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…their own fault. However, some fake stories are more serious than others. For example, Larry says that he’s a Vietnam veteran, but in reality he’s a Korean War veteran. This isn’t a lie that is seriously dishonest, because he did fight in a war, but not too…

…to wear black armbands as a protest to the Vietnam War. Before they arrived the principal had decided any student wearing an arm-band would be told to remove it, saying that "The schools are no place for demonstrations." If the student refused, he would…

…from Mexico, Vietnam, and Philippines. Mexicans have been coming here of course because they are our neighbor, but because they work on the fields, and because they want to get away from poverty. Viennese people have been coming here to get away from…

…in the media for a future attack on Iraq is that Iraq might possess weapons of mass destruction. Apart from that fact we should bear in mind that America has used chemical weapons in the past, for example the Agent Orange in Vietnam. As well as Israel and North…

…Forces of the United States” (Excerpt from a Vietnam induction notice). There is nothing fair about this. You did not declare war and you did not even have anything against the people your country is fighting. You were minding your own business, they were…

…. This story takes place later than the Civil War, it takes place in the Vietnam War. An entire small group of soldier were hiding just off the road in hopes of coming across an enemy of some sort. Most of them have became tired so they decide to get some rest…

…. Now to move on to the memorials. Many good memorials have been set up. But a tree is a sorry excuse of a memorial. The leaves fall off in fall, around the same time as the attacks. Is that how we want to remember 9-11? The Vietnam wall memorial is a great…

…states when the youth of the Vietnam and baby boomer generations protested that if they could die in a foreign war they should be given the privilege of drinking alcohol. This age limit lasted until the passing of the National Minimum Drinking Age Act of 1984…

…. It’s summer, 1963. Baby, 17 years old and all idealistic innocence, is vacationing with her parents in the Catskills. John F. Kennedy is alive, and Vietnam is not yet a major cause for panic. Baby, along with her family, is looking forward to spending…

…, in such situations as the Vietnam Conflict and the Cuban Missile Crisis. John F. Kennedy went on television to explain the chaos and took responsibility for the catastrophe. Ironically, this only served to make him more popular with the public. The President appropriated…