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There were a few factors that contributed to the sinking moral of the US troops fighting in Vietnam. Some of these include the frustration of guerilla warfare used by the enemy, brutal jungle conditions were hard for troops to get accustomed to, drug use by US soldiers increased as the war went on, and lastly, the failure to make sunstantial headway against the enemy.
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∙ 12y agoThey were fighting against the viet cong who were experts in guerilla warfare, they used booby traps and other horrid stuff, eg camouflaged spikes in the ground. Also, there was prsseure from the American people who were ahainst the use of Naplam and belived it to be a pointless war!
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When I was there in 70-71 the problem was not so much low morale as total indifference to the ideological underpinnings that the brass were promoting. People wanted to get in country and out of country with as little commitment as possible. This lead to much friction between the troops and the NCO's, plus the lesser officers. Many NCO's and officers were attacked while I was there. Called fragging.
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∙ 13y agowar fatigue, casualty lists, food shortages, and too many losses
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∙ 8y agoThe US troops had morale problems because a lot of the soldiers were drafted into this war and did not want to be there to fight in a foreign land.
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Unrestricted submarine warfare (in the Atlantic).
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Unrestricted submarine warfare (in the Atlantic).
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