South America

The United States of America is considered as the Promised Land for many millions of people around the world when they are compelled to leave their hometown. On 30 April 1975, the fall of Saigon (now Ho Chi Minh City) ended the Vietnam War and the communist took over Vietnam. The Republic of Vietnam Military Academy lost the battle against the Vietcong with the consequences of two large migrating from Vietnam to the United States and Western countries. Since that time, the United States has…

society as later South Africa was under Apartheid because the creation of the “us” and “them” classification of race which led to the segregation of races and the maltreatment of black citizens in South Africa. Now due to Apartheid the post-Apartheid South African society is affected economically and socially because the different races back during Apartheid had different privileges which helped them in life (Own knowledge) i.e. Many of the black communities today in post-Apartheid South Africa…

a civil war between North and South Vietnam. The communist North Vietnamese, or Vietcong wanted to take over the democratic South. Democratic countries like Australia and the US were concerned that if South Vietnam was defeated, other countries would “fall” to communism. This fear became known as the domino theory. America immediately offered military support to South Vietnam and asked Australia to do the same. In 1962, Australia sent administrative support to South Vietnam. As the war…

On the 16th day of November, I had left the comforts of my hometown of Denver to begin the journey to South Korea. In this journey I was fortunate to learn and study about the Korean criminal justice system and the strong culture they value. After a long 16 hour flight I had finally arrived in Incheon Korea. After waiting for the bus, and the check in at the hotel I was ready to explore Korea until my classmate arrived. When the whole class arrived the following day, I was eager to get out and…

1975. The Vietnam War was fought because North Vietnam was trying to reunite South Vietnam to become one communist state, so Anti-Communist forces intervened to stop the spread of Communism and supported South Vietnam. In the Vietnam War, North Vietnam was supported by the communist forces such as the Soviet Union and China, and South Vietnam was supported by the Anti-Communist forces like the Unites States of America, South Korea, and Thailand. The Vietnam War took place in Vietnam, Cambodia,…

endured. The trials that the civilians faced during this time seem unrealistic; they suffered things that some could never imagine. The Vietnam War started in 1954. It was between North Vietnam and the Vietcong (South Vietnamese communists) versus South Vietnam and America. More than 3 million people were killed, including 58,000 Americans. The Vietnam War is…

become less noticeable, making both types of missions to be identical. With distinction never fully established, the Viet Cong’s pacification was unsuccessful, allowing them to take more control over parts of South Vietnam. Another flaw was that the American soldiers were ordered to search south Vietnamese homes, exposing them to the possibility of ambush. These ambushes, made the Americans cold hearted toward civilians, leading them to burn down villages in zippo raids and massacre many…

forces in the Vietnam war because anti war riots sparked due to the lies from the media, the failure of leadership by the president, and the misrepresentation of the battle. To start off, many anti war riots broke out and rebellions in American held South Vietnam. Many of the American people did not want to enter a war where they were losing, it is common sense. In an article written by Phillip B. Davidson, he states that “the reporters simply filled their own ‘facts’ when they didn’t have…

with Vietnam beginning with World War II and ending with the start of the Vietnam War. These two countries relationship lasted from 1945 until 1965. American became involved with Vietnam when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor during World War II. America responded to this attack by declaring war on Tokyo. During the time of the attack, the Vietminh were forming in Vietnam at the same time. Vietminh were also known as the League for the Independence of Vietnam. Vietminh were established by Ho…

where Mr. Thanh Mai, my friend’s dad, comes in. He was one of the forty-nine people in a small wooden river boat that fled the “terrors of communist Vietnam” to Hong Kong. He is one of many hundreds of thousands of “boat people” since they crossed the South China Sea in overcrowded and inadequate boats to reach countries, such as Hong Kong, Malaysia, the Philippines and other Southeast Asian countries (Remembering…