Likewise my father chose to fight for our country in another war. He was a Ranger with the 101st Airborne Division in Vietnam so we were always taught to respect those who served their country. ... I am presently helping my father record his combat experiences that will be a part of a book on Vietnam. His war stories have been included in several other books on Vietnam. ... I realize my father will never be able to do such activities as practicing softball with me or attend important school events due to his pain. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

The Year 1965 In my essay I am going to write about some of the important events and traditions from the year 1965 which was the year that I was born. ... The first US combat troops arrived in Vietnam. By the end of the year, 190,000 American soldiers were in Vietnam to fight the war. My father was also one of these soldiers over in Vietnam. And here we are today in the year 2003 getting ready to go to war with Iraq. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

Within the past decade we have sent American military personnel to Somalia to protect United Nations" troops conducting a humanitarian operation to relieve the famine resulting from the civil war in that Country. ... According to Hoffman, in the event that a complete withdrawal is impossible in its respective phase, the priority simply turns to domestic concerns (p.19). ... Using generations as their premise, they suggest that one-generation and its particular leaders and decision makers may experience an intensive war, and by remembering its horrors and mishaps, avoid similar conflicts. .....

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• Grade Level: High School

Price of War Throughout history, disease, poverty, crime, and war have plagued Americans. ... In 1958, again it seemed our responsibility to come to South Vietnam's aid, and we came out of the war without victory and with 55,000 deaths. In both wars, the question was asked: Why are we here? ... And most important of all, many innocent men and women will go to war fighting for a cause they can't understand, striving to put their finger on why they are over there. ... Our nation cannot afford the extreme cost of such an event. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

By the beginning 20th century with the effects of industrialization and common usage of communication devices and transportation becoming faster and more comfortable economy started to play the most important role in a state's political policies. ... Equally Asia has been struck by fundamental changes: from the imperial China to the communist China, the Vietnam war, the Korean war, the independence of India, the Iran Iraq war, the Gulf war, etc. Economy plays the most important role or is the main criteria in a country's prestige and power; economically strong states started to have ...

• Word Count: 1050
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: Undergraduate