... Johnson sent the first troops to Vietnam. (The History of the Vietnam War). In 1968, my grandfather was drafted, trained, shot, and discharged. The story of my grandfather's survival follows. Russell E. Sherman was nineteen years old when he was drafted into the military. He was stationed for eight weeks in Fort Jackson, Columbia to complete basic training. His day started with ... ...

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Bertrand Russell could not have been more accurate by saying, "War does not determine who is right-only who is left." This proves to be true in the Vietnam War. In the 1950s the United States began to send troops to Vietnam; throughout the following 25 years, the ensuing war would create some of...

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