Essay - America's Wars Have Historically Been A Reflection of America's Very...

America's wars have historically been a reflection of Americ*****'s very own cultural tendencies; they're usually enormous in scale, they traditionally consist ***** a colorful variety of fronts and they are most often regarded as a man's game. So it doesn't strike one as peculiar, perhaps, that the perpetually striking images of Vietnam are of camouflaged nineteen-year-old men enduring the graces and horrors hosted by Southeast Asia during the skirmish ***** lasted over a decade. It may seem more peculiar, however, when one considers that more than 15,000 women relocated from *****ir American homes to the perilous, jungle canopied land. ********** legacy of physical handicapping, psychological desecration and cultural rifting echoes in an innumerable collection of films, books, publications, organizations and documentation detailing the heroics, trials ***** disgraces of a generation of men. But the ***** ***** this nation sent off to serve in a countless number of indispens*****ble capacities have enjoyed no such narrative proliferation.

***** if popular ***** tendencies are any indication of a society's greater conscience, ***** surely America's warrants some self-exami*****. Because poorly kept records that are only *****w being dusted and reassessed will suggest that a more honest cultural recollection ***** Vietnam would account for wo***** who sacrificed significant personal entitlements at the behest of war.

At the end of the war, America was not the only nation to neglect acknowledging its *****men. ***** would perhaps be inclined to even greater guilt in ***** matter, particularly due to the extensive support that their forces received from the female population. Records of service by South Vietnamese women, who fought alongside American soldiers in combat, ***** suffered borderline denial in the scarcity of their recorded mention. And the remarkable quantities of girls and ***** who left behind homes in order ***** carry on resistance for the North Vietnamese army and ***** Vietcong are all but disregarded by a g*****nment ***** owed much to their contributions. As the struggle in Vietnam escalated ***** gradually crumbled into ***** defeat, ***** was made apparent about the vast cultural differences separating the two civilizations represented therein. And many could accredit the ***** victory to a Western underestimation of just how significant a factor this difference would be. The substantial advantages that this allowed the Vietnamese in *****ir own country ***** continue to frustrate and infuriate American soldiers and strategists throughout the war. But for all ***** the severely antithetical elements of both countries, their ideologies seem to ***** a broader circumstance ***** the world. *****ir common silent disavowal of wo***** ***** to the ***** effort is indicative of the international patriarchy of war. In the aftermath of Vietnam, both countries trended toward this perspective, dashing the much deserved recognition of women to obscurity.

***** by desires to help those ********** knew were suffering abroad and to find adventure far away, many ***** women sought service in a broad range ***** positions. "Women served ***** ***** in many support staff assignments, ***** hospitals, crewed on medical evacuati***** flights, with MASH Units, hospital ships,