When I was driving around New Mexico a few years ago, I was surprised to find a Vietnam veterans memorial near the town of Fire Angel. My afternoon at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial State Park (its current name) was one of the most memorable of my life. The Vietnam Veterans Memorial, built in Angel Fire, […]
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For many Americans, the current war in Iraq draws unfavorable comparisons to the Vietnam War and the senseless waste of soldier’s lives. For other Americans, the war in Iraq is a necessary struggle to protect ourselves from terrorist attacks and to rebuild an Iraq that has suffered under a brutal dictatorship. No matter what your […]
In 1963, Mr. Lyndon B. Johnson, the vice president at the time, became the 36th president of the United States after the assassination of John F. Kennedy. He inherited his predecessor’s commitment to assist South Vietnam against the communist North Vietnam in the Vietnamese War which began in 1959 and lasted until 1975. In fact, […]
Worldwide students protested against the Vietnam War. There was a fight between anti war protesters and the Chicago police during a national convention held by democrats. They burned half of Chicago down with these protests that commonly occurred. There was looting and mass hysteria in the streets. Because there were so many children from the […]