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My Vision For America Essay

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My Vision for America My vision for America is that one day the pride and honor that was felt when you said you were from America would be restored. The type of pride we had after both world wars that made people feel honored and happy to be able to say that they lived in America. Imagine for me that it’s the late evening of September 1st, 1945; you walk across your living room and turn your radio on. You and your family sit intently and listen to Harry S. Truman’s speech while Japan surrenders to the U.S.A. on the U.S.S. Missouri. You genuinely take in what the president is saying during his speech. One part in particular sticks out; “Our first thoughts, of course, thoughts of gratefulness and deep obligation-go out to those of our loved ones who have been killed or maimed in this terrible war… American men and women have given their lives so that this day of ultimate …show more content…

Our troops are being deployed to help prevent the spread of communism in Vietnam. This was all due to the domino theory from Japan in World War II and the Russians during the Cold War. By 1969 five hundred thousand troops were in Vietnam fighting. However back home the support that American troops had during WWII was nonexistent. In 1973, our troops were withdrawn with 57,937 troops dead or missing. Those that did come home witnessed unimaginable horrors while serving their country. Neighbors, brothers, friends, fathers and uncle’s deaths were witnessed not only by our troops but by our nurses and doctors. But when our troops and medical care came home from this horrendous experience they weren’t greeted with the support and celebration as they had been in1945. Instead, they were treated with hatred and disrespect. In “Coming Home: A Study In Contrast” troops were called: baby killers, psychos, drug addicts, and war mongers. Troop homecomings were protested, members of the armed forces had urine flung on them, and were refused service in

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