... makes jokes not for others, but for himself. He trys to amuse himself so he wouldn't have to ponder about guilt, he wouldn't have to think about blaming himself for anything. The guilt that they all felt altered the way they acted. Azar wouldn't have ever laughed at someone's death normally, but ... reactions to normally tragic or tense situations are a way to ease the feeling of guilt, therefore creating a way for them to cope with death. Anxiety about death follows the men everywhere they go and they have many ways to disguise their fear, and many ways to defend against it. The men .....

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... why innocent people have to get killed in this war. " Why did this happen? I want to go home- - are his last phrases before death. Jenny, though she is not taking part in the Vietnam War sequence, represents completely different opinion towards the war. In the 1960's social groups, such as student radicals, cultural nationalists, ... people who think of Vietnam as a war fought for politicians. Her role as a peace-protester in "Forrest Gump" to prove that war is nothing to be proud of, and that only her position is truly patriotic. Forrest's opinion towards the war is difficult to define. ...

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... for by my oldest sister, because my parents worked long hours together at our family-owned Deli. I would cling to my parents every opportunity I received to be with them, which was primarily on the weekends. My weekends as child mostly consisted of sports activities such as football, basketball and baseball; which my father consistently ... usually tended to the home and bonded with my sisters. Some days I would often plead to go to the deli with my parents just to be near them. In the spring of 1990 my mother was diagnosed with breast cancer, she died two years later on August 28, 1992....

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... Love. A large percentage of the music that came out of the 60's and 70's was about the words not the. Music reflected the needs and wants of the loud and proud under 30 generation. It criticized what the status quo. Music was played loud enough that it involves the listener whole ... the writing of this song because Lennon and McCartney were the best of friends. Even after the break up of the Beatles in 1970 and the death of John Lennon in 1980, both still placed each others names on music. There is a fine line, however, between protesting and lamenting. ... the lyrics are examined. Prot...

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... Expeditionary Brigade had clashed with the North Vietnamese Army and the Viet Cong, leading to combat that proved that this war was going to be one they could not lose and would have to fight hard for a victory. The second section of the book is called "The Officer in Charge of ... enrollment into the Joint Staff of the brigade because he preferred to be out in the battlefield engaging in combat rather than sitting inside at a desk.   Caputo was proud of serving his country and fighting with a rifle and did not want to be cooped up inside. However, his time away from the battlefields g...

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... doing what they are told and we are all very proud of them. Whether it is a civil war or a world war, the results are always the same. In the end there are always large amounts of death and destruction, followed by questions about whether or not it should have happened in the first place. Almost every ... find ourselves going to war again. Although for entirely different reasons, it is still war. Something as severe as the Vietnam War should be fixed in people's memories forever. Thousands of American troops died fighting for someone else's freedom. After a catastrophe such as this, is ...

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... and the real life battles. However, she realizes that these shows, while appealing, are just fantasy. Although the TV death of Colonel Henry Blake seems more real to her than the death of her own father (p. 25), the fact that she begins to explore the historical events of Vietnam show that the ... generous with their memories of their son. Their recollections show the inescapable force of desire in narrative, for they speak of a son they are proud to remember even though that might not be how he perceived himself. Sam recognizes that their loving memory and Irene's negation result in a ...

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... Jewish people would not be persecuted and to be free from comunizem. We sacrificed our own people to save other people that didn't concern us at all but we fought for their rights and freedom. In the Vietnam War we fought for the end of communism and the freedom of the innocent people being killed. We must all fight and be proud for our country ... who try to take freedom from any one, and we must be right behind our country instead of griping about how messed up our country is when we could be living in other countries were if you talked about the leader of the country you would be sto...

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... by following John F. Kennedy's statement, "ask what you can do for your country" (qtd. in Caputo xiv). The proud young military men believed that the Viet Cong could be swiftly conquered only to come to awareness these guerrillas were a deadly, persistent enemy who were willing to sustain continual casualties, while ... 's comments too seriously. His commanders infused in him a lasting fear of criticism with a continual appetite for praise. Caputo did not want to be thought of as not good enough to be in a military battalion (35). The 9th Marine Expeditionary Brigade was to give security...

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... the non-Communist forces of South Vietnam supported by the United States. The war, however, transcended beyond a military conflict. The war traumatized all who participated and etched a gruesome image of death in all who knew of it atrociousness. In its chaotic form, Vietnam formed a unique association with love, fear, and lasting remembrance. The Vietnam War gives birth to a striking epiphany that ... , because war is also mystery and terror and adventure and courage and discovery and holiness and pity and despair and longing and love." (O" Brien 80) In war, a soldier's proximity to dea...

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... background had taught him that whatever the cause we must protect the country. He had great pride when he first entered the war and wanted his whole family to be proud of him. In the marines he became a lieutenant and was put in command of the second platoon in Vietnam. They were sent to an MOR, at a ... NVA were killed. Caputo could not believe that the commanding officers really did not care, at how many American lives were lost. When he got news of his friend Walter Cohen had been killed in action, he was devastated. This was what really drove him over the edge. After Walter's death he...

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... over and put more weight on air attacks and bomb raids. Helicopters became America's best friend as they were a brand new invention that had not previously seen much use. The helicopter made landing and exiting in rough terrain easier than any other method seen before by the United States military. ... better with less maintenance and malfunction. All of these new, and newly perfected, weapons made the Vietnam War an unfamiliar territory for everybody as the death toll soared through the roof. More troops were sent, more black troops. Racism raced through the veins of many white Americans...

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