11B Historical Context of Vietnam War by Jordan Coyle

Vietnamese children with skin peeling from napalm attacks

jcoyle23 — 2024-05-06 09:19:55 UTC

To me, this image illustrates the horrific civilian cost of the Vietnam War. I am horrified by the severe nature of the napalm burns and question the morality of the US Army and Government that condoned the use of these abhorrent weapons

New York Times: What was the Vietnam War About?

jcoyle23 — 2024-05-06 09:19:55 UTC

Key question: Was America’s war in Vietnam a noble struggle against Communist aggression, a tragic intervention in a civil conflict, or an imperialist counterrevolution to crush a movement of national liberation?

Redgum - "I was only 19"

jcoyle23 — 2024-05-06 09:19:55 UTC

This song highlights the experience of very young Australian soldiers in the Vietnam War. It provides specific details such on key places: Puckapunyul where training took place, Townsville where they shipped off from and Vung Tai where Chinook helicopters departed to fight the Viet Cong

Free Bird - Lynyrd Skynyrd

2024-05-06 13:15:33 UTC

Free Bird by band Lynyrd Skynyrd is one of the main songs in the movie Forrest Gump. Forrest Gump is a film in which an act of the film is dedicated to the Vietnam War.

Peace protests against the Vietnam War

2024-05-06 13:18:25 UTC

To me, this picture shows raises awareness towards the people of the USA who were against the Vietnam war. The government doesn't speak for the people.

Young Vietnamese fighters.

2024-05-06 13:19:03 UTC

In this picture, I see how the war truly affected the childhood of some people. For example, the song "I was Only 19" perfectly depicts the message of this photo. How the war essentially stripped young children of their innocence and childhood.

NY Times: I Never Expected to Protest the Vietnam War While on Active Duty

2024-05-06 13:20:15 UTC

A soldier never expected that he would be a soldier, or that he would protest the Vietnam War while on active duty, or that he would sue the Army in federal court for violating his First Amendment rights. But it all happened, and it shaped his life in ways he never could have imagined.

Vietnam war picture

2024-05-06 13:20:54 UTC

In this picture you. an see how the man is sufering of the death from his kid or someone he knew.

mohammedaminbenhaddou — 2024-05-06 13:21:18 UTC

In this picture you can see two kids smoking since they lost everything and is the only thing that frees their mind from this war. this shows how messed up the war was and how it affected the youth.

Vietnam war article

2024-05-06 13:22:27 UTC

This article explains what happened and from diferent perspectives. You can as well see what the problem was and even why it took time to resolve.

Vietnamese women going to war

2024-05-06 13:22:30 UTC

In this picture, I see how the war

created fear and terror not only in men

but also women and kids. Young moms

and teenage girls going to war.

Ho Chi Minh, primary leader of North Vietnam, did not come to power simply as a militia leader like many of his Communist contemporaries. Ho was an experienced politican in Vietnam, and even represented his nation at the Treaty of Versailles.

2024-05-06 13:22:36 UTC

Vietnamese war poster. Translation: Secure traffic, open the way to victory.

fabianroncaglialavarias — 2024-05-06 13:22:42 UTC

I chose this picture because it represents the point of view of North Vietnamese soldiers. These posters were made to support and in some way nationalise the country.

http://img.youtube.com/vi/X6pb2pLeR_s/hqdefault.jpg

2024-05-06 13:23:02 UTC

A protest song that came out of the Vietnam War era. It was stimulated by the unfairness of the draft.

Podcast - "Good Morning Vietnam"

2024-05-06 13:23:54 UTC

A movie based on a true story in wich he hosted a morning radio show on the American Forces Vietnam Network (AFVN) in Saigon during the Vietnam War.

US air forces attacking vietnamese soldiers.

2024-05-06 13:26:03 UTC

A U.S. Air Force Strategic Air Command B-52 Stratofortress drops 750-pound bombs on the Vietnamese coast in October 1965.

TIME MAGAZINE: The Vietnam War Pictures That Moved Them Most

2024-05-06 13:26:26 UTC

An article debunking photos captured during the Vietnam War to " help illuminate the “demons” of Vietnam. " They also spoke to a number of individuals who were heavily involved at that time period and asked them why a certain picture moved them the most.

Vietnam war music

2024-05-06 13:26:35 UTC

Website about the different strategies used by Vietcong

fabianroncaglialavarias — 2024-05-06 13:27:35 UTC

This website briefly explains the different strategies and tactics that lead to their triumph. It also shows the inside of their tunnels and images of their positions. It explains with a lot of detail how it used to work.

Vietnam War

2024-05-06 13:28:25 UTC

An article that talks about the history and back story of the Vietnam war and what are the causes. The article is really heart touching.

CIA officer help evacuees up a ladder into a helicopter following the Fall of Saigon (today Ho Chi Minh City)

2024-05-06 13:28:30 UTC

All the classics

fabianroncaglialavarias — 2024-05-06 13:29:54 UTC

These are the rock classics played in the 60s 70s in US radios. They were used to motivate the people to fight and join the military.

Good Morning Vietnam "Paranoid"

mohammedaminbenhaddou — 2024-05-06 13:29:56 UTC

A beautiful song with a deep story behind it.

Vietnam war song:

2024-05-06 13:30:07 UTC

This song came out to explain the situation of the Vietnamese soldiers and it also explains that the war was not worth it.

Tunnel Schemes of the V. War

2024-05-06 13:30:21 UTC

I have been there. Tunnel schemes showing how they organized during the war.

Vietnam's war, Journal of History

2024-05-06 13:36:27 UTC

This article explains to the reader the causes of this war.

The Jungle War

2024-05-07 09:24:23 UTC

The war happened in the jungle which gave the Vietnam soldiers an advantage as they knew their way around the jungle more then American soldier.

'We gotta get out of this place'

2024-05-07 09:35:08 UTC

This song is by American soldiers singing about them wanting the Vietnam war to finish and to return home to America

Summary

2024-05-07 09:36:36 UTC

Here all the facts and summary of Vietnam war is written.