War: What is it good for? United States involvement in the Vietnam War created some of the strongest tension in U.S. history. Over a twenty-five year period from the 1950’s to the 1970’s close to three million men and women were sent to fight in an effort to curb the spread of communism in Southeast Asia. In the 1950’s the United States took on an advisory role to the government of South Vietnam and …showed first 75 words of 1434 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1434 total…and told by the media. Tim O’Brien, Francis Coppola, and the people who worked on the HBO documentary have all done their part to keep the Vietnam experience from being forgotten by future generations of Americans. The tension, confusion, despair, and pain experienced by the men and women who served their country in the 60s and 70s is well documented in The Things They Carried, Apocalypse Now, and Dear America Letters Home From Vietnam.