Argumentative Essay On Vietnam Veterans

Secretary of State John Kerry once said “I saw courage both in the Vietnam War and in the struggle to stop it. I learned that patriotism includes protest, not just military service.” The Vietnam War was a conflict that lasted from 1956-1975 which the United States participated in along with the South Vietnamese who fought against the Communist North Vietnamese. Many Americans strongly disapproved of the war which caused many protests and riots. The war lasted 25 years killing many people and eventually the North Vietnamese won. The Vietnam War was important to Americans back home because it tested the citizen’s right to free speech, effected future foreign policy, and created many issues for returning veterans.

In today's society where opinion matters, people have been extremely vocal about the lack of support the government has provided to our veterans. Many feel as if the government should do more, while others feel as if they are doing enough. Everyone will have a difference of opinion no matter if they have severed in the military or not. No matter how one may feel, is extremely important to take care of our veterans. As they have sacrificed their lives, time, and family to protect our country. Contrary to one's belief, the government provides a substantial amount of programs, which support the veterans. Honestly more could be done. On any given day you could see women and men standing on the corner holding signs implying they are homeless veterans and will work for food. A few programs the government offers our veterans are funding for mental health services, The Wounded Warrior Project and Vocational Rehabilitation and Education, which will be discussed throughout this essay. When you research the programs, they make it sound as if all proceeds are going towards the best treatment and care money could buy.

The Vietnam War was a violent and costly war that needed many men to fight for its cause. These men are now known as the Vietnam veterans. Numerous veterans who fought in the war were injured or lost a comrade during battle. These soldiers fought to protect the United States and its people while risking their own lives. A lot of these brave men were either killed or injured and did not gain the

A general unpopular opinion swept through America and intensified through the twenty years of the Vietnam War. In past wars, a soldier’s friends and family looked forwards to seeing their loved one return home. Up until the Vietnam War, veterans were treated with an immense amount of respect for the sacrifices they made for their country. However, the Vietnam veterans were received with resentment, and were often left to readjust to society alone. The veterans were isolated from the rest of society, leaving them without a community to provide support economically and emotionally as they transitioned back to civilian life

Many are called terrible names, spit on, and generally discriminated. Maurice Robinson commented on this time during a recent festival commemorating the Vietnam War. “No respect for what you did. Nobody wanted to talk to you or congratulate you- sometimes not even your family. So a lotta guys got rid of their uniforms, threw ‘em in the closet and went on with their lives. A lot of ‘em are still trying to get their lives together today” (Sherr 22). Veterans were not thanked for their service and many are looked down upon by their participation in the Vietnam War. This treatment had a huge impact of the Vietnam veterans and their families. Pervis Crowe reflects upon this in Vietnam: Homecoming. “If we’d come home in different circumstances than we did, my life wouldn’t be the way it is now.”

The first American troops arrived in Danang, South Vietnam on 8th March, 1965. The troops’ mission was to defend the American airfield from the Viet Cong insurgents. However, their mission gradually extended to defensive patrolling and later on taking the offensive. As such, the number of US troops swelled to 184,300 by the end of the year and by1969, the number of American soldiers had swelled to 543,000. Correspondingly, opposition against the mission, which was previously minimal, rose magnanimously. In April 1967, a crowd of over 100,00 people marched from Central Park to the United Nations Buildings to ask for the withdrawal of American troops from Vietnam. By this time, over 8,000 American troops had been lost in the war. Following the protests, six Vietnam Veterans, among those who had returned home formed the organization Vietnam Veterans Against the War (VVAW). They wanted the government to “bring their brothers back home.”

Spencer Delava Mrs. Stone US History/Block E 16 May 2016 Opinionated Essay of Vietnam War Sending troops to Vietnam was not beneficial to the US because it was a war that did not affect Americans in their homeland. Overall it led to much destruction and most of all the defeat of the United States. Not sending troops would have completely removed the US from the War. One reason that we shouldn’t have gone to war in Vietnam was that it wasn’t a US war to fight.

