Fallen Angels is a story about a young man named Perry, and his adventures throughout the Vietnamese war. He goes to Vietnam at the beginning, were the war is taking place. Since the book is about Nam, some of the facts in it must be pretty well based, since the Vietnam war did actually occur. For example, there is a very graphic part when the soldiers are walking through the woods in Vietnam, and there are dead bodies pinned on the trees. this is a legitimate thing that the Congs did in the war. There are many other dangers that the general tells the soldiers about, including how the Vietnamese used all these drugs and things before a fight so they will literally fight until they drop. This technique has been used all over history, in multiple wars throughout time. It started with the Chinese during the Ming Dynasty, and is still even used today, so it's got to be effective. This made the Vietnamese fighters very difficult to defeat, since they felt virtually no pain. This too, was a true technique used by the Congs. Along with that, the general tells them about the the dangers of the Vietnamese Black Market, as well as the diseases they could gain while in the area. This includes the diseases gained by air, food, and other things along those lines, but also the dangerous STDs possible to get while in the area. I looked it up, and Vietnam is a very dangerous place, disease-wise, especially when it comes to the places like Chu Lai, where the soldiers in my book are fighting.
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4/27/2017 05:52:44 pm
Interesting! I never knew the Vietnamese overloaded on drugs to fight in the war. Does the effect wear off if they live?
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Nick Buynitzky
4/30/2017 05:09:12 pm
The reason why they did such a thing is so that they couldn't feel pain while in battle. I stated that earlier in my post, it must not have been clear enough, sorry about that.
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Mrs. Shelow
5/5/2017 05:10:20 am
Nick - it's clear you did a lot of research for this article, but remember the rubric asked for direct textual evidence.
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