Viet nam

to the Army Nurse Corporation there were many civilian nurses. The civilian nurses were associated with the USO, the Red Cross, the Army Special Services, the Peace Corp, and many different religious groups. These nurses treated both American and Viet Cong soldiers. In addition to the nurses taking care of the troops they also cared for the Vietnamese citizens. Many of them went and treated the people in the rubber plantations. The women in the Red Cross would go and take the orphans from Vietnam

In his book The Boys of ’67: Charlie Company’s War in Vietnam, Andrew Wiest tells the story of a combat company through the collected interviews of the veterans and their family members. Charlie Company, 4th Battalion of the 47th Infantry of the 9th Division in Vietnam began as a diverse group of young men. From lower class to middle class, consisting of whites, blacks, Hispanics, and a Native American. These men were trained and sent to a war in their formative years, many had wives with children

The role public media played in the Vietnam war was unprecedented: television brought live images even video clips to Americans’ sitting room, photographs and reports from the war front brought the latest news of the battles, documentaries and films depicted the sensational stories from the war and war heroes. Bearing so many social influences, medias were somewhat blamed for being responsible for the loss of war by many historians. Most of them attributed the responsibility to the television which

Guerilla Warfare: A Case in Vietnam War Introduction During the Napoleonic Wars, the term “Guerrilla Warfare” emerged as the main phenomenon that lead the interest of various thinkers such as Clausewitz, Marx and Engels to examine its importance in war. ‘Guerrilla’ means “little war”, which explain a type of warfare, fought by irregulars in a fast-paced, small scale actions against military groups and police forces. The word “guerrilla” came from “guerrilleros” which referred to Spanish and Portugese

In Vietnam the U.S lost lots of things like money, power, troops, etc while they were at war. In 1955 many American troops were sent over to Vietnam to help stop the communist spread. The U.S felt obligated to go to war with Vietnam because they were scared of the domino effect. During the war America lost a lot of things both financially and manpower wise. This took a toll on many American troops and their families. Money during this time was very limited due to all the controversy. The guerilla

Most stories about war show the glory of war and heroism of soldiers. According to OED, war is “a state of armed conflict between different nations or states or different groups within a nation or state”. But, what’s the definition about the stage of confusions in the soldier’s mind? A conflict between two nations or states can be resolved in a particular amount of time but can an experience from a person’s mind can ever be forgotten, can a person ever be able to resolve his own conflict: his fight

effective were the guerrilla tactics of the Viet Cong – History Plan * What tactics the Viet Cong used against US/ARVN troops. * How the Viet Cong dealt with the decisions made by the US troops. * How guerrilla tactics were better than those used by the US troops. * How the environment in Vietnam suited the Viet Cong and how it was a disadvantage for the US troops. * How the surroundings in Vietnam were an advantage to the Viet Cong. The Viet Cong had many tactics which they used against

village which Barnes accused of aiding the Viet Cong combatants. In his rage Sgt. Barnes interrogates a villager and continues to execute the man when he is unable to give any information. Turning to the man’s daughter he threatens to kill her as well unless given the information he requested, but was stopped by Sgt. Elias. Later in the movie, as the marines evacuate their area of occupation, Elias separates from the platoon in order to flank the Viet Cong. Learning of this, Barnes chases after

to act like the military members that had been seen in past wars. The overall culture of the war was very different. The war also used indiscriminant bombings with napalm. Villages were destroyed even with civilians in them just to eliminate a few Viet Cong fighters.

Garrett, Hoefer English 1213 Dr. Jennifer Edwards December 8th, 2016 War Stories Tim O’Brien got his inspiration from multiple instances of his time served in Vietnam. O’Brien was against the war like most of the people in the United States were at the time. He was a college student looking forward to a different future. Like many others, he received a draft noticed on June 17th, 1968. He felt he was “too good to go to war” and tried to get out of being drafted with no luck. This angered him greatly