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Assume the roles of each individual.
State what each individual would identify as the most important lesson
the US learned during the Vietnam War.
1. Congressman who voted for the Tonkin Resolution
2. Member of Joint Chiefs who stayed on job after President ignored repeated pleas to declare war to gain
public support
3. Decorated Vietnam soldier who was taunted by people in his hometown when he wore
his uniform on a date
4. Inner city black who had looked forward to realization of Lyndon Johnson's Great Society
5. Vietnam Veteran who testified before a Congressional hearing that his children had severe health problems
after he was exposed to Agent Orange in Vietnam. (Agent Orange used to kill vegetations in Vietnam)
6. The Parents of a Vietnam soldier killed in action
7. State Department official who worked to convince 3 US Presidents that Vietnam was vital to American security
(the Domino effect, rise of Communism)
8. Soldier who deserted the army after participating in the My Lai massacre
9. Vietnam veteran suffered Post Traumatic Stress Disorders and unable to keep a job, hold his marriage together, or get
the US Government to pay for needed psychiatric treatment
10. Economic expert who calculated the total cost of the Vietnam War (including lost wages, future medical and veteran benefits)
will total between 842 Billion dollars to 885 Billion (1969 money)
11. Vietnam veteran who had enlisted after growing up hearing to his father's stories of the Americans stopping the spread of Nazism in
WWII
12. You
State what each individual would identify as the most important lesson
the US learned during the Vietnam War.
1. Congressman who voted for the Tonkin Resolution
2. Member of Joint Chiefs who stayed on job after President ignored repeated pleas to declare war to gain
public support
3. Decorated Vietnam soldier who was taunted by people in his hometown when he wore
his uniform on a date
4. Inner city black who had looked forward to realization of Lyndon Johnson's Great Society
5. Vietnam Veteran who testified before a Congressional hearing that his children had severe health problems
after he was exposed to Agent Orange in Vietnam. (Agent Orange used to kill vegetations in Vietnam)
6. The Parents of a Vietnam soldier killed in action
7. State Department official who worked to convince 3 US Presidents that Vietnam was vital to American security
(the Domino effect, rise of Communism)
8. Soldier who deserted the army after participating in the My Lai massacre
9. Vietnam veteran suffered Post Traumatic Stress Disorders and unable to keep a job, hold his marriage together, or get
the US Government to pay for needed psychiatric treatment
10. Economic expert who calculated the total cost of the Vietnam War (including lost wages, future medical and veteran benefits)
will total between 842 Billion dollars to 885 Billion (1969 money)
11. Vietnam veteran who had enlisted after growing up hearing to his father's stories of the Americans stopping the spread of Nazism in
WWII
12. You