Vietnam Veterans Memorial

Following the end of the Vietnam War in 1975, millions of people fled Vietnam for fearing the “reeducation camps” and other forms of retaliation from the new communist government. Many refugees called “boat people”, made their routes by sailing through the ocean, and they had to risk their lives for a new haven. It is estimated that half of refugees could not made their ways, and ocean was their graves. In 2008, Director Duc Nguyen released his documentary film Bolinao 52, a movie about…

Imagine walking down the streets of LA and have a random man come and stab you with a knife. These articles are about Protest some of them are violent and some are non-violent and they all happened years ago. Protest are a way of getting your side of the story in the public eye. Some protest can be very bad and some can be peaceful. One example of a protest that went violent is the Tiananmen Square protest.In the article of Tiananmen Square Protest of 1989 is talking about Beijing having a…

A veteran is a brave, loyal, strong, smart, compassionate, hero, patriotic, team player and never gives up. The well known Luis Daniel, an American military veteran who fought against the Iraq war from 2011 to 2013 possessed very brave qualities. He married at the age of 17 years old after he dropped from school and at the age of 20 years, he joined Marine Corps. He worked in the Marine Corps in Pendleton, California in Iraq as a Sergeant. He has become physically disabled because of defending…

are people with far worse problems in the world. The question that I am asking is how did the Vietnam War affect your view on being a privileged person? How does one answer such a broad question?…

would come out of scarred. We know that he was misled, and did not know what he was getting into. The only person to come see him is a priest, (revealed by ‘inquired about his soul’), and to be cynical, we know he is there by duty to the dying. The veteran is a waste of state money, a waste of effort, a waste of others’…

Why Saving Private Should Be Considered a Classic WWII Movie Imagine how it would feel to be trapped behind enemy lines with no communication to base. During the Second World War, this was a reality for paratroopers during D-Day. A movie that tells that story of a paratrooper behind enemy lines is Saving Private Ryan (Spielberg). However, there is a twist to not only being trapped behind enemy lines, but having men come to extract the private to tell him his brothers are dead. Saving Private…

Voyaging Vietnam via train: The 'Reunification Express' The Reunification Express runs from Ha Noi to Ho Chi Minh City They sometimes it is known as the ‘Reunification Express’, the train that interfaces Hanoi in North-Vietnam to Ho Chi Minh City in the south. And it it’s indeed one of the best methods for getting to know Vietnam and one of the better train journeys you can make within the previous Indochina. Train Travel in Vietnam, a Seat or maybe a Berth? Taking the train in Vietnam…

Pat Barker's Regeneration is one of the best anti-war novels written in the late 1990s. Focusing on the adverse side of the First World War, Pat Barker tells the story of male soldiers who suffered shell shock on the battlefield. Most of these men share a common feature: they all suffer from both psychological and physical trauma that needs to be dealt with. The WW1 is considered the first modern war, introducing new inventions such as the mustard gas or the tank, as well as this was the first…

"Black Hawk Down” Tells the story of a U.S. military raid that went disastrously wrong when optimistic plans ran into unexpected resistance. The movie was very true to the real events that occurred in Mogadishu in 1993. This movies shows a real events, so while you are watching it you feel like you are living the moment. And based on the scenes; the movie avoids speechmaking and sloganeering. So the most important foundations for the movie were sound and editing. First, the sound…

city (Anderson, 2014), Saigon has long been losing its attention to the oldest hotel in town: The Hôtel Continental. Back to 1880, this building, which is now known as Continental Hotel, was constructed by the French during their colonial period in Vietnam (Asia Life Magazine, 2013). The hotel’s name was taken after the one in Paris, with all of the architectural and structural styles remaining the breath of Europe until these days. Located in the most crowded area in Saigon, District 1,…