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After thinking about all the things we would learn this year in American
history I decided to do my project on the experiences of Vietnam War
veterans. There is a lot of controversy as to whether or not the Vietnam
War veterans are given enough recognition for what they went through. I have
heard horrible stories of US soldiers dying from US bombs, shell shock, and
soldiers returning to America and not being able to function as active
members of society due to the horrors of the war. All I really know about
the war is what I have seen on television. I wanted to learn about the war
through the firsthand accounts of those who were there.
The Vietnam War was a military struggle fought in Vietnam from
1959 to 1975. It began as an attempt by Communist guerrillas (or Vietcong)
in the South, backed by Communist North Vietnam, to overthrow the
government of South Vietnam. The struggle grew into a war between South
Vietnam and North Vietnam and ultimately into an......

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