Vietnam

Vietnam Vet Comes To Speak
During my junior year at Redwood High School the Vietnam War was covered extensively in my US History class. One of our main focuses was the effect that the war had both on the Vietnamese and the Americans, specifically the verterans of the war. The first fact that I learned about the war was the number of casualties there were; over 100,000 Americans died. That amazed me. I could not believe it. It occured to me that if that many people died at least twice that many will suffer, like family and friends. After that point the Vietnam war turned into a very heavy subject.

Later on in our study of the...