... becomes "shell-shocked." This is the term for the psychological breakdown of a person's mental capacity under wartime bombardment. Several things can trigger this trauma with a soldier. For instance, having a battle buddy get maimed or killed in front of the soldier's eyes, or being trapped under the ground over an extended period of time. The most common stimulus of "shellshock" is aerial ... ...

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... rebellion to the government for creating a draft that sent over the creative and intelligent youth, was a war that deemed to get rid of the political idea, communism, which spread as quick as the napalm that blazed over the serene green landscapes. The narrator of the story, Tim O'Brien, repeatedly recounts memories of the war, each with an added detail or an ... they came across. One of his men went down into the tunnel, after a while the soldier didn't pop up and Cross without warning thought of "the stress fractures, the quick collapse, the two of them buried alive under all that wei...

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• Grade Level: High School

... standing one man on trial for war crimes when the government had ordered the use of such weapons as Napalm and Agent Orange. The war was meant to be a "quick Kill" ˆ a quick victory, in and out with minimal American casualties. The reality was that it all lasted for far too long. As the body bags mounted up the Americans started to question ... ...

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... two groups; the hawks and the doves. The hawks agreed with Dodd and were against communism while the doves agreed with King and were for it. However, the hawks wanted a quick and decisive defeat of North Vietnam instead of President Johnson's technique of slow troop increases. In contrast, the doves thought that U.S. security was not in danger. They even proclaimed that ... ...

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... Kissinger and North Vietnam dragged on with little progress. At home anti-war activist filled the streets. Nixon hoped that improved relations with the Chinese and the Soviets would spur a quick exit from Vietnam the summits did little to push the war towards its end. The U.S. entered the talks in 1969 seeking mutual withdrawal and no coalition government [ ] before the first ... ...

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... of the U.S. embassy compound in Saigon. American and South Vietnamese forces eventually repulsed the offensive and inflicted heavy losses on the Vietcong, but the fighting had exposed the reality that a quick end of the war was not in sight. Following the Tet offensive, the American leaders began a slow and agonizing reduction of U.S. involvement. Johnson limited the bombing, began peace talks with ... ...

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... ordered in compulsory conscription. The main reason for this although not official is that the liberal government feared the domino effect theory would become a reality if the war wasn't ended quick. Dransfield and other members of society leading an alternative life were strongly opposed to the notion of compulsory conscription. In the poem "Duet" Dransfield informs his readers of the effects ... ...

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... of the U.S. embassy compound in Saigon. American and South Vietnamese forces eventually repulsed the offensive and inflicted heavy losses on the Vietcong, but the fighting had exposed the reality that a quick end of the war was not in sight. Following the Tet offensive, the American leaders began a slow and agonizing reduction of U.S. involvement. Johnson limited the bombing, began peace talks with ... ...

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... does a good job of staying calm, which helps him finally take out the enemy on the opposite rooftop. After the sniper had killed his adversary, he just had to take a quick gander at the enemy's face because the sniper was curious to know who he was. This is deduced on page 6, "he felt a sudden curiosity as to the identity of the ... ...

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• Grade Level: High School

... to our Nation or its people by the further publication of the Pentagon Papers, and prior restraint is unconstitutional in most cases. The court was asked to make it a trial quick, and it did. On June 30th, 1971 the Supreme Court returned a 6-3 decision freeing the New York Times and the Washington Post to resume publication of articles based on the Pentagon ... ...

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... shoot you." Everyone on my dad's team made it out alive. Twice they went into Vietnam to rescue people, and twice everyone made it out alive. As a result from these quick "in and out" missions, my father was never severely injured or ill in this war. The best thing my dad remembers about the war is how beautiful Vietnam was. "Everything ... ...

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• Grade Level: High School