The Vietnam War lasted through six presidents, 50,000 dead American Soldiers and 25 years of battle. ... March 8, 1965 3,500 marines land in Denang. ... The Viet Cong were rarely seen unless dead. The Viet Cong relied on booby traps, land mines. The Bouncing Betty was the most commonly used, all the land mines were homemade. ...
Throughout the story, the author gives us examples of what the land was like, the actual things they carried, and the things each one needed to keep them sane. ... Often times, the land was mined and booby-trapped, and it was SOP for each man to carry a steel-centered, nylon-covered flat jacket, which weighed 6.7 pounds, but which on hot days seemed much heavier (O'Brien 638). ... "He pictured Martha's smooth young face, thinking he loved her more than anything, more than his men, and now Ted Lavender was dead because he loved her so much and could not stop thinking about her ...
Try to picture for just a moment what the United States would be like if during our civil war, a pro-slavery, but otherwise uninvolved, country had started aiding the southern confederates but in the process destroyed our country's villages, land, and people. Imagine that this hypothetical country had not been asked by the South for assistance, but simply interfered because the morals in their land disagreed with the idea of freeing slaves. ... Many in the U.S. also believed in the Domino Theory: the idea that once one land became communist, the surrounding areas would follow suit. ...
(Dudley & Bender, 1990, p. 76-77) News stories that entered the Vietnam era homes, included those of American soldiers burning villages and cutting ears off dead Viet Cong. ... It was the biggest sensationalized item to come into the media's hands and it was happening on American land. ...
or their land and it focused mostly on improving the lives of migrant farm workers. ... Woodstock was a collaboration of many diverse artists, such as Jimi Hendrix, the Grateful Dead, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Janis Joplin and many other musicians who expressed their feelings through lyrics and the rhythm. ...
One of the Australians had taken a souvenir off one of the dead bodies of the Viet Cong. ... The commanders were saying "if he's dead and Vietnamese, he's VC" (74) The battalions went on never-ending search and destroy missions to flush out the Viet Cong and their accomplices. ... There was no achievement of land, only body count and mutilations of the Viet Cong and their own men. ...
Imagine sitting on the rooftop, with the moon beaming above you. You shift your eyes from one side to the other, searching for unsuspecting victims. Your eagerness drives you to sit impatiently, but you know you cannot budge from your spot. Even the slightest footstep could give away your positio...
