Vietnam war.

Vietnam Veterans Against the War (VVAW): Javi
NAPALM: Javi
If you were assigned a character you will answer the following questions in your blog with a picture in 3 paragraphs.
A. What did the organization or honored guest do?
B. Why were they formed /Why did they do what they did?
C. What were some of the specific things the character did to educate people about or to end the war?
D. How did the character think the Vietnam War should be ended? Why is that the best way?
E. What were some of the problems or criticisms with the character?

The Vietnam Veterans Against the War was an organization formed in Detroit, Michigan in 1971. This organization was created by veterans returning from the war in Vietnam. The expressed the everyday brutality that American soldiers were forced to use against civilians. They were formed so that they can speak their thoughts out about the war. Many thought what they did in the war was wrong and therefore they had to inform the rest of the nation. 

Many of these veterans testified before a public hearing about war crimes and atrocities they had witnessed or participated in. To get the word out they also held protest and marches. Since little attention was paid to them bu the media or politicians they marched down to Washington D.C. They would scream out the names of their dead comrades. 

The hope of the Vietnam Veterans Against War was that by bringing to light the daily horrors of combat in Vietnam, average everyday citizens could not help but be moved into action that would end the war. So the veterans were against the war and wish to bring it to an end with peace. They wish that many soldiers like their comrades would not get killed and for everyone to just withdraw from the war.

If you were assigned an Event or situation you need to summarize the event add primary source analysis, and include a video of the event or situation in 3 paragraphs.

NAPALM BOMBING 

In the 1960s Dow Pharmaceutical Company created a new chemical called Napalm.  Napalm is

a jelly substance that burns. Once Put into a bomb, with  upon contact

it will would explode, covering everything and everyone with this flaming

jelly substance. If it covered your body, it would be stuck to you and

could not be removed. It would literally burn your body until it was

gone. The  bombing of North Vietnam was codenamed

Operation Rolling Thunder.

During the Vietnam War as part of the strategic bombing campaign known as Operation Rolling Thunder, U.S. military aircraft attacked targets throughout North Vietnam from March 1965 to October 1968. This  bombardment was intended to put military pressure on North Vietnam’s Communist leaders and reduce their capacity to wage war against the U.S.-supported government of South Vietnam. Operation Rolling Thunder marked the first sustained American assault on North Vietnamese territory and was a major expansion of U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War. Historians differ in their assessments of the strategic value of Operation Rolling Thunder.

The effects of napalm on the human body are unbearably painful and almost always cause death among its victims. “Napalm is the most terrible pain you can ever imagine” said Kim Phúc, a survivor from a napalm bombing. “Water boils at 212°F. Napalm generates temperatures 1,500°F to 2,200°F.” Kim Phúc sustained third degree burns to portions of her body. She was one of the only survivors of such extreme measures