The regular conscripted soldiers were put on 100 days tours of duty. How often they actually had to fight battles depended on where they were stationed and what their mission was.
49 000 soldiers were sent to fight in the Vietnam war.
Indirectly. Vietnam for example was the U.S. indirectly fighting Russia who supplied Vietnam.
Truman
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.
They had a personal interest in the Vietnam war...they had to fight it (albeit against their will since they, for the most part, were conscripted by the military/or were draft induced volunteers to fight the war).
49 000 soldiers were sent to fight in the Vietnam war.
To fight communism.
They were drafted.
Soldiers from North Vietnam, South Vietnam, Korea, Australia, and the United States were all effectively trained and prepared for battle in the Vietnam Conflict.
Indirectly. Vietnam for example was the U.S. indirectly fighting Russia who supplied Vietnam.
Plenty of US Servicemen of Irish descent fought in the war, but Ireland did not fight in the Vietnam War.
1954
Truman
no what i know is that we pulled out but covert operations were still happening
Yes, during WW1 and WW2, there was no conscriprtion (compulsory military service). Soldiers went to war by choice. But in the Vietnam war, conscription was introduce in Australia and the soldiers were forced for the Vietnam war to go and fight.
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.