Vietnam Americas First RockandRoll War
Vietnam: America’s First Rock-and-Roll War The Vietnam War could not compare to any other war the United States had seen before. The average age of soldiers was 19, and some figures gather that 90 percent were all under the age of 23. This was also the first war in which the GIs listened to antiwar and protest songs while fighting in the conflict. In previous wars, the music had always been supportive, more or less hiding the truth of what was really going on. With Vietnam it actually told the soldiers and their families what was really happening: murdering innocent people for a lost or unknown reason. Like may people back home, many GIs brought their taste of music into the front lines. Rock was the most popular type of music World War II was different from the Vietnam War in that the forties witnessed a unified mission of fighting fascism and Nazism. In the latter stages of the Vietnam War, there was no such unity of purpose. Music has always provided need relief during
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Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)
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