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Chubby Checker has to do with the cold war?
during the explosion of TV and other inventions people started watching rock and roll on their televisions. These rock and roll legends are buddy holly, Beatles, Elvis, and chubby checker.....
What are the landmarks of Vietnam?
Landmarks for whom? Veterans or just plain civilian tourists? For just plain tourists there's nothing special about Vietnam...no Great Walls or Pyramids. For even veterans, there's probably not much left to see as those old firebases have been turned into farms and the tanks have probably been re-cycled into automobiles. The Rock Pile near the old base Khe Sanh will still be there, but'll probably have no meaning to anyone other than some vets.
What countries and political figures were invovled in the Vietnam War?
Maxwell Taylor, Curtis LeMay, Eisenhower, McNamara, Johnson, President Kennedy, Senator Kennedy, Martin Luther King, John Wayne, James Stewart, Glenn Ford, Bob Hope, Gen. Patton (son of WW2 Gen. Patton), Errol Flynn's son Sean Flynn, Henry Cabot Lodge Jr., Nixon, Ford, muscial groups (rock and roll bands), etc. Thailand, South Korea, South Vietnam, (indirectly/un-officially) Laos & Cambodia, Philippines, Australia, New Zealand, the US, (Soviet Union/Red China supporting) North Vietnam.
What was the result on Vietnam War?
The new adult age in the US became 18 instead of age 21. Men are NO LONGER drafted; an all volunteer military was created. There are NO LONGER two countries in Southeast Asia called North & South Vietnam; there is only one Communist country called Vietnam. Individual US Infantrymen & US Marine Riflemen NO LONGER have full automatic capabilities on their individual rifles; they can only fire in short round bursts today. The Vietnam War was the ONLY war in US history in which every individual US Infantrymen and US Marine had a fully automatic rifle. After action reports indicated that US riflemen were "wasting" ammunition in return for "hits" on enemy personnel. "Rock 'n Roll" (Automatic Fire) sounded good, but was ineffective. Fixed-wing Aircraft (airplanes) have been replaced by helicopters and satellites for "spotting" artillery (adjusting artillery fire). US Infantrymen combat steel helmets have been replaced by ballistic armor. Maps & Compass's have been replaced by computers (GPS).
What impact did the Vietnam War have on music?
Rock and roll music was just about the closest thing GIs had to a computer over there. So, whenever music could be played it was. Steppenwolfs "Born to be Wild" was sometimes hooked up for the tank crew, when a "Thunder-run" was being made. That tape was fairly popular as the song's words just about described a thunder-run. A Patton tank drove down the road with it's 90mm gun and .50 caliber machinegun blazing away, which matched up with the song's "fire all of your guns and watch them explode into flame..."
