About 2 1/2 million US servicemen fought in the Vietnam War.
That is what was said for the reason to go to VN. However, that is truly NOT the reason we went there. We went there because President Kennedy's successor as President was an ignorant poor soul who lied to the American people. Recall that on the 1963 campaign trail he stated : "I will never send American Boys 10,000 miles away to fight a war that Asian Boys should fight for themselves". LBJ was a complete Liar: A terrible Man in so many ways. He was a useless Commander in Chief who had no idea how to fight the VN War to win, and win quickly with the fewest casualties.
The longest war the United States ever entered was the Vietnam War.
The U.S. entered the Vietnam war in 1959 and withdrew in 1973
Part of the cold war.
60,000 people in the war fought the air force of vietnam.
Stop communist aggression.
The Vietnam war started during the cold war. The United States entered the Vietnam war in hopes of stopping the spread of communism.
To save the Republic of South Vietnam from being conquered by the COMMUNIST country of North Vietnam.
Over 300,000 US servicemen were wounded in the Vietnam War.
Australian troops entered into the Vietnam War on the 29th April 1965.
What war? There was many. The Iraq War, Invasion of Afghanistan, Gulf War, Vietnam, Korea, WWII, WWI, Civil War, The War of Independence...
Try: Statistics About The Vietnam War. Recommended by the History Channel.