Vietnam Essay

​Jaylan Norwood

7/11/13

ENC 1101

Vietnam essay

In the images, the feelings are emotions can be unbearable. Just the thought of your family name being on the wall with all the other patriots, makes you want to just sit and cry.

The sight makes you want to close your eyes and just imagine life in the Vietnam War. It's an intense feeling as you just imagine that their bodies could still be over there in the rice paddies. When you touch the wall of smooth granite and run your fingers along the engraved names, it's like you can feel their presence. You just think and try ti gather yourself as began to cry. You can hear whimpers of the elderly, who probably knew the soldier. You can also hear cries of family members, comrades, friends, spouse, and lovers who never got to meet up as promise. you can hear parents and grandparents explaining to their children who the fallen soldier was. You can see kids walking around reading random names they never heard of. You may even feel a chill through your body as the ghost may be pasting through your body so you can feel its presence. You can also smell flowers and incense as the crowd pay their respect for those who fought for our country. The worst part about this event is that names are still being added to the list of M.I.A, and they lost their lives to foreign affairs that had nothing to do with the U.S. Also we lost the war,while we were dealing with our racial problems. So was all this all for nothing?