Tuesday, April 12, 2011

Veteran's Rights: Struggle & Activism

     One of the more difficult and post-war struggles, came from the Vietnam war right around the 1960's. Many of the American Veterans felt guilty or basically tearing Vietnam apart for the US Government's own benefits. This was engraved in the minds of most Vets returning from Indochina which most of them suffer from PTSD (Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder). The following will exemplify the events that cause the outbreak of Vietnam Veterans' protest.
     The only war the United States of America ever lost in its 200 year history was the Vietnam war. This was one war Americans, including the war's veterans, would like to forget. The Vietnam war was one of many "titles", it was one of the most expensive wars the US had been a part of.
     The ones who suffered the most were the soldiers returning back from war. They were the ones that had to live with the fact of killing not only Vietnamese soldiers, but many also basically murdered random civilians. Another of the war's impact was felt several thousand mile from Vietnam, in the US, were many veteran's, as previously mentioned suffered with PTSD. This "sickness", among other things, still give us a grim look on the past, reminding us of the hardships Vietnam War veterans faced after landing in the US.
     The following exemplified how life was like during and after the war was over, and it gives us a chance to see the not so bright side of all these wars and fighting that went on back then and that is still going on now.

Links:
http://www.english.illinois.edu/maps/vietnam/postwar.htm
http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/VNprotest.htm
      

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