Vietnam DBQ

DBQ The uniqueness of Vietnam can be broken down into three categories: the brutality of the war, the inaccuracy of the photo-journalistic coverage of the fighting and the war’s length. There is no doubt about the brutality of the Vietnam War, but even before the Americans entered the war there was uprising in Vietnam. An example of this uprising was brought to the world’s attention when Malcolm Brown in 1963 took a picture of …

…home. It was different from when WWII vets came home. It was a huge deal, parades with a festive-type attitude, but with the Vietnam vets, people didn’t appreciate them as much. It was a sad ending to a brutal war that Americans were involved in. The manifestation of the brutality of the war, inaccuracies of the photo-journalistic coverage of the fighting and the war’s length led to the uniqueness of the Vietnam War.