Made with 94% cotton these outfits quickly disintegrated in the hot and humid jungle climates. ... Much of the standard-issue equipment of US Army infantrymen proved poorly adapted to jungle and counter-insurgency warfare (Bernard 96). ... A general workhorse in wars that suited perfectly with jungle warfare, it could fly at low altitudes and speeds for small clearings or high and fast for safe soldier transportation. ... (Raskin& Fall 191) American forces in Southeast Asia operated under some strict restraints such as no being allowed to invade enemy territory in North Vietnam and for many ye...

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Fear from death in the jungle, fear for the ones at home, and fear that the ones at home might forget them. ... The problem however is, that even though the soldiers have the illusion of being in power with the superior American firepower, they are still very much at the mercy of the jungle. ... All of the soldiers have to deal with the pressure and the fear that is al around them in the jungle. ... This was the only way they could cope with the stress of the war and death lurking behind every tree in the dark jungle. ... Twenty years had gone by, but it seems as though all of his thoughts...

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"The only certain thing during the Vietnam War was that nothing was certain" the war the soldiers were going into was uncertain, the country was unknown full of jungles and diseases waiting to infect, and most of them felt uncertain that the United States should even be in the war since it was a war of politics to eliminate the worlds influence of communism (Kaplan). ... They needed to be saved from the god forsaken war and country that was out to kill them with each and every step they took into the jungle. ... The feelings of uncertainty with every twelve inches in the jungle repre...

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The friendship and kinship that grew in the jungles of Vietnam survived and lived on here in the United States. ... The friendships and bonds that formed in the jungles of Vietnam between the members of Alpha Company help them to survive on a day to day basis. ...

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The friendship and kinship that grew in the jungles of Vietnam survived and lived on here in the United States. ... The friendships and bonds that formed in the jungles of Vietnam between the members of Alpha Company help them to survive on a day to day basis. ...

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He would proceed to pick random locations that were to be bombed that day, and often these locations were uninhabited jungle territory with no strategic value whatsoever. ... The Vietnamese took full advantage of this and danger for U.S. soldiers could be found anywhere from the jungles to the towns with Viet Cong often posing as villagers. ... Caused by orders and fear to shoot anything moving, U.S. soldiers would often accidentally wound, or even kill, their fellow men who were simply ahead of them in battle, or had gone out into the jungle at night to relieve themselves. ...

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Once they were on the ground they spotted an enemy solider and pursued him into the jungle in the hopes of capturing him alive for interrogation. ... B-Company had moved through the jungle and contact was made with the NVA forces. ... The 2nd platoon was still cut-off from A-Company; they stayed in the jungle fighting with very little hope of returning. ...

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Often times in literature, an author will focus on a seemingly insignificant aspect of a character and their journey rather than the prime aspect which weighs heavier throughout the text. They're are many difficulties that men in the Vietnam War face, but not only does it exhaust ones physical state...

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So all i have to do is give you guys a essay i wrote? if thats all there is to it and theres no hidden fees you guys are life savers thanks! For my media and society in the twentieth century essay I have decided to answer question eight. I will answer this question by discussing the extent that...

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According to www.barnesandnoble.com, it was the book that shattered America's deliberate indifference to the fate of the men it sent to fight in the jungles of Vietnam, and in the years since it was first published it has become a basic text on that war. ...

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