Moreover, the conscription legislation 1964 introduced by the Menzies became a focus of the anti-war movement, which challenged many Australian citizens traditional values as well as the returning soldiers. The conscription was also called the 'National Service' for males reaching their 20th birthday. Nashos’ as they were popularly known, were chosen by a lottery involving marbles with birth dates on them being picked from a barrel. The ones selected were to serve for the country for a period of two years and the consequence for those who refused to be conscripted was a two-year jail sentence. However Anger over conscription was rapidly turning into disillusionment with the nature of the war in Vietnam. Many protest organisations such as Youth Against Conscription and Save Our Sons were formed in 1964.

I have always been interested in the Vietnam War and the results of “the longest war in America.” Therefore, I have decided to examine the social attitudes toward Vietnam veterans. Since I feel so passionately about the way that Vietnam veterans are viewed, the purpose of my paper is to inform others about the way that the veterans have been criticized and misrepresented. Personally, I hope to gain a further understanding of the attitudes and views towards Vietnam veterans, especially since my father is a veteran. After reading my paper, I hope that my audience will walk away with more respect and reverence for those that fought in the Vietnam War and gave their lives for their country. My

Although their were many cruelties that occurred in Vietnam through the American Army not all of the troops were bad and their were many cases of close bonds occurring between the Vietnamese people and the US soldiers, many of the soldiers going to the extremes of saying they would die for the Vietnamese

On June 4th, a terrible greenish goop had encountered with the North Pacific Ocean. Scientist have been testing the waters and believe the goop is coming from under the sea near Malaysia. It has been discovered that the war between Malaysia and Thailand may be the cause of this. King Abdul Halim of Malaysia had ordered for all types of weapons, bombs and missiles to be built in defense for this war. Through trial and error, workers would dispose parts that were substandard and inadequate into the ocean. What they didn’t know is over time these weapons, bombs and missiles produced a poisonous rust known as Tetanus or Clostridium tetani. Both can infect the nervous system with a type of bacteria that is potentially deadly. The devastating thing

The war in Vietnam has always been a sensitive issue for a lot of people. Not many people understood why we sent our men and women over and, why we were fighting a country who had not directly attacked us. Many more people have had varying ideals and beliefs on if we, The United States, should have intervened, myself included. While I don’t completely agree with us being known as the “Worlds Police,” to protect the peoples’ freedom in ours and others countries, I can understand why we did we step in and sacrificed the blood of our own countrymen. Why we fought for the South Vietnamese, Laos and Cambodian people. We will never know which choice was the right choice but, unfortunately, I do not believe that President Johnson made the correct choice by going to war.

The War in Vietnam Why did the USA become increasingly involved in The war in Vietnam? In 1950, the USA was obsessed with stopping communism from spreading in South East Asia. Every one was anti-communist in the USA and they were very worried about the domino theory. The domino theory was

The Vietnam War is most deadliest war for U.S. History. Most of the U.S. citizens have no idea why U.S. soldiers were over there is the first. This caused people to get mad. Plus this was the time news caster were there during the war reporting for the U.S. People saw that they were using a chemical that destroyed the jungle, but also if the chemical go into your body you would start to puff up. Women who were pregnant and the chemical got into their body there baby would have deformities like no arms or I leg is bigger than the other one. With all of this happening the U.S. soldier were criticized and were called names when coming back to America. Vietnam Soldiers were treated unfairly when they returned

There was no more U.S. presence in South Vietnam, and the war was finally over after 20 years of brutal fighting. By 11:00 a.m., the Vietcong had taken over Saigon, and President Minh finally sent a message of surrender. Immediately the wars impacts were shown, as the ‘Great Society’ program couldn’t take place. However, the long-term effects of the war were more serious than just problems of money and cost. 500,000 veterans suffered from PTSD a mental disorder, and weren’t able to adapt to their old situations. PTSD caused panic, depression, rage attacks, divorce, and even suicide, as more veterans were killed (committed suicide) after the war than soldiers killed during the actual war. Moreover, they were caught in drug addictions, and the chemicals used caused body disorders, which spread through generations. Even those who overcame the wars effects were hurt both physically and mentally. (See source #3) The war started through opaque reasons, and ended as the first ever war America