“The worst part of serving in that war was not the bloodshed or the fighting in general, but the way we were mistreated. I left Josiah, but due to poor ranking and lack of care for those who served, I not only lost my abilities, but also my name. The strongest, most horrifying statement to come out of Joe's mouth during our interview. Before our interview, I had the honor of being Joe's technical tutor for the past two months. Every once in a while, he would drop in to try and learn some basic computer skills, now that the campus is mostly digital. He is a one-season veteran who served in the Ghost Battalion in southern Laos and was among the first to go to war, even before the American advisors, sent on a secret mission for the United States Marine Corps -United. Before our interview, I did a thorough analysis. I have read and researched the Vietnam War, my grandfather serving in WWII, and having all 3 of my uncles serve in the Korean War heavily influenced my own personal experiences. Seeing them randomly collapse and lose their minds somewhere at any moment, I tried to ask Joe serious questions for fear of hitting a weak spot. Fortunately, she is a cheerful person who was more than willing to tell me about her experiences that weren't too secret and to regale me with thoughts and opinions that weren't much different from those of my own family members who served. I focused my questions on his personal thoughts on the war, what it was like for him, and how he initially decided to enlist in the war. My first real question was, “You served in the Marine Corps.” Before the war officially began, when you learned of the impending crisis, what were your first thoughts? ..g knowing all this, he honestly had a brilliant hug that blew me away. Personally, I found myself on the verge of an emotional breakdown, his story is so intertwined with those of my family members who served and the horrors they experienced. have in the back of their minds. He was a physical embodiment of the horror that the war represented not only for the country of Vietnam but also for those who were there to fight. He explained why we suffered greatly during the war because unlike other wars the United States has fought in the past, they were fighting for themselves without knowing the people they were fighting with. For the Vietnamese, the war was not about fighting communism or putting an end to some sort of tyrannical ruler in a domino effect, but about their own freedom, and because of that we were doomed from the start. off to fight my kind of war. positive impact.