Even if a soldier did get close to other soldiers, they had to go through the pain of losing them if they died. So if the soldier only worried about himself, then he would not have feelings for other soldiers. ... Generally there are basic motivators that keep the soldier actively fighting with unit pride, small group bonding and a strong belief that this was the good fight, and that the fight would be won, were not present in Vietnam (Goodwin 1989). ... That was hard, because all the nurses wanted to see every soldier make it back home alive. Overall the relationship between the male sold...

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Regardless, soldiers are trained to battle, and that is what they do. ... Cross also plans to make his men "get their shit together, and keep it together, and maintain it neatly and in good working order. ... The soldiers lose purpose and motivation. ... Although good intentions existed at the beginning, the war is continued because of American pride. American citizens do not want the war and neither do the soldiers. ...

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War is not like Looney Tunes and other cartoons where the good guys cheerfully chase after the bad guys and destroy them, only to meet them again the next episode. ... The war victimized the soldiers. The terror war put in the soldiers" eyes can not be described. ... The good guys do die, and they don't return for the next episode. ... However, those brave soldiers didn't die in vain. ...

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Truman had many good reasons of dropping the atomic bomb. ... Also the American soldiers were going through very harsh treatment by the Japanese. ... In the end the war was over and with loss of many soldiers the number who lived is greater. ... Truman had many good reasons of dropping the atomic bomb. ... Also the American soldiers were going through very harsh treatment by the Japanese. ...

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Ted Lavender's death and how the men react to it show its impact on the soldiers. ... The soldiers also carry "the soldier's greatest fear, which [is] the fear of blushing" (258). ... It is almost as if the soldiers fight and even die because they are ashamed not to. ... Unfortunately, Cross's fantasy ends up causing more bad than good.             ... Cross serves as the best example of a soldier burdened by responsibility. ...

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All the items helped the respective soldier to survive from day to day and to continue fighting the war. One of the most important things that helped the soldiers is their friendship with each other. ... Dave Jensen and Lee Strunk are a good example of this trust, "In late August they made a pact that if one of them should ever get totally fucked up - a wheelchair wound - the other guy would automatically find a way to end it- (O'Brien, 71). ... They were soldiers, I wasn't. ... By talking to each other, the soldiers help to sort out the incidents that happened in the War and to put ...

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All the items helped the respective soldier to survive from day to day and to continue fighting the war. One of the most important things that helped the soldiers is their friendship with each other. ... Dave Jensen and Lee Strunk are a good example of this trust, "In late August they made a pact that if one of them should ever get totally fucked up - a wheelchair wound - the other guy would automatically find a way to end it- (O'Brien, 71). ... They were soldiers, I wasn't. ... By talking to each other, the soldiers help to sort out the incidents that happened in the War and to put ...

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Memories from the past were often hiding in the bushes waiting still until the soldiers came to slash and reveal them with a machete. ... The darkness didn't just lay in the tunnel, it was all around the soldiers. ... Of all the uncertainty, the only thing real to the soldiers was imagination; imagination became reality. ... The power of salvation from stories is derived from forgiveness, and to tell a story of someone that is to employ good feelings and thoughts of them. One of the objects carried by the soldiers that is infinite in abundance is the amount of stories to be told and the a...

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Here they not only had physical training but were brainwashed to thinking that killing was good. ... All war really amounted to was people getting shot and soldiers losing their friends. ... These soldiers that he had once worked beside were now being sent out on death missions and he was playing a roll in it. ... When Caputo returned home he felt like many soldiers had died in vain. ... When he gave lectures he was surprised to find that he got good feedback from people. ...

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It deals with an American soldier whose girlfriend is stuck in the eastern side of Berlin. ... Victor Ross is the American Soldier in the Western part of Berlin during the wall was being erected. ... The Russians were behind it all in East Germany; communism, the Berlin Wall, training soldiers, and stopping riot. ... It all sounds good but then comes the disadvantages of communism. ... The Movie is about an American soldier, Victor Ross, who's in West Berlin during the split of West and East Berlin. ...

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America at this time saw it's-self as the "good guys" in the war, the ones who were there to defend the Vietnamese from the evils of communism. ... Wounded soldiers and veterans came home with stories of how they were encouraged to kill anything that moved. Returning soldiers were not given the hero's welcome, far from it, in fact, especially towards the end of the war they were generally shunned by the American Public. ... Top advisors were warning that there was little hope of winning the war, and this understandably undermined the morale of the soldiers and public. ... Their ri...

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Just over 60,000 Australia soldiers fought in the war with 521 Australian's killed and approximately 3,000 wounded. ... In 1954 the French was eliminated for good in Vietnam. ... Vietnam also has a jungle terrain which Australian soldiers would have never experienced causing a disadvantage for us. The war slowly progressed and support for Australian soldiers fighting was diminishing. ...

