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Oral History Topic Summary In short, the Vietnam War was an attempt by the North Korean government to spread communism. The war started durring the Cold War, which was a war against the United States, and the Soviet Union. The war started in 1959. That was around the time where Vietnam, like Korea, split in two and was formed into a North and South Vietnam. North Vietnam had a communist government, while South Vietnam had a democratic government. The United States did not want communism to spread, so they sent troops out to combat the guerillas. The US won many battles with the Viet Cong forces and the North Korean forces. In January of 1968, the North Vietnamese and Viet Cong forces set off the famous Tet Offensive. It had attacks all through South Vietnam. The withdrawl of US troops became more frequent, and January 27, 1974, a peace accord was signed in Paris. The peace accord was signed to end the conflict. So, where is the part about the navigators, or the navy? Well, the truth is, not many people know about that kind of stuff unless they hear about it from a friend who might have been a navigator, or who was part of the navy. Many people in the US hated the Vietnam War, so they would push their hate at the people who risked their lives in that war. So probably the reason why you do not hear about people who were in the war, is because they might be too concious about tell you about their fighting history. They might be too concious because they might feel hated or they might feel like they did something bad for the country, and that is all because of people's mean behavior towards the men and woman who fought in the Vietnam war.

Hickman, Kennedy. "Vietnam War 101." //About.com//. 2009. New York Times Company. 1 Jun 2009 []. "Battlefield: Vietnam." //PBS.com//. 2009. PBS. 1 Jun 2009 [].

Media: March 5, 1979 __Time__ cover: [|Vietnam War Cover] October 24, 1969 __Time__ cover: [|Vietnam War Cover # 2]

Accual fighting video from the Vietnam War: [|Video] History of the Vietnam War: [|Video # 2]

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