The Vietnam Veterans

Tim O’Brien’s story, “The Things They Carry” published in 1990, centers on a group of soldiers in the Vietnam War. The soldiers are under the responsibility of Lieutenant Jimmy Cross. With Lieutenant Jimmy Cross, he carries his love for Martha and it distracts him from his duty. In the end, he tries to forget Martha because he thinks it is his fault the Ted Lavender dies. Each soldier carries something different from each other and the story revels to as to why. Respectively, each soldier…

couldn’t be trusted. While the anti-Vietnam groups were influential there was also pro-Vietnam War groups. The pro-Vietnam War communities played a major role in the development and the US withdrawal from the Vietnam War. The pro-Vietnam War groups were in support of the war and thought that it was necessary for the US to intervene in order to stop the spread of communism. Also a large group supporting the war was because if the US withdrew all of its troops from Vietnam then the South…

“It was truly a surprise when I found out I was assigned to the First Calvary Air Division upon arriving in Camron Bay, Vietnam. A surprise and the most prestigious honor” said Frank Pangborn as he sat formally in his seat sporting a tie, shoulder sleeve and wallet that had the First Calvary insignia imprinted. As a Vietnam War veteran, this division is one that brings great pride to not only Pangborn but to each and every soldier that dedicated a period of their life to serving this country.…

people were exposed to the atrocities and savagery that was happening across the sea in Vietnam, the people of the United States began to realize how wrong the war really was. Soldiers would even refuse to report to their service and at one point “there were 33,960 delinquents nationwide” (Zinn, 476). In addition, as veterans of the war came home they began to protest the war forming the Veterans against Vietnam, because as Robert Mason said in “Chickenhawk,” “sleep no longer gave…

The Vietnam War was a very difficult time in history for many people. Many good soldiers were lost in the war and others that came home were traumatized by what they lived in the war. Many of the families of the soldiers were happy to see them back when the war was over. Other families were devastated because of their loss but, they remembered them as honorable veterans. The Vietnam War brought a great change in American society because it was the first war that was televised. Many people as…

“The Things They Carried,” and “In the Lake Of the Woods,” shows how the Vietnam War affected his writing style. Tim Obrien was a Vietnam War Veteran. This mental state is brought out through his style of writing through Characterization, Setting, and Theme. These things show how the Vietnam war affected his writing in a psychological way. I believe these stories and many others are ways he coped with the memories of Vietnam. First the characterization Obrien uses in “The things they carried,”…

How the Vietnam War had an Impact on the 20th Century The Vietnam War escalated from a Vietnamese civil war into a limited international conflict in which the U.S was deeply involved. The Vietnam War was fought in South Vietnam between government forces, which were aided by the U.S, and guerrilla forces, which were aided by the North Vietnamese. Despite increased American military involvement and signed peace agreements in 1973, the Vietnam War did not end until North Vietnam successfully…

memories of his own past, an angry, unpredictable father, and intrusive, inexplicable states of panic, rage, and despair.” (201) His dad tries to put memories together that occurred during the Vietnam War and goes through periods of anger and sadness. “In the face of these overwhelming traumas, the capacity of an individual to think collapses. Symbolic functions—organizing memory into meaning through image and word, effectively integrating continuity and identity out of who you are and who you…

Agent Orange Having spent 10 weeks in Vietnam, I felt a personal connection to Agent Orange as well as the effects it had on the country. This connection is what motivated my research and my desire to bring attention to the subject. Agent Orange was an herbicide used during the Vietnam War in the 1960s. It was used by the United States military who intended to gain an advantage in the war by spraying the chemical over the dense jungles of Vietnam. The military hoped that this would deprive the…

Media during the Vietnam War The Vietnam War was diverse for America for many reasons, but the dispute about the role of the media has become almost as debatable as the war itself. Americans varying opinions of the Vietnam War were influenced primarily by the media and the biased content they chose to show. A popular thought came to individuals minds after the war that the media contributed to the failure in Vietnam by oppositional information. The media influenced Americans…