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Frozen In Time Interesting To Note
1,665 wordsWhen someone views this picture for the first time there is usually a feeling of shock at what they see. This feeling is clearly understandable if you are just shown the picture by itself with no caption or background information. It is the lack of facts and truths that have caused this very photograph to be the center of so much controversy and debate. When this photo was taken from a video clip filmed at the bombing of Trang Bang in June of 1972 the correct version of the story was reported. S...
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American Involvement In The Vietnam War
1,996 wordsThe Vietnam War is without a doubt one of the most memorable wars yet to date. Because of the time period the war took place there are many survivors that are still living. The basic reason I chose to do my individual project on the war was basically because it took place while I was a child. However, another reason I chose this topic was because I actually know a person who was in the war. The Vietnam War was basically a military struggle fought in Vietnam from 1959 to 1975. The war involved th...
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Viet Cong Vietnamese Government
746 wordsIn the early times of the Vietnam War there were two main sides, the Viet Cong who were rebels and opposed the South Vietnamese government, and the ARVN (Army of the Republic of Vietnam) which was on the side of the South Vietnamese government. This was one the very first times these two opposing forces had met in battle. On January 2, 1963 the battle of Ap Bac proved to be much more than a normal battle. Many things happened there that were unclear and not resolved. There were many different st...
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Ho Chi Minh U S Troops
1,282 wordsIn the late 1800 s a French missionary had raised a missionary force to help Nguyen Anh become Vietnam's emperor in hope that the new emperor would look favorably upon France as a trading partner. After this new bond was formed France fought for possession of Vietnamese land so they granted the French land in the Mekong Delta. France grew greedy and proceeded to fight for North Vietnam as well, but the North created the Vietminh to fight off the French and their influence (Karnow). The impositio...
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John F Kennedy North And South
1,471 wordsemail: all the catholic church in the vietnam war The Catholic church played an instrumental role in supporting the government of South Vietnam during the Vietnamese War by feeding, clothing, and providing spiritual support the Vietnamese people. Historically the people of Vietnam were of a Buddhist background, until the Roman Catholic French missionaries introduced Catholicism inthe 1600 s into the early 1800 s. France decided to take complete control of the country 1867, in part because of rel...
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