Vietnam Veterans Memorial

In this case a man named Abel Fields falsely said that he worked in the military for eight years. He also claimed that he had earned a purple heart which you only earn if are wounded in battle. This man never served in the military so everything he said was false. He was making these claims in a public safety meeting, he told the public that they should listen to him because of his experience. He was then arrested for impersonating a military officer. He now is facing a year in prison and a…

Major Bruce P. Crandall was a Flight Commander, serving with Company A, 229th Assault Helicopter Battalion, 1st Cavalry Division in the Vietnam War when the ground commander ordered the aircraft to abort the scheduled search and destroy mission from Plei Me, Vietnam, to Landing Zone X-Ray in the Ia Drang Valley. However, Major Crandall, having successfully landed once despite enemy fire, assessed the situation at Landing Zone X-Ray and determined the troops were in need of ammunition and medical…

For a majority of a field grade Officer’s time in the United States Army, he or she will serve a majority time in either a leadership command position or a staff position. There is quite a mental shift that occurs when one transitions between the two positions. An Officer in the staff position is responsible for himself or a small staff only but, when an Officer assumes command, a mental trigger is turned on knowing one is responsible for everything the organization succeeds or fails to…

In this poem, it is written in no one’s point of view but instead just a narrator. Written in the setting of the Vietnam war, the soldiers are fighting in the deep forest of Vietnam. They try to camouflage in the thick forest by painting their faces and guns with mud, stuff their pockets with grass and tie branches to their helmets. They blend into their surroundings just like the chameleon does…

The last few days of my life have been something new to me. I truly know now what I’ve been taking for granted. The war isn’t the great adventure it seemed to be at first. In the past battle at Vimy, I’ve witnessed the death of thousands of young men just like me. During the nights of the battle, the constant deafening noises of the enemy shells, bombs, and explosives made gave me nightmares. The trenches would be infested by rats and maggots who would swarm the dead bodies. This would frighten…

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In “The Things They Carried,” by Tim O’Brien, each soldier stated what the war has done to them in order for their past to conclude the meaning of the book as a whole. He, O’Brien, speaks about how he was in war in the past, his connection with it and how it affects his personal life. O’Brien states, “I survived, but it’s not a happy ending, I was a coward. I went to to war” (61) to give the direct knowledge that he went to war and got through it with challenges at the end. The bad ending…

The inspiration of fighters in the Civil War is a subject that has captivated many people’s attention. The majority of the battling men in that war were neither expert fighters nor draftees, they were volunteers. The overwhelming topics in their wartime letters were longing to go home and a desire for peace. The pay was poor; the extensive enrollment bounties got by some Union fighters late in the war were outstanding; most volunteers made monetary apologies to join the armed force. What moved…

At this time, communism grew rapidly, causing the United States to take action and prevent communism from spreading everywhere, especially in Vietnam. To support democracy and to avoid communism from growing in Vietnam, “U.S. spending significantly increased the number of people who depended on Saigon’s war effort for their careers, social advancement, and income” (Turley, 242). The war and United States’ aid affected the way of…

12 September, 1917 As I write this, the enemy is shelling the trench I’m sitting in. The enemy has been shelling us sporadically for the past several days. The enemy will shell us for several hours, then stop and then resume the shelling later. Heavy shelling has left the area surrounding the trench pock marked with craters. Rainwater has filled many of the craters. Everything is dirty from the dirt that was kicked up from the explosions of the shells. Some sections of the barbed wire…