The Grunt War
Unlike pervasive stereotypes about Vietnam veterans, the majority of them are normal US citizens who mostly participated in the war to do good deeds. Many Americans consider veterans amoral killers. However, the vast majority of veterans never committed such atrocities. Whether they volunteered or were drafted, most of them had to get on ships or flights to go to the war zone. Yet, few of those men actually fell on hard fightings, and only small amount of them actually experienced breakdowns which later lead them to be more liable to commit war crimes. Rest of the troops practiced acts of kindness toward civilians, and what they wanted the most was just going back to home. However, once they got back to their home country, they had to face negative prejudices about veterans. It is true that some veterans did fall into drugs and alcohol, but the vast majority of them settled down without any problem. This shows that veterans are not only fighting with their own scars from the war, but also with the negative stereotypes of Americans.
This is a summary of an article. Here is the link: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/17/opinion/the-grunts-war.html?action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=opinion-c-col-right-region®ion=opinion-c-col-right-region&WT.nav=opinion-c-col-right-region&_r=0
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The Grunt War
Contrary to pervasive stereotypes about Vietnam veterans, the majority are normal US citizens who participated in the war to do good deeds. Many Americans consider Vietnam veterans to be amoral killers. However, the vast majority have never committed such atrocities. Whether they volunteered or were drafted, most Vietnam veterans had to get on ships or flights to get to the war zone. Yet, few actually fell on hard times, and even fewer experienced breakdowns. Such breakdowns would make them more likely to commit war crimes. The rest of the troops practiced acts of kindness toward civilians, and yearned to return home. However, once they returned, they had to face prejudice. Some veterans used drugs and alcohol, but the vast majority settled down without any problems. This shows that Vietnam veterans are not only dealing with their scars from the war, but also with the negative stereotypes held by Americans.1
The Grunt War
Unlike pervasive stereotypes about Vietnam veterans, the majority of them are normal US citizens who mostly participated in the war to do good deeds. Many Americans consider veterans amoral killers. However, the vast majority of veterans never committed such atrocities. Whether they volunteered or were drafted, most of them had to get on ships or flights to go to the war zone. Yet, few of those men actually fell on hard fightings, and only small amount of them actually experienced breakdowns which later lead them to be more liable to commit war crimes. Rest of the troops practiced acts of kindness toward civilians, and what they wanted the most was just going back to home. However, once they got back to their home country, they had to face negative prejudices about veterans. It is true that some veterans did fall into drugs and alcohol, but the vast majority of them settled down without any problem. This shows that veterans are not only fighting with their own scars from the war, but also with the negative stereotypes of Americans.Great job EunHye! You have a wonderful grasp of the English language. I did not read the article you summarized, but I will give you some feedback on your summary.
I think you meant to say "hard times," which a common English colloquialism. "Fightings" is not a word. The only other thing is that "rest" needs a definite article, so it would be "The rest of the troops..."
Everything else looks good!
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The Grunt War
Unlike pervasive stereotypes about Vietnam veterans, the majority of them are normal US citizens who mostly participated in the war to do good deeds. Many Americans consider veterans amoral killers. However, the vast majority of veterans never committed such atrocities. Whether they volunteered or were drafted, most of them had to get on ships or flights to go to the war zone. Yet, few of those men actually fell on hard times, and only a small amount of them actually experienced breakdowns which later lead them to be more liable to commit war crimes. The rest of the troops practiced acts of kindness toward civilians, and what they wanted the most was to just going back to home. However, once they got back to their home country, they had to face negative prejudices about veterans. It is true that some veterans did fall into drugs and alcohol, but the vast majority of them settled down without any problems. This shows that veterans are not only fighting with their own scars from the war, but also with the negative stereotypes of Americans.This is a summary of an article. Here is the link: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/17/opinion/the-grunts-war.html?action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=opinion-c-col-right-region®ion=opinion-c-col-right-region&WT.nav=opinion-c-col-right-region&_r=0
Wow! I think you have better writing skills than a lot of native English speakers.
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