AMS 310 Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: Ron Kovic, Spinal Cord Injury, Ak-47
19 Nov 2016
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Reaction to those movements and how they form a yin and yang. Vietnam = provided foundation or understanding events subsequent to the war. War = very important and relevant even today. When vietnam was in the process of gaining independence from vietnam. Number increases: 900 american advisors in vietnam. Half a million troops in vietnam, on the ground and in the air. 3. 4 million americans served in some capacity in vietnam, Short answer: us policy makers were dedicated to fighting communism. There was a strong anti-colonial and a turn to communist sympathetic ideals. Summer 1945: war in europe is over, but war in the. Late summer: a group of american officers landed in vietnam. Purpose: working with local vietnamese people to get rid of the japanese. French thought they could hold on to them. Vietnam = farmer country: holi mein and general giap start working with the chinese.
