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    The Vietnam War was notoriously one of the most violent wars in history; it led to a myriad of bloodshed among those fighting and brought a great amount of distress to the nations involved and the rest of the world. The war was a compilation of many sequential conflicts. The dispute “began as a war of resistance, pitting mostly communist insurgents against the Japanese occupiers.” After the defeat against the Japanese, it developed into an issue between Vietnam and France. From 1946-1954, Vietnam

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    War is something of a desideratum and an atrocious entity. It sparks contentious discourses, and is often declared following such events. The Vietnam War is notably one war that has enraged many American citizens thereafter. It is understandable that President Kennedy would want to become involved in a war that is governmentally motivated; we have war to overthrow regimes and conquer land. Moreover, a possible cause of the Vietnam War could have been to overthrow the Communist regime so that no more

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    of the Vietnam War. This essay will outline how Gen. Moore was a visionary who displayed transformational leadership skills through idealized influence that aided the United States in its success on the

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    1. The Vietnam Conflict outlines the support of the Signal Corps throughout the Vietnam Conflict in order to increase the effectiveness of ground forces. By using scatter communications, smaller FM radios, and satellites forces were able to gain an advantage on the battle field that allowed units to more maneuverable against a forces that used primitive and guerilla warfare tactics. 2. Communication methods between ground forces were extremely vulnerable. The Army had to depended upon easily

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    The wars in Indochina and Vietnam ravaged the landscape for decades. The strive for Vietnamese independence was fought for years by men and women across the country. Who were these people and why did they fight? Two of the more interesting men who fought for Vietnamese independence were Truong Nhu Tang, and Lam Quang Thi. Truong was a member of the southern Vietnamese intelligentsia who would later become a key member of the National Liberation Front(NLF), that would be instrumental in fighting

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    The Vietnam War

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    theory that this account is actually SC&P’s version of the Vietnam War. There are a number of large coincidences and references that make this theory seem legitimate. The account plays out in 1968, also a very important year in the war. Furthermore, the Vietnam War is included in a number of the plot lines during the Chevy episodes. Additionally, war talk is continuously made in reference to Chevy, as if to suggest the account is like war. Also, Ken Cosgrove plays the soldier in this theory seeing

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    The Vietnam War was the war known as the Second Indochina War,began in 1954 and ended in 1975. It is the longest misunderstood conflict in the United States.The Vietnam War remains to us to be one of the most memorable and enduring conflicts in history in which the U.S. involvement has played a huge role. This war was one of the important events for Americans. It got influences to the United States because many citizens drafted the army and they died. Vietnam war was between the North Vietnam and

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    The vietnam war was a time of tragic events that paved a way in our nation 's history. It was a war between a third-world country and a place that was very well known to you and I, the United States. The Vietnam war was also known as the second Indochina war. Military struggled, fought in Vietnam from 1959 to 1975 involving the North Vietnamese and the National Liberation front in conflict with U.S force and the South Vietnamese army. The U.S became involved in Vietnam because America policy believed

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    The Vietnam War came at a time of great social and political unrest in America. It was right in the middle of the Cold War, a fierce worldwide battle between Eastern communism and Western democracy. There was already division going on in America at the time, with events like the red scare in Washington creating a growing fear of worldwide communism. The U.S. involvement in Vietnam began with Harry Truman aiding the French in an imperial war from 1946-1954, which the French eventually lost to the

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    The Vietnam War in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia lasted from November 1st, 1955 to around April 30th, 1975. The war was split up between two sides, North Vietnam, who were allied with the Soviet Union, China, and most of the communist countries during this time period, and South Vietnam, who were allied with the United States and many countries that were against the belief of Communism. Although the United States did not necessarily have to get involved in the war, they believed that they had too so

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