Word: vietnam
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...living embodiment of the American success story. The son of Jamaican immigrants, General Powell never acquired the cachet of West Point or Annapolis (the military's Ivy League). Instead, he graduated from the City College of New York and went on to become a war hero in Vietnam. He is the first Black man to be appointed Head of the Joint Chiefs. Think about that for a second--what it must be like to be the first Black anything in this country. Whether you're the first Black big league ballplayer or the first Black Harvard student, everyone is waiting...
...ironic that the first President of the Vietnam generation--a man who himself opposed that war--would end up in a quagmire even more dangerous and fruitless than Vietnam. For one thing, today's weapons are far more destructive than those of the 1960s. Secondly, there is danger that a Balkan War would spill over out of the region--even into Russia...
Does the Holocaust museum belong? Well, it does. Those who object to it are just as wrong as the other people who (for very different reasons) campaigned against the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, calling it a depressive exercise, an insult to the American military and a "black gash of shame." The Vietnam wall transcended the criticisms and became an American shrine...
...VIETNAM: How Many Were Left Behind...
Major wars, from the Peloponnesus to the Persian Gulf, are fought and refought in the minds of scholars and military buffs long after the bones of the soldiers who did the real fighting have turned to dust. So it is likely to be -- and then some -- with the Vietnam War. Last week, for instance, on the eve of a crucial U.S. mission to Vietnam, a Harvard researcher disclosed parts of a document indicating that Hanoi has lied repeatedly about the number of American prisoners captured during the war. If the document proves to be accurate, its contents could destroy...