Good morning/afternoon Ms Kondekakis and fellow students. The song I have chosen is I was only 19 ( A walk in the green light) by Redgum. Released in March 1983, Redgum lead guitarist John Schumann wrote the song based on experiences and hardships he heard from from veterans who were fighting in the Vietnam war in 1955-1975.The song was first sung at a concert which was performed after the Australian Vietnam veterans “welcome home parade” which was held in Sydney on 3rd october 1987. Almost 60,000
Vietnam Research Project 1. Vietnam was a conflict that was originally fought by the French. They acted this way to follow the 'Truman doctrine' but by 1950, war had flared up again and America joined. In '54 Eisenhower had come up with the 'domino theory' as a justification for the involvement. This theory stated, "If South Vietnam falls to the Communist, Laos, Cambodia, Thailand, Burma, India and Pakistan would also fall like dominos. The Pacific Islands and even Australia could be at
Chemical warfare has a long history, dating back to ancient times. Chemical weapons have been used as an agent to try to leave as much devastation in it’s wake as possible. Today they are most commonly used by terrorists and political leaders as a means of forcing their ideals on to the peoples of their countries. Efficiency and precision are in the sights of today’s top militaries, leaving chemical warfare greatly frowned upon and unnecessary. Although not much is recorded on the early uses of
armed forces (Suicide Wall, 11-10-2000). The Vietnam and other wars have mentally and sometimes physically dismembered many veterans. Another factor that plays a role in a war-related suicide is the addition of many on-site diseases such as defoliants, Agent Orange in particular. Made up of equal parts N-Butyl Ester 2,4,-D and N-Butyl Ester 2,4,5,-T, Agent Orange made many Vietnam soldiers go insane (Vietnam Veterans, 11-10-2000). This atrocious chemical lead and still today leads to death
Health effects are prominent in Vietnam veterans but denied by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. As reported in the American Legion Magazine, “The defoliant also is believed to have poisoned many people who handled it or passed through sprayed locations. After the war, a conspicuous percentage of veterans contracted various cancers or diabetes, and birth defects occurred at high rate among their children, VA compensation and care were denied (Carroll).” Denial of these severe diseases and
Do you know anything about the Vietnam conflict? Well the Vietnam conflict was a disagreement between to North and South Vietnam. In Vietnam, this conflict is identified as the American War (Vietnamese Chiê´n Tranh Chô´ng My~ Cu´u Nuo´c, which translates into English as "War against the Americans and to Save the Nation"). The Vietnam conflict was also known as the Second Indochina War. It occurred in 1954 and ended in 1975. It was between the Communist forces of North Vietnam and the Soviet
Ethical Implications of Chemical, Biological and Nuclear Warfare Thesis As current problems of terrorism and the war on Iraq, chemical, biological and nuclear warfare (CBW) issues are important and relevant. CBW agents are dangerous, uncontrollable and undifferentiating weapons of mass destructions. Chemical, biological and nuclear weapons are capable of mass destruction aimed at killing masses of people. Using CBW agents comes with many ethical dilemmas and consequential side-effects. Chemical
explosive force to neutralize targets; it depends on the chemical properties of a chemical agent weaponized. Defoliants are an example.They are used to kill off vegetation and deny its use of cover by the enemy. “Defoliants can also be used against agriculture and livestock to promote hunger and starvation but with protective equipment, and decontamination measures, the effects of defoliants can be neutralized. (fas.org) Chemical weapons have been used for thousands of years in the form of poison-tipped
Veterans who served anywhere in Vietnam between January 9th, 1962 and May 7th, 1975 are presumed to have been exposed to Agent Orange. Agent Orange was a powerful mixture of chemical defoliants used by the U.S. military forces during the Vietnam War to eliminate forest cover for North Vietnam and Vietnam troops. It was also used for crops. Agent Orange contained Chemical dioxin, which was the most commonly used of herbicide mixtures and was the most effective. 19 million gallons were sprayed over
History of Agent Orange Agent Orange is a chemical defoliant introduced in agriculture in 1946 as an herbicide to aid farmers and was used accordingly throughout 1950, after which its production was switched solely for military uses under the Defense Production Act of 1950. Since then, even though ingredients were commercially available and accessible to the public, mass production became heavily regulated and only a handful of the US Chemical manufacturing companies were able to produce it. Agent
