well my father told me that the south vietnamese drafting age was bout 18 years old or at least till you're out of school because he was drafted around that age. So at the youngest is about 18 years old.
To help the North Vietnamese soldiers or the South Viet soldiers?
they were the south vietnamese irregulars
american soldiers thought many south vietnamese were indifferent toward their own nation
North or South Vietnamese? They used different equipment.
Had fled to Laos and Cambodia.
Certainly yes. Our goal was to stop the spread of communism which the North Vietnamese(Communists) was going to or planning to invade the South Vietnamese. The South Vietnamese dressed the same as the Charlies(Vietcong) and north vietnamese though so it was a stressful time just to confirm who was who.
Replacement of U.S. troops with south Vietnamese soldiers
South Vietnamese cities (NovaNet)
American troops.
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).
Men & material infiltrated into South Vietnam via the Ho Chi Minh Trail. To train South Vietnamese soldiers
The Vietnamese lost 200 people at My Lai, near the south of Vitnam