Document Type
Comparison and Contrast Essay
Publication Date
1994
Excerpt
Visions of death and destruction are often associated with Vietnam. I suppose that is why my parents were somewhat wary when I chose to go to Vietnam for eight days on a school trip my senior year in high school. Vietnam has always been considered a war-torn nation struggling to keep its economic head above water. I know I thought so. That is why I chose to go there. I wanted to see what the war was all about, and I thought I could understand it from the land it was fought on. Vietnam was nothing like I expected it to be. It was the most incredible place I have ever been.
Recommended Citation
Ruhter, Amy, "Misconceptions of Vietnam (1994)" (1994). The Valpo Core Reader. 263.
http://scholar.valpo.edu/core_reader/263
