 267 crew members that were aboard the ship. Another cause was the fact that economically, the U.S. wanted Cuban crops to come to America to expand their trading access everywhere in the world. Before the war, Spain had control of Guam, Puerto Rico and Cuba but, the United States wanted…

themselves. In Vietnam, the average worker is paid $0.20 a hour or $1.60 a day. The pay is unethical, especially since they need at least $2.10 a day to eat. Not to mention, employees work sixty-five hours a week. Even though it is a violation of Vietnamese Labor laws, it is not enforced. In United States, the average worker is either paid the minimum wage or beyond. Therefore, they are able to support themselves; to buy food, pay bills, etc. On the other hand, an employee living in Vietnam do…

we left the conflict on March 29, 1973. We never went back to the fight even though the South asked us to help again. United States don 't like to go back the same place twice, because they don 't want to lose again. On "April 30, 1975 the South Vietnamese surrenders and their captil Saigon is changed to Ho Chi Minch Ciy"(Vietnam…