Just common people making a living, like everywhere else; up until WW2 (1940 for Indochina). At that point in time, Vietnam was at war until 1975.
Cold war.
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it was horrible
South Vietnam was an agriculture based society (a farming life).
Yes. Vietnam was a French colony. They lost a Vietnam War and were thrown out of Vietnam before America tried to win a war in Vietnam. America also lost a Vietnam War.
Australian society mirrored American society after the war, on a smaller scale, due to population differences.
Unlikely.
Yes. Before the US committed to the Vietnam War, many Americans had not even heard of Vietnam.
The Black Vietnam War Veterans was treated like dogs. Most of them could not get a job and end up in prison with life sentence.
Yes, it was.
Hell
she lived a middle class life before the war and had lots of friends