Vietnam Veterans Memorial

A person could never be the same after going through combat. Seeing the death and destruction of war, along with dealing with the mental and emotional tolls of fighting, would leave deep scars that stay with the person for their whole life. To me, there were two characters that really stood out in terms of the way that war affected them. In The Pacific, Eugene Sledge was the most visibly affected by combat, at least in the episodes that we watched in class. When we first met him, he seemed to be…

the decade because of the chaos of war, politics, and domestic affairs. The Vietnam war wrecked more havoc in America’s society than in Vietnam itself. The vocal majority of the nation was completely against the idea or war and being involved in external affairs, hence creating a U.S…

families of the soldiers that are putting their life at risk for fighting in the War. Soldiers go through a lot day and night, mentally and physically. As read in the book The Things They Carried its a fictional story that describes in depth how the Vietnam War was and what the characters in the book had to go through. Soldiers go through so much while they are in war, they are in fear of…

OCD. What is an obsessive compulsive disorder? It’s an anxiety disorder characterized by intrusive thoughts that produce uneasiness, apprehension, fear, or worry, by repetitive behaviors aimed at reducing the associated anxiety or by a combination of such obsession and compulsion. For example OCD could be the need to touch a door knob the right amount of times, keeping yourself or your surroundings clean, or even simply saying the same thing over and over till it feels right. When it “feels…

Part of the peace process that began in 1991 required an investigation on the killings of civilians, particularly the supposed genocide that had taken place with the purpose of eliminating the Mayan population. Through the Accord of Oslo on June 23, 1994, the United Nations with the cooperation of the Government of the Republic of Guatemala formed the Commission for Historical Clarification (CEH) in order to “clarify with objectivity, equity and impartiality” the acts of violence and potential…

“I did not hate the young man; i did not see him as an enemy,” O’Brien says. He ever thought that he would be in the position to kill a man. War does change a man, It's hard to be a war parent, He is a great soldier, he did show very big signs of ptsd. War did change him. He killed a man not many people could kill a man and live with it. “And the young man seemed to be jerked upward as if pulled by invisible wires,” O’Brien states. His explanation help the reader imagine it with a clear picture.…

From 2001-2014, the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF), a North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) led security mission comprised of soldiers from many nations occupied Afghanistan in an effort to stabilise the country. The ISAF served to train the Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF), rebuild government institutions and remove Taliban, Al-Qaeda and other factional warlords from the areas surrounding Kabul. One of these the Forward Operation Bases was known as Armadillo.…

The whole conflict in Vietnam started with France’s imperialism. The French took over Vietnam and established Indochina in the 1880s. However, the people of Vietnam wanted to be free from France, and under their communist leader Ho Chi Minh they established a military organization called Viet Minh. This organization took over the capital and declared Vietnam an independent country. Ho asked for aid from the U.S, but the U.S distrusted their communist ideals. Instead, President Truman sent aid to…

Dawes fought in the Vietnam War, he served in the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) and served in a majority of the war. Dawes was disturbed by what he saw in his time in Vietnam and became an Anti-War poet. He wrote about what he saw and experienced over in Vietnam and he is now one of the most renowned Australian Poets. Death is a resounding theme in the two texts. It is used to evoke emotion…

“clearly demonstrated” O’Brien’s “unique artistic vision” (The Things They Carried). The section of the novel titled Spin is one that the author has put a great deal of effort into allowing the reader to easily visualize what Vietnam was like for him. O’Brien’s recollection of Vietnam is given in such a way that the audience feels as if they are right there with him having a conversation and telling old war stories. It can be concluded that the amount of detail he put into this section is…