The Agent Orange was a defoliant chemical used by the US in the Vietnam War from 1961 through 1971. This chemical caused a lot of effects too many people. It could have been just a short term effect or a long term effect, it could have killed someone right away or it could have made them suffer then they passed away. This chemical was very dangerous and deadly but was used by the United States military forces. The military forces sprayed over 19 million gallons of herbicides and it was over 4.5 billion
"From 1962 to 1971, American C-123 transport planes sprayed roughly 20 million gallons of herbicides on an area of South Vietnam about the size of Massachusetts" (Budanovic). In just a short sentence, a massive war can be summarized, and the horrific actions that soldiers in the Vietnam war participated in can be exposed. C-123 aircrafts did not only deploy herbicides, but also deployed massive bombs on Vietnamese opponents in which many contained napalm. Created by the US Chemical Warfare Service
vHave you ever wondered about communism during the Cold War? The Vietnam War and Korean War were a product of it and both were civil wars in Asia that the U.S. participated in to prevent communism in both countries, but failed. The “American” war, according to the Vietnamese, was a war to unite Vietnam and to determine if Vietnam was communist or capitalist. Meanwhile, the “Forgotten” (Korean) War happened before the Vietnam War and was fought to get rid of communism in North Korea (U.S., U.N. and
On August 7th 1964 the United States Congress passed into law the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution which, for all intents and purposes, officially brought the United States into the Vietnam War. Following this resolution, a draft was instated to increase the number of men that could be sent to war. Shortly after men started to be signed into conscription for the United States Military, a public outcry started over the use of a draft to increase military size. The draft was found to be unfair to American
If you were to ask the seven million Vietnamese that were exposed to Agent Orange about their feelings about the war, what would they say? “I have no future, no happiness,” said Do Duc Diu. He went on to say that he lost eleven of his children to this deadly toxin (Agent Orange Record). Nineteen million gallons of Agent Orange were sprayed across South Vietnam leading to the death of more than 400,000 Vietnamese (Orange Innovation). Agent Orange had numerous devastating effects on not only the
The power of protest and the influence of public opinion on our government is best exemplified in the Vietnam War era. The anti-war campaign began among leftist college students and peace activists. Initially, little attention was paid to their cause and the American people fully expected the Vietnam War to end quickly and successfully. Up until that point, America had always won the wars that it had fought and the American people believed the confident statements made by government officials at
The Anti-Vietnam War Movement in United States was a collection of unrelated groups all opposed to US involvement in the Vietnam War. It began in 1964 with nonviolent demonstrations and protests by college students, but later gained support from hippies, mothers, women’s rights, Black civil rights, the Chicano movement, and even military veterans. There were three main reasons Americans opposed the Vietnam War: the draft, use of caustic herbicides, and the war expenses. By 1975, the war and the
About 3 million Americans or more served in the armed forces in Vietnam during the Vietnam War. While under the impression from the U.S. government, many soldiers thought they were "fighting the good fight", but in reality they were "human lab rats" that were being exposed to the silent assassin called Agent Orange. The mission, known as Operation Ranch Hand, involved spraying 20 million gallons of Agent Orange over roughly 3.6 million acres of Vietnamese land to remove forest cover, destroy crops
American conservationism and environmentalism spurred new societal and governmental attitudes towards land and natural resources while reflecting the values of the early and mid-20th century, respectively. With the conclusion of the Progressive era and the beginning of American counter-culture movement in the 1960s, the United States’ approach to the environment shifted from conservation and management to enforced regulation and protection showing the impact of a changing American awareness of the
how we strike, we risk exposing large populations, including our own troops, to lethal toxic substances. We have some experience with the long-term effects of exposing military and civilian personnel to potentially dangerous chemicals such as the defoliant Agent Orange in Vietnam and a variety of toxic agents in the Gulf War. These health effects can be devastating. Just as terrorism knows no borders, neither do environmental problems. Those environmental harms that do not affect foreign civilians