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Johnson English 10 H 9 May 2011 Period 5 Team 8 Board Discussion # 3 The three stories The War Escalates, Dear Folks, and Declaration of Independence from the War of Vietnam all revolve around the Vietnam War. Soldiers in each story were to serve, to protect and to fight for justice and to fight to be equal. The universal concept for the soldier is to kill thy enemy. Secondary and primary sources can be seen though the bias eye and may be thought as accurate or wrong. Even though some may argue that the primary source can be false and biased. Similarly one can see with all three short stories connection with Tim OBrien and his story Where Have You Gone Charming Billy? In the secondary presence of The War Escalates, the reader can see the different events from the Vietnam War. The Tonkin Gulf Resolution was when Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara advised the U.S military of their commitment for prevention of a Communist win. The Congress passed the Tonkin Gulf Resolution which gave the president to take all necessary measures (Holt 634). There were U.S Forces in Vietnam and the troops were made up of more than 2 million Americans. The most vivid images of the war show soldiers facing the hardships and terrors of battle. Some confronted the enemy in well-defined battles in the highlands (Holt 636). They were describing the affects from the secondary perspectives since they were not there at the actual event. The reader assumes the credibility that the story could have some flaws but overall trusts enough to use as a source. In Dear Folks by Kenneth W. Bagby wrote a letter to his parents of the perilous event in Vietnam. The letter indicates in the beginning there were people dying around him. Then he discusses how he helps in rescuing his fellow soldiers. He then states close to the end of the letter that I sat beside a tree and looked at it, and hoped I would never see the day it would be torn down and destroyed (Bagby 638). He was depicting on whether that war was going to be the end of the world or not. Thus one can see that a primary person has a different view during their pieces of literature. Even though one can see how credible the person is writing in their point of view. In the Declaration of Independence from the War in Vietnam by Martin Luther King is seen through his speech on the U.Ss involvement with Vietnam. As throughout the speech he is getting through by saying that we should not be involved in the war. He discusses reasons one by one with how its destructive to Vietnam, manipulative of its people, and considerate of its soldiers. As said in his speech, If we do not actshameful corridors of time reserved for those who possess power without compassion, might without morality and strength without sight (Jr. 639). Martin Luther King, a credible source, has been getting to the nation to see his plea of help and reason. All three short stories have been seen showing the examples, actual events, speeches that have been seen with this one common story of Where Have You Gone, Charming Billy? The story revolves around Private Paul on his time during the Vietnam War. All the soldiers were seen as Ag-ile, mo-bile, hos-tile (OBrien 621). These three stories were either primary or secondary sources. These stores are credible sources that can be trusted for future use.