Essay On My First Vietnam War

To be engaged in war is to be engaged in an armed conflict. Death is an all too ordinary product of war. It is an unsolicited reward for many soldiers that are fighting for their country’s own fictitious freedom. For some of these men, the battlefield is a glimpse into hell, and for others, it is a means to heaven. Many people worry about what happens during war and what will become of their loved ones while they’re fighting, but few realize what happens to those soldiers once they come home. The short stories "Soldier's Home” by Ernest Hemingway and "Speaking of Courage” by Tim O'Brien explore the thematic after effects of war and how it impacts a young person's life. Young people who

I woke to the crack of rifles, the chattering of Jerry’s machine gun fire mixing with the BOOM of the artillery and realised I was lying in the slimy stinking mud that covered many of my division’s fallen soldiers on the western front. A few meters to my right I saw my best mate Jack slogging towards me “G’day mate” he said “G’day” I replied. “You know how we are going over the top to assault Jerrys positions today?” he said nervously “I feel like this will be my last time I will fight in this war.” “Why is that?” I queried, “Well” he answered “I believe that one of those bullets has my name on it this time. You know like old Charlie had that feeling before that artillery shell tore him in half?”

I wanted to join the Canadian military because I had pride in Canadian army and I wanted to serve for them. In my opinion, I thought it would be an adventurous as well. I had finished my training and I am being traveled to Germany to fight. I and my fellow allies were in trench warfare. All of us had different positions,i was a machine gunner which i thought was a horrible experience. I had a horrible experience in the trenches because there isn't just one or two people in trenches,but are more then 5 soldiers in trenches which makes it very crowded since your stuck in a trench. I was extremely unsatisfied when I discovered rats were in the trenches because they took our food and chewed on our clothes which we already had shortage on. I and each of my friends got turns doing a variety of things like sleeping, periscoping,writing

The psychological burden that plagues the soldiers the most is fear. The fear of death. Even though the soldiers’ experience fear at some point, showing that fear only reveals vulnerabilities to the enemy and sometimes the crueler fellow soldiers. “They carried all the emotional baggage of men who might die. Grief, terror, love, longing – these were intangibles, but the intangibles had their own mass and specific gravity, they had tangible weight.” (O'Brien, 1990) The

1. How does public opinion affect foreign policy? Is public opinion permissive or constraining? Does the U.S. public support the use of force? Under what conditions?

George Washington once said, ¨My first wish is to see this plague of mankind, war, banished from the Earth.¨ The definition of war is different for everyone. Many people do not know why we fight, whether if it is for freedom, to show off power, or some other reason. War is very expensive. Joining the military may give people many benefits, but it may also come with many lies. People should not join the military until they know exactly what they are getting into.

have to get involved at all. When the French left, it left a void in

The Vietnam war took place between November 1, 1955 and April 30, 1975. During the time period of the 1950’s, high tensions had risen in America due to the ever-growing spread of communism throughout Asia. In order to free Vietnam from France’s control and to be an independent nation, Vietnamese leader Ho Chi Minh attempted to reach out to America on numerous of occasions, all of which failed to be successful. Eventually, Minh turned his attention to the Soviet Union for aid, causing alarm to the American government. The US. believed that if Vietnam were to inhabit communist ideals, that it would reflect the Domino Theory and eventually cause other countries within Asia to fall into communist hands. The US's involvement in the Vietnam War changed

When thinking about everything our country has been through it all starts with a disagreement. It started with us fighting Native Americans, and then us moving on to fight England. Funny how some things never change. Over the years we have been in many wars, and battles. Some more memorable than others, but none the less just as scarring. Some led to great things and others didn’t, but in the end, there was always loss whether or not you won the war or lost it. So, how does war impact our country? In many ways war impacts different aspects of the economy, from social aspects to psychological impacts.

During the research for our sixth essay about Vietnam, I was surprised by how much I learned by looking at just one website. The Vietnam war took place between 1954 and 1975. This war caused many changes regarding the American wars to come. There were many different people and weapons used to fight this war. I found most of my information in the Guerrilla section of the given website.

I enlisted for many personal reason however there was a bit of a desperate hurry to get people over there anyway, (Gould, 2010). I had already had basic military training when I was in school so I thought it would be a bit of an adventure to test my skills. I also went for patriotic reasons – I love my country and I am very proud to be Australian so I wanted to do everything I could to back my country up. I could legally go as well be cause I was already 18, so there was really no reasons for me not to go to Gallipoli. (Anthony, 2001).

I realised how gullible I was to believe their cheerful swindle into getting soldiers. I remember my first day of exhausting drills and continuous marching, but none of what we endured through boot camp contributed to this dreadful day. Everyone’s anticipation died away with their will to live.

I enlisted in the war, blindly, to serve my country. My friend Mark and I decided this because we both felt that we needed accomplishment. At the time, enlisting in the war seemed like the best option. The only exclusion to this, we were unaware of the horrors and gruesome sights that happen day by day. Except none would amount to the loss of a longtime friend.

I never thought I would be stuck twelve feet deep in the cold and wet pits along the Western Front, but there I was. If the bullets didn’t eat away at you, the disease and grey weather would. I looked around as my lifeless comrades staggering in the mud. After five months there I somehow only recognised a few people. It seemed like I knew fewer each day. Every sense had become effusively betrothed to the ugliness of war as the abominable stench of blood grew stronger each day.

With the many feelings and emotions that often entail war; the most common is fear. Fear is a deadly force. One that grips a person’s mind and rocks them to their core. It can cause a person to stop thinking clearly and causes people to establish boundaries on themselves, inhibiting their true capabilities. This was shown in a TED Talks show where Sebastian Junger described his experiences of being in the war against Afghanistan. He described that being in combat is scary. He explained that his fear while before, during, and after still stays with him today. “I was awoken up