ipl-logo

Tony Mcdaniel's 'Operation Desert Storm'

799 Words4 Pages

How Operation Desert Storm is similar to Vietnam
“Fighting terrorists like fighting cowards when you try to fight the don’t show their faces”Tony Mcdaniel once said when addressed the subject of Operation Desert Storm. Tony served in the United States Navy during Vietnam. Tony was asked What not only a citizen of the United States was doing during Operation Desert Storm but what was a Veteran doing, during Operation Desert Storm this was his response. When Tony was first asked about Desert Storm he said “I was in Vietnam not Desert Storm.” Then Tony was told that Tony wanted should explain his experience with being a former Veteran how he felt about Desert Storm. His response was that: “fighting terrorists is like fighting cowards.” That immediately made a connection to Vietnam. The Vietnamese fought in bush, trees, and in tunnels they never …show more content…

So tony was asked Was there a time that you remember when you had to make a rushed decision? This was his response “Yes, sometime one has to make a quick decision, to act on impact may save a life. take time to think it over and that time taken may be time enough for someone to die. part of the training is to prepare for those quick decisions.” For example choosing to trust someone. Trusting people is a big part of war so Tony was asked Did knowing that your daughter would be proud of you help you to get through tough times? This was his response “Family support is extremely important. Maybe not during the actual service time but definitely after all the smoke cleared and I had the time to think about it all yes.” Before Tony was asked about his family he was asked If so, do you feel that you made the right decision? He quickly responded “Yes I believe I made some very good decisions, maybe not all were good but most were.” In iraq soldier are always being tested weather to trust someone or

Show More
Related
713 Words | 3 Pages

R. McMaster is an American soldier and a career officer in the U.S army. The purpose of McMaster’s book is to analyze how and why the United States becomes involved in the Vietnam War. During this, the author also explains on what he thinks why the president decided to keep the war going instead and escalate it. McMaster came to a conclusion that Johnson made the mess himself and he chose to escalate the war. The author presents the war as a consequence of specific decisions made by specific men, Lyndon B. Johnson.

Read More
474 Words | 2 Pages

People back home were naive to the actions that were being taken in Vietnam because they were lacking in communication. In the novel “Fallen Angels” you can tell that the soldiers were very timid with what they said in their letters that were sent back home. Most letters sent back home were about the little things that brought them joy like playing games with kids. Not many actually said they went into battle or fought in a bullet parade. They would ask them what it's really like over there because they could see what was happening on TV, but media blocked a lot of reality from the war and the graphic effects.

Read More
1898 Words | 8 Pages

Passionate John Kerry, a vietnam veteran, in his speech, Vietnam Veterans Against the War Statement, to the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations on April 23, 1971, argues that the soldiers sent to Vietnam were told to do terrible things and that they were fighting for reasons they did not even know. Kerry supports his argument by implementing anaphora, utilizing a pronoun switch, applying rhetorical questions, appeals to logos through the use of statistics, quotes, and an anecdote, and appeals to pathos through imagery and powerful language. The author’s purpose is to depict to the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations exactly what occurred in Vietnam and why they should be against the war too. The author writes in a belligerent tone for the Senate

Read More
430 Words | 2 Pages

Local draft boards were becoming too picky about the men they sent to serve America in the Vietnam War, and they began to believe they knew what was right for their country. Similarly, to the New Jersey example, there were issues when it came to the boards that had World War II veterans on them. There was also bias within those boards because the veterans had their own view on what a war should be like, and they believed that fighting for the US should be a honor. The war veterans were also known for viewing the Vietnam War like it was similar to their experience in The Second World War. An example of times when these veterans tried to relate to young men being drafted during Vietnam was when parents would call the boards expressing their concern for their sons.

Read More
462 Words | 2 Pages

The start of the book in the late 1970 the United States had pretty much won the Vietnam War. We had defeated the Viet Cong in the field, returned most of the control to the South Vietnamese and where the South Vietnamese could continue the war on their own. This is when Army General Creighton Abrams replaced William Westmoreland in 1968, after the military defeat but public relations disaster of the Tet Offensive. Where Westmoreland had treated the War as a military exercise, Abrams understood its political side. Abrams worked on developing a new war plan at the Pentagon.

