what were a Dove and a Hawk during vietnam?
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The doves favor peace & the hawks want to go to war.
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The Vietnam War or Second Indochina War (also known colloquially as Vietnam or Nam as well as the American War in Vietnam) 1 was a conflict between the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (DRVN, or North Vietnam), allied with the Soviet Union and People's Republic of China, and the Republic of Vietnam (RVN, or South Vietnam), and its allies — notably Australia, Korea, and the United States. US combat troops were involved from 1965 until the official withdrawal in 1973. The war ended on April 30, 1975 with the military conquest of the South by the North.\n\nSummary\nThe Vietnam War began after a very large-scale division of Vietnam into two countries with a de-militarized zone (DMZ) between them. As Maurice Larkin notes, crumbling under the economic strain of the war and fearful of the tide of opinion (which had now turned decisively against further fighting for control in Indochina), the French, under Pierre Mendès-France, simply 'passed the parcel bomb' on to the Americans, slipping out of the back door, so to speak. The Vietnam War ostensibly began as a civil war between feuding governments. Being Western-oriented and perceived as less popular than Hồ Chí Minh's northern government, the South Vietnamese government fought largely to maintain its governing status within the partitioned entity, rather than to "unify the country" as was agreed to at the Geneva Conference. Fighting began in 1957 with the U.S. and Soviet-Chinese involvement, and would steadily escalate from there. The conflict spilled over into the neighboring countries of Cambodia and Laos. North Vietnam did not respect the independence or borders of either country.\n\nThe Geneva partition was not a natural division of Vietnam and was not intended to create two separate countries. But the South government, with the support of the United States, blocked the Geneva scheduled elections for unification. In the context of the Cold War, and with the recent Korean War as a precedent, the U.S. had feared that a unified Vietnam would result in a Communist government under Hồ Chí Minh, either freely or fraudulently.\n\nThe South Vietnamese government and its Western allies portrayed the conflict as based in a principled opposition to communism —to deter the expansion of Soviet-based control throughout Southeast Asia, and to set the tone for any likely future superpower conflicts. The North Vietnamese government and its Southern affiliated organization (NLF) viewed the war as a struggle to reunite the country and to repel a foreign aggressor —a virtual continuation of the earlier war for independence against the French. While North Vietnam used nationalist propaganda, its party doctrine denounced the very concept of nationalism and any form of unity other than rule by the party.\n\n\n\n\n\nFrance had gained control of Indochina in a series of colonial wars beginning in the 1840s and lasting until the 1880s. At the Treaty of Versailles negotiations in 1919, Hồ Chí Minh requested participation in order to arrange more freedom for the Indochinese colonies. His request was rejected, and Indochina's status as a colony of France remained unchanged. During World War II, Vichy France had collaborated with the occupying Imperial Japanese forces. Vietnam was under effective Imperial Japanese control, as well as de facto Japanese administrative control, although the Vichy French continued to serve as the official administrators until 1944. In that year, the Japanese overthrew the French and humiliated the colonial officials of the state in front of the Vietnamese population. The Japanese then began to encourage nationalist activity among the Vietnamese. Late in the war, Japan granted Vietnam nominal independence. After the Japanese surrender, Vietnamese nationalists expect to take control of the country and organize a socialist dictatorship. The Japanese army in Indochina attempted to assist the Viet Minh in their goal by keeping French soldier
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wasn't a who, but the time I served in Army/Vietnam
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The dove is the symbol of peace because of its appearance at the time of Jesus' baptism, it has become a symbol of the Holy spirit, as well as of purity. \nAlso, a dove was released by Noah after the Great Flood in order to find land. The dove came back carrying an olive branch in its beak, telling Noah that the Great Flood had receded and there was land once again for Man. (Genesis 8:11). This symbolized that God was ending his "war" with mankind.
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During the American Revolutionary War, The Turtle (operated by Sgt. Ezra Lee, Continental Army) tried and failed to sink a British warship, HMS Eagle (flagship of the blockaders) in New York harbor on September 7, 1776.
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End of War?\nApril 23, 1975 - President Gerald Ford gave a speech on declaring the end of the Vietnam War and the end of all U.S. aid to the Saigon regime.\n\nApril 30, 1975 - At 8:35 a.m., the last Americans, ten Marines from the embassy, depart Saigon, concluding the United States presence in Vietnam. North Vietnamese troops pour into Saigon and encounter little resistance. By 11 a.m., the red and blue Viet Cong flag flies from the presidential palace. President Minh broadcasts a message of unconditional surrender. The war is over.\n\nHowever, the last official U.S. battle in the conflict was on May 15, 1975 when 18 soldiers were killed on the last day of a rescue operation known as the Mayagüez incident involving a skirmish with the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia. Those soldiers are listed last on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
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I don't know for sure about the Vietnam war other than South Vietnam wanted to be a democratic society and the north was communism and the US wanted to keep it from spreading, which is the same as what happened in Korea for the most part.  The reason for the Persian Gulf War was because Iraq invaded Kuwait saying that the country belonged to them and we came to Kuwaits defense.
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They were an anti-Vietnam war movement.  Here is a site that goes into more detail and there are even more links at the bottom of the site:\nhttp://www.milesago.com/features/saveoursons.htm
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http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/vm.html\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam\n\nTry these..Hope it helps..
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Wild chicken, I remember it well. It was where we used to do our mortar gunnery trials. Great food, got to meet German soldiers... I didn't appreciate the blizzard during the winter of 75-76 though.
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US combat troops were involved in the war from 1965 until their official withdrawal in 1973. During this period, 17% of South Vietnam inhabitants were killed. The war ended on April 30, 1975 with the military conquest of the South by the North.\npls chech the spellindg of vietnam
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I was there in '95-'96 and took part in operation foal eagle.\nalso Suwon airbase.
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animals, air craft, vehicles etc
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about wars, specifically the Vietnam war.
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Here you go: \n\nhttp://www.historyplace.com/unitedstates/vietnam/index.html\n\nhope this isn't due tomorrow.
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鶚 鹗 è fish eagle; fish hawk; osprey;\n雎 jū (fish hawk); osprey;
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A nice Web site on Vietnam is: http://www.deanza.edu/faculty/swensson/kieu.html\n\nI have never heard of a national animal or even flower. I spent 12 years in Vietnam from 1972 to 1974. I know more about Vietnam than most Americans and EVEN to include the Ambassadors that were there. I was with the people, I spoke fluent Vietnamese. I have a book manuscript that I wrote on Vietnam though not yet published. I could not tell you in this small space about Vietnam.\n\nIt is a beautiful country and the people are so gracious. I think it is a paradise.