Well, a lot of them died.
They just did their duty, and discharged; being as how they had no say in the matter.
In America. the American soldiers? No. In Vietnam - the Vietnamese Viet-Cong? Yes.
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Approximately 2,594,000 US Servicemen served in the Vietnam War.
2000 soldiers
Rejection.
WWII men fought the good war. Vietnam returnees were treated as losers.
What the differences between Iraq war and Vietnam war?
A total of 58,168 American soldiers died in Vietnam during the Vietnam War!!
Because they were disenchanted with the way the war was going, and were desperate for peace. The terrible psychological impact of fighting in Vietnam, or any war for that matter, cannot be underestimated. It was this which prompted many American soldiers, who were drafted into the conflict without consent, to desire peace.
49 000 soldiers were sent to fight in the Vietnam war.