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In this article I felt that Machiavelli's primary argument was that, "the sinews of war are not gold, but good soldiers" (Machiavelli 230). ... Although I do agree with him that good soldiers are a major factor in becoming victorious in war, I also do believe that money is also a major factor. ... It is the countries with advance weapons technology that are feared and powerful, whether they have "good soldiers" or not. ...

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Soldiers and civilians alike on both sides of the battle gave their lives for what they believed in and some had no idea what was going on until it was too late. ... (Knox, 6-8) The United States lost 54,000 soldiers and 8,000 were missing in action. ... In 1950, 3,200 United States soldiers were released from POW camps. ... Others felt that World War II was the last "good war" , and all other wars should be a source of shame. ... There is no such thing as a "good war", but there are some wars that have to be fought. ...

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At first there were plenty of men who volunteered to go fight what they thought was a good war. ... This contributed to very poor moral for the soldiers once in Vietnam. ... To them being trapped in prison was better than being trapped in Vietnam, and slowly the whole point of the draft, to recruit soldiers, was obsolete. ... American soldiers marching in platoons and driving in convoys were easy for Viet Cong snipers to pick off. Even being dressed as an American soldier made one a target. ...

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In Dylan's "Hero Blues" (lyrics) he explains doesn't want to be a soldier or go to war. ... From the lyrics: "When I'm dead/ No more good times will I crave/ You can stand and shout hero/ All over my lonesome grave"(1.) he shows us that war will do nothing for him but kill him. It is clear that he has no patriotic drive when it comes to being a soldier. ...

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Not only was he effective in his presidential position, but he was also a good military chief, politician, and leader. ... However; during that time, Eisenhower was in Korea talking to soldiers and getting a first hand account of how the war was going. After talking to the soldiers, Eisenhower had two options to end the war. ... The North Korean casualties were estimated to be around 520,000 and about 900,000 Chinese soldiers died supporting the North Koreans. ... " As President, Dwight Eisenhower was a good leader and did many positive things for the United States. ...

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There were soldiers guarding the border between South Korea and North Korea, also known as the 38th parallel. ... That's always a good thing but the end of the war and the final outcome is still a bit unclear. ... There was also a shortage in male soldiers because of the war women soldiers were being sent over to fight (Sandle 2-3 ed.). Women also donated blood for soldiers, they also supplied them with: stationary, food, books, and also knitted the soldiers socks and sweaters (Sandle 4 ed.). ...

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Many soldiers resented that they where fighting a war for someone else. Their resentment peaked in February 1917, when a group of soldiers took over the town of St. ... He announced that the Soviets have only lost a few thousand soldiers, and the German's loses where in the millions. ... This would seem like a good war tactic but it also caused starvation and suffering to the Soviet citizens that where left behind. ... Somewhere between 21 and 28 million soviet civilians and soldiers died in the war. ...

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Hand-held cameras help pull us into the horror of the beach invasion--as if we're watching newsreel cameramen as they follow the soldiers. ... Nor does it really make it clear that we must resist war, even if it is accompanied by the seductive speeches of political leaders saying that this latest war, unlike other bad wars we remember, will be another "good" one, like World War 2. ... Spielberg's real interest lay elsewhere: he wants us to understand the effect that war had upon the psyches of the men who endured its battles, he wants us to appreciate the great sacrifice that the sol...

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The U.S. is relatively unscathed and lost far fewer soldiers in the war then their enemies or their allies. ... Even Black soldiers who fought in the war suffered from segregation and racial tensions. ... Business is good in the 60's with major tax cuts and the economy took off. ...

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And as we near the 40th anniversary of the crisis, it would do us some good to look back upon it. ... "While a good suggestion at first glance, when dwelving (sic) into this, I feel that money does not be (sic) the incentive that you need to work for, what about pride, patronage [non monetary] and love of the state? ... The idea of a group taking care of you, and being intensely patriotic, sounds good to some people, and the Chinese still believe in it. ... He sent soldiers and technicians to the island to construct ballistic missile sites (956). ... Khrushchev's "apparent surren...

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" (Hopkins, pg. 49) Although there were good intentions from the Americans, it was not the right or legal decision to get involved especially before elections in two years. ... " (Hopkins, pg. 31) It is clear why he seemed like a good candidate to lead South Vietnam and ensure that they didn't fall under a communist government. ...

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John F Kennedy was a good and tried to be a good president, but most of his bills did not pass. ... Another thing that JFK wanted to do was to avoid war in Vietnam and solve it peacefully, but he ended up sending soldiers to Vietnam which started a war. ...

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They finally had to pull out of South Vietnam after one million Vietnamese as well as nearly 60, 000 Americans lost lives and the administration incurred severe backlash at home (Good Muslim, Bad Muslim, chapter 3). ... Following Henry Kissinger's mindset, as he famously said, "It's a shame they can't both lose" the U.S set out to make sure that both regimes crumbled in the midst of war (Good Muslim, Bad Muslim, Chapter 3). ... Though at the time there were no immediate repercussions to the United States, as did many events of the Cold War, the Iran-Contra Scanda...

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