Mekong

TOPIC: The Secret War and how it affected the Hmong people. SPECIFIC PURPOSE: At the end of my speech, my audience will get a better sense of what the Secret War was and how it affected the Hmong people. INTRODUCTION: Just by the name itself, it can already be implied to what the “Secret War” was. It was a war that was kept as a secret from the public, and by public, I mean the American public. Many of you may wonder what exactly is the secret war, and I will explain that throughout my speech. But

soggy terrain. Troops also suffered from malaria, diarrheal diseases, cholera,and melioidosis. From 1965-1970 there were 40,000 cases of malaria reported from just the Army; one of those victims were my pap Roger Ray Lawson who said “I was on the Mekong river picking up cargo, when I hopped into the water to help load it onto the barge from the shore, when I got bit by a river rat and got malaria. I was sent to a hospital in Japan where I spent eight months getting treated.” There were lots of threats

First, we need to understand what is climate? Climate is the average level of the weather over a s and space. within 200 years, especially in those dozen years when industrialization development, humanity began to exploit coal, kerosene, use of fossil fuels. Along with the industrial activity increased, humanity begins to waste into the atmosphere an amount of CO2, nitrous oxide, methane ... makes the surface temperature of the Earth to heat up. Most of the scientific are recognizing that climate

Professor Donald Horne was an Australian historian and philosopher. in 1964 he published a book titled “Lucky Country” containing the quote “Australia is a lucky country, run by second-rate people who share its luck.” His intention was not so much to say how lucky Australia is and how we share our recourses and materials, but how our country isn 't run by amazing leaders creating a better Australia. being a British country he mention that we inherited our democracy instead of earning it. you could

As kids they ran miles across the jungle with their families to get to the Mekong River. Running through the jungle to get to the river took days. These days were the worst because there were no food to eat on this long walk. A lot of Hmong families who ran away from the Vietnamese soldiers didn’t make it far, or they died of starvation. My parents and their families were fortunate enough to had made it safely to the Mekong river without any harm done to

objective, unbiased and responsible manner. Nam Theun 2 Dam Project Overview Completed in 2010, the Nam Theun 2 Dam (herein after referred to as “NT2”), is a 1070 Megawatt hydroelectric dam located on the Nam Theun River in central Lao PDR. Tokyo based Mekong Watch, a non-governmental organization (NGO), estimates NT2’s cost at US$1.45 billion, one of the largest public works projects in Lao PDR’s history. The dam flooded a 450 square kilometer area, creating the Nakai Plateau reservoir. A principle component

In the recent decades since the Vietnam conflict there have been debates over whether U.S. leaders and military personnel or the common U.S. people had a greater impact on the outcome of the conflict. At first glance it may seem like the common people played a greater role in the outcome of Vietnam because the large number of antiwar protests put pressure on the leaders to withdrawal troops. However, when the situation is further examined it becomes apparent that the U.S. leaders and military personnel’s

applicant requests award of the Air Medal. He also requests a personal appearance. 2. The applicant states he served in a combat role with Company C, 4th Battalion, 47th Infantry Regiment, 9th Infantry Division throughout 1967 in the Mekong Delta, South Vietnam. With his unit, he participated in excess of 25 air mobile combat missions during his tour of duty. His entire chain of command to include the Battalion Chaplain received the Air Medal; however, he was overlooked despite accompanying

1955, Sihanouk surrendered and Cambodia picked his father master and him Prime Minister. His father then controlled until 1960 when he kicked the basin, giving the position of power back to Sihanouk. The Khmer Rouge tried to recover the space of the Mekong delta, which, provoked to Vietnam's interruption of Cambodia and declaration of the Khmer Rouge. As the Vietnam War progressed, Sihanouk grasped an official system of absence of inclination