The war in Vietnam began in 1957 and ended in 1975. The communist government of the North wished the United States to stop their support of the South Vietnam efforts against communism. The US didn't actually start fighting in the war until troops first entered the small country in March of 1965. The United States army and the South Vietnamese army worked together to try and fight off the North were fighting to unify Vietnam as one communist country. Although America withdrew troops in 1973 the South still fought for their freedom and their right to a democratic government. Despite the strong efforts of the both the rebel Viet Cong. in the South and the American soldiers a surrender was inevitable, and it occurred April 30, 1975.

All of the history behind the war and the political reasons to back up the cause, caused America to be a changed nation, forever. Music, entertainment, teenagers, books, art, and society as a whole mutated from the years 1957 to 1975.

In 1957 kids did whatever their parents told

Even now in the newspapers today current politicians feel guilt for a war they fought in. They know what happened there, because they were there. Many soldiers from this war still alive today recall gathering Vietnamese civilians together and killing them, unknowing exactly who their enemy was. Imagine being one of those people, or one of those soldiers, both scared, both with no real understanding of what was going on. Unknowing of what you fight for and unknowing of why you and your family die at the hands of strangers.

Teens fought for their rights, grew long hair, drank too much, partied too much, experimented too much, all in the name of rebellion against a meaningless, harmful war. Their mouths opened in protest like no one had ever seen before, and entertainment changed its focus from love infatuation to peace. All changes in the American society from the years of the war were directly caused by the war. Society still feels the effects today because the war in Vietnam can never be forgotten because of the hold its affect still has on society and American history.

Movies today which focus on war try to depict a real scene with the grotesque images of death to explain what the

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