This was about the time that Americans at home began to become worried that the war in Vietnam was getting out of hand. ... Black gangs erupted and dodged the draft, became violent, and held to one another very closely. ... Its groundbreaking ceremony was held on March 26, 1982. The memorial has 57,929 names inscribed in it of those men and women who never came home from Vietnam (Ashabranner). ... The groundbreaking ceremony was held on March 26, 1982. ...

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This is why a lot of people think that photojournalism was the most influential part of changing people's views back home. ... Because of this his photos show his ability to report the truth to the people on the home front, and this truthfulness is one of the main reason why the people at home changed their minds about the war. ... The causes of the Vietnam War revolve around the simple belief held by America that communism was threatening to expand all over south-east Asia and America wanted to stop its spread. ... There were some other factors that could have been important to the chang...

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After an extremely devastating defeat for the French at the battle of Dim Bien Phu, peace talks held at Geneva concluded with the French leaving the country and Vietnam being divided at the 17th parallel into North Vietnam, led by Ho Chi Minh, and South Vietnam, led by Ngo Dinh Diem. Unifying Elections were to be held in two years to decide which leader would completely rule the country as a whole. ... This did not go over well with civil rights activists at home. ... Some turned on their commanding officers or even themselves in an attempt to go home. ...

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The result of this was to bring home live uncensored pictures of scenes like small children being burned alive by American napalm. This shocked the Americans back home, and as practically every home owned a TV set, these shocking images bombarded the public, and sympathy for the war fell. The free press brought home the reality of the war and soon people were sick of it. ... Wounded soldiers and veterans came home with stories of how they were encouraged to kill anything that moved. ... They saw the war as a thing they could fight against, and so held protests and peaceful demonstrations again...

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These teach- ins were mass public demonstrations, usually held in the spring and fall seasons on college campuses (Wells, 24). ... Although it faded when the college students went home during the summer of 1965, other types of protests grew through 1971 and replaced it. ... Some units even organized their own demonstrations to link up with the movement at home. ... After viewers actually got to witness the US Embassy under attack, they realized that the US did not have control over the situation and that it was time to bring the boys home (Wells, 241). ...

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Their houses consisted of red brick homes or thatch covered huts. ... The men began pulling people from their homes, questioning them, and searching for VietCong. ... I can't imagine being pulled from my home, treated like a criminal, and then be killed because they supposedly thought I was part of the enemy. ... Since he was the leader of the Charlie Company, he was held accountable for the actions of his men. ...

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After a year of training, my dad was sent to Laos for what the military calls OJT or "on the job training" where he held the rank of Corporal, his job was as an intelligence analyst. ... When he left Vietnam however, he was more than happy to be leaving, but not necessarily returning home. ... My father didn't return home right after Vietnam, he was sent to Africa after a short R&R, so he didn't see how the American people booed the returning veterans from the war. ... He feels the government has done a lot for the Vietnam veterans, he claims to have taken advantage of just about ...

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These teach- ins were mass public demonstrations, usually held in the spring and fall seasons on college campuses (Wells, 24). ... Although it faded when the college students went home during the summer of 1965, other types of protests grew through 1971 and replaced it. ... Some units even organized their own demonstrations to link up with the movement at home. ... After viewers actually got to witness the US Embassy under attack, they realized that the US did not have control over the situation and that it was time to bring the boys home (Wells, 241). ...

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Caputo was not very thrilled about his switch, but he went with his head held high. ... Once he returned home, he was sent back to Vietnam, but this time he was a consultant for the Chicago Tribune. ... In 1973 Caputo was awarded the Pulitzer Prize, yet was unaware because he was being held hostage in Beirut. ... Caputo experiences all three: he went into the Marines wanting to experience war, but halfway through he kind of wants to be at home. ... These mines crippled a few men so terribly that they were sent home. ...

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Even kindergarten students are sent home for clothing that is deemed "too revealing" and "distracting to other students.... Similarly, if a young man wears only a "wife beater," a sleeveless undershirt, he does not get sent home or forced to put on a different shirt. ... In her blog post on the Billings Gazette, she explained that on her first day of junior year, a teacher "loudly announced that [she] was going to have to go home because [her] clothing was inappropriate.... In an essay contest held by the LA Times newspaper, students were asked to discuss their f...

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He held on, hoping for an exit which would allow America at least the appearance of victory. ... At home anti-war activist filled the streets. ... As Kissinger toasted La Duc Tho with words of peace in January 1973 and as Richard Nixon addressed the nation with news of an honorable peace in Vietnam, Both men knew that as soon as the last American POW was home, the bombing would be renewed. ...

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A cease-fire was brought about on January 28, 1973, which sent all of the US troops home, and Nixon was able to release about 600 US prisoners. ... One that held a spot in history was a demonstration at Ohio's Kent State University where national guard troops killed four students. ... So Nixon froze wages and prices, cut federal spending, and announced that the United States would not convert foreign-held dollars to gold. ...

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Any communist anywhere, at home or abroad, was, by definition, and enemy of the United States. ... Following that battle, an international conference at Geneva, Switzerland, arranged a cease-fire and provided for a North-South partition of Vietnam until elections could be held. ... The American troops and POWs came home, but the war continued. ...

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By the late 1960s, the conflict in Vietnam had grown to a limited war involving approximately half a million military personnel and billions of dollars a year. The American presence in Indochina had increased from the Truman administration to Kennedy's decision to initiate greater American involveme...

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Young American men went to Vietnam to experience the challenge of danger and the chance to come home heroes. ... The Australian held up "two brown and bloodstained human ears," like a trophy he had just won (66-67). ...

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Vietnam: The War We Should Have Won The Vietnam War is one of the most disgraceful periods in American history. Not only did the greatest superpower in the world get bested by an almost third-world nation, but we lost badly. Perhaps this war could have been won, or even prevented in the first place....

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If you ever sat next to a defected baby held a hand of a war veteran still in pain, and could only wait for death because of a poisonous substance. ... Only a few feet away from her shaggy home, De Tran also met with a farmer and his family trying their hardest to take care of his fifteen year old son, who is also believed to be a casualty of Agent Orange. ...

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Almost 1,000 demonstrators took a page from the manual of the Civil Rights Movement and held a sit-in outside of the White House. ... With America's sons in the fields far away with America's future under challenge right here at home, with our hopes and the worlds hopes for peace in the balance everyday, I do not believe that I should devote an hour or a day of my time to any personal partisan causes or to any duties of the office-the Presidency of your country. ...

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He held the belief that the Army's previous efforts had been too scarce and conventional; therefore, he systematically order his senior staff and engineers to study aviation with a new perspective of employing fresh and perhaps unconventional concepts. ...

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(RM, Springsteen 1949) The United State government was also concerned with possible communist spies gaining access to federal positions in different departments because of espionage activities held inside America with the aid of U.S. citizens, particularly during World War II (Red Scare). ... In the Red Scare, Molly OFlaherty was a young women who just recently left home and joined the communist party. ...

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This policy was also most of the publics view at the time anyway, as the Minister for Immigration, Arthur Calwell, was a strong supporter of it and he held a lot of power within the political world. ... Another thing was that during the Vietnam War, a lot of it was televised back to Australian homes and the public saw the suffering of the Vietnamese and realised that they were not all communist monsters. ...

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