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People will see that things will be written by different people. People have found themselves shocked in amazement at so much hostile there is, and no credit.

People were mad that 2 villages were destroyed. It's hard to kill the enemy with their protection. America only cared about themselves. Critics were not nice. The US checked the soldiers weapons. A man named "Henry Kissinger" was born in "Germany". People were going against "North Vietnam". People were asking why couldn't they do these war actions years earlier.

There were many conventions for years. US military asked so many questions. A leader of a military had caused a lot of his soldiers to die. Woman, men, and children set up traps. The "Geneva Convention" was connected to the prisoners of war. Homes were destroyed.

US was responsible for many crimes. The law was easy to confuse. The war had weapons like bombs. Americans like Martin Luther King was involved with the war.

Senators, and Lieutenants are connected. A little boy could see deaths on TV without turning 14 years old. There were targets like dams. A man named Guenter Lewy was a science professor in the University of Massachusetts. America did terrible things by not following rules.

America tried to get rid of Vietnam. One soldier has to die in Vietnam for Americas freedom. The president brought a body to show people that men are strong. An American Indian told a US soldier that he was fine with people shooting other Indians when he was little. When he went to Vietnam, he thought that's the same as my people. Men, women, and children were getting shot.

VVAW brought danger to US soldiers. The army wanted to make it possible to sit at a table. Veterans were decorated. Soldiers never wanted to be heard. America decided to remember a dead US veteran from Vietnam. Soldiers wanted to know how to protect themselves at an American, or Vietnamese army base. There were two young boys in Asia.

Some soldiers took pictures. A man named Ryman collected ears, it will be shown to the public. Blacks were abused more than whites. Kerrey graduated from a university in 1966. He then served as an army leader. He lost against George W Bush in an election.

America has done some terrible things after what Vietnam did. People tried to brush My Lai away. A man named Sergeant J was found hanged in a tree. They knew it was him by his golden tooth. Two five year old kids were killed after helping soldiers. A man named Marine Colonel Michael Yunck did not want to call an air strike. He was sent mail which was a lot of stuff. He even found cut off ears.

The war was something for the "Englishmen", and the "Frenchmen". A man name "Mitchell" was a soldier in the military. "Mitchell" heard a gunshot, and did not feel any pain, and he thought the bullet was not real. A soldier was murdered by the enemy by cutting him in half. Kids were not to be trusted, but they made booby traps. Soldiers used woman, and children as shields.

Men were not allowed to shoot in the dark. A man wrote notes about what happened in the "Vietnam War". People could not see Vietnam as a threat so they blamed America. A friend of a soldier told him that he knows how to cut throats.

Woman, and children attacked US troops. They thought about what happens if they get caught. They thought that they would be hurt, or killed. America was not different from Vietnam. Countries that were not involved in wars were attacked. People thought Kerrey was the cause of war crimes. Soldiers would shoot civilians by accident. Kerrey did not George W Bush in the presidential election. He created a book.

"North Vietnam" could not protect other citizens because they were in "South Vietnam". America faced dangerous enemies, and did not believe in miracles. They had an enemy that was not expected. "Vietnam" did not care for "Southeast Asia". In a location called "My Lai", many women were raped, and murdered. Men, and children were also murdered. America tried to keep enemies away from the innocent.

Children were found outside their homes. They said a crime was something that is not followed by the law. In 1964, they knew a man named "Henri Duntant" the man who created the Red Cross. This company helps people who are hurt. The US veterans were blamed because they were in the Vietnam War. The US never believed "North Vietnam" existed.

Theodore Roosevelt was the president at the time of the "Pearl Harbor" attack. People blamed him for it because they thought he sent those soldiers to the island so "Japan" can attack, and start World War 2. After that on "February 1969", a bunch of men in camouflage came from "Delta Platoon". Their leader was "Bob Kerrey". He was in a village in "Vietnam". "Kerrey" had 2 jobs after being a leader of the military.

A historian named Robert Weiss wrote a lot about history. He even wrote about the Pearl Harbor attack on December 7th 1941. It's when the Japanese attacked Americans on this island called Pearl Harbor. After the attack, there were so many questions, and they were why did Japan attack the Americans, and what does Japan, and America have to make them enemies. America attacked Japan, and World War 2 began.