Vietnam split public opinion between pro-war and anti-war factions.
They never heard of Vietnam before.
Most Americans were opposed to the Vietnam war by 1967. In the beginning most Americans supported going to war with Vietnam.
Around 300,000 Americans were wounded in the Vietnam war.
See: Statistics about the Vietnam War.
The Americans lost the Vietnam War (1954-1975).
Australia became our ally in the war.
Americans were drafted into the Vietnam War in 1965.
They protested the draft.
No americans were not happy
the Vietnam war against the Americans went for 20 years
the aussies were alies and fought in the Vietnam war with the Americans. (and of course the South Vietnamese - the Americans were paticipants on their side).
They knew the draft would increase to fulfill that new commitment.
African-Americans made up 12.6% of the American soldiers in Vietnam in the Vietnam War. This was the highest proportion of African Americans to serve in an American war. Subsequently, African-American soldiers increased significantly by the end of the war.
The Americans did not make war with Vietnam. There was no Vietnam. There were two countries: NORTH Vietnam and SOUTH Vietnam. NORTH Vietnam attacked SOUTH Vietnam. The US (Americans) defended SOUTH Vietnam. The US never invaded NORTH Vietnam (the US bombed it though). NORTH Vietnam invaded SOUTH Vietnam. NORTH Vietnam was (and still is) a communist nation. The US was against communism.
The Vietnam War affected the Americans at home due to civilian loss of life, about 415,000 lives.
Some Americans didn't care about the Vietnam war.......
To stop Communism spreading into South Vietnam.
Yes. Before the US committed to the Vietnam War, many Americans had not even heard of Vietnam.
The soldiers there kind of stayed and married women there and they gave birth to vietnam-americans.
The Americans wasted 330,000,000,000 dollars on the Vietnam War.It was a HUGE waste.
because many american were against the vietnam war so there was 2 groups.
They went to fight it.
They opposed the violence
We did not like what they were doing in Iraq
Vietnamiese and Americans