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Questions:
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When and or will the narrator tell his daughter Kathleen what
happened that night outside My Khe ? Why do you think some
veterans never talk of their experiences ?
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Why do you think the girl was dancing ? Was it okay that Azar
mocked the girl ? Was mocking or insulting the native people
a common thing amongst U.S forces ?
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Could Norman have been the only veteran to have felt the
way he did ? Do you think that the problems Norman
experienced are being recognized and treated with todays
veterans ?
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By the end of 1965 the number of American troops in Southeast Asia rose
to more than 184,000 and by 1968 stood at more than 525,000.
President Nixon begins troop withdrawals from the region in May 1969, as
massive demonstrations and protests against the war went on in the
United States.
The U.S. began a military assault on Cambodia in 1970 and later heavily
bombed North Vietnam in order to bring them to discussions about
ending the conflict.
A cease-fire was signed in Paris, 1973. War broke out again in the region,
but North Vietnam's victory in 1975 ended the longest war in which the
U.S. had ever been involved.
Source: http://www.factmonster.com/ipka/A0769991.html