Read More
421 Words | 2 Pages

5. Identify an example of logos in the speech. Explain why it fits the parameters of logos. “The orderly implementation of the Supreme Court decision, therefore, cannot be left solely to those who may not have the economic resources to carry the legal action or who may be subject to harassment.” Kennedy explains that from the situation, Americans cannot expect that African Americans can fight for their rights through legal action on their own.

Read More
645 Words | 3 Pages

In The Wednesday Wars, the Vietnam war, which also took place in the 1960s, is mentioned numerous times throughout the novel, causing Mai Thi, a vietnamese student, to face discrimination from her peers and teachers. “On the last day before holiday break, (Mrs.Bigio said) to Mai Thi: ‘... You shouldn’t even be here, sitting like a queen in a refugee home while American boys are sitting in swamps on Christmas Day. They’re the ones who should be here. Not you.’” (Schmidt 95).

Read More
730 Words | 3 Pages

The men who served in the Vietnam War were just barely men, some of them were just hitting the age twenty. It was the draft which brought these boys into the fight involuntarily, to fight a war which they saw no meaning in. Many of these boys are the sons of veterans who fought in World War II, that came home to parades and were held up like heroes for fighting. Honorary men of the country and the soldiers fighting for Vietnam did not want to disappoint them. Thus, when O’Brien mentions in the quote, valor was not the point, he is trying to explain to the reader that the men went like it was a job they had to do, not a random act of courage that willed them to proceed.

Read More
1589 Words | 7 Pages

The three movies – Platoon, Full Metal Jacket, and The Green Berets – are all movies based on the same historical event – the Vietnam war and US’s involvement in it. Yet, they all presented us with different and narrative point of view and authority figures in order to paint their individual values. The movies’ most obvious differences lie within the choice of their narrative point of view. The Green Beret, the earliest one, was directed by John Wayne and he also starred in the leading role. Wayne’s authority and influence in the 1960s was similar to the influence of Tom Hanks in the 21st Century.

Read More
183 Words | 1 Pages

My favorite quotation from the book is, “He wished that he, too, had a wound, a red badge of courage. (PG.40)” When Henry saw a mob of men being shot, he ran over to see them. He saw blood on each person and envied them, as they have a red badge of courage and he doesn’t. This quote states that instead of being cowards in the war, the men fought, while Henry did not do anything.

Read More
1079 Words | 5 Pages

Young or old, male or female, the war was told differently by every person who was involved in the battle, no matter how small their role. Despite the cacophony of standpoints vying to tell the definitive tale of what happened in Vietnam, the perspective of

Read More
1887 Words | 8 Pages

The Vietnam War began in the year 1957 and did not conclude till the year 1975. However, the United States did not enter the war till 1965, and left by 1973 (Skinner 1). When the U.S. made the decision to go to war, not everyone in the country was pleased. The country was divided over the idea of the U.S. getting involved in a foreign-affair war. Some believed that the U.S. had a responsibility to assist South Vietnam, a U.S. ally.

Read More
720 Words | 3 Pages

Breanna Ramirez Mr.Pantoja, Mrs.Ryglicki English 4 11 May 2016 Abortion: Is it Right or Wrong? How would you feel if someone wanted take your life? Imagine the feeling of having a mother that does not want you even before you are born. In 1821 Connecticut was the first state to pass the abortion law in the United States.

Read More
763 Words | 4 Pages

The soldiers in the Vietnams war were there for different reasons, some soldiers were forced against their will and some were there by choice. Because of that, each soldier has their own thoughts about the war, O’Brien has interpreted that “The twenty –six men were very quiet: some of them excited by the adventure, some of them afraid”. This clearly shows how the men

Read More
718 Words | 3 Pages

The integrity they possess make them courage to fight the right thing to do. It is the basis for the trust that is essential for the Armed Forces to operate effectively. By having

Read More

More about Tony Mcdaniel's 'Operation Desert Storm'

Related Topics

Open Document