Both pieces depict young men as they lose their innocence in the Vietnam War facing the inhumane acts that comes along with war. ... Although as the war persisted and Richie gets a real taste of war, he is faced with the inhumane acts that come along with war, such as the cruelty and senseless lives lost from both opposition of the VCs and the American soldiers. ... Richie does the same but in a different way, instead of going towards comic relief or thinking of himself as a character in the movie he questions why the other soldiers in his company and him are in the war. ... Although he later ...

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When Perry's profile does not turn up, Richard is assigned to Charlie Company and will begin to go on patrols. ... He says the war is different now. ... The army forms immense bonds between soldiers in a company, which is almost brother-like. This book showed me that the Vietnam War was a horrible and questionable war. ... Charlie Company was a great group of soldiers. ...

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Philip Caputo, author of "A Rumor of War," was born in 1941. ... "A Rumor of War" is divided into three sections. ... The last section Caputo titled "In Death's Grey Land" and it is in this section when he gets reassigned to his rifle company. ... He states in his book that, "this is simply a story about war, about the things men do in war and the things war does to them." Caputo stated that his purpose of the book was just to inform American readers and all readers about the Vietnam War, including the whole ugly truth of the Vietnam War and wars in general. ...

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Caputo had one of the most unique perspectives on the war possible. ... Eventually he is part of the first massive search and destroys operations of the war. ... Caputo is then transferred back to an infantry company to serve once again as a platoon leader. ... The Vietnam War was different from any other war in our history because of the type of warfare that was being used our solders had never fought in or even seen. ... War is cruel and things are done and needed to be done that are more than cruel. ...

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The Vietnam War was responsible for widespread protests and demonstrations throughout the late 1960s. ... A 1980 movie, A Rumor of War, based on Philip J. ... His first command was that of the 2nd rifle platoon, C Company, 1st Battalion, 3rd Marines, which he had joined in Okinawa after his graduation from Basic School. ... There was no fighting, no enemy, and for Caputo, no war. ... Caputo was transferred to the line company in 1st Battalion and commanded the platoon with a new sense of adventure and a thirst for vengeance against the Viet Cong. ...

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The East India Company originally took the reins of power in India after the collapse of the collapse of the Mughal Empire. ... Russia was right next to British India, and could easily spark a continental war. ... During both World Wars, the powers could not effectively defend their African territories, as the infrastructure was nonexistent and defenses were at a bare minimum, but India could defend itself from the enemies because of its railroad network and defensive capabilities. It would have been quite beneficial if Africa was built as India was, it could have been factored as the grain...

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The lyrical, slow moving opening sequence is a dazzling combination of cinematography, music, and hallucinatory images from the brutal and destructive war in Vietnam. The sounds of helicopters or war choppers is heard as the mind altering words or The Doors" song The End is perfectly fitted to the beginning of this film. ... It is a dramatic abrupt ending to one hell of a twisted war. Not the Vietnam War, but the war inside Willard. ... The song made popular by Jimi Hendrix called Purple Haze was supposed to be played but the record company for Jimi Hendrix would not release the song if i...

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Mary Ann is just a teenager and travels to Vietnam unannounced by the others in Alpha Company. ... She was innocent, she was pure and she was like a spirit reviver to the entire Alpha Company. For the most part, the narrator just gradually develops the mood and sense of belonging in Alpha Company when MaryAnn was around. ... Mary Ann lost herself somewhere on combat grounds and now has no in-depth feeling for anyone or anything else but the war. ...

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It was a two place supersonic, long range, all weather fighter-bomber built in 1958 during the Vietnam War era. ... There were also 138 Phantoms constructed by Mitsubishi Aircraft Company for the Japanese Self Defense Force. ... It was the workhorse of the Vietnam War. ... F-4s were used extensively during the Vietnam War, both as fighters and in ground-attack role. ...

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With over 20 years of war and the loss of about 2 million lives the Vietnamese were reunited as one. ... Companies like Michelin ran huge rubber factories and the people became known as "fertilizers for the rubber trees" because if u died on the job u were buried in the plantation. ...

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The news report was about our current war in the Middle East. ... Recently, people took to the streets in San Francisco to speak out against "the flag" in protest of our current war in the Middle East. ... More importantly, the media, now owned by big business (oil companies a.k.a. special interest groups), reported the incident with blatant bias, calling the movement anti-American. ...

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Vietnam Case Study Vietnam is a poor, densely populated country that has had to recover from the ravages of war. ... He wanted to reduce the role of government planning and become more market orientated like allowing private companies to operate. ... Distribution of resources The government are encouraging overseas individuals and companies to invest in Vietnam. ... Foreign company are having problem trying to deal business with the country's underdeveloped commercial law. ...

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However, the post-war period has seen a growing use of canned food in 1980's, then frozen food from 1990's onwards. ... The advertising companies have assailed from all sides by magazines, on television and via sponsorship. ...

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My father an African-American, who served in the Vietnam War as a soldier, met my mother, while he was stationed in Vietnam. Subsequently after the Vietnam War my parents arrived in America and days later married. ... My biggest regret in my life is not pursuing a higher education because had I attended college while working with GM, the company would have financed my education and I would have my degree already. ...

• Word Count: 950
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• Grade Level: High School