Viet Cong

American public as the truth about that day finally came to surface. My Lai, also known as Pinkville, is located in the Quang Ngai Province, which was believed to be a stronghold for the Communist National Liberation Front, or better known as the Viet Cong, during the Vietnam War. The Charlie Companies’ first Battalion, 20th Infantry Regiment, 11th Brigade was sent to…

treaty of Peace between Israel and Egypt brokered by President Jimmy Carter in 1978 at Camp David. This is very important because it was the first to established peace between these two countries. 4. Tet Offensive. – It was a surprise attack by the Viet Cong and North Vietnamese Army on U.S troops all over major areas of South Vietnam, it resulted in massive deaths from both sides. After this event Americans started doubting if the U.S was winning this war and if it was really worth it. If…

“Psychological warfare- n. [after German psychologischer Krieg (1938 in the passage translated in quot. 1939); the more usual term is psychologische Kriegsführung (1958 or earlier)] the use (originally as a military strategy) of tactics intended to undermine the morale or allegiance of one's opponent or opponents, as opposed to physical force.” There were two types of psychological warfare that was used during the Vietnam War and those two tactics were tactical and strategic psywar. Tactical…

The Vietnam War was the North Vietnamese and the South Vietnam, its main ally, pitted long and costly conflict, the communist regime, known as the Confederate States. After the war power-up of the communist Vietnam party in Ho Chi Minh City and northern Vietnam (this extends to the middle of this conflict back to the 1940's in the area but) started in 1954 and continued two world superpowers between the intense Cold War Background: United States and the Soviet Union. More than 3,000,000…

troops going through Vietnam. There were countless places she could be, the lake is deep and with so many inlets, there were infinite places she could have disappeared to. This is comparable to the Viet Cong, who had entrenched basically the whole of Vietnam with tunnels and traps, creating an infinite amount of places for them to hid and kill the troops. John’s fear of what might have happened to Kathy is similar to what happened in Vietnam, fearing…

population of a village called My Lai (History.com). The soldiers were a part of Charlie Company, which is just the name of the unit they were involved with. They were on a “search and destroy” mission to kill Viet Cong who were thought to be occupied there (Digital History). They found no Viet Cong members, but that didn’t stop them from killing hundreds of civilians for no apparent reason. A sergeant involved in the massacre even reported that he didn’t see anyone who could have been…

1. The purpose of this memorandum is to highlight the leadership competencies and attributes that are possessed by General Williams Childs Westmoreland. 2. General Westmoreland served in World War II, the Korean War, and most notably Vietnam. During WWII he reached the temporary wartime rank of colonel, and on October 13, 1944, was appointed the chief of staff of the 9th Infantry Division. During the Korean War he commanded the 187th Airborne Regimental Combat Team. General Westmoreland was…

On February 9, 1950, Joseph McCarthy delivered an impassioned speech before the Ohio County Women's Republican Club in Wheeling, West Virginia. In the speech, chock-full of unfounded claims and comprising anti-communist sentiment, McCarthy claimed to have a list of Russian spies working within the United States government. McCarthy’s speech would have a significant impact on the state of affairs in the United States in the following years and would lead to a quick rise in prominence for the…

the Viet Cong arrested me and sent me here. I want to go home. My wife and kids need me.” Uncle Quang remarked, “Ahhh… I see. Your story is very similar to these other men.” “How about you”; I asked. “Well, my name is Quang if you didn’t hear Minh address me. My wife and our two kids were boarding a boat to leave Vietnam. As if I was destined to come here, our boat was struck by a small tsunami, and my wife and kids drown. I barely managed to drag myself back to the shore and the Viet Cong there…

words of hope. She writes, “When I look at my son, now ten years old, I don’t see war and loss or even Travis and me. I see a life, bound with mine quite by coincidence, and I think maybe he can be free” (Bui 328). As Pulitzer Prize-winning author Viet Thanh Nguyen says, The Best We Could Do is “a book to break your heart and heal it” (“Best”), and that is largely because of the themes that are prevalent throughout the…