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Soldiers from the United States were sent to South Vietnam to support the government and combat the communist insurgency during the Vietnam War.
Historians estimate, that approximately 200,000 South Vietnamese servicemen of the Army Republic South Vietnam (ARVN), South Vietnamese Marines, Air Force & Navy were killed during the Vietnam War.
North Vietnamese soldiers were referred to as the NVA (North Vietnamese Army) by the GI's in Vietnam, during the war. Southern Communist soldiers living in South Vietnam and fighting in South Vietnam, were called the Viet Cong (VC).
According to official figures:South Vietnam: 220,357United States: 58,159 (plus 2000 missing but not officially presumed dead)South Korea: 4,960Laos: 30,000Australia: 520New Zealand: 37Thailand: 1,351North Vietnam: 1,176,000 (includes South Vietnamese Viet Cong forces)China: 1,446Soviet Union: 16
Approximately 2,594,000 US Sailors, Airmen, Marines, and Soldiers were sent to South Vietnam. Approximately 3,403,100 servicemen served thru-out Southeast Asia during the war.
Soldiers from the United States were sent to South Vietnam to support the government and combat the communist insurgency during the Vietnam War.
Historians estimate, that approximately 200,000 South Vietnamese servicemen of the Army Republic South Vietnam (ARVN), South Vietnamese Marines, Air Force & Navy were killed during the Vietnam War.
The United States has had a continuous military presence in South Vietnam since the war in 1950.
North Vietnamese soldiers were referred to as the NVA (North Vietnamese Army) by the GI's in Vietnam, during the war. Southern Communist soldiers living in South Vietnam and fighting in South Vietnam, were called the Viet Cong (VC).
No Vietnamese prime minister was assasinated, but South Vietnam President Ngo Dinh Diem was killed by Vietcong during a raid from north to south during the Vietnam War.
Not all of the ROKs (Republic of South Korea) were soldiers, some may have been ROK Marines. ROK deployed approximately 150,000 fighting men to RVN (Republic of South Vietnam) during the war.
According to official figures:South Vietnam: 220,357United States: 58,159 (plus 2000 missing but not officially presumed dead)South Korea: 4,960Laos: 30,000Australia: 520New Zealand: 37Thailand: 1,351North Vietnam: 1,176,000 (includes South Vietnamese Viet Cong forces)China: 1,446Soviet Union: 16
Approximately 2,594,000 US Sailors, Airmen, Marines, and Soldiers were sent to South Vietnam. Approximately 3,403,100 servicemen served thru-out Southeast Asia during the war.
Soldiers from North Vietnam, South Vietnam, Korea, Australia, and the United States were all effectively trained and prepared for battle in the Vietnam Conflict.
North or South Vietnamese? They used different equipment.
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it was 1947