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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.