The War in Vietnam – A Story in Photographs December 10, 2009

 

1. The overall focus of the link:

During the Vietnam War, the information about the American military can be shown us through the TV screen and the newspapers. It benefited for that the American military allowed journalists to document the war in combat zones. From 1962 to 1975, a wide range of photographers took a lot photographs referring to all aspects of the war, which took benefits for those people who wanted to learn more about the war. At the same time, these journalists paid a great deal of effort to grab the precious moments.

1. The picture 1:

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Operation “Yellowstone” Vietnam. Following a hard day, a few members of Company A gather around a guitar and play a few songs, January 18, 1968.
ARC Identifier: 530617

Describe:

In the picture, we can see a soldier who was setting in the middle was playing guitar. He looked very sad. The soldier wearing the black glasses and setting at the left hand of the player was attracted by the music. The guy who set behind them closed his eyes was taking a rest.  

Reaction:

Although it is a rest time for the soldiers, they all looked so depressed, sad, and unhappy. Why? Could it be because they were so tired; they missed their lovers; or they want to end of this war. I really hope there are no wars in our world. I don’t want to see the sorrow in soldiers’ face.

1. The picture 2:

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Operation “Oregon,” a search and destroy mission conducted by infantry platoon of Troop B. An infantryman is lowered into a tunnel by members of the reconnaissance platoon, April 24, 1967.
ARC Identifier: 530613

Describe:

 In this picture, we can see a solider fell into a hole. He stretched out his hands to his companions for help. His four companions rushed hastily, two guys who seized his left hand were smoking; the other guys who seized his right hand had no time to take off the heavy equipment. They were did their best efforts to pulled their friend out of this hole.

Reaction:

This picture showed us the friendship among soldiers. In normal life, they talked with each other and played together; during the war, they were partners in fighting side by side. The war is very cruel. But, now I felt the warm about their actions. They must unite tightly, and then they can beat back the enemy and win the war.

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A nurse tends to a patient just out of surgery in the intensive care ward of the hospital ship USS Repose, October, 1967.
ARC Identifier: 558532

Describe:

 In this picture, we can know this happened in a hospital, because there were a lot of medicinal equipments. And we can see everywhere is white color: the war, the clothes, the bed sheets etc. A beautiful and young nurse was taking care of an injured solider. The soldier’s head was hurt and he looked very painful. The nurse might be talking some good words to calm him down.

Reaction:

After I saw this picture, on one side, I am very sympathetic to those injured in the war fighters. I felt again the war was full of the hurt, the violence, and the blooding. On the other side, I am very grateful to those doctors and nurses who worked hardly in the rear.

vocabularay story December 3, 2009

 

Recently, a new movie released in China which stands high in public estimation. Its Chinese name comes from the Chinese classic books. But it was translated in English is called The Message.

The background of this story is about the coexistence of Wang Jingwei puppet government, Japanese troop and the Chinese Communist in Chinese Anti-Japanese War. Wang Jingwei puppet government and Japanese troop made a treaty to contract confederation. But, there was a huge hostility between in Wang Jingwei puppet government, Japanese troop and Chinese Communist. In order to maintain the Chinese sovereignty, the Chinese militiamen were trying their best to dislodge the Japanese troop. So, the primary coverage of this story relates to the spy. Initially, some delegates of Wang Jingwei puppet government and Japanese troop were assassinated by Chinese Communist. Wang Jingwei puppet government and Japanese troop confirmed that the spies of the Chinese Communist penetrated in them. So, they allocated a large of manpower to investigate who was the spy .A general of Japanese troop was granted concession and was scheduled five days to resolve this problem. Swiftly, five officers were raised doubts in Wang Jingwei puppet government. They were assembled to get the investigation in a special place. The beginning of the investigation was chaotic. The second day, there was a false overtones which implied the secretary of commander in chief was the spy. He said he was harmless and solicited to be set free. Because the general made arbitrary decisions which led the officer was killed. But, later it was proved this was a mistake. In remaining days, the director of military business committed suicide; the minister of coding office who was the most literate among them was removed from suspected.  At last, the outcome was that there were two spies in Wang Jingwei puppet government .One spy was found and killed. She was an officer of coding office has a stronger diplomacy among them. The other spy wasn’t found. He was the minister of military staff. His secession has a very important significance to the Chinese Communist, which related to the withdrawal of the false action of the Chinese Communist.

     Because there were a lot of soldiers and people made the supreme sacrifice during the war. So, we won the final success of the war.

 

Photographs and Pamphlet About Nuclear Fallout December 2, 2009

The first appearance of Nuclear bomb in public was the America put the new destructive weapon in Hiroshima and Nagasaki of Japan in 1945, which was end of the world war II .At first, the skills of this awful bomb were only controlled by the United States. In 1949, the Soviet Union who used to be its ally of the World War II and later became the competitors for their personal benefits developed the Nuclear bomb. From then on, the competition of maintain the superiority of nuclear weapons began. There were lots of nuclear weapons testing including above-ground and below-ground explosion for the arms race happened, which gave off a mass of nuclear fallout. With the development of competition, it was necessary to promote development and popularization of civil defense procedures, which shown in two aspects.

 

 

The nuclear weapon is a kind of very dreadful weapon which has huge destructive power. At the same time, after the explosion of the nuclear bomb, there will be lots of influence on local people and this influence will last a long time. So, we should control it and prevent its extension.