Vietnam+Historical+Conflicts

The wind blows, the only sound miles around… for now. You lay close to the ground looking around at the foreign place around you. The silence is terrifying as you wait for the first explosion. You run as fast as you can to take cover, before they can see you. BOOM! Gunfire erupts. You run around trying to protect yourself, but also to save others. Chaos, everywhere. Nothing was around but the people trying to kill you. A sharp pain hits your back as fall to the ground, weak and vulnerable. As you look around at Vietnam for the last time, you take your last breath and close your eyes. You are an American soldier.

In each and every country, there are conflicts whether they are internal or external. A famous war point in history for Vietnam was the Vietnam War. Many of you may already have heard about it, but do you actually know how the United States contributed or what it really was?

The Vietnam War was a war against the North (supported by their communist allies) and the South (supported by the United States and other anti-communist contries. Majority of the North were and demanded for all of Vietnam to be the same. It occurred from November 1, 1955 to April 30, 1975.

The United States government viewed their involvement as assistance to prevent the wide spread of communism in Vietnam. The U.S. military advisors came in the beginning of the 1950's and escalated around the early 1960's. However, the Viet Cong (North) created the Tet Offensive, which was a military campaign to strike the military and civilian command and control throughout South Vietnam. As a part of a Nixon's policy (Vietnamization), U.S. ground forces were withdrawn. Although the Paris Peace Accords was signed, fighting continues within Vietnam.

The United States involved ended on August 15, 1973 as a outcome of the Case-Church Amendment that the U.S Congress. The fall of Saigon marked the end of the Vietnam War. North had won, but the North and South reunited the following year. Present-day Vietnam is still communist, but they welcome Americans and other allies.