The Korean War ended in 1953, and US Military involvement in Vietnam did not begin until 1965, although American Military Advisors and Covert Operatives had been active in Vietnam since 1954.
Korean War & Vietnam War.
Both fought against communist aggression.
The war was fought in both North & South Korea. This contrasts with Vietnam, in which the ground war was totally fought in South Vietnam; however, the USAF/USN fought the AIR WAR over NORTH Vietnam.
The US fought in Korea to stop the Soviet Union from spreading communism. This was between 1950 and 1953. It was a predecessor to the Vietnam war which occurred between 1955 and 1975. Both times the US intervened in order to stop the commmunist states, North Korea and North Vietnam from taking control of the rest of the capitalist democratic states of South Korea and South Vietnam.
Both wars were fought against communism.
Both the Korean and the Vietnam Wars were fought because of the Domino Theory. It was thought that if one country became communist, nearby nations would fall under that ideology too.
Both wars were fought during the cold war against communist aggression. The communists lost the Korean War but won the Vietnam War. Another words the Republic of South Korea exists today; the Republic of South Vietnam does not.
Most famously the Korean and Vietnam Wars, although there were others.
Both the Korean and the Vietnam Wars were fought because of the Domino Theory. It was thought that if one country became communist, nearby nations would fall under that ideology too.
World war I, World war II, Korean war, and Vietnam war.
US goals may have been established during the Korean War. Prior to the Korean War, the Free World and Communist World had not fought each other. Now that the two had fought; they knew how to handle each other. Next stop was: Vietnam.
The US fought Germany and Japan in WWII. The US fought North Korea and Red China in the Korean War. The US fought Mexico in the Mexican War of 1846. The US fought Great Britain in the War of 1812. The US fought Spain in the Spanish-American War of 1898. The US fought Germany in WWI. The US fought North Vietnam during the Vietnam War. Is America at war with the nation of Iraq?