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In book Everything We Had, the author Al Santoli examines the oral history thirty-three Americans and their experiences in Vietnam war. discuss In your opinion, what are the experiences dealing with race and gender representative of how these issues are portrayed today? Why or why not? cite your work
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Running head: RACE AND GENDER REPRESENTATION TODAY
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During the Vietnam War, the American army was composed of both men and women, and
blacks and whites. The men in the army mostly participated in the battle while the women mostly
volunteered to provide support services. Some of the activities that the women took part in were
as intelligent offices, air traffic controllers, clerks, weather monitors, and roughly 90% of them
were nurses for the wounded soldiers.
By the end of the war, most vets talked of the war as being traumatizing. Though Sergeant Larry
stated insistently, that there was no racial barrier of any kind in his u...
