It shows you have the potential for further personal growth are the best contributor. It shows that you are highly motivated toward this position and are fit.
Equal opportunity employment occurred AFTER the Vietnam War. US Females performed medical/supportive duties in the US Civil War, WWI, WWII, Korean War, and Vietnam War.
During WWII, Korea, and the Vietnam War...WAC's for the US Army; WAVES for the US Navy; WAFs in the USAF. All were disbanded in 1975 with the entrance of equal opportunity employment.
Yes. They intended to conquer South Vietnam; and they did.
Employment in the defense industry.
Defense related employment was quite common.
As in Korea and WWII, women in Vietnam were volunteers in both the military and civilian employment, with the majority of their effort addressed to the medical field.
Saw an opportunity to neutralize the Byzantine empire and diverted their army to Constantinople.
Employment (rubber tree plantations). Paved roads, bridges, etc.
The US didn't back a communist nation, Red China & the USSR backed them.
Novels are fiction. Politcal correctness and equal opportunity came after 1975, when the war ended.
Vietnam gave the "cold war" leaders the opportunity to perfect their "cold war" weapons...by actually using them in combat; e.g. the B52 & the MiG21 for example. SAMs and their accompanying radars as another example.
James P. Northrup has written: 'Old age, handicapped, and Vietnam-era antidiscrimination legislation' -- subject(s): Age discrimination in employment, Discrimination against people with disabilities, Discrimination in employment, Employment, Law and legislation, People with disabilities, United States, Veterans