There are 58,286 Americans named on the memorial honoring those who gave their lives in service to the American nation while fighting the war in Vietnam .
Air war North Vietnam. Ground war South Vietnam.
Americans dropped bombs on Laos. No guerrilla warfare occurred here.
The NVA and the VC (North Vietnamese Army and the Viet Cong).
Part of the cold war.
NVA and VC.
people
No.
The Vietnam War divided Americans due to the different beliefs of the war's proponents and opponents. Many youth were vehemently opposed to the war and protested it openly. It was also the first war to be covered on TV, making the realities of war even easier for people to see.
Vietnam was the first war in history that played out nightly on national television. The pictures and video from the war zone were shocking to many Americans and caused disillusionment for our role in the fighting.
Vietnam was the first war in history that played out nightly on national television. The pictures and video from the war zone were shocking to many Americans and caused disillusionment for our role in the fighting.
The Americans lost the Vietnam War (1954-1975).