Hippies, Yippies, and War Hawks

Hippies, Yippies, and War HawksThe Things They Carried Research Assignment

Choice Lyrics From Antiwar SongsTHE DOORS "The Unknown Soldier

Wait until the war is over And we're both a little older The unknown soldier

Breakfast where the news is read Television children fed Unborn living, living, dead Bullet strikes the helmet's head

And it's all over For the unknown soldier It's all over For the unknown soldier THE GUESS WHO "American Woman"

American woman, stay away from meAmerican woman, mama, let me beDon't come a-hangin' around my doorI don't wanna see your face no moreI got more important things to doThan spend my time growin' old with youNow woman, I said stay awayAmerican woman, listen what I say

Go, gotta get away, gotta get awayNow go go goI'm gonna leave you, womanGonna leave you, womanBye-bye

THE CLASHThe Call Up

It's up to you not to heed the call upAnd you must not act the way you were brought upWho knows the reason why you have grown up?Who knows the plans or why they were drawn up

It's up to you not to hear the call upI don't wanna dieIt's up to you not to hear the call upI don't wanna kill

For he who will dieIs he who will kill

It's up to you not to hear the call upYou must not act the way you were brought upChoice Lyrics From Prowar SongsTOBY KEITH "Courtesy Of The Red, White, And Blue (The Angry American)"

Hey Uncle SamPut your name at the top of his listAnd the Statue of LibertyStarted shakin her fistAnd the eagle will flyMan, its gonna be hellWhen you hear Mother FreedomStart ringin her bellAnd it feels like the whole wide world is raining down on youBrought to you Courtesy of the Red White and BlueSTAFF SERGEANT BARRY SADLER and ROBIN MOOREBallad of the Green Beret

Fighting soldiers from the sky Fearless men who jump and die Men who mean just what they say The brave men of the Green Beret

Silver wings upon their chest These are men, America's best One hundred men will test today But only three win the Green Beret

Trained to live off nature's land Trained in combat, hand-to-hand Men who fight by night and day Courage peak from the Green BeretsMERLE HAGGARD"The Fightin' Side Of Me"

I read about some squirrely guy,Who claims, he just don't believe in fightin'.An' I wonder just how long,The rest of us can count on bein' free.They love our milk an' honey,But they preach about some other way of livin'.When they're runnin' down my country, hoss,They're walkin' on the fightin' side of me. The Home-frontWar HawksPro-warTypically clean cut conservativesOften aggressive and spiteful

DovesAnti-warTypically had long shaggy hair and loose clothingWere either hippies or yippiesThe U.S. experienced inner-turmoil during the Vietnam warAt the time, things seemed to be divided into two groups, War Hawks and Doves The Home-frontHippiesDropped out of society completelyOften lived in clans or families in the woodsHad no desire to partake in much of anythingConsidered clothing optionalInfamous for usage of illegal drugsSo whats the difference?VSYippiesRunaway teens and rebellious young adultsTypically moved to San FranciscoProtested war, racism, and sexismWanted to change AmericaInfamous for usage of illegal drugs

**The Home frontProtestsHey, LBJ! How many kids did you kill today?Yippies vs. Hawks Young Adults vs. Armed Police Officers

Typically just protesters yelling and waving around banners, but sometimes turned violent

The most famous protest that turned violent was the Kent State protest

The Home-frontKent State Protest and Tragedy

May 4, 1970Ohio National Guard fired into a crowd of protestors unprovokedNine protestors were woundedFour were murdered

AMERICA IN VIETNAM, 1963: DEEPER INTO WARThe Article This article is a reflection on Life Magazines coverage of the Vietnam War as well as a minor summary of the war It primarily discusses the photographs Life Magazine used in its January 25, 1963 magazine These photos include the background of this slide (and the next one) and were taken by Larry Burrows.

Larry Burrows circa 1963AMERICA IN VIETNAM, 1963: DEEPER INTO WARThe article talks about the photos they published in 1963 because they were in colorWhile this doesnt sound too impressive now, 51 years ago these photos and their colors shocked American eyesAccording to the article, Americans were not used to the gore associated with color images.The gore showed Americans of the 1960s how horrific war truly is Happy Last Day Of School!null243477.17