War Experience

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This paper presents a comparison of soldiers who fought in World War II and Vietnam. The writer discusses many of the differences as well as similarities and uses movies (for example, "Platoon" and "Saving Private Ryan") to illustrate these points. The paper shows that the main difference between the two was perhaps the fact that in WWII, soldiers bonded against a common enemy with the support of their people, whereas the Vietnam War was considered pointless by many Americans and left the soldiers with a feeling of rejection.

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"The Vietnam Conflict was completely different in the way the solders were bonded. The lack of public support form the United States residents caused many soldiers to feel they were doing something wrong by carrying out the orders given to them. The soldiers in the Vietnam Conflict often got spit on and booed when they returned home. Instead of being the Grand Marshall of the parades they found themselves as targets for protests and anger."

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