Time

The Vietnam war started in 1963 and ended in 1973. In my story the time period is going to be around 1965.


This is a picture of a truck built in the 1960s.

These are a few dresses back in the late 1960s. 4 generations of their family. You can also see part of the house.

This is a picture of a aircraft in the Vietnam war. As you can see it is very different than our aircraft's now.

This is a picture of Soldiers firing their tank during their fire mission. This is what the tanks look like in the late 1960s in the Vietnam war.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/75/A12Blackbird.jpg

This is a picture of a plane that was made in 1960.

Mood

The mood that will be in my story is going to be suspense. In a couple parts it is between life and death with Clifford Sim's troops. the most suspenseful part in my story is when Sims has to pick between sacrifice his life for his troops, or get both his troops and him killed for a booby trap. He is also remembering that allot of men in his troops are married and needing to get home to see their kids. In the middle of my story Sim and his troops also went through other dangerous situations which builds the suspense even more.

geography

In one part of my story Clifford Sim and his two other troop members were in their barracks. A Barrack is a Run down building or a tent looking house for the military to keep their personal belongings and also for sleeping purposes. These Barracks are for temporary uses only, so they dont live in those buildings for more than a week. This is on of the most important part of my story because Sims overheard John McCain and Joe Jackson talking about how happy McCain is to go home to his family because his wife will be having a baby soon. Later on, in my story Sims will sacrifice his life so his troop members can get back home safely and John McCain can get home to is wife and new baby.

In the end of my story Sim's troops were walking through the jungle. It was very intense and suspensful because it was very dense and you couldnt tell if there was anyone around you. So the troops couldnt tell if there was a boobytrap starting up. It was very dangerous for them.This was another scene that builded up suspense.

BIBLIOGRAPHY
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_McCain_III
http://mccain.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=AboutSenatorMcCain.Biography
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/barrack
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_M._Jackson
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/81/101junglevietnam1969.jpg

John McCain

John Sidney McCain III was born on August 29, 1936. John was a lieutenant commander in the Vietnam war. McCain requested a combat assignment, and was assigned to the aircraft carrier USS Forrestal flying A-4 Sky hawks. He began his combat duty when he was 30 years old in the summer of 1967. The Operation Rolling Thunder happened during the Vietnam War, McCain and his fellow pilots became very frustrated by micromanagement from Washington.

By then lieutenant commander, McCain was almost killed on July 29, 1967. McCain was near the center of the Forrestal fire. He escaped from his burning jet and was trying to help another pilot escape when a bomb exploded; McCain was struck in the legs and chest by fragments of the jet.The fire killed 134 sailors and took 24 hours to finally get it under control. On October 26, 1967, during his twenty third bombing mission a missle hit his jet and there was nothing else to do but eject. From him doing that he broke both of his arms and a leg. After that he was taken to a prison and was denied proper treatment. McCain was also often beaten by the North Vietnamese and was a prsoner for a long time with no aids or treatment. When McCain was released form prison and able to go back to his home years later, Senator John McCain continued his service and regaind his navel fight status. He retired from the Navy in 1981 and he got 5 navel honors. They are the Bronze Star,Silver Star, Legion of Merit, Purple Heart, and the Distinguished Flying Cross.

Lieutenant Colonel Joe. M. Jackson was born March 14,1923 in Newnan, Georgia. He served as a career officer in the United States Air Force. Joe was awarded the Medal of Honor during the Vietnam War for a dangerous but very important rescue operation of 3 American military officers.

Once Jackson completed a staff tour in Europe, he was assigned to fly the C-123 Provider over South Vietnam while the Vietnam War was taking place. While he also flew 298 combat missions during this period, it was his most risky rescue mission on May 12, 1968 near Kham Duc this fearful act earned him the nation's highest award for military stands.

On January 16, 1969, President Lyndon B. Johnson presented Joe M. Jackson with the Medal of Honor at a White House ceremony. The other Medal of Honor that day was given to Newnan native Stephen W. Pless, a Marine Aviator who, like Jackson, had earned the decoration for a very dangerous and risky airborne rescue. It was also amazing that both Pless and Jackson were from the same little town of Georgia town, President Johnson quoted "There must be something in the water down in Newnan."

Lieutenant Colonel Joe. M. Jackson still had a few more years to continue serving on the active duty in the Air Force. He served at the Pentagon and as a faculty member of the Air War College. After 33 years of active duty service on the military Jackson retired. He currently resides in the state of Washington, at the age of 85 years old.

Clifford Chester Sims was a staff Sargent in the Vietnam war. He was born on June 18, 1942, in Port St. Joe, FL . He was 25 years old when he died in the Vietnam

War, and was buried in Barrancas National Cemetery, Pensacola, FL. When he was serving as a squad leader Company D was assaulting a heavily guarded enemy area walled within a dense wooded area when it encountered a strong enemy defensive fire. Once they got into the wood line, Sergeant Sims led his troops in a horrible attack against an enemy force that earlier had sunk down the 1st Platoon and Company D threatened to overrun it. Sims was ordered to move his troop to find cover. After no more than 3o feet sergeant sims noticed that there was a brick sculpture which the ammunition was stocked was on fire! When he realized that his troops were in danger he took quick action and got them away although 2 of the members of his squad were injured by the explosion. On February 21,1968 outside of Hue, South Vietnam, Staff Sargent Sims took a sacrifice to save his troops from getting killed by hurling himself upon a (booby trap) when it exploded. They were walking through the woods on their way to a bunker and they heard the sound of a booby trap being triggered. At that moment sergeant Sims warned his troops that they were in danger and hurled himself on-top of it. There were three radio telephone operators explaining in details on how Sims saved the lives of all of the solders in his area. Sims was fully aware of what sacrifice he was making and he was more worried about his troops.

After all of this happened the medal of honor was presented to Clifford's Family at the White House by the Vice president Spiro T. Agnew on December 2,1969.


Link to picture of Clifford Sims...
http://www.homeofheroes.com/thumbnails/7_rvn/simms